Linuxers July 2001

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GNU Emacs manual
by S. Krishnan 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

Hi, I noted the expression of interest in GNU Emacs, Lisp etc. I too wanted to master Emacs, so I dowloaded the tex source on my Windoze office machine last week, ran MikTeX over it, converted it to a PDF file and printed out all 526 pages of it, since we plan to use Emacs on Win NT at work to edit sundry TCL/Tk scripts. The upshot of this is that I have made a photocopy of the manual for myself (copied back to back, it comes in at a manageable 270 odd sheets, spiral bound). This cost me around two hundred and sixty rupees, at fifty paise per page. If anyone is interested in a copy, I can either give them my original printed sheets to photocopy, or else the PDF file to print out (1.7 MB). If anough people are interested, maybe we could negotiate with a Xerox offset print facility to deliver even cheaper copies. Incidentally, I used the photocopy shop in St. Andrews College, Bandra (West). Let me know if anyone is interested. BTW, Philip, what text editor do you use? Cheers, Krishnan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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[OT]ilug-bom WebSIte
by Parag Mehta 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

Hi All, The web site has been updated . the php nuke version ahs been updated to php nuke 5.0.1 from the earlier 5.0 beta4. there are some issues with the current theme with reopects to colour. pleae bear with that. things are being made to order. regards, parag mehta

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GNU Emacs manual PDF download
by S. Krishnan 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

Quite a few people had asked for this file. I'm happy to announce that I have sent the file to Parag Mehta, who will shortly be posting it on the ILUG-BOM FTP server as a zipped PDF file (1.5 MB). You will thus be able to directly download it from there. Regards, Krishnan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Upgrading distros using apt-get
by Philip S Tellis 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

I have potato, I want to upgrade to 2.4, can I do this with apt-get? After trying the upgrade option, it did a lot of upgrading, but I still have a 2.2 kernel, and X3.3.6 Philip -- If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes. -- Kirk, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9 Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis

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Monitor Refresh Rates
by noel seq 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

>From: Manish Kathuria <manish(a)tuxspace.com> >I am trying to put together a list of monitors being used under linux >along with their refresh rates for quick reference. It would be great if >you could mail me the following information regarding your monitors. > >Manufacturer >Model >Horizontal Refresh Rate >Vertical Refresh Rate >Max. Supported Resolution > Where do i get the horizontal and vertical refresh rates from ? Noel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Why do we hate Windows?
by premstud＠vsnl.com 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

philip.tellis(a)iname.com wrote > If they are not computer savvy, they should be using Macs. how many people do u think can afford macs...... >Windows has no place anywhere, and is just trying to be a jack of all trades, failing at all i think some people hate to admit it that how much ever blame windows they continue to support it in some way or the other either using some product or creating some applications for it and by the way seeing the success of windows worldwide, i dont think u can call that failure. remember unix was there in the market for so many years The maximum number of pc penetration in the world is thanks to windows.That is a fact. regards, prem.

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[OT] - pax Emacs!
by Q u a s i 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

OK. So I have started with emacs. If I do Lisp, I have to do emacs, they say. But tell me, does emacs (not Xemacs) do color syntax highlighting? quasi p.s. Any Lispers around? I need to get in touch with the community... -- postscript -- Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. -- R. Drabek __________________________________________________ \?/ .Quasi. (0-0) ( | ) <quasiabhi(a)yahoo.com> ( v ) yahoo messenger : quasiabhi __| |__ / \ Protect OUR Earth.

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Filter Rule for Pine wanted, kbd layout prob.
by Navin 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

hi guys, i upgraded to rh7.1 from 6.2, the problem is that my backspace key doesnt work when i start x. it works alright when x is not running how do i set this particular key right. i want to download only mail from this list using pine from my pop server. how do i write a filter rule for doing this while ignoring all the other mails i.e. i dont want them to be downloaded. Navin

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"t" access mode
by Sameer Sahasrabuddhe 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

$ ls -ld /tmp Gives the following output: drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 1024 Jul 31 10:00 /tmp The manpages mention that the "t" has something to do with making the file stay on the swap device. What is all this about? SameerDS. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Where to get SO-DIMM RAM?
by Mayuresh A Kathe 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

Hi, Where can I get SO-DIMM RAM in Bombay? Need it fast... Awaiting your reply. ~Mayuresh

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