Linuxers June 2008

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Upcoming Meet RSVP
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

List, You can add your name to the list on the wiki (URL below) http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs Though the agenda and venue is fixed, when is the meet scheduled (time?) I haven't been able to find the same in the archives of the Mumbai Meet thread and hence, the wiki page describing this GLUG Meet is updated without specifying the time. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Monthly_Meetings http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Tutorial for Devanagari Documents in LyX (from FOSS-Nepal)
by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prakash Manandhar <jsaaymi(a)gmail.com> Date: 2008/6/21 Subject: [FOSS-Nepal] Tutorial for Devanagari Documents in LyX To: foss-nepal(a)googlegroups.com, "Suraj Adhikari (GMail)" <surajadh(a)gmail.com> Hi, I have written a tutorial for Devanagari Document creation in LyX at WikiHow. LyX/LaTeX is a word processing alternative that is completely open source and free. Summary: With the incorporation of XeLaTeX in all major distributions of LaTeX including MikTeX, it has become easy to incorporate Devanagari and other Unicode characters in LaTeX/LyX documents. Here we describe a point-wise summary to help you do just that. http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Devanagari-Documents-in-Lyx-Using-Xelatex ----- Please help me expand/test the how-to. Thanks, jaH. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal(a)googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- Frederick FN Noronha * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org * Phone +91-832-2409490

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search entire block-pattern after a given pattern, then delete that block-pattern
by Agnello George 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

hi I am trying to edit a file through a shell script, but i am trying to edt it in a particular manner here is a typical scenario i am facing I have a file called script.txt withe following content : *the owner of the* *trademark UNIX* *is The Open Group* *an industry standards* *consortium*. Now i want to edit this file , but i want to edit this file in such a manner that after a given pattern i should be able to search an entire block-pattern , then delete that block-pattern . for example suppose after this given pattern */trademark UNIX/ * if exist then i want to delete the block-pattern /*is The Open Group*\n*an industry standards/* ??? any ideas to append is pretty much simple with "sed " sed -i "/*trademark UNIX*/a\*UNIX is great* \n*UNIX is awesome*" script.txt my file would then look something like this *the owner of the* *trademark UNIX* *UNIX is great* *UNIX is awesome* *is The Open Group* *an industry standards* *consortium* its is possible with sed and awk. can some one help me with my above query Thanks -- सादर Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] locked page on the wiki
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 Mehul Ved wrote : >Is this page locked? I am unable to see edit button on the page, whereas >it's fine on other pages. Yes it was locked to avoid attacks from bots who might mess up the meet page. The RSVP page however, is open to ones who have registered on the wiki. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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[OT] Firefox 3 - about:mozilla updated!
by Nishit Dave 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

Feast your eyes, followers of Mammon: Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers > grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the > fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own > image as promised by the > sacred words, and spoke > of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was > naught but a follower. > > > > from The Book of Mozilla, 11:9 > (10th Edition) >

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Count me in for the meeting
by Sameep 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Hi.. Just joined the GLUG recently... Hope to see everyone at the meeting.. :D

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Subversion 1.5.0 GA released!
by Senthil Kumaran S 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Hi, The long awaited release of subversion has been released. You can find the official announcement here http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2008-06/0836.shtml This is the first new feature release of Subversion in almost 2 years. 1.5.0 contains a number of new improvements and features - http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html If you want to know how to use subversion with all those bells and whistles check out: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html http://www.collab.net/products/subversion/subversion15.html -- Senthil Kumaran S http://www.stylesen.org/

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[OT] Smart kiosks as an extention to manned counters.
by Rony 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Hello, Since quite some time, the Railways has introduced smart cards that can be used on touch screen kiosks to book tickets with varying choices like destination, single/return, number of adults/children and class of travel. The card costs only Rs.100/- and you get a free initial usage of Rs. 50/-. It is a pure cash card with no ID or papers required and is purchased across the counter. To recharge it, simply pay amounts like 50/-, 100/- upto 500/- and you get it recharged across the counter. I find this technology has tremendous potential for use in various Govt. as well as private organizations where there are long queues on manned counters. For example bill payments for MTNL, BEST. The Post Office is another department that would benefit very much from this. Multiple PO kiosks inside the PO could offer services like stamps, money-order as well as registered letters. Just like the current manned counters, you simply enter the sender and destination address and 2 identical sticker labels with bar codes will pop out. One is to be pasted on the letter and the other is the sender's copy. A smart plate on top of the machine can be the weighing scale for determining the postage as per the weight of the letter/parcel. The letter/parcel is then dropped inside a designated box. An extra feature would be to optically scan the movement of the letter inward as proof of dropping. This kiosk can also be placed in banks and enterprising shops who can be given....say 5% of all earnings through that kiosk. so now the Post Office is not far away but right near your home and the Postal Dept. does not have to invest in land or office manpower to extend its reach. The same technology can be used by courier companies too. MTNL's telephone exchanges too can use these kiosks for bill payments and adding/removing extra services to their subscription like changing plans, enabling CLIP. The kiosks can be linked with wireless networking so that it is immune to cable problems. So any office that experiences long queues for payments can take advantage of this technology. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Help Needed for Hindi Typiing in Ubuntu
by Swapnil Bhartiya 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

I have installed GNU/Linux Ubuntu on the PC of one of the senior science writers. He was using Windows earlier. Now he is facing some problems using a feature of Windows Character Map, wherein he could assign a key to type particular alphabet in Shusha Font. He uses OpenOffice to type his article in Hindi. If I failed to help him out he might go back to Windows which I don't want and which will discourage others to take Linux. Could someone please help? Swapnil Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/

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[XPOST] RFC - level playing field
by Kenneth Gonsalves 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

hi, we would appreciate comments and feedback on this: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/playing/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

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