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> From: Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> How does it print? Are you saying you get the "staircase effect"?
Yes.
> You probably need to set up a printing filter. Check out
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/
Okay, they had drivers. Are they the related to filters? My printer's
a Canon BJC-240. I found info about BJC-250, but nothing at least
that I knew how to use, and nothing close to mention of
"stairstepping" or other problems.
> I dislike bash, but I believe /etc/bashrc will load global bash
settings.
Sounds good, but I haven't gotten it to work yet.
> You rarely need to reboot. If you are changing things in .bashrc,
you
> probably just need to logout and back in.
Yes, that works.
> You don't want to pipe a cd command to ls. IMHO this is a silly
> alias anyway. Is it that hard to type 'cd <dir> && ls' ?
Machine were invented to make long and tedious jobs short and easy.
It seems to me most common computer could be two or three keystrokes,
in this case, plus <dir>. If systems can't be delivered that way, I
welcome aliases to convert them. Ultimately I intend something like
(maybe the function equivalent of) c='cd <dir> $1 ($$?); ls
--color=always'|less. That seems a little much to type most times I
change directories.
Okay, maybe I'm just killing time, while my sub-conscious mind works
on more important problems. :)
> Dunno about linux. On OpenBSD one can do
> # wsconsctl -w keyboard.repeat.del1=<somenum>
> # wsconsctl -w keyboard.repeat.deln=<somenum>
Apparently not available on Debian.
> This is my fetchmail alias, for example:
> fetchmail='test -x /usr/local/bin/procmail && ssh phreke fetchmail
&& /usr/local/bin/fetchmail'
I won't bother asking what it all means.
> However, if I have a script like:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> fetchmail
> exit 0
>
> That would just execute /usr/local/bin/fetchmail. Also, if I do
> $ /usr/local/bin/fetchmail
> the alias doesn't apply, becaus it wasn't just 'fetchmail'.
Where would such a script be found?
> Hope this helps a little.
Every little byte helps.
I may find someone in downtown, or beyond, who could transport my box
to the clinic. :) I could bring the CPU by bus if someone has an
extra monitor.
Dan Robinson
