Linux-Misc Digest #494, Volume #25 Sat, 19 Aug 00 12:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Prompt path... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Switching browsers in KDE (Bit Twister)
Re: Linux as a recording studio... (Jerry L Kreps)
Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat... (Adrian)
Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat... (Jerry L Kreps)
Re: looking for linux compatible external modem ("Alexander Milzon")
Re: looking for linux compatible external modem (Hypnotist)
apache directory listings ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Severe booting / filesystem problem (Jonathan McBrien)
Re: A chance to get Linux in at work! Need advice! (John Hasler)
Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat... ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Quad Booting With Windows ME, 2000, SuSE Linux, and FreeBSD (jaspinwall)
Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat... ("Tom Brinkman")
Re: looking for linux compatible external modem (Grant Edwards)
ftp guest user cannot see files??? ("Devon Harding")
Hosed bootsector? (2:1)
Re: Hosed bootsector? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Best Linux Distribution ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: looking for linux compatible external modem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Scripts for ppp-on, ppp-on-dialer, ppp-off (MaryP)
Re: Hosed bootsector? (Valentin Guillen)
recommendation for first linux file encountered ("Dan Jacobson")
Re: Linux FAQ (Part 2 of 6) 'Chinese' not seperated into big5/GB ("Dan Jacobson")
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Prompt path...
Date: 19 Aug 2000 12:02:33 GMT
Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Julian Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Whenever I switch directories,..like cd abc/ then the prompt shows
:> sherab: abc and if I switch to another directory like cd def/ then the
:> prompt shows sherab: def
:>
:> What setting do I need to change to get this to show as sherab: abc/def
: I believe www.linuxdoc.org has a bash-prompt howto that will tell you how
: to mangle your prompt into whatever you want.
(please reply below the quote, thank you, and edit it. I've done both
bits of reformatting for you, and for no pay).
"man bash" has a more than sufficient explanation, if you /prompt.
...
a command. Bash allows these prompt strings to be cus-
tomized by inserting a number of backslash-escaped special
characters that are decoded as follows:
\t the current time in HH:MM:SS format
\d the date in "Weekday Month Date" format
(e.g., "Tue May 26")
...
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Switching browsers in KDE
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:53:19 GMT
Cannot help with the KDE internal changes.
But have you right clicked on the desktop, New, Application
and filled out the launch icon to run netscape.
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 05:49:02 GMT, Tom Tracey
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all,
> I'm a Linux newbie and would like to switch the default browser for
>KDE from the internal browser to Netscape. I would like this change to
>impact K-Mail as well. I love the KDE interface, but wish it would
>launch Netscape for internet browsing.
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From: Jerry L Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux as a recording studio...
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 07:58:33 -0500
Radix wrote:
>
> Hi guys:
>
> Is this possible? Can linux work as a multi-track recording studio,
> much like Saw+, Cakewalk, or Cubase for Windoze/Mac???? Are there any
> such progz???
>
> Thanks...
> --
> -Trevor
> ----------------------
> "That's all right, I still got my guitar"...
> -James Marshall Hendrix (11/27/1942-09/18/1970)
Visit here:
http://sound.lovebead.com
for a summary of Linux sound apps...
Or,
Shareware:
Slab Recording Studio software
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Slab_Recording_Studio_Software/
Free:
Using Cecilia on top of Csound is as close as Linux gets, presently.
Cecilia
http://www.musique.umontreal.ca/Org/CompoElectro/CEC/
Csound
ftp://mustec.bgsu.edu/pub/linux/ and get the 407 bin tgz version
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linux_csound.html
and,
And a book on how to use it:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/frontpage.html
Other than that, Linux has nothing.
JLK
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From: Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat...
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:56:21 +0800
> Actually, I think Mandrake is a scaled-UP version of Red Hat. It is
> made by some outfit in France, and has some enhancements.
> However, I believe the basics are the same, so RPM's compiled for one
> should work with the other --
>
> Never trust a man in a suit --
>
> cll
That's not true....
The mandrake optimizes the system to i586 version, if you use the
Mandrake RPM in Redhat, it might be problems. But the reverse is OK
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From: Jerry L Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat...
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 08:05:10 -0500
Radix wrote:
>
> Hi there...
>
> I was recently told that mandrake was just a scaled down version of Red
> Hat... Does that mean that Red Hat makes Mandrake???? The same person
> told me that all the basic utility (the ones that are tailored by Red
> Hat) are the same for both distro.... Is any of this true??? Thanks...
>
> Sincerely...
> --
> -Trevor
I would call it a scaled up version of RH, since it does RH the way it
should be done and then adds a lot of polish.
JLK
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From: "Alexander Milzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: looking for linux compatible external modem
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:10:02 +0200
Hi!
I'm use U.S.Robotics 56K Faxmodem on Slackware 7.0
It find the modem itself. Don't need any drivers.
"Hypnotist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8nksgk$g2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> all these modems require special drivers to run, and most of them can be
> loaded only via windows. i'm looking for an _external_ modem that is
> either linux (Red Hat 602) compatible or doesn't require drivers. if you
> have the manufacture and the model number, please let me know. thanks.
>
>
>
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hypnotist)
Subject: Re: looking for linux compatible external modem
Date: 19 Aug 2000 13:12:44 GMT
model #005686-03. i couldn't get it to work. i called there tech
support, and he confirmed it "does need the driver", and my model will
NOT work without the driver.. then he gave me specific models that would
work with linux.
now, don't say what i say is nonsense!
M. Buchenrieder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hypnotist) writes:
:
: >that was what i thought too, but thing has changed. i found out by
: >buying this Us Robotic external modem, and it wouldn't run without
: >instaling the drivers,
:
: [...]
:
: Nonsense. If it is a standard serial modem, it doesn't need any
: drivers at all. These things come with a modem.inf file for
: the various Win* flavours, but that's not a driver at all. It's
: simply a text file containing appropriate AT commands.
:
: Which model did you buy and what did you try to get it working?
:
: Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.html
Subject: apache directory listings
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:07:29 GMT
Hi,
There must be something wrong with the default Redhat 6.2 Apache
intallation. The /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file seems fine, but for
some reason I can not get directory lisings.
Apache is supposed to give a directory listing when there's no
index.html in the directory. Yes, I did include the trailing slash, and
yes, the directory has world-wide read permissions. I looked in mod_dir
and mod_autoindex and I still don't understand why it doesn't work.
Thanks
Wroot
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From: Jonathan McBrien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Severe booting / filesystem problem
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:38:31 GMT
Hi,
I'm having severe problems trying to boot my Linux box. I haven't been
messing around with fdisk or anything - in fact, the last thing I did
on my machine before powering down was installing Gnome 1.2 from the
sources! I'll try and give all information that I think is relevant, so
forgive me if I waffle.
When I boot the machine I, lilo does its job and manages to get as far
as:
LILO boot:
Then tries to load my kernel:
Loading linux
and that's where it hangs.
So I've booted with tomsrtbt to solve the problem. My harddisk is 10Gb
and fdisk -l shows:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1240 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 212 1702858+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 213 1024 6522390 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 341 474 1076323+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 737 800 514048+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda7 213 340 1028097 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 475 490 128457 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda9 491 492 16033+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda10 493 623 1052226 83 Linux native
So I mount /dev/hda7 on /mnt
/mnt/etc/fstab contains:
/dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda9 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda10 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,user
0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro
0 0
/dev/hdb4 /mnt/zip ext2 user
0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user
0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user
0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts
gid=5,mode=620 0 0
And now for the problem bit.
mount /dev/hda9 /boot
results in:
EXT2-fs: 03:09: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda9,
or too many mounted file systems
So I can't rerun lilo!
I follow this with:
e2fsck /dev/hda9
and this splurts:
e2fsck 1.10, 24-Apr-97 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
e2fsck: Filesystem has unsupported feature(s) while trying to
open /dev/hda9
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
So I try:
e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda9
which produces:
e2fsck 1.10, 24-Apr-97 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
while trying to open /dev/hda9
Could this be a zero-length partition?
I'm 99% certain that my hardware's not at fault because I can boot my
Win95 partition with no problems.
I've heard of a tool called gpart which *might* be what I need, but
having downloaded, compiled it and read its man page on my other Linux
box, it's scaring the hell out of me knowing that I could mess things
up even further with it. In short, I'd appreciate someone sharing a bit
of knowledge and experience with me so that I can repair my filesystems
(if that's the problem).
Much regards,
Jonathan
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A chance to get Linux in at work! Need advice!
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:55:18 GMT
Jerry L Kreps writes:
> So, you don't recommend using mgetty for dialin?
Use mgetty and pppd for the dialin and pppd for the dialout.
--
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Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat...
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 07:19:17 -0700
Radix wrote:
>
> Hi there...
>
> I was recently told that mandrake was just a scaled down version of Red
> Hat... Does that mean that Red Hat makes Mandrake???? The same person
> told me that all the basic utility (the ones that are tailored by Red
> Hat) are the same for both distro.... Is any of this true??? Thanks...
Aside from the 586 optimizations, there is also a matter of package
compatibility. Red Hat distributes files among packages one way,
Mandrake another. Chances are that an RPM from one will have
conflicts and dependency problems with the other.
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From: jaspinwall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quad Booting With Windows ME, 2000, SuSE Linux, and FreeBSD
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:32:22 -0700
Ok.... I need some help here.... has anyone tried this
config before???
Which boot manager should I use... LILO isn't going to
work... will the BSD boot manager work??? Should I just
enter the parameters into the 2000 Boot loader?? and if so,
what parameters would those be???
2000=hda3
ME=hda1
BSD=ad2s1a - f
Linux=hdc7
HELLLP!!!!!!!
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From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat...
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 09:25:39 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Radix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi there...
>
> I was recently told that mandrake was just a scaled down version
> of Red Hat... Does that mean that Red Hat makes Mandrake????
> The same person told me that all the basic utility (the ones that
> are tailored by Red Hat) are the same for both distro.... Is any
> of this true??? Thanks...
>
> Sincerely...
Mandrake was originally based on RedHat, but no longer is.
Major differences is RH is i386, Mandrake is optimized for i586
(eg, Pentium class or better). What this basically means is if
Mandrake runs on your hardware, it's great. If you have a 486 or
marginal hardware, better stick with RH ;>
--
~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: looking for linux compatible external modem
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:29:26 GMT
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:35:46 GMT, M. Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hypnotist) writes:
>
>>that was what i thought too, but thing has changed. i found out by
>>buying this Us Robotic external modem, and it wouldn't run without
>>instaling the drivers,
>
>[...]
>
>Nonsense. If it is a standard serial modem, it doesn't need any
>drivers at all. These things come with a modem.inf file for
>the various Win* flavours, but that's not a driver at all. It's
>simply a text file containing appropriate AT commands.
Its possible that you have to load DSP code into the modem via
the serial port when it starts up. That would require a
"driver" program even for an external model.
I've seen modems like this that are supported under Linux, but
I'd go for a model with the code in flash given the choice.
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ftp guest user cannot see files???
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:32:59 -0400
When I logon as a guest user, no files/dirs are displayed. But when I
remove the user from ftpaccess and logon, all files are displayed but the
user has full access to /
Here is my ftpaccess and passwd files
ftpaccess:
class all real,guest *
class local real *
limit local 5 Any
guestuser guest
email root@localhost
loginfails 5
readme README* login
readme README* cwd=*
message /welcome.msg login
message .message cwd=*
compress yes all
tar yes all
chmod no guest,anonymous
delete no guest,anonymous
overwrite no guest,anonymous
rename no guest,anonymous
delete yes devon
chmod no guest
umask no guest
path-filter guest /etc/path,sg ^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.] *$ ^\. ^-
log transfers anonymous,real inbound,outbound
log commands real
shutdown /etc/shutmsg
passwd-check rfc822 warn
passwd:
mysql:x:102:235:MySQL server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash
named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/bin/false
guest:x:503:503:Guest User:/home/guest/./:/bin/ftponly
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From: 2:1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hosed bootsector?
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:48:15 GMT
Hi
I've got a dual boot linux/windows computer. While messing aaround, I
hosed something on my windows driev, and it will no longer boot
(invalid system disk). I can read all the files with no error from
linux.
Can I rescue that drive from linux easily?
I have another dual boot machine, so if needed, I could copy the boot
sector from one drive and put it in the hosed one. I don't know how to
do that, though... (it was just a (probably bad) idea).
(I could copy the entire drive to my spare drive, reinstall dos and copy
back, but that could take a while on my computer, since it's a bit
clunky and I'm not sure I have enough space anyway..
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Hosed bootsector?
Date: 19 Aug 2000 15:11:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:48:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've got a dual boot linux/windows computer. While messing aaround, I
>hosed something on my windows driev, and it will no longer boot
>(invalid system disk). I can read all the files with no error from
>linux.
>Can I rescue that drive from linux easily?
>I have another dual boot machine, so if needed, I could copy the boot
>sector from one drive and put it in the hosed one. I don't know how to
>do that, though... (it was just a (probably bad) idea).
Make a bootable DOS disk (FORMAT A: SYS A: ), and put
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SYS.COM on that disk. Boot from that DOS disk and
run SYS C: and see if you can then boot your Windows system. Any Win9x
machine will be able to do those first steps. Actually, it's a good
idea to have a bootable DOS floppy with SYS, FDISK, FIPS, FORMAT,
ATTRIB, and such on hand so you can make certain repairs to Win
systems....
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distribution
Date: 19 Aug 2000 15:05:28 GMT
Luc Van Bogaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 16:05:37 -0700, MH wrote:
:>> Ok, it is no easy question, but which distribution is the best in your eyes.
:>> I search one that works well with GNOME.
:>You're right. It's not an easy question. It's a <stupid> question. Don't
:>you have anything better to do?
: You're wrong : there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers and
: you just gave one yourself.
You're wrong. That is a stupid question, So which do you think is the
best motorcar?
: So, any recommedations for a good (or let's call it the best) Linux
: distribution?
Oh, go away ... go collect used kellogs packet plastic gifts, or
whetever you do for a living ...
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: looking for linux compatible external modem
Date: 19 Aug 2000 15:09:03 GMT
Alexander Milzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Hypnotist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:8nksgk$g2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
:> all these modems require special drivers to run, and most of them can be
:> loaded only via windows. i'm looking for an _external_ modem that is
:> either linux (Red Hat 602) compatible or doesn't require drivers. if you
:> have the manufacture and the model number, please let me know. thanks.
: I'm use U.S.Robotics 56K Faxmodem on Slackware 7.0
: It find the modem itself. Don't need any drivers.
Amazing really, since no non-usb external modem needs any drivers.
As if this were not the second most well-known fact on planet earth,
immediately after "to get linux to see more than 64M of memory you
sometimes have to add append="mem=127M" to lilo.conf and rerun lilo
...". Please surprise me some more.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP)
Subject: Re: Scripts for ppp-on, ppp-on-dialer, ppp-off
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:17:45 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The WvDial script
> works fine via gnome from one of my other linux machines. How do I get
> this script to work using PPP.
Reading between the lines here, I got the feeling you were running the
wvdial "script" via gnome (GUI) on the "other Linux machine" and now you
want to make it run from a command line -- I could be way off base here
but otherwise I am not sure what the problem is. If you want to run wvdial
all you need to do is type in wvdial from your command line and it'll
start up. If you have the rest of your ppp files set up right it should
just take over and dial in. You don't need the icon or button in Gnome to
start it.
If this doesn't address your problem, sorry.
MP
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hosed bootsector?
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:20:48 GMT
Make that boot diskette in DOS. Make sure that you copy the fdisk
command onto the boot diskette. Boot the computer from the diskette and
when at an a: prompt then you will type
fdisk /mbr
This will run fdisk, but NOT to partition your drive, but rather to
RESTORE whatever previous info your master boot record contained before
the last change was performed upon it. When you installed linux or some
other change, your master boot record containing the info on your windoz
partition was changed/deleted.
It may be that the actual boot files themselves are missing, and the
bird dancer's sugggestion will then be applicable.
Regards,
Valentin
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: recommendation for first linux file encountered
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:14:23 +0800
I have a recommendation for first Linux file encountered by, say, a windows user, e.g.
the Readme file found on a Linux distribution
CD: kindly in the headers of that file tell the user "incase you see a bunch of
jumbled text on your screen: [then proceed to give
the] How to convert Unix end-of-line to Dos end-of-line under windows method." We
wouldn't want this critical first impression to
be like they opened so old garbled mess data file. [E.g. Mandrake 7.0 Readme as
viewed with notepad. OK: tell them to try
wordpad, etc. etc.]
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.usage.chinese,comp.infosystems.www.misc,sci.lang,tw.bbs.comp.linux,tw.bbs.lang.chinese
Subject: Re: Linux FAQ (Part 2 of 6) 'Chinese' not seperated into big5/GB
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 22:55:03 +0800
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l�� news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The HOWTO's and other documentation have been translated
> into the following languages:
>
> Chinese (zh) Croatian (hr) French (fr)
I often see only one choice for 'Chinese' in Linux documentation... and often it
points to the "big5" version of Chinese used in
Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc. But then there's also the a "GB" version of the Chinese
characters, used in China, so I think it wise that
the versions should be differentiated in the choices, as it's only a matter of time
before somebody does the translation for the
missing one of the pair in any documentation tree... same problem seen on the single
choice given on http://www.gnu.org/ homepage,
and more importiantly, the standard proposed on
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm ; indeed, it's not just a matter of
swapping two different character sets... some word usages have to be swapped, if one
wants to do a thorough job, at least for Taiwan
vs. China usage...
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