"MURRAY, Paul" wrote:
> Ok. I have linux up and am using netscapeat home and I'm not real happy with
> it.
>
> 1 - how do I download news messgaes for offline browsing? There does not
> seem to be a thing inside NS that does it. Do I have to start up a news
> server on the box and then point netscape at localhost?
i created a folder under "Local Mail" called "Temp". went to the newsgroup
and used "Select All messeges"` and then "Copy To" the Temp folder. the
messeges are now available to read offline.
>
>
> 2 - editing messages is really frustrating to someone who is accustomed to
> windows. Whatever the problems with the windows Kernel, they got the GUI
> right. Most particularly : how do I get the number pad cursor keys working?
> Is there some sort of keymap that will treat a numpad up arrow like an up
> arow? I grew up with XT keyboards and dont like the AT layout.
Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings? ;) sorry, can't help you there.
>
>
> 3 - NS under linux just looks ugly. I cant put my finger on excatly what it
> is. Maybe the fonts or something.
it could be the fonts. try `changing the point size under preferences. also
there
can be a problem with available fonts under X. i think i remember you are
using red hat? i might be wrong, if so is it 6.0? did you upgrade from 5.2?`
i had a problem when i upgraded, the line:
FontPath "unix/:-1"
was missing from my XF86Config file. but that might be a direction to look
into. attached is the "XFree86 Font Deuglification mini HOW-TO"
>
>
> 4 - I don't use the chanel bar and all that nonsense inside windows. I don't
> need six different ways to start up a program. KDE is overkill: there is the
> desktop, the bar, the K button on the bar which has a list of programs. It
> seems "all over the place". Buried inside my K menus is kppp, which is
> something I _will_ use. I'd like to move it onto the desktop. Any idea how?
under "Utilities" there is a menu editor. it's all explained in the KDE Help
program.
>
> How does K compare with gnome?
create a new user and try the GNOME/Enlightenment thing. it's really the
only way to know.
have fun.
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michael.jones {
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newbie faq: http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs/
FontDeug_miniHOW-TO.html.gz
