Re: [ilugd] 21 monitor in portrait mode?
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:38:01 +0530 Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: [...] For instance, on analysing ~30,000 lines of code I'd written (not including 0-length lines and comments) I find the following: Maximum length: 129 Minimum length: 1 Median length:18 Mean length: 23 Std deviation:21.5 (well, you can expect that to be high) So looks like even if I don't wrap at 80, the median and mean line lengths are likely to be between 20 and 30. Can I please have that 4:3 monitor now? :) [...] Wait, we need more information, such as a complete frequency distribution. I am curious as to how many one-character lines there are, and what are these: a single semi-colon, a single brace, or what? And, what does the 129-character line contain? Regards, Gora P.S. Personally, I code in Perl 6, and all my lines are exactly 7 characters long: DWIM(); ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] 21 monitor in portrait mode?
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Amazing! That was exactly the example I was about to give to Mithun before I decided that there was not enough value in my views to post :) snip So looks like even if I don't wrap at 80, the median and mean line lengths are likely to be between 20 and 30. Can I please have that 4:3 monitor now? :) Does your IDE take over the whole screen? Which window managers can help with your problem in wide screen monitors? If you have a big enough (wide or square) monitor from say benq ... you will be fine. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] LDAP server configuration in Red Hat
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM, manish manishchabr...@gmail.com wrote: hw to configure the LDAP server in red hat enterprise linux ,any one guide me the URL /pdf or any way to configure this for my college /campus . Googled for that? -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] spamassassin does it still work
What are the best practices for spam fighting with spamassassin these days. It definitely doesn't work out of the box. -Tarun ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Any experience with troff?
Prakhar Agarwal said on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:09:29PM +0200,: Recently, I came across troff [1] and I was wondering if someone has used it before and how different it is from LaTeX. They are as similar (or different) as COBOL and C. BTW, LaTeX is a set of macros built around TeX. Have met people who have written their Ph.D. thesis in troff. And I believe that troff is only a processor, you should be looking at groff instead. flamebaitWhy should anybody use Cobol or C when DotGNU is available? I mean, OpenOffice.org. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- -- like advertising drugs. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Any experience with troff?
On Wednesday 14 Apr 2010, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Prakhar Agarwal said on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:09:29PM +0200,: Recently, I came across troff [1] and I was wondering if someone has used it before and how different it is from LaTeX. They are as similar (or different) as COBOL and C. BTW, LaTeX is a set of macros built around TeX. Have met people who have written their Ph.D. thesis in troff. Ewww... if you have the man pages source installed, have a look at one of the files in, e.g., /usr/share/man/man1/ . Those use the man macros, but even with those it's difficult to find formatting as difficult to read as with [tn]roff. Even plain TeX is better (though not much). And to think I used to write documents using this stuff at one time! We must have all been nuts. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathurr...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Any experience with troff?
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:51:45 +0530 Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: On Wednesday 14 Apr 2010, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Prakhar Agarwal said on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:09:29PM +0200,: Recently, I came across troff [1] and I was wondering if someone has used it before and how different it is from LaTeX. They are as similar (or different) as COBOL and C. BTW, LaTeX is a set of macros built around TeX. Have met people who have written their Ph.D. thesis in troff. Ewww... if you have the man pages source installed, have a look at one of the files in, e.g., /usr/share/man/man1/ . Those use the man macros, but even with those it's difficult to find formatting as difficult to read as with [tn]roff. [...] Concur with all the above. There is not much reason in this day and age to continue using troff/nroff. Another analogy would be to hand-coding static HTML as opposed to the framework/CMS/drug of your choice. Even plain TeX is better (though not much). ^ On the other hand, them is fighting words. And to think I used to write documents using this stuff at one time! We must have all been nuts. *We*? Hello, speak for yourself. Jaane kahan gaaye woh din, kahte thhe tere naam pe [tn]roff macros hum likhenge. Regards, Gora ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
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