Re: auto-indenting-formatting with a vi?

1998-10-31 Thread chandran
Richard E. Hawkins Esq. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote As I get more and more frustrated with emacs, it keeps occurring to me that the *only* reason I'm using emacs instead of vi is that it indents and color-codes my program code. I feel your pain. There is a solution. rick, who'd be happy as a

Re: apt-get update doesn't

1998-09-26 Thread chandran
/main/binary-i386 then there is Packages.gz in binary-i386. After `apt-get update' the file var_cache_apt_archives_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages is created, and all works well. It just takes a little expirementing. Chandran Oliver Schoett wrote on Sat, Sep 26, 1998 at 10:12:54PM +0200

Re: No menu in wmaker

1998-09-24 Thread chandran
I wondered about this too when I first installed wmaker. I deleted it since but you just have to give the location of a root menu file (under /etc/X11/) in a personal config file under ~/GNUstep, and then kill -HUP the WindowMaker process. Cristov Russell wrote on Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at

Re: running root X programs

1998-09-06 Thread chandran
locally access the machine can read it. Only problem is the file is re-created whenever root uses startx, but I'd start X as the normal user anyway. Chandran Michael Beattie wrote on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 11:33:43PM +1200.. On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Andrew wrote: How do you run an X program as root

Re: running root X programs

1998-09-05 Thread chandran
From the xhost manpages, ``xhost +local:'' should work better than +localhost, if you are on a network; this only allows clients on the local machine to display X clients. Chandran If you're not on a network: 'xhost +localhost' (as user) Andrew wrote on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 10:53:01PM +1200

Re: can't mount floppy

1998-09-05 Thread chandran
You need msdos fs support in the kernel, as the error message says. Add this support as a module so you won't have to reboot to enable it. Chandran Hank Fay wrote on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 03:37:27PM -0400.. I rebuilt my kernel (Hamm) for firewalling, and included the floppy support option