On 07/20/2018 04:06 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Fri 20 Jul 2018 at 07:07:34 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
[snip]
GREP-DCTRL(1) says in part, "Use your imagination! The building
blocks are there ..."
I believe it ;/ I suspect piping its output to tbl-dctrl will be
interesting to say the least.
On Fri 20 Jul 2018 at 07:07:34 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 07/19/2018 10:46 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> >On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, David Wright wrote:
> >>While there are commands like aptitude search and aptitude why
> >>available for such purposes, these are really designed
On 07/19/2018 10:46 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, David Wright wrote:
While there are commands like aptitude search and aptitude why
available for such purposes, these are really designed for routine
maintenance. For your purposes, I think you need to develop
On 07/19/2018 06:41 PM, Brian wrote:
On Thu 19 Jul 2018 at 15:34:04 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote:
[snip]
You may want to ask this question in debian-boot (surprisingly, this
list appears to be the place to discuss d-i).
Can it be answered here? The base system. (The OP is familiar with
On Thu 19 Jul 2018 at 15:34:04 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote:
> Richard Owlett:
> >
> > That leads to asking two related questions:
[...]
> > 2. What section of the installer installs packages tagged as required?
> > I assume the answer will, in part, be a referral to some developer
> >
On 07/19/2018 10:13 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Thu 19 Jul 2018 at 06:38:08 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
On 07/18/2018 09:06 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 08:44:13AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
First I'm looking comparison of required, important, standard,
optional, and
On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, David Wright wrote:
> While there are commands like aptitude search and aptitude why
> available for such purposes, these are really designed for routine
> maintenance. For your purposes, I think you need to develop a more
> intimate relationship with the files in
On Thu 19 Jul 2018 at 06:38:08 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 07/18/2018 09:06 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 08:44:13AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>First I'm looking comparison of required, important, standard,
> >>optional, and extra as package labels [particularly
On 07/19/2018 08:34 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote:
Richard Owlett:
That leads to asking two related questions:
1. How can I get a list of packages tagged as required?
Aptitude is great for answering questions like this:
$ aptitude search '?priority(required) ?archive(stable)'
Exactly what I
Richard Owlett:
>
> That leads to asking two related questions:
> 1. How can I get a list of packages tagged as required?
Aptitude is great for answering questions like this:
$ aptitude search '?priority(required) ?archive(stable)'
On 07/18/2018 09:06 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 08:44:13AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
First I'm looking comparison of required, important, standard,
optional, and extra as package labels [particularly interested in
corner cases]. I've been looking at
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 08:44:13AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
First I'm looking comparison of required, important, standard,
optional, and extra as package labels [particularly interested in
corner cases]. I've been looking at
[https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/]. I'm not grasping
"Topology" may be a poor word choice.
First I'm looking comparison of required, important, standard, optional,
and extra as package labels [particularly interested in corner cases].
I've been looking at [https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/]. I'm
not grasping something. Not sure what ;/
Hi all,
I just finished writing a daemontools intro here:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/djbdns/daemontools_intro.htm
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I just finished writing a daemontools intro here:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/djbdns/daemontools_intro.htm
Is this the culmination of your posting to this list to promote your own
ends? Or have we more to look forward to?
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I used to use grub-reboot to boot remotely into any OS, which is installed on
one of my boxes. Since the introduction of submenus into grub2 that does not
work anymore.
Who had the bright idea to push submenus in Grub2 down our throats?
I don't want them. I want something straight forward
Hello!
Haridas - hari...@sparksupport.com - is inviting you to join Yuuguu, a free and
easy-to-use application for working with colleagues or friends over the web.
It allows users to share screens, host online meetings and work in real time on
the same documents over the web for free.
To get
Salut tout le monde,
apres plusieurs annees loin de Debian et un retour aux sources
(slackware), j'ai decide de refaire le chemin inverse. Je me sentais
un peu seul avec ma slackware et surtout j'avais l'impression de ne
plus servir a grand chose. Le manque de visibilite du projet mais
aussi les
in a short time. I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge, can someone
give me some pointers to a quick online introduction? I'm looking for
stuff like how yum
On 12-apr-2007, at 8:47, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:29:51AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote:
I'm a happy Debian user and will not move to RH. But. As I wrote in
my question, I'm _forced_ to use RHEL4 at my job.
Since more debianites will have been in this situation, I
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:16:37AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote:
That's what this world has evolved into; everything is worth what you
paid for it. There will be a moment when someone realizes that he
didn't pay for his wife and start to doubt if her love for him is
genuine. :-/
I
Peter Teunissen wrote:
There will be a moment when someone realizes that he
didn't pay for his wife and start to doubt if her love for him is
genuine. :-/
hmmm... Ever heard of dowry system? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry
raju
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On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:29:51AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote:
I'm a happy Debian user and will not move to RH. But. As I wrote in
my question, I'm _forced_ to use RHEL4 at my job.
Since more debianites will have been in this situation, I think it's
not inappropriate to ask on this
. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge
But this is debian. Why not ask
Peter Teunissen wrote:
Hi All,
I've got a great opportunity to promote opensource at my job by
working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4
and need to get up and running in a short time.
Well, that's life.
I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:14:51AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how
better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because
the admins run into trouble? Kind of like the conspiracy theory that
says that a lot of the
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On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:14:51AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how
better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because
the admins run into trouble?
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
Yes, I agree with you. I don't think the Red Hat model is bad at all,
thus my statement about not believing my conspiracy theory. My question
lies more in the anti-virus world than it does in the Linux world.
I had no intention
Hi All,
I've got a great opportunity to promote opensource at my job by
working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's
introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge
But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion guide? One
doesn't ask Microsoft for help transitioning to Debian.
Isn't RHEL a commercial product
and running in a short time. I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge
But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion guide? One
doesn't ask
to use Redhat EL4
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking
for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found
intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge
But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion
job by
working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking
for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found
intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had
on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge
for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge, can someone
give me some pointers to a quick online introduction? I'm looking for
stuff like how yum and up2date compare to aptitude, how
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 07:05:47PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
I am sure that he really meant the other way, a RHEL User's
introduction to Debian (and its far superior tools and ways)
I hope. I really hope. But since he is is using RH, I am afraid not.
In any case, RPM dependency hell
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for
a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in
the other direction :-)
I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge, can someone
give me some pointers to a quick online introduction
Thanks all for your discussion on Lyx vs LaTex (and Word).
I've been traveling and now pouring through a month's worth of emails.
Just before I left, after reading all the documents that come with the
TexLive system on Debian, I took 30 minutes and translated a few Lout
letters into Latex. It
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 10:13:39PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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Ron Johnson wrote:
There's no Law Of Nature that says you can't have your greenbar
printout next to your terminal.
I prefer 2 screens
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or do easy
stuff with the wysiwig, then modify the latex files if there's stuff not
easily handled by a wysiwig.
Lyx, but why?
Discovered 'gnuhtml2latex'. What a *neat*
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 10:54:30PM +1300 or thereabouts, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or do easy
stuff with the wysiwig, then modify the latex files if there's stuff not
On Saturday 24 February 2007 01:54, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or do easy
stuff with the wysiwig, then modify the latex files if there's stuff not
easily handled by a
* tom arnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070224 17:28]:
On Saturday 24 February 2007 01:54, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or
do easy stuff with the wysiwig, then modify the latex files if
On Saturday 24 February 2007 16:15, Russell L. Harris wrote:
* tom arnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070224 17:28]:
On Saturday 24 February 2007 01:54, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/21/07 23:19, Steve Lamb wrote:
Because I asked? Why do I have to justify why I asked that question?
Because I asked? Why do I have to justify why I asked that question?
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On 02/22/07 02:00, Steve Lamb wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/21/07 23:19, Steve Lamb wrote:
Because I asked? Why do I have to justify why I asked that question?
Because I asked? Why do I have to justify why I asked that question?
It's
Ron Johnson wrote:
It's not Polite (nay, it's downright stupid) to ask Why do you want
to know that? on a -user mailing list.
Erm, it's impolite to ask pertinent questions? Personally I find it
impolite to be offended on when other people question you on why you are
questioning them.
Am 2007-02-14 10:44:48, schrieb Roberto C. Sanchez:
That depends on how you define usable. Word might handle a 25 page
document. The experience of many of my friends has been that big
documents (25 pages is not big) are a real pain Word. One friend of
mine did his thesis (350-400 pages) in
Am 2007-02-16 09:30:36, schrieb Greg Folkert:
Not permanently and not in your normal.dot. At least *I* could never
Hmmm, in the german and french versions it CAN be switched off.
Maybe you have a special version of the DHS which correct US-
American if they do not follow the party line. :-))
Am 2007-02-14 11:33:04, schrieb Greg Folkert:
Install Cygwin, its the only way to semi-fix it.
???
bash.exe, perl.exe and python.exe can run definitivly in a
DOS-Box since I use it for DJGPP http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 01:15 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:05:24AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
Actually, I'm serious about the utility of big line printers. The
large print and *wide*, lined paper made it easy to step thru your
program, making notes, side
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:51:40AM -0800, Michael M. wrote:
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 01:15 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:05:24AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
Actually, I'm serious about the utility of big line printers. The
large print and *wide*, lined paper made it easy
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:51:40AM -0800, Michael M. wrote:
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 01:15 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:05:24AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
Actually, I'm serious about the
On Tuesday 20 February 2007 15:49, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:45:16PM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
I no longer have anything to do with that area - but I would say today
that we still cannot produce documents with the consistency and
completeness (proper version
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what a great thread. hopefully we can begin 'subject'ing it properly with
this
mail.
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or do easy
stuff with the wysiwig, then modify the latex files if there's
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 11:52, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:45:09AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
what a great thread. hopefully we can begin 'subject'ing it properly with
this mail.
what about a WYSIWIG which produces latex files? You rough out or do easy
stuff
Ron Johnson wrote:
There's no Law Of Nature that says you can't have your greenbar
printout next to your terminal.
I prefer 2 screens now. Left screen is the on-line Python manual, right
screen is my code in vim, fully expanded.
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Ron Johnson wrote:
There's no Law Of Nature that says you can't have your greenbar
printout next to your terminal.
I prefer 2 screens now. Left screen is the on-line Python manual, right
screen is my
Ron Johnson wrote:
fully expanded?
Yes, I am using vim in a wicked GUI and click on the leetle button which
expands the window to the entire screen. :P
Although I pine for the day I can give Wing IDE a try. :)
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Ron Johnson wrote:
fully expanded?
Yes, I am using vim in a wicked GUI and click on the leetle button which
expands the window to the entire screen. :P
Although I pine for the day I can give Wing
Ron Johnson wrote:
What GUI would that be?
The relevance being? I figured since you didn't know the terms of fully
expanded you were one of dem d'ere CLI people who think GUIs are da werk uf da
debil!
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On 02/21/07 23:19, Steve Lamb wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
What GUI would that be?
The relevance being?
Because I asked? Why do I have to justify why I asked that question?
I figured since you didn't know the terms
On Tuesday 13 February 2007 16:29, Miles Fidelman wrote:
FYI: Just for perspective, I'm also old enough to remember designing
control logic for film processors used for in preparing print the
old-fashioned way (you know, half-tone separations, prepared with
screens and cameras) - and, for
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:45:16PM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
I no longer have anything to do with that area - but I would say today
that we still cannot produce documents with the consistency and
completeness (proper version control of all documentation, with the
version numbers
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On Tuesday 13 February 2007 16:29, Miles Fidelman wrote:
[snip]
in about 1982 I was in the market for a line printer so that my team
could print out their software listings and was pursuaded by the our HP
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:24:52PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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On Tuesday 13 February 2007 16:29, Miles Fidelman wrote:
[snip]
in about 1982 I was in the market for a line printer so that my team
could
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On Tuesday 13 February 2007 16:29, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Kevin Mark wrote:
I recall they are huge, requiring a lot of floor space and required a
noise cover otherwise you'd hear ear-splitting, griding noise. X-(
Yup, yup and yup. Of course having to work on some model or another of
green-bar printer for the past year-and-a-half lemme tell you,
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:24:52PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/20/07 15:45, Alan Chandler wrote:
On
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Kevin Mark wrote:
I recall they are huge, requiring a lot of floor space and required a
noise cover otherwise you'd hear ear-splitting, griding noise. X-(
Yup, yup and yup. Of course having to work on
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 00:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/21/07 00:09, Steve Lamb wrote:
Kevin Mark wrote:
I recall they are huge, requiring a lot of floor space and required a
noise cover otherwise you'd hear ear-splitting, griding noise. X-(
Yup, yup and yup. Of course having
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On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 00:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/21/07 00:09, Steve Lamb wrote:
Kevin Mark wrote:
I recall they are huge, requiring a lot of floor space and required a
noise cover otherwise you'd
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:22:30 -0500
Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I said - there are plenty of reasons to hate word. Personally, I
hate some of the auto-corrections it makes.
AOL! But you can turn them off.
Celejar
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On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 22:12 -0500, Celejar wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:22:30 -0500
Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I said - there are plenty of reasons to hate word. Personally, I
hate some of the auto-corrections it makes.
AOL! But you can turn them off.
Not permanently
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:30:36 -0500
Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 22:12 -0500, Celejar wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:22:30 -0500
Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I said - there are plenty of reasons to hate word. Personally, I
hate some of
Miles Fidelman wrote:
Chris Bannister wrote:
Oh come on. At the company we just left, we generated 2-3 proposals a
month, each at
25 pages or so, using Word. There are lots of reasons to dislike Word,
but get real, it's usable
and it works.
Just looking at the number of word documents
For me the main advantages of LaTeX over Word is the easy incorporation
of references, citations and numbering figures and tables. Offcourse
Word is also able to do this, but with a lot more trouble. Something
like 'headings' always want to do things differently then the author. I
wrote several
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:08:13PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Oh come on. At the company we just left, we generated 2-3 proposals a
month, each at
25 pages or so, using Word. There are lots of reasons to dislike Word,
but get real, it's usable
That depends on
Stephen wrote:
The other fella Miles Fieldman, (I think) mentioned that corporations
use word templates etc. Sure, for filling in a form letter, however it's
been my experience that the majority of corporate branding is done in
design and typesetting shops, not by Suzy or Joe using MSFT Word.
I
Miles Fidelman said...
Stephen wrote:
The other fella Miles Fieldman, (I think) mentioned that corporations
use word templates etc. Sure, for filling in a form letter, however it's
been my experience that the majority of corporate branding is done in
design and typesetting shops, not by
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:08:13PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Oh come on. At the company we just left, we generated 2-3 proposals a
month, each at
25 pages or so, using Word. There are lots of reasons to dislike Word,
but get real, it's usable
That depends on how you define usable.
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:38:03AM -0500, Stephen wrote:
You don't know MSFT Word well do you ? It's relatively easy to create a
TOC from a structured Word document. Doesn't take much skill at all. The
key is structure, and to work in outline view.
Have you actually verified that the TOC is
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:08:13PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Oh come on. At the company we just left, we generated 2-3 proposals a
month, each at 25 pages or so, using Word. There are lots of reasons to dislike Word,
but get real, it's usable
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:44 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
[snip]
That depends on how you define usable. Word might handle a 25 page
document. The experience of many of my friends has been that big
documents (25 pages is not big) are a real pain Word. One friend of
mine did his thesis
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:33:04AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:44 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
I mean, people often complain about the lack of uniformity in GUI
programs targetted at Linux. Windows is just as bad, but people
choose to overlook it for some
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:48:21AM -0500 or thereabouts, Roberto C. Sanchez
wrote:
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:38:03AM -0500, Stephen wrote:
You don't know MSFT Word well do you ? It's relatively easy to create a
TOC from a structured Word document. Doesn't take much skill at all. The
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people don't
care how ugly their printed documents look.
I think there are an awful lot of us in business, non-profits, and
government who'd contest this.
Not to mention those in the advertising and marketing
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Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people
don't care how ugly their printed documents look.
I think there are an awful lot of us in business, non-profits,
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Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/12/07 11:49, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Joe Hart wrote:
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:41:55 +0200 Micha Feigin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
I might be a
On 2007-02-13, Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people don't
care how ugly their printed documents look.
I think there are an awful lot of us in business, non-profits, and
government who'd contest
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On 02/13/07 07:30, Tyler Smith wrote:
On 2007-02-13, Miles Fidelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people don't
care how ugly their printed documents look.
I think
Miles Fidelman wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people don't
care how ugly their printed documents look.
I think there are an awful lot of us in business, non-profits, and
government who'd contest this.
Not to mention those in the
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Miles Fidelman wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people don't
care how ugly their printed documents look.
I think there are an awful lot of us in business, non-profits, and
government who'd
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:05:26 -0500
Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Sunday 11 February 2007 11:41, Micha Feigin wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:06:15 -0500
If Office is the issue, and not Windows overall, then why should
she buy office when she can use OpenOffice
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:17:41 -0500
Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 06:41:55PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
Actually I am a bigger fan of lyx, but that's a hard sell for office fans.
I'm just starting down the LaTex and Lyx road (from Lout since I want
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:08:14 -0500
cga2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 12:17:41PM EST, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 06:41:55PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
Actually I am a bigger fan of lyx, but that's a hard sell for office fans.
I'm just
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:48:40 -0500
Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:16 +0100, Joe Hart wrote:
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:41:55 +0200
Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually I am a bigger fan of lyx, but that's a hard sell
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:40:45 -0600
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On 02/13/07 06:17, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Outside of high academia the publishing industry, most people
don't care how ugly their printed
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 06:49:14PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
I might be a bit of a purist, but I would say that even for one page of
a document you will be better of with LaTeX. Word output might be ok for
a quick fax, but the printed text from a half-way decent printer will
always
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