Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 June 2016 18:05:02 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2016 23:01:16 Gene Heskett wrote: > >  org.kde.kcalc-6112 > > Probably absolutely irrelevant - but why have you got kde-anything?? > (For general info, Gene is running TDE 14, not kde.) > > Lisi That particular kcalc is

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 09 June 2016 23:01:16 Gene Heskett wrote: >  org.kde.kcalc-6112 Probably absolutely irrelevant - but why have you got kde-anything?? (For general info, Gene is running TDE 14, not kde.) Lisi

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 June 2016 16:33:45 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote on 06/09/16 17:59: > > On Thursday 09 June 2016 05:39:08 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> Yeah, you got a lot of stuff here ;-) > >> > >> The repositories all got the same priority 500 besides the > >> wheezy-backports

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-09 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Gene Heskett wrote on 06/09/16 17:59: > On Thursday 09 June 2016 05:39:08 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> Yeah, you got a lot of stuff here ;-) >> >> The repositories all got the same priority 500 besides the >> wheezy-backports i386 target release which is set to priority 100. >> These priorities

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 June 2016 05:39:08 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Yeah, you got a lot of stuff here ;-) > > The repositories all got the same priority 500 besides the > wheezy-backports i386 target release which is set to priority 100. > These priorities are normally set in /etc/apt/preferences. What

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-09 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Yeah, you got a lot of stuff here ;-) The repositories all got the same priority 500 besides the wheezy-backports i386 target release which is set to priority 100. These priorities are normally set in /etc/apt/preferences. What is the contents of this file on your system? The easiest to try for

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 June 2016 02:41:02 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Maybe, the priority of the package repositories for , e.g., package > "libsoqt4-20" is wrong. > > Let's see what's the outcome of > > apt-cache policy Rather lengthy, wordwrap off: root@coyote:/home/gene# apt-cache policy Package

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Maybe, the priority of the package repositories for , e.g., package "libsoqt4-20" is wrong. Let's see what's the outcome of apt-cache policy ? Regards, jvp.

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 June 2016 11:10:19 Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-07, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Installing (in simulation mode because it pulls in an enormous > >> amount of stuff) freecad and freecad-docs in Wheezy LTS from Wheezy > >> backports works for me (why qt4-dev-tools?)

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-07 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-07, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> Installing (in simulation mode because it pulls in an enormous >> amount of stuff) freecad and freecad-docs in Wheezy LTS from Wheezy >> backports works for me (why qt4-dev-tools?) using apt-get. >> >> Viz >> >> apt-get -s -t

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 June 2016 04:11:43 Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-06, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> It appears to be in wheezy-backports. > > > > So it is, but I cannot install it, synaptic claims broken packages, > > but I click on custom -> broken and the list is empty. And clicking

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-07 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-06, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> It appears to be in wheezy-backports. > > So it is, but I cannot install it, synaptic claims broken packages, but > I click on custom -> broken and the list is empty. And clicking on fix > broken packages does nothing. > > So

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 June 2016 13:49:50 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 06 Jun 2016 at 13:12:33 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 06 June 2016 11:54:12 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > On Seg, 06 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > So the bottom line is that wheezy doesn't have a decent CAD > >

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
> > > > > really tried to learn it. But first I'd have to pull the sources > > > > > > and see if I can build it to run on wheezy. > > > > > > > > > > It appears to be in wheezy-backports. > > > > > > > > I can't f

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread David Wright
; > > > It appears to be in wheezy-backports. > > > > > > I can't find it there. I looked with a view to pointing Gene to it if it > > > were there. > > > > Perhaps we disagree on the referent of "it"! > > > > -rw-r--r-- 18824580 Ju

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
pull the sources and see if I can build it to run > > > > on wheezy. > > > > > > It appears to be in wheezy-backports. > > > > I can't find it there. I looked with a view to pointing Gene to it if it > > were there. > > Perhaps we disagree on the referent of "it"! > > -rw-r--r-- 18824580 Jun 6 13:11 > /tmp/freecad_0.14.3702+dfsg-3~bpo70+1_i386.deb > eb83c48f5fdd6ec7c466ac1aec516741 > /tmp/freecad_0.14.3702+dfsg-3~bpo70+1_i386.deb (md5) > > Cheers, > David. Indeed! Quotation from the subject line: Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs (my stars). Lisi

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread David Wright
On Mon 06 Jun 2016 at 18:56:07 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 06 June 2016 18:49:50 David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 06 Jun 2016 at 13:12:33 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 06 June 2016 11:54:12 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > > On Seg, 06 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 06 June 2016 18:49:50 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 06 Jun 2016 at 13:12:33 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 06 June 2016 11:54:12 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > On Seg, 06 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > So the bottom line is that wheezy doesn't have a decent CAD

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread David Wright
On Mon 06 Jun 2016 at 13:12:33 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 06 June 2016 11:54:12 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > On Seg, 06 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > So the bottom line is that wheezy doesn't have a decent CAD program, > > > and never will. > > > > I suppose that when it

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 June 2016 11:54:12 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Seg, 06 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 06 June 2016 09:12:46 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >> On Dom, 05 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: > >> >> All I can find as a "pis

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Seg, 06 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 06 June 2016 09:12:46 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Dom, 05 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: >> All I can find as a "pis aller" after a quick look is this: >> >>

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 June 2016 09:12:46 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Dom, 05 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: > >> All I can find as a "pis aller" after a quick look is this: > >> > >> http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/LibreCAD_users_Manual > > > > This I

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Dom, 05 Jun 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: All I can find as a "pis aller" after a quick look is this: http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/LibreCAD_users_Manual This I did find, but its for a much newer version 2.0 than what is in the repo's. That

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-06 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646621 > > Interesting. Thank you. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett There's this http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/LibreCAD_v1_Users'_Manual which contains the following link

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Joe
On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:58:26 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2016 13:10:52 Joe wrote: > > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:17:13 + (UTC) > > > > Curt wrote: > > > On 2016-06-03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Greetings all; >

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 June 2016 13:28:48 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Sun, 2016-06-05 at 18:10 +0100, Joe wrote: > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use > > > > but it cannot find its help docs.   > > > > > > Did you give the built-in help system a try? > > > > Mine (2.0.9

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 June 2016 13:10:52 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:17:13 + (UTC) > > Curt wrote: > > On 2016-06-03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 June 2016 12:50:10 Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: > >> On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> >> > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to > >> >> >

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 June 2016 11:54:02 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2016 14:58:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > I find entirely too often on linux, that the help > > tut from that menu pulldown is missing an annoying percentage of the > > time. > > Well, it's open source, Gene. Learn how to use it

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread David Wright
On Sun 05 Jun 2016 at 16:54:02 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2016 14:58:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > I find entirely too often on linux, that the help > > tut from that menu pulldown is missing an annoying percentage of the > > time. > > Well, it's open source, Gene. Learn how to

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Joe
On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:28:48 +0200 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Sun, 2016-06-05 at 18:10 +0100, Joe wrote: > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use > > > > but it cannot find its help docs.   > > > Did you give the built-in help system a try? > > >

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2016-06-05 at 18:10 +0100, Joe wrote: > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use > > > but it cannot find its help docs.   > > Did you give the built-in help system a try? > > > Mine (2.0.9 on sid) says, and I quote verbatim: > > "Bugger, I couldn't find the

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Joe
On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:17:13 + (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use > > but it cannot find its help docs. > > Did you

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: > >> On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use >> >> > but it cannot find its help docs. >> >> >> >> Did

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 05 June 2016 14:58:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > I find entirely too often on linux, that the help > tut from that menu pulldown is missing an annoying percentage of the > time. Well, it's open source, Gene. Learn how to use it then write the docs. Or pay a technical author to learn how

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:59:14 Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use > >> > but it cannot find its help docs. > >> > >> Did you give the built-in help system a try? > > > > That is what it

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-05, Gene Heskett wrote: >> > >> > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but >> > it cannot find its help docs. >> >> Did you give the built-in help system a try? >> > That is what it is reporting that it cannot find. That is really

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 June 2016 05:17:13 Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but > > it cannot find its help docs. > > Did you give the built-in help system

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-05 Thread Curt
On 2016-06-03, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > Wheezy, i386. > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but it > cannot find its help docs. Did you give the built-in help system a try? > I do not see a separate docs package in the

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 June 2016 10:51:15 Joe wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 07:36:24 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 03 June 2016 07:03:54 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 03 June 2016 10:59:53 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > >

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-03 Thread Joe
On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 07:36:24 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 03 June 2016 07:03:54 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 03 June 2016 10:59:53 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 June 2016 07:03:54 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 03 June 2016 10:59:53 Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but > > it cannot find its help docs. > > > > I do not see a separate docs

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 June 2016 06:43:23 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 05:59:53AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Wheezy, i386. > > > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but > > it cannot find its help docs. > > > > I do not see a

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 03 June 2016 10:59:53 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > Wheezy, i386. > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but it > cannot find its help docs. > > I do not see a separate docs package in the repo's. > > Does anyone have a clue where they might be

Re: libreCAD, can't find help docs

2016-06-03 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 05:59:53AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > Wheezy, i386. > > libreCAD looks like a simple enough cad I could learn how to use but it > cannot find its help docs. > > I do not see a separate docs package in