Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 14 December 2020 01:14:32 Rafael Skodlar wrote: > On 12/12/20 1:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > >> From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > >> > >> To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual > >> page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-13 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 12/12/20 1:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How antiquate

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-13 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
Den 2020-12-12 kl. 22:41, skrev John Dammeyer: From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How anti

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 12 December 2020 22:04:12 Chris Albertson wrote: > This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to > run an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must > be a distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. > Raspberian is #1 by far,

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > > This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to run > an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must be a > distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. Raspberian is #1 > by far,

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Chris Albertson
This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to run an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must be a distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. Raspberian is #1 by far, then a couple of versions of Ubuntu and then Debian.That said, all

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 12 December 2020 20:53:57 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/12/2020 06:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Simple, works 100% of the time if you can type. I've never > > ever found a file manager that actually gets it right > > OOTB. I think theres an unwritten rule that it won't. Why > > muck aroun

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/12/2020 06:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Simple, works 100% of the time if you can type. I've never ever found a file manager that actually gets it right OOTB. I think theres an unwritten rule that it won't. Why muck around with a file manager? Except for the swiss army knife called mc, mos

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> > On 12/12/2020 03:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > >> From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > >> > >> To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page > >> "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. > >> > > Oh gawd, that would mean using

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/12/2020 03:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How antiqu

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/12/2020 02:40 PM, Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Yes, me too! It is just totally Unix-like that the parameters are reversed depending on if it is an ln

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 12 December 2020 16:41:29 John Dammeyer wrote: > > From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > > > > To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page > > "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first > > time. > > Oh gawd, that would mean u

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > > To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page > "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. > Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How antiquated is that when the File manager dr

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Den 2020-12-12 kl. 19:48, skrev John Dammeyer: Hi all, This seems so elementary but has me perplexed. For the last 30 years or so Microsoft Windows has h

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
I tried and failed. John > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: December-12-20 11:49 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question. > > On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 18:50, John

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 18:50, John Dammeyer wrote: > Is there a way in this version of the LinuxCNC to bring it 30 years into the > future or even just do like MachineKit on the Beagle and not ask that stupid > question each time? I googled for "seems to be an executable script" and the first

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 18:50, John Dammeyer wrote: > Is there a way in this version of the LinuxCNC to bring it 30 years into the > future or even just do like MachineKit on the Beagle and not ask that stupid > question each time? The desktop shortcut is just a little text file. Maybe comparin