Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

2001-05-18 Thread John Cowan
you from buying a used front panel and toggling in Linux in octal. Oughta work the first time, too. -- There is / one art || John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-29 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: I tried whitespace, but the default Tkinter font isn't fixed-width. How do you do invisible text? Set the background color and the foreground color to be the same. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no more

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-30 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: I don't think I've heard anyone invoke the 4-line rule since about 1992, though. I didn't start generating short random quotes into my sig until about 1996, well after the standard was effectively dead. I have always obeyed it. -- John Cowan

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

2001-05-18 Thread John Cowan
Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:51:28AM -0400, John Cowan wrote: Jes Sorensen wrote: Telling them to install an updated gcc for kernel compilation is a necessary evil, which can easily be done without disturbing the rest of the system. Updating the system's python

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML1 cleanup patch

2001-03-26 Thread John Cowan
Have Been Nice if all newsgroup names began with non-digits, but then there was comp.bugs.4bsd. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML1 cleanup patch, take 3

2001-03-26 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond wrote: If CML2 is adopted and I become the config system maimtainer, ^ Typo-ROTFL! -- There is / one art || John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do

Re: [kbuild-devel] CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-16 Thread John Cowan
screens, for some eyes, that are illegible, culturally unacceptable, or otherwise bogus. Instead, read the colors from the .Xdefaults system. -- There is / one art || John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things

Re: [kbuild-devel] CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-17 Thread John Cowan
*something*. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CMLConfigurator skins (was: CML2 1.1.3 is available)

2001-04-17 Thread John Cowan
lst you are implementing this, make sure a range of font sizes is allowed in the X version. My middle-aged eyes are more and more happy with the "huge" setting in the xterm control-rightbutton menu, especially on SuperVGA screen sizes. -- There is / one art || John Cowan [EMAIL

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

2001-05-18 Thread John Cowan
, nothing stops you from buying a used front panel and toggling in Linux in octal. Oughta work the first time, too. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

2001-05-18 Thread John Cowan
Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:51:28AM -0400, John Cowan wrote: > >>Jes Sorensen wrote: >> >> >>>Telling them to install an updated gcc for kernel compilation >>>is a necessary evil, which can easily be done without dist

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-29 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: > I tried whitespace, but the default Tkinter font isn't fixed-width. How > do you do invisible text? Set the background color and the foreground color to be the same. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/n

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-30 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: > I don't think I've heard anyone invoke the 4-line rule since about > 1992, though. I didn't start generating short random quotes into my sig > until about 1996, well after the "standard" was effectively dead. I have always obeyed

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML1 cleanup patch

2001-03-26 Thread John Cowan
n all-numeric name, and It Would Have Been Nice if all newsgroup names began with non-digits, but then there was comp.bugs.4bsd. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter - To unsubscr

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML1 cleanup patch, take 3

2001-03-26 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond wrote: > If CML2 is adopted and I become the config system maimtainer, ^ Typo-ROTFL! -- There is / one art || John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.

Re: [kbuild-devel] CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-16 Thread John Cowan
ays be some colors, for some screens, for some eyes, that are illegible, culturally unacceptable, or otherwise bogus. Instead, read the colors from the .Xdefaults system. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealt

Re: [kbuild-devel] CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-17 Thread John Cowan
c file. Or *something*. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

CMLConfigurator skins (was: CML2 1.1.3 is available)

2001-04-17 Thread John Cowan
, man". And whilst you are implementing this, make sure a range of font sizes is allowed in the X version. My middle-aged eyes are more and more happy with the "huge" setting in the xterm control-rightbutton menu, especially on SuperVGA screen sizes. -- There is /