Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Chuck Hast
I lived in the Kelso/Longview area, I did field service up and down I-5 from N CA to WA and on up into BC (went all the way up to Port Hardy on Vancouver Is. I was active with the local club in Cowlitz Co. also active with the Peak repeater system as I used it a lot on the road on I-5 in OR. They

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
KD7TKJ... Although, I haven't done any of the things I'm supposed to do since getting a vanity call, like update my APRS-IS and EchoLink registrations, register the new domain name, or actually transmit... I was really active in the community when I was studying at the University of Nevada, but

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread John Meissen
Also, there may (or may not) be more extensive documentation under /usr/share/doc. > I've run into a few instances where a program has no man page, but it does > have an 'info' page. However I don't see it very often. > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Ben Koenig
I've run into a few instances where a program has no man page, but it does have an 'info' page. However I don't see it very often. On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Tyrell Jentink > wrote: > > > I'm occasionally surprised by man pages that

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
Kalispell's library has changed... A lot... Since I was last there. BUT, I wasn't the only one to take note of their Linux based systems: http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/libraries/ As for Reno... It does look like Linux has continued to be a priority since I was last paying attention:

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/17/2018 06:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: In that brochure the word "Mac" occurs twice. "Linux" *NEVER* occurs. Keyboarding skills are mentioned. They also ask the question "Does grammar matter?" Richard,   Not an answer to your question, but

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/17/2018 05:50 PM, Tyrell Jentink wrote: Oh... I guess I only answered one question... To the second question: When you want to do something that no one else has ever done, Actually it has been done. It's just not popular ;/ why would you expect anyone to know how to do it?

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Ben Koenig
Working in tech support gives me all the ammo I could possibly need. I worked with a customer a few weeks back who was having an issue with one of my company's USB devices. It wasn't being recognized in Windows 10. Worked on a Mac just fine, but he needed a certain piece of software to do his

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
ROFL^^GRIN^^SNICKER Can you give me links? I intend to fight with a bureaucracy. Need ammo ;/ On 06/17/2018 05:41 PM, Tyrell Jentink wrote: I don't consider this to be off topic... But aren't you the one that lives (Several states) east of Estacada? How is any advice I'm about to give going

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018, logical american wrote: ... such as gvfs, which are intrinsic to the OS and some apparently embedded in the kernal, most running under systemctl control, but with no documentation. L.A., You don't need a man page for a tool over which you have no control. Your example

Re: [PLUG] Quick question on linux man page coverage

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
I'm occasionally surprised by man pages that say "This was written for Debian, as no man page existed..." Granted, I normally stumble on them in amateur radio contexts, and I blamed ham radio for being bad at documentation rather than Linux... But as a contradiction to my point... The 'sl'

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
Oh... I guess I only answered one question... To the second question: When you want to do something that no one else has ever done, why would you expect anyone to know how to do it? If you want to be the first, then go do that... But people who need their hands held don't usually succeed in the

Re: [PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
I don't consider this to be off topic... But aren't you the one that lives (Several states) east of Estacada? How is any advice I'm about to give going to help anyone? In light of that... The county libraries in Reno, NV offer classes in open source software. Last I looked (Erm... Several years

Re: [PLUG] Redhat Software jobs...

2018-06-17 Thread Tyrell Jentink
I'm just guessing here... But I doubt that they would REQUIRE an RHCE; At the same time, though, I do imagine they would require more knowledge than that required for LPI-1... Weather or not you can prove that knowledge without a higher cert is a question only you can answer, but I do suspect that

[PLUG] Redhat Software jobs...

2018-06-17 Thread michael
I hear that Redhat hires programmers to work remotely. Do I need an RHCE to get a job at Redhat? I'm currently in Rochester, MN where I hear that there is a satellite office in Minneapolis. I haven't had any luck finding job offers at Redhat though :-( I have a lot of informal experience

Re: [PLUG] Emacs macro slows with repeated use

2018-06-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: At first this runs quickly, but it slows to a crawl after several uses. When I then execute the macro singly there is now a delay before it completes. I tried disabling the undo buffer (M-x buffer-disable-undo) but this made no difference. Killing

Re: [PLUG] Emacs macro slows with repeated use

2018-06-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018, Ken Stephens wrote: As I understand processor performance, the longer a process runs the smaller time-slice it gets. This seems counter intuitive to me, but if this weren't the case, a process could hog the processor and would not let other processes run. Ken, I

Re: [PLUG] Emacs macro slows with repeated use

2018-06-17 Thread Ken Stephens
Rich, As I understand processor performance, the longer a process runs the smaller time-slice it gets. This seems counter intuitive to me, but if this weren't the case, a process could hog the processor and would not let other processes run. Ken On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 8:44 AM Rich Shepard

[PLUG] Emacs macro slows with repeated use

2018-06-17 Thread Rich Shepard
I understand that emacs macros run interactively. One macro I'm using concatenates three lines into one line. Running it singly execution is quick. With 1000+ lines in the file I run it in repeat mode after checking it's working properly: C-u 20 C-x e At first this runs quickly, but it slows

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

2018-06-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:51:50 -0700 wes dijo: > The Linux Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm. Bring your ailing systems or >questions and we will try to help, or at least get you pointed in a >useful direction. And there will be munchies. And I will be there with my recently acquired ability to