[SLUG] GnuPlot

2002-06-03 Thread steven
Afternoon All I'm using GnuPlot to plot some integer data by date. The dates are on the x axis. I am trying to change the way the x axis legends appear. At the moment GnuPlot selects dates arbitrarily and displays the date in a specified format eg 01/08/01 under the x axis. GnuPlot just

Re: [SLUG] GnuPlot

2002-06-03 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This could be hidden somewhere in the very long manual but if it is I can't find it. It's in there; in fact, gnuplot's manual is pretty nice. Look at the section Commands-set-show-xtics. --

Re: [SLUG] Type 3 PDF fonts

2002-06-03 Thread David Kempe
Print as image dave - Original Message - From: Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mail List - SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: [SLUG] Type 3 PDF fonts I have a .pdf file that will not print. Acrobat Reader doesn't complain, it just doesn't

[SLUG] ask emacs(get the previous command )

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear list : I enter shell in emacs by M-x shell . but I found that I cant get the previous command by press ^ (up-arrow) , or like doskey in DOS | Is there experienced emacs-user can share their experience ? BestRegards' Henry

Re: [SLUG] ask emacs(get the previous command )

2002-06-03 Thread Jessica Mayo
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, henry wrote: Dear list : I enter shell in emacs by M-x shell . but I found that I cant get the previous command by press ^ (up-arrow) , or like doskey in DOS

[SLUG] how to read xxx-devel-X.X.X.rpm

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear List: For some reason , I try to find infomation of linux-i2c(a bus protocol) . I found on internet thereis i2c-devel-X.X.X.rpm . Itgenerates lots of *.gz under /usr/share/doc/i2c-devel-X.X.X after I installed it . Could you tell me how to read these *.gz ? (by man ? info-viewer ?

Re: [SLUG] Total Cost of Ownership Studies - Linux vs MS

2002-06-03 Thread Jon Biddell
Have a look at www.linuxjournal.com . There is a very good article on exacly that from CyberSource in Melbourne !! Hi there, This is probably OT but someone on the list might be able to point me in the right direction. As part of an effort to get Linux into a large site (more than 400

[SLUG] b0rked system

2002-06-03 Thread Rob B
Hi all, I'm in a bit of a pickle at the moment - I compiled a new kernel package using make-kpkg for my Debian Woody box, going from 2.2.19 to 2.4.18, with the pre-emptive patch and ext3 support. lilo was updated and all went well and rebooted fine. I then ran tune2fs -j /dev/sda1 through 4 to

Re: [SLUG] Type 3 PDF fonts

2002-06-03 Thread Michael Still
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Howard Lowndes wrote: Acrobat Reader doesn't complain, it just doesn't print anything. Is printing disabled for that document perhaps? Mikal -- Michael Still ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) UMT+10hrs -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

RE: [SLUG] GnuPlot

2002-06-03 Thread ramon buckland
Steven, I worked on a project with GNUPlot also. I couldn't get the date output we needed (May 2002, Jun 2002) so I statically defined my x axis with 1 to 10 (say 10 months) and then gave each x axis tick a new label (May 2002) , generated from the wrapper script I was using. Worked a treat. I

[SLUG] German Government signs massive Linux deal

2002-06-03 Thread sfg
It's got to be good news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2023000/2023127.stm Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

RE: [SLUG] how to read xxx-devel-X.X.X.rpm

2002-06-03 Thread Wienand Ian
I found on internet there is i2c-devel-X.X.X.rpm . It generates lots of *.gz under /usr/share/doc/i2c-devel-X.X.X after I installed it . Could you tell me how to read these *.gz ? Without looking I would guess these are just compressed text files. It is a very common thing for

Re: [SLUG] ask emacs(get the previous command )

2002-06-03 Thread David Sitsky
On Monday 03 June 2002 20:35, Jessica Mayo wrote: On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, henry wrote: Dear list : I enter shell in emacs by M-x shell . but I found that I cant get the previous command by press ^ (up-arrow) , or like doskey in DOS Is there experienced emacs-user can

[SLUG] Death to my Superblock

2002-06-03 Thread Melinda Taylor
Hello, A user running Redhat 7.2 on his system failed to boot today with the message 'cannot find label=/home' error messsage. I gave the SU passswd to get into maintenance mode and sure enough he is in alot of strife. His /home partition is /dev/hda3 - I checked this with 'fdisk -l' and it is

Re: [SLUG] b0rked system

2002-06-03 Thread Rob B
- Original Message - From: Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] b0rked system quote who=Rob B I then ran tune2fs -j /dev/sda1 through 4 to add the journal, and changed /etc/fstab to make the drives mount ext3 at boot. Before rebooting, I re-made the kernel package

Re: [SLUG] ask emacs(get the previous command )

2002-06-03 Thread Matthew Dalton
henry wrote: Dear list : I enter shell in emacs by M-x shell . but I found that I cant get the previous command by press ^ (up-arrow) , or like doskey in DOS | Is there

Re: [SLUG] how to read xxx-devel-X.X.X.rpm

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear List: uncompress it using gunzip and then read it as a normal text file. I open it (without un-compressing)with emacs ,but I always see the same page open it with emacs, that should automatically sort it out too. it obviously has node-link,but I cant link it in emacs Thanks for

[SLUG] ask emacs(how to keep the previous state)

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear List: Everyone has such a experience as follows: 1. open emacs 2. open many files in a buffer 3. close emacs When you come back to work in emacs .Youneed to repeat step2(as above)again. How could I keep the buffer(the previously working-state) ? Could you share your experience?

Re: [SLUG] Debian SIG

2002-06-03 Thread Peter Hardy
On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 14:12, Peter Hardy wrote: This month, David McGuire will be giving a talk on installing Debian on an iBook, more specifically how a non-expert did it. In David's own words: After 16 years of MacOS, I decided to turn my trusty iBook turned into a dual boot OS9/debian. Easy

sorry ;Fw: [SLUG] how to read xxx-devel-X.X.X.rpm

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear Wienand: Sorry for my rudiness ! I gunziped those *.gz ,all are all plain text files , there is no node-link . Their contents are information about i2c-development ,that's why the package has such a name-- i2c-develX.X.X . BestRegards' Henry - Original Message - From: henry

Re: [SLUG] Tsk tsk Cisco...gpl breach..

2002-06-03 Thread Matt Hyne
You will probably find it is actually RH Linux as Cisco has a partnership agreement with RedHat. At Thursday, 30-05-02 21:58 (+1000), Ben Buxton wrote: Cisco seems to be breaching the GPL by using a Linux distribution in one of their devices and not mentioning GPL, Linux or source anywhere:

Fw: [SLUG] ask emacs(how to keep the previous state)

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear List: My friend has taught me how to keep the state : Ctrl-z to make it sleep. fg to make it re-appear on the fore-ground. it's quite convenient to use the trick. BestRegards' Henry - Original Message - From: henry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:07 AM

RE: [SLUG] Exchange Replacements

2002-06-03 Thread Scott Ragen
Samsung Contact (Formerly known as HP Openmail) might be the way to go. It will also do the emails, and shared folders, BBS etc. Its not free, but its not as expensive as exchange. The only problem I have with it is it doesn't support Outlook 2002 (yet?). Go to www.samsungcontact.com for more

[SLUG] Re: ask emacs(how to keep the previous state)

2002-06-03 Thread Angus Lees
At Tue, 4 Jun 2002 09:07:12 +0800, henry wrote: 1. open emacs 2. open many files in a buffer 3. close emacs When you come back to work in emacs .You need to repeat step2 (as above)again. How could I keep the buffer(the previously working-state) ? personally, i don't automatically

Re: [SLUG] Re: ask emacs(how to keep the previous state)

2002-06-03 Thread Alan L Tyree
If I understood the question: from .emacs: ;; activate desktop savings (load desktop) (desktop-load-default) (desktop-read) You may need to do something to activate it the first time. See the info files. -- -- Alan L Tyree[EMAIL

[SLUG] Convert a PDF to Postscript on the fly

2002-06-03 Thread ramon buckland
Hi , Hoping someone might have small hints for me on this one. Got a Postscript that needs to be converted on the fly (ColdFusion scripting) to PDF and streamed back to the client. The Streaming etc is all good. What we do have working is using Ghostscript in a round about way. using gs in

RE: [SLUG] Convert a PDF to Postscript on the fly

2002-06-03 Thread Hartono, Susanto
I have finally worked out how to append pdfs to specific section of another pdf without using latex. However this is probably not what you want. You may want to look at ps2pdf instead. --SH -Original Message- From: ramon buckland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2002

[SLUG] How to change process ownership

2002-06-03 Thread Hartono, Susanto
Hi guys, Is it possible to change a process ownership in Unix (something like chown)? For some bizarre reason, our Xserver is running under someone else's login name and as such, it's not allowing us to connect to server_name:0. Is there another workaround to this? I really don't want to be

[SLUG] ask mail(RedHat)

2002-06-03 Thread henry
Dear List: After half a year ,I am ready to switch to linux, the last thing holds me to win98 is email . I am in a company with ISP-service,there is a gateway. I can easily get my email from outlook(win98) Should I install mail-server in RedHat like sendmail ? I have modifiedthe item

[SLUG] Digital Camera for sale

2002-06-03 Thread Pia smith
Hi all, Friend of mine has a Olympus E20 digital camera for sale. Basically new and going for I think $3300 ONO. If anyone's interested please email her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pia PS - there is no point replying to me, as I'm not in the country as of Saturday ;) E-20N.jpg attachment:

Re: [SLUG] ask mail(RedHat)

2002-06-03 Thread Melinda Taylor
Hi Henry, Just a suggestionif you are used to getting your mail using outlook express from your ISP's mail server then I can suggest you use Ximian Evolution (a linux mail program for those addicted to outlook). Their website is http://www.ximian.org or if you install redhat 7.3 it comes

Re: [SLUG] Convert a PDF to Postscript on the fly

2002-06-03 Thread Glen Turner
What we do have working is using Ghostscript in a round about way. using gs in BATCH mode. convert the PS to PDF and the open stream and delete. You don't need an intermediate file, have a look at the gs options. The problem is that GS is pixelating the FONT's in the PDF created. It