Sorry forgot the link, http://familiar.handhelds.org/ slashdot.org/~Drakkenmensch "Is this going to be another one of those hollow claims backed up by a viral video, like unlocking car doors with a tennis ball?"
slashdot.org/~Mindkata "Its much easier with a cricket ball. Just use it to break the window." --- David McClellan On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:12 PM, David <hac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chances are your PDA is supported for some sort of Linux Distro. The > functionality and stability may be in question, along with active > development for software. Besides that, most Windows Mobile based PDA's are > supported. > slashdot.org/~Drakkenmensch <http://slashdot.org/%7EDrakkenmensch> "Is > this going to be another one of those hollow claims backed up by a viral > video, like unlocking car doors with a tennis ball?" > > slashdot.org/~Mindkata <http://slashdot.org/%7EMindkata> "Its much easier > with a cricket ball. Just use it to break the window." > --- > David McClellan > > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Tony Harris <harr...@ccv.vsc.edu> wrote: > >> What sort of PDA is it? And, what sorts of things do you want to sync? >> >> PalmOS based PDAs are, so I understand, not too hard to sync. In fact a >> lot of Palm functionality is built into Ubuntu, including syncing with >> Evolution for mail and calendaring. (Now, if you can get Evolution to >> correctly work with an Exchange server like it's supposed to, and not be >> slower than death, then let me know how you did it!) >> >> WindowsMobile based PDAs are a bit more of a hassle. I have one of those >> (got it free) and am basically just not syncing it right now. You can >> definitely make it work, and in fact my desktop machine sees it, but since I >> haven't gotten Evolution working, I haven't spent a lot of time figuring out >> how to fully sync with the PDA. >> >> What I really want is for Sunbird to be supported for syncing, and I'll >> keep my calendar there, or even better if Sunbird and Thunderbird could >> support Exchange via OWA. >> >> I'd also love to see Linux for my PDA, actually. With full support >> including WPA2 for the little SD wifi card I have for it. >> >> Tony >> >> >> >> --On Thursday, February 05, 2009 04:36:31 PM -0800 Warner White < >> warnercwh...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > Josh, Rick & Tony-- >> > >> > Thanks for your responses. Now I know what to do. >> > >> > For people switching from Windows to Linux this is one of the >> differences. Somehow I thought the Alt+#### was just built into "things." I >> didn't occur to me that it was an OS thing. But, for making the >> transition,this is just one more thing. If only I could get my PDA to sync >> in Linux I'd be all set. (And if KMyMoney weren't quite so clunky.) >> > >> > So, for me, I want it more GUI and more like what I'm used to, but the >> more it gets like that, the more viruses and other troubles we'll have. >> > >> > I thought of taking my problem to the Ubuntu forum, but I was sure I >> would get a quicker and more complete response from you. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Warner >> > >> > Warner White >> > 12 Harbor Watch Road >> > Burlington VT 05401 >> > H: 802-863-0182 >> > C: 802-318-0956 >> > www.warnerwhite.org >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Josh Sled <js...@asynchronous.org> >> > To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU >> > Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:47:02 PM >> > Subject: Re: Loss of Alt+#### function >> > >> > Warner White <warnercwh...@yahoo.com> writes: >> > > I have lost the use of the combination Alt+four numbers to get special >> characters. For example, Alt+0151 (on the keypad with NumLock on) to get an >> em dash. Now when I do it, nothing happens. It's >> > > working on Windows with Firefox, with OpenOffice, etc., but not on my >> two Ubuntu machines. >> > > >> > > I think it was working until recently, but I'm new enough to Ubuntu >> that I can't be certain. >> > > >> > > Any ideas? >> > >> > That is something unique to Windows. But, 'nix has a better >> > alternative… >> > >> > You'll want to make use of the 'Compose' key. Which key this is mapped >> > to on your keyboard varies, but (under Gnome), can be set in >> > Panel > >> > System > >> > Preferences > >> > Keyboard > >> > [tab:]Layouts > >> > [button:]Layout Options > >> > [expander:]Compose key position. >> > >> > I have it mapped to the right "Menu" key on my Windows-layout 104-key >> > keyboard. >> > >> > The idea with Compose is that you first hit the compose key, then a >> > variable-length sequence of characters in order to affect a single >> > composed key. For instance, I'd hit <Compose> <'> <e> to get é, or >> > <Compose> <"> <o> to get my heavy-metal ümulats like sö. >> > >> > But that's just the beginning of the fun! There's all sorts of awesome >> > Unicode characters this allows you to enter. >> > >> > For instance, you might talk about the √∞°² (sqrt infinity degrees >> > squared), or want to try out ½ of the vulgar fractions. Maybe you >> > dislike :), and would rather ☺. Or don't like hearts like <3, and would >> > rather use ♥. >> > >> > Like talking about ∿ waves? Or need to talk about how things might be >> > ≥ and ≤ others? What about the null set ∅. Or how things are cold ± a >> > few degrees? >> > >> > The <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey> link already posted >> > is very good, except for their bad instruction about creating a >> ~/.XCompose >> > file by copying one out of /usr/share … >> > >> > Instead, just add [[[ >> > include "%L" >> > ]]] as the first line of ~/.XCompose, and the current default file for >> > the locale will be loaded first, then you can override things to your >> > heart's content. I've attached my ~/.XCompose to give you some ideas. >> > But also, take a look at </usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose> to >> > see what's already defined. >> > >> > Also the Panel > Applications > Accessories > Character Map is great for >> > finding the details of unicode characters. >> > >> > >> > Cheers… >> > -- >> > ...jsled >> > http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo $...@${b} >> > >> >> >> >
