I'd love to. Do they have a Solaris version out too?
Re:Any chance of getting that into Emacs/Xemacs?
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In XEmacs, any key that has a symbolic X keysym may be bound to a function. You can find out what keysym is being generated with xev. If the key isn't generating an X keysym (in Linux), then you probably need to tweak the console keyboard map loaded at boot. The console keyboard map I use with Linux fails to map the Home and End function keys to anything, but since I never use those keys, I've never bothered to fix it.
On Solaris, XEmacs already binds scroll lock but we don't do anything with it:
once businesses understand the security and legal ramifications, they will flee to OSS in droves.
That's my take on this too. What exactly is so bad about this proposed law? Anyone stupid enough to buy software under those terms deserves exactly what they get.
What really irritates me is the way Linux is packaged for consumption by the world. Linux is nothing but the kernel itself, yet somehow the "linux community" gets the credit for the complete system
It is richly deserved. Have you ever tried to build a complete Linux+GNU system from source? I have and do. I call the result "Steve/Linux" partially because the GNU source fights me every step of the way and the rest because configuring an entire system is *a lot* of work. It's much more work than mere programming.
She got the domain by accident since the people who granted it were clueless..
There aren't any humans involved in domain registration and the only criterion the registration 'bot appears to use is whether or not the domain is already in use. aolsearch.com wasn't in use when she applied for it, therefore she got it -- first come, first serve.
Is there an easy way to use PGP or GPG with *nix mail clients?
Mailcrypt, XEmacs, and one of the many mail clients for it. I like Gnus, but there are other mail clients. It's all point and click and quite easy to use.
Editors have had autosave since before most people reading/. were born.
you open your term paper and a local copy is downloaded from the server, when ever you save and/or periodically it will sync what you have edited with whats on the server
You can do that now in Emacs. Keep your master sources in a networked CVS repository and edit from a checked out version. Emacs will transparently handle checkouts/commits. As a bonus, you can use secure/non-Big Brother enabled encryption via ssh to keep the network traffic private. Sun/AOL are U.S.-based companies. They will not be permitted to field anything with secure encryption.
It's not fair to say that a ten-line script can infect a Unix system
Actually, it is fair, unfortunately. I once wrote one as a joke. Any login shell that runs a.somethingrc when it starts can be easily infected by portable code.
Commercial Unixes are more safe because root runs a sensible shell. Bash/t?csh/zsh/ksh are vulnerable to this kind of attack.
As usual, precautions like not having dot in the $PATH, not having writable directories in $PATH, not executing anything received via email, etc. makes one safer.
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It would also be nice if the timezone feature in the user preferences worked. If it must be one timezone fits all, then a better choice would be UT.
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I don't like them either as they are, but they're better than nothing.
I'd like to see something like a moderation history attached to each message via a link -- click on it to view the moderation history. Each time a message is moderated either up or down the moderator has to assign a reason for it, but with the full history you can see where and why a message with 5 points (for example) got to be a 5.
Please, let's not get carried away. Your mom wouldn't be able to use it if you weren't around to help her and administer the machine.
Actually, I'm on the other side of the world... but she can't deal with system administration tasks on a Microsoft Windows system either. I'm not sure that proves anything. As I understand it, the recommended approach to fixing things in Microsoft Windows is to reinstall the system at the first sign of trouble. It really shouldn't be that difficult for a Linux distribution to be able to deal with problems that way.
I am aware that Linux can swap to a file as well but it isn't recommended. It would be easier to set but not as robust.
I ran a Linux-based Internet server for several years that used swap files because I didn't give it enough space when I first set up the machine. It's slower, but I certainly wouldn't call it less robust. That machine had several uptimes into triple digits.
I don't equate ease of use with ease of installation. Installation is something you do once, and then mostly forget about. Day to day use is more important (to me) and I am very tired of hearing people claim that Microsoft Windows is categorically easier to use than Linux on the desktop. It isn't.
Perhaps Linux will never be as easy to work with as Windows or Mac but there's a reason for that.
This is not true. My mostly computer-illiterate mom can use Linux just fine. A point and drool interface is only a matter of configuration.
Linus would never say: 'Hey guys, I decided that from now on we'll swap to a file cause Joe Redmond finds partitioning too hard".
As far as I know, Linux has always been able to use a file for swap instead of/in addition to a partition. The feature of swapping to a file instead of a partition predates Microsoft Windows. VMS did it. I first saw it in Unix in the mid '80s.
There's no reason why it [Emacs] couldn't be your login shell.
Indeed. And it will work (with XEmacs anyway) regardless of whether you login on a text console or through xdm. At least it did the last time I regression tested it.
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Thanks for the info, but that page only allows downloading the 5.0 version. Am I missing something?
I'd love to. Do they have a Solaris version out too?
In XEmacs, any key that has a symbolic X keysym may be bound to a function. You can find out what keysym is being generated with xev. If the key isn't generating an X keysym (in Linux), then you probably need to tweak the console keyboard map loaded at boot. The console keyboard map I use with Linux fails to map the Home and End function keys to anything, but since I never use those keys, I've never bothered to fix it.
On Solaris, XEmacs already binds scroll lock but we don't do anything with it:
C-h c
scroll_lock is undefined
That's my take on this too. What exactly is so bad about this proposed law? Anyone stupid enough to buy software under those terms deserves exactly what they get.
Yes to all of the above. I've had both a Japanized Solaris box and a Japanized DEC OSF box on my desk.
What makes you think they haven't? Just asking.
Several that I've heard of, but haven't seen. The most famous one was Sony NEWS, but I don't believe that's supported any more.
I have TurboLinux running on my laptop. It's a nice system except for the RedHat braindamage (Japanized RedHat ships a
Recompiling an operating system != recompiling the kernel.
It is richly deserved. Have you ever tried to build a complete Linux+GNU system from source? I have and do.
I call the result "Steve/Linux" partially because the GNU source fights me every step of the way and the rest because configuring an entire system is *a lot* of work. It's much more work than mere programming.
There aren't any humans involved in domain registration and the only criterion the registration 'bot appears to use is whether or not the domain is already in use. aolsearch.com wasn't in use when she applied for it, therefore she got it -- first come, first serve.
Mailcrypt, XEmacs, and one of the many mail clients for it. I like Gnus, but there are other mail clients. It's all point and click and quite easy to use.
Editors have had autosave since before most people reading
You can do that now in Emacs. Keep your master sources in a networked CVS repository and edit from a checked out version. Emacs will transparently handle checkouts/commits. As a bonus, you can use secure/non-Big Brother enabled encryption via ssh to keep the network traffic private. Sun/AOL are U.S.-based companies. They will not be permitted to field anything with secure encryption.
Except that 100% Linux and uneducated users wouldn't be safer.
The diversity in flavors of Unix (and other O/S-sen) is a Good Thing.
Actually, it is fair, unfortunately. I once wrote one as a joke. Any login shell that runs a
Commercial Unixes are more safe because root runs a sensible shell. Bash/t?csh/zsh/ksh are vulnerable to this kind of attack.
As usual, precautions like not having dot in the $PATH, not having writable directories in $PATH, not executing anything received via email, etc. makes one safer.
It would also be nice if the timezone feature in the user preferences worked. If it must be one timezone fits all, then a better choice would be UT.
I don't like them either as they are, but they're better than nothing.
I'd like to see something like a moderation history attached to each message via a link -- click on it to view the moderation history. Each time a message is moderated either up or down the moderator has to assign a reason for it, but with the full history you can see where and why a message with 5 points (for example) got to be a 5.
Actually, I'm on the other side of the world
I ran a Linux-based Internet server for several years that used swap files because I didn't give it enough space when I first set up the machine. It's slower, but I certainly wouldn't call it less robust. That machine had several uptimes into triple digits.
I don't equate ease of use with ease of installation. Installation is something you do once, and then mostly forget about. Day to day use is more important (to me) and I am very tired of hearing people claim that Microsoft Windows is categorically easier to use than Linux on the desktop. It isn't.
This is not true. My mostly computer-illiterate mom can use Linux just fine. A point and drool interface is only a matter of configuration.
As far as I know, Linux has always been able to use a file for swap instead of/in addition to a partition. The feature of swapping to a file instead of a partition predates Microsoft Windows. VMS did it. I first saw it in Unix in the mid '80s.
There's no reason why it [Emacs] couldn't be your login shell.
Indeed. And it will work (with XEmacs anyway) regardless of whether you login on a text console or through xdm. At least it did the last time I regression tested it.