ICQ is kind of like a factoid....
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Specifically, my Licq history files.. One is over a megabyte, a couple of others are over 100k.. And I'm a pretty passive ICQ user.
It's kind of interesting. If I want to find out if a friend of mine has seen the movie "The Matrix" and I think that we talked about it, then I can just do a "grep Matrix ~/.licq/xxxxxx.history" to find out. It's easier than writing a diary. bleah.
This is terribly ironic, considering that article a few weeks back about RedHat trying to hire the "Superstars of Linux programming". Well, Raster may not be the Michael Jordan of Linux, but I think he could be the Kurt Cobain of Linux.
Kurt Cobain, if you recall, is the late lead singer/songwriter/guitarist of the revolutionary early 90's band Nirvana. He pushed his genre of music into new directions. He wasn't Mozart, but he wasn't bad either.
Raster is somewhat similar to this. He takes his genre, the window manager, and pushes it to new extremes. He makes up new rules (e.g., Imlib) along the way. He's not doing anything radically new, but what he does is still cool.
Finally, if you want to impress a Windows user, you don't show them TWM, you show them Enlightenment.
Crypt.X
Re:People will always be subject to ignorance.
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People will always be subject to ignorance. Education is not a priviledge, it is a necessity for modern existance.
It's a software TRADE GROUP. They're representatives of the companies that make and sell computer software. Companies like Microso~1, Borland, Adobe, etc. These companies make money by selling software.
This "report" was constructed solely for the purpose of generating revenue for the companies that sponsor the trade group. It's ridiculous. Most intelligent people will completely ignore it. However, some idiotic school board administrators will likely see the report and say, "We should spend a chunk of our budget on new computer software."
And you know what sucks about this? It's OUR money. We pay property taxes that go to the school districts. Even if you're renting, part of your rent goes to the property taxes for the building you live in. Arghh.
The X protocol is a network layer protocol. It deals with streams of bits being sent to a network port. No one programs X at this level. The lowest practical level is Xlib.
As far as I know, GNOME isn't a complete new layer of abstraction from GTK. It is merely an add-on to GTK which allows for the interaction with the desktop that the GNOME project has in mind.
Here's the official list from www.gnome.org:
you call gnome_init() instead of gtk_init()
you will want to handle session management
you will want to use gnome_config_*() routines to store persistant data
you will want to use GNOME_STOCK icons/pixmaps in menus/toolbars
you will want to provide online help via the GNOME help subsystem
you willwant to let GNOME create your menus/toolbars for you
you will want to use gnome_dialog_*() routines
you should consider using gnome_properties_*() for handling user configuration GUI
So, GNOME is really an add-on to GTK. By the way, the GTK/GDK distinction is really an implementation issue. GDK was designed as a way of organizing the GTK API. All the low-level routeines are done in GDK functions, and all the object oriented things are handled in the GTK sources. A side-effect of this abstraction is that you can use GDK without GTK.
This next part is important: The higher levels of this abstraction tree are NOT EXCLUSIVE OF THE LOWER LEVELS. So the GNOME app you're writing can make all the Xlib, GDK, or GTK calls it wants to. (In fact, since GTK is the API of GNOME, you HAVE to use GTK).
So, in my opinion, the tree actually looks like this:
GNOME/GTK/GDK (layer 1) Xlib/X Protocol (layer 2)
Of course, below this, there is also the network layer, and below that the hardware access to the display device.
It's a little outdated, but it has a lot of good information about the various programs and utilities that are available.
If you use debian, check out the Japanese debian distribution (debian-jp) at ftp.debian.or.jp. There are often Japan-ized versions of programs that are very good.
Probably my favorite thing that I have found is JTeX. It's TeX that can handle Japanese characters. I use it for writing letters and doing Japanese homework sometimes. I don't know how to make it print vertically, but I'm sure someone's already done it.
Question: Does anyone know how to use Japanese characters with The Gimp? I've tried cutting and pasting Japanese characters from either MULE or a kterm, but I can never get them to input correctly in the text tool of The Gimp. I imagine it is probably more closely related to gtk+, but I couldn't find any documentation on this in the gtk+ or Gimp web sites. Thanks.
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Specifically, my Licq history files.. One is over a megabyte, a couple of others are over 100k.. And I'm a pretty passive ICQ user.
It's kind of interesting. If I want to find out if a friend of mine has seen the movie "The Matrix" and I think that we talked about it, then I can just do a "grep Matrix ~/.licq/xxxxxx.history" to find out. It's easier than writing a diary. bleah.
Aha, but then, their factoid database would have to match with yours. And presumably, you can't break into both databases.
Are friends allowed to be alibi for each other?
This is terribly ironic, considering that article a few weeks back about RedHat trying to hire the "Superstars of Linux programming". Well, Raster may not be the Michael Jordan of Linux, but I think he could be the Kurt Cobain of Linux.
Kurt Cobain, if you recall, is the late lead singer/songwriter/guitarist of the revolutionary early 90's band Nirvana. He pushed his genre of music into new directions. He wasn't Mozart, but he wasn't bad either.
Raster is somewhat similar to this. He takes his genre, the window manager, and pushes it to new extremes. He makes up new rules (e.g., Imlib) along the way. He's not doing anything radically new, but what he does is still cool.
Finally, if you want to impress a Windows user, you don't show them TWM, you show them Enlightenment.
Crypt.X
People will always be subject to ignorance.
Education is not a priviledge, it is a necessity for modern existance.
Crypt.X
Try Satan Paint. It may be just what you are looking for.
p aint.tar.gz
Find it at:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/s
(maybe... could be an old link.)
Yeah, well, their patent on the spiral has since expired.
It's a software TRADE GROUP. They're representatives of the companies that make and sell computer software. Companies like Microso~1, Borland, Adobe, etc. These companies make money by selling software.
This "report" was constructed solely for the purpose of generating revenue for the companies that sponsor the trade group. It's ridiculous. Most intelligent people will completely ignore it. However, some idiotic school board administrators will likely see the report and say, "We should spend a chunk of our budget on new computer software."
And you know what sucks about this? It's OUR money. We pay property taxes that go to the school districts. Even if you're renting, part of your rent goes to the property taxes for the building you live in. Arghh.
The X protocol is a network layer protocol. It deals with streams of bits being sent to a network port. No one programs X at this level. The lowest practical level is Xlib.
As far as I know, GNOME isn't a complete new layer of abstraction from GTK. It is merely an add-on to GTK which allows for the interaction with the desktop that the GNOME project has in mind.
Here's the official list from www.gnome.org:
- you call gnome_init() instead of gtk_init()
- you will want to handle session management
- you will want to use gnome_config_*() routines to store persistant data
- you will want to use GNOME_STOCK icons/pixmaps in menus/toolbars
- you will want to provide online help via the GNOME help subsystem
- you willwant to let GNOME create your menus/toolbars for you
- you will want to use gnome_dialog_*() routines
- you should consider using gnome_properties_*() for handling user configuration GUI
So, GNOME is really an add-on to GTK. By the way, the GTK/GDK distinction is really an implementation issue. GDK was designed as a way of organizing the GTK API. All the low-level routeines are done in GDK functions, and all the object oriented things are handled in the GTK sources. A side-effect of this abstraction is that you can use GDK without GTK.This next part is important: The higher levels of this abstraction tree are NOT EXCLUSIVE OF THE LOWER LEVELS. So the GNOME app you're writing can make all the Xlib, GDK, or GTK calls it wants to. (In fact, since GTK is the API of GNOME, you HAVE to use GTK).
So, in my opinion, the tree actually looks like this:
GNOME/GTK/GDK (layer 1)
Xlib/X Protocol (layer 2)
Of course, below this, there is also the network layer, and below that the hardware access to the display device.
I'm dealing with this issue myself.
Check out this web page:
http://www.twics.com/~craig/writings/linux-niho
It's a little outdated, but it has a lot of good information about the various programs and utilities that are available.
If you use debian, check out the Japanese debian distribution (debian-jp) at ftp.debian.or.jp.
There are often Japan-ized versions of programs
that are very good.
Probably my favorite thing that I have found is JTeX. It's TeX that can handle Japanese characters. I use it for writing letters and doing Japanese homework sometimes. I don't know how to make it print vertically, but I'm sure someone's already done it.
Question:
Does anyone know how to use Japanese characters with The Gimp? I've tried cutting and pasting Japanese characters from either MULE or a kterm, but I can never get them to input correctly in the text tool of The Gimp. I imagine it is probably more closely related to gtk+, but I couldn't find any documentation on this in the gtk+ or Gimp web sites. Thanks.
Lawyers have to be extremely EXTREMELY precise in their language and choice of words.
A lawyer writing this sentence would be like a mathematician not being able to 6 and 7.
It's also somewhat like the old Commodore logo...
I want it.
Blender better watch out.