On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 11:57:25PM EST, Douglas Tutty wrote: > I haven't looked at mplayer. Do you mean that I can watch a DVD on a > serial console? I use lynx when I don't need frames or images and dillo > when I do. I only use firefox when I need java or images + https. I've > tried some other text-based browsers supposed to do frames and stuff but > I couldn't get them to work. The man pages said the interface was > intutitive. I couldn't even intuit the help.
I use elinks for 99% of my browsing because it is so fast. Web pages are loaded and rendered quasi instantaneously -- ie. it's there quicker than I can think of my next keyboard action. With the gui web browsers I have tried .. mozilla in particular .. the rendering is so slow that I have the opposite problem .. By the time the web page is rendered I have had time to think about a dozen other things and I have forgotten what I initially wanted to do. Apart from some problems with javascript & css .. elinks just does most everything I need -- and naturally this includes weeding out all the crud .. popups .. shockwave commercials .. whatever. :-) You need to run it on a 256-color xterm or equivalent for a near-gui experience. If you really want to take a look at an image you can set it up to invoke something like imagemagick's "display" or other .. Regrettably, it doesn't do https yet so I still have to launch mozilla to pay my bills online .. check my bank statements etc. Another plus is that it is well supported via a very responsive mailing list and the #elinks irc channel. Another strong point is that most everything can be customized either in native mode -- keyboard shorcuts ie. -- or via scripts. Try that with mozilla or firefox. I admit that it took me some time and effort to get it to work the way I wanted but it was worth it. Once I was set up I never looked back. > I remember when I was first transitioning from OS/2 to linux. Mostly, I > ran WordPerfect (the text-mode version) that had a preview screen. It > took me a while to get used to lout, make a ps, then launch gv to > preview it. Once I get my etch box all set up I'll try Lyx but > primarily as a way to learn latex. If you have some familiarity with markup languages .. if you are not keyboard-challenged .. and if you want the full power of TeX/LaTeX .. do yourself a favor and don't bother with LyX .. As Roberto recommends, install the latex plugin (I think they call it "suite") and do your stuff in vim. I spent forever trying to get LyX to play nice and I never felt comfortable with it .. With a bit of help from the very knowledgeable and helpful regulars on the LaTeX mailing list, coming up to speed with native LaTeX turned out to be a breeze in comparison. Thanks cga. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
