Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-05-02 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 09:12:41AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > Yeah, that's right, an editor that opens /dev/mem. > > If you do an objdump (-Slx) on the binary, you'll see that it's trying > to treat the screen as a region of memory. This program is starting to scare me. It disables console sw

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-05-02 Thread Raul Miller
Robert Woodcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, that's right, an editor that opens /dev/mem. If you do an objdump (-Slx) on the binary, you'll see that it's trying to treat the screen as a region of memory. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-05-02 Thread Stephen Carpenter
hmm an editor that opens /dev/mem... that _IS_ evil! hmmm...sounds like a pointless port of some DOS "crackers" tool in fact...I rmemeber a DOS tool like this...but instead of editing it just displayed memory contents (Win95 did NOT like that running in a window) I am curious is there any "lega

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-05-02 Thread Robert Woodcock
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Igor Grobman wrote: > O my god!! This is true. I downloaded it, and the README is pretty much > what James has written. I tried starting it, and it managed to kill > exmh, but not all of X exiting with "Setup Eror: Unable to Initialize > Program". What a pity, it failed to k

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-05-01 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 09:32:04PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > To get maximum speed uedit will disable the wasteful multi-tasking > > behaviour of Linux and make it do the Right thing, DOS-style > > single-tasking. Obviously neither X nor networking survive, yay! > > Network users should stop

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-04-29 Thread Richard Braakman
James Troup wrote: > As to placement within the Debian archive, it will have to go to > non-free as due to the haranguing and harassment of inhabitants of > comp.os.linux.* the author is loathed to reveal his secrets in case > sicko Linux-leechers try to steal his ideas, so there is no source. I m

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-04-29 Thread Igor Grobman
O my god!! This is true. I downloaded it, and the README is pretty much what James has written. I tried starting it, and it managed to kill exmh, but not all of X exiting with "Setup Eror: Unable to Initialize Program". What a pity, it failed to kill X :). Um... I suddenly have a strange de

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-04-29 Thread Jules Bean
--On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 7:50 pm +0100 "James Troup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I intend to package uedit. I've always bemoaned the lack of a decent > editor on Linux, but I've finally found one. For all those of you > who, like me, have long detested the bloated pig that is X11, you w

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-04-29 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I thought you had "zero intention to maintain a non-free package". Have you changed your mind? > To get maximum speed uedit will disable the > wasteful multi-tasking behaviour of Linux and make it do the Right > thing, DOS-style single-tasking. Obviously neithe

Re: Intent to package: uedit

1998-04-29 Thread Ben Pfaff
I'll take it as read that there are no objections. How could there be? Gadzooks! You know, it's almost May 1, but that's not the same thing as April 1, not at all. I hope that this is a joke, at any rate it's not a very funny one. This program is a monstrosity. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email