Richmond writes:
> In the man page for cut it says:
>
> -b, --bytes=LIST
> select only these bytes
>
> But there is no equals sign in the actual syntax:
>
> echo hello|cut -b 2-5
> ello
>
> echo hello|cut -b=2-5
> cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’
> Try 'cut --help' for m
Richmond wrote:
> echo hello|cut -b=2-5
> cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’
> Try 'cut --help' for more information.
>
> Why is this?
>
> (An example paints a thousand words).
$ echo hello|cut -b 2-5
ello
$ echo hello|cut --bytes=2-5
ello
-dsr-
On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 17:26 +, Richmond wrote:
> In the man page for cut it says:
>
> -b, --bytes=LIST
> select only these bytes
>
> But there is no equals sign in the actual syntax:
>
> echo hello|cut -b 2-5
> ello
>
> echo hello|cut -b=2-5
> cut: invalid byte/character posi
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:38:14 PM EST Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 1/7/22 03:01, gene heskett wrote:
> ...
>
> > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
> > underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but
> > clicking
> > the link does not do anything
On 1/7/22 03:01, gene heskett wrote:
...
I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking
the link does not do anything. Is it supposed to send the default browser
to that page? If so, where should I
On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> I use the Shift + Right-click trick to get the menu in applications that
> seem to block Gnome Terminal's handling of the URL. I've found the
> trick useful with Mutt and Midnight Commander.
>
I see. I only experimented in a man page.
* On 2022 07 Jan 10:26 -0600, Curt wrote:
> On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> >
> > Did you try Shift + Right-click and select "Open Link" or some such in
> > your terminal? That is what works for me in Gnome Terminal.
> >
>
> This is what works for me in gnome-terminal:
>
> URL detection[
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:41:45 AM EST Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> cat /etc/debian_version
11.2
And now I see how it works since it does that way, thank you.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order
On Friday, January 7, 2022 8:05:59 AM EST Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:59:36 -0500
> gene heskett wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > That is installed, but I can't find a configurator for it. And I am a
> > heavy user of mc but the file menu popup steals the F10 key, also a
> > pita. But there is
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:16:21 AM EST David wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:59, gene heskett wrote:
> > On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote:
> > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett
wrote:
> > > > debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
> > > >
> > > >
On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> Did you try Shift + Right-click and select "Open Link" or some such in
> your terminal? That is what works for me in Gnome Terminal.
>
This is what works for me in gnome-terminal:
URL detection[edit]
GNOME Terminal parses the output and automatically de
* On 2022 07 Jan 04:01 -0600, gene heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
>
> I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
> underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking
> the link does not
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 08:13:42AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 01:09:38PM -, Curt wrote:
> > I'd rather just cut and paste the URI in the always-open browser, but
> > then again I've never had that old hacker spirit.
>
> That's what I do too. I like my terminals to b
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 01:09:38PM -, Curt wrote:
> I'd rather just cut and paste the URI in the always-open browser, but
> then again I've never had that old hacker spirit.
That's what I do too. I like my terminals to be relatively frill-free.
Obviously that's just my preference, and I know
On 2022-01-07, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 11:41:45AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
>> > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
>
>> In a terminal: left click might not do anythi
On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:59:36 -0500
gene heskett wrote:
...
> That is installed, but I can't find a configurator for it. And I am a heavy
> user of mc but the file menu popup steals the F10 key, also a pita. But
> there is not an F10 checked in the settings for xfce or konsole that I can
> fi
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 11:41:45AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
> In a terminal: left click might not do anything but right click will bring
> up a menu f
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
>
> I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
> underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking
> the li
On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:59, gene heskett wrote:
> On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett wrote:
> > > debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
> > > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
>
On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett wrote:
> > debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
> >
> > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
> > underscored if you click on them while reading the m
On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett wrote:
> debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
>
> I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
> underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking
> the link does not do anything. Is it sup
Greetings all;
debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are
underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking
the link does not do anything. Is it supposed to send the default browser
to tha
On Du, 07 nov 21, 08:08:51, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Paul M. Foster wrote:
>
> > Folks:
> >
> > I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man
> > page for gcc.
>
> Everyone knows it ... but this question has still been asked
> one zillion times. I personally do not mind one bit you ask
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021, 5:05 PM Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2021 31 Oct 16:27 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
>
> > The info command is what you want for gcc. You may need to install the
> > package for gcc info files. Another set of commands you might need info
> > files for are coreutils. Try "in
* On 2021 31 Oct 16:27 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> The info command is what you want for gcc. You may need to install the
> package for gcc info files. Another set of commands you might need info
> files for are coreutils. Try "info coreutils".
While info is probably installed, a much bett
Paul M. Foster wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for gcc.
> There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there a man
> page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package provides
> them)? Running Debian 11.
gcc-doc h
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021, 4:07 PM Paul M. Foster
wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for
> gcc. There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there
> a man page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package
> provides them)?
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 04:58:34PM -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for gcc.
> There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there a man
> page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package provides
> them)?
The Wednesday 08 May 2013 00:46:05, Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano) wrote
:
> Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
> without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
> removes both man-db and debhelper.
>
> Does anyone know why is that?
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 09:06:00PM -0300, Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano)
wrote:
>
> You are right! I left a "testing" on my source list.
>
> Now I have to pay for my mistakes.
In this case, it was someone elses. :)
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the peopl
Hi,
Dňa 08.05.2013 00:46 Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano) wrote /
napísal(a):
> Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
> without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
> removes both man-db and debhelper.
>
> Does anyone know why is that
On 05/07/2013 06:46 PM, Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano) wrote:
Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but
it removes both man-db and debhelper.
Does anyone know why is that? I am alone here?
Sh
On Tue, 7 May 2013 19:23:39 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote:
>
> Was it your intention to upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie? If not, then
> I'm guessing that you are using "testing" rather than "wheezy" in
> /etc/apt/sources.list. This is a perfect example of why you should
> always use a release
On Tue, 7 May 2013 19:46:05 -0300
Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano) wrote:
> Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
> without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
> removes both man-db and debhelper.
>
> Does anyone know why is that? I
Stephen Powell wrote:
On Tue, 07 May 2013 18:46:05 -0400 (EDT), Draco Metallium wrote:
Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
removes both man-db and debhelper.
Does anyone know why is that? I
On Tue, 7 May 2013 19:23:39 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote:
>
> Was it your intention to upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie? If not, then
> I'm guessing that you are using "testing" rather than "wheezy" in
> /etc/apt/sources.list. This is a perfect example of why you should
> always use a release
On Tue, 07 May 2013 18:46:05 -0400 (EDT), Draco Metallium wrote:
>
> Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
> without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
> removes both man-db and debhelper.
>
> Does anyone know why is that? I am alone he
On Tue, 7 May 2013 19:46:05 -0300
Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano) wrote:
Hi Draco,
> Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
> without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
> removes both man-db and debhelper.
Could you give the result
Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano) wrote:
Last night I did a dist-upgrade of my wheezy debian, today I woke up
without "less". I tried to install it via "apt-get install less" but it
removes both man-db and debhelper.
Does anyone know why is that? I am alone here?
Should I panic?
same he
On 08/20/2012 11:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 22:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> Hi Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux
>> Counter #201942,
>>
>> take an educated guess or ask one of your A.I. thingy to take an
>> educated guess.
>>
>> Regards,
>
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 08:17 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 21 aug 12, 09:36:00, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > Please don't make haste in assuming malice.
>
> This was meant as "please don't assume intent to attack/offend/etc/...".
> I'm sorry if my bad wording offended someone, that was n
On Ma, 21 aug 12, 09:36:00, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> Please don't make haste in assuming malice.
This was meant as "please don't assume intent to attack/offend/etc/...".
I'm sorry if my bad wording offended someone, that was not my intention.
The rest still stands:
> Communication via e-mail
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Dr Beco wrote:
> Aidan wrote:
>> Now I'm really curious, but confused. Why did the presence of another
>> server change the key on the original server? Or did you mean that an
>> old server was, in error, put up in place of the one you set up earlier
>> (before
On Tuesday 21 August 2012 15:44:53 Dr Beco wrote:
> "To share your interests is almost a duty in some cultures. In others
> it is considered self-agrandisement and is very
> much frowned on."
Except that was very much not what I meant! I wasn't talking about interests.
I accept that it may be
On Tuesday 21 August 2012 10:41:35 Keith McKenzie wrote:
> On 21 August 2012 07:54, Lisi wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Self-agrandisement is almost a duty in some cultures. In others it is
> > very much frowned on.
>
> [...]
>
> > Lisi
>
> Wow! - I wonder how many (international) people are going to
> und
> From: Keith McKenzie km3952
> On 21 August 2012 07:54, Lisi lisi.reisz wrote:
> >
> > Self-agrandisement is almost a duty in some cultures. In others it is very
> > much frowned on.
> >
> > Lisi
> >
>
> Wow! - I wonder how many (international) people are going to
> understand that. :-)
I did
Le mardi 21 août 2012 à 10:51 -0300, Dr Beco a écrit :
> can show me if that is the case. But I would have to have the original
> SSH key to compare to, to see if it changed or not.
The command I gave you should be used if you have a local access to the
ssh server to get the fingerprint.
When you
Aidan wrote:
> Now I'm really curious, but confused. Why did the presence of another
> server change the key on the original server? Or did you mean that an
> old server was, in error, put up in place of the one you set up earlier
> (before the warning from SSH)?
>
> Kind regards,
> Aidan Gauland
Dr Beco writes:
> After disconnecting the net cable, I realized the server was still up! :O
>
> I logged with a innocuous account to read that that was the old server
> which miraculous revived. Some intern from TI turned on the old server
> and it took precedence over the new one. That explained
On 21 August 2012 07:54, Lisi wrote:
[...]
>
> Self-agrandisement is almost a duty in some cultures. In others it is very
> much frowned on.
>
[...]
> Lisi
>
Wow! - I wonder how many (international) people are going to
understand that. :-)
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Debian
Le lundi 20 août 2012 à 17:29 -0300, Dr Beco a écrit :
> What should I do, or where should I look, to understand this problem?
>
> Can I log in with my account remotely to see the problem, or should I
> better log in locally?
Just do what it says. If you can log in locally, you can try
ssh-keyg
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 04:53 -0300, Dr Beco wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Ralf Mardorf
> wrote:
> [cut]
> > Again I apologize for my bad behavior.
> [cut]
> > Regards
> > Ralf
>
>
>
> Hi Ralf,
>
> No hard feelings. Thanks for rectifying. I'm sorry if I bothered you
> in any way.
>
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
[cut]
> Again I apologize for my bad behavior.
[cut]
> Regards
> Ralf
Hi Ralf,
No hard feelings. Thanks for rectifying. I'm sorry if I bothered you
in any way.
Finally, I can see some good coming out of this mess.
My best,
Beco.
--
Dr.
On Tuesday 21 August 2012 07:36:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Communication via e-mail
> between people of different native languages and cultures is quite a
> challenge,
+1
There are also different acceptable modes of behaviour. There are tribes in
Africa who wear almost no clothes. That is in
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 02:03 -0300, Dr Beco wrote:
> It is funny when a doctor asks for how to update a wifi driver, nobody
> makes jokes. But talking about security, such bullies come. Why do
> they feel the need to judge? "Hey, look how stupid that doctor is,
> asking that! I'm no doctor and I kno
On Ma, 21 aug 12, 14:02:48, David wrote:
> On 21/08/2012, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to apologise for the abuse you have suffered at the hands of
> > certain members of this list. Uncalled for, rude & unhelpful.
>
> I agree. Attacking strangers might be a brief distraction from a bad
> d
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 08:45 +0300, [snip] wrote:
> [private on purpose]
>
> Dear Ralf,
>
> If you meant this as a joke it was definitely not perceived as such by
> Dr. Beco or other list subscribers. You should probably clarify and
> apologize.
>
> Kind regards,
[snip]
You're right.
I apolog
Dear debian users,
First of all, thanks David and Phil,
> David
> >On 21/08/2012, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to apologise for the abuse you have suffered at the hands of
> > certain members of this list. Uncalled for, rude & unhelpful.
>
> I agree. Attacking strangers might be a brief
On 21/08/2012, lina wrote:
> On Tuesday 21,August,2012 04:29 AM, Dr Beco wrote:
>> @WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
>> Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle
>> attack)!
>> It is also p
On 21/08/2012, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>
> I'd like to apologise for the abuse you have suffered at the hands of
> certain members of this list. Uncalled for, rude & unhelpful.
I agree. Attacking strangers might be a brief distraction from a bad
day, or a sad life, but it is not the majority spirit he
http://lackof.org/taggart/hacking/ssh/ -> Don't ignore ssh host key warnings
(at the end)
On 21/08/12 05:43, lina wrote:
On Tuesday 21,August,2012 04:29 AM, Dr Beco wrote:
Dear linuxers,
Today I registered a lot of students in the class, and 4 hours later I
was in home and got a message one
On Tuesday 21,August,2012 04:29 AM, Dr Beco wrote:
> Dear linuxers,
>
>
> Today I registered a lot of students in the class, and 4 hours later I
> was in home and got a message one of them could not log in.
>
> So I tried and got this message:
>
>
>
Dr Beco wrote:
> Today I registered a lot of students in the class, and 4 hours later I
> was in home and got a message one of them could not log in.
>
> So I tried and got this message:
>
>
> @@@
> @WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATIO
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 22:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux
> Counter #201942,
>
> take an educated guess or ask one of your A.I. thingy to take an
> educated guess.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> PS: When I was a child one of my heroes
To me, If ou are teaching a linux class (assumed since you are self proclaiming
to be a doctor) the I question why you, as a teacher, are not capable of
knowing this or how to troubleshoot.
If on the otherhand you are just teaching something on a linux box, then
perhaps calling the IT team at t
Hi Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux
Counter #201942,
take an educated guess or ask one of your A.I. thingy to take an
educated guess.
Regards,
Ralf
PS: When I was a child one of my heroes was
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum , he still is. Most
teac
Dr Beco:
>
> Today I registered a lot of students in the class, and 4 hours later I
> was in home and got a message one of them could not log in.
Log in where? Is this system administered by you?
> So I tried and got this message:
>
>
> @
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:43:58 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> on a recently upgrade to squeeze and still working the upgrade I notice
> my man pages have a scattering of non-englsh char scattered through
> them, that in places makes it difficult to read.
> . . .
> How can I get all english man pages?
Dear Kumar
> This does not answer your question, but does Debian actually have the
> C++ STL documentation as man pages? From what I can see, there is only
> the stl-manual package, which has all the documentation in HTML, but
> no other relevant packages. Please let me know if I have missed
> som
Dear Kamaraju,
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:56:57PM -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> Is there a package in debian which contains the man pages for c++
> functions? I have already installed libstdc++6-4.4-doc . But it does
> not seem to have man pages for all the functions. For example, I would
>
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:26:58AM +, Camaleón wrote:
>
> From a bash point of view, I'd say yes.
>
> Just test it and see how it behaves. If the command replaces the file,
> you better open a bug report.
>
Filed.
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:28:02 -0800, Freeman wrote:
> Regarding the sinntp package.
>
>>From man page, nntp-pull:
>
> ---begin quoted text---
>
> EXAMPLES
>nntp-pull --server=news.example.org --limit=50
>?comp.os.linux>os-linux?
>
>Fetches at most the 50 newest articles
> anybody knows a good search engine without any adds you can install locally
> your site that indexes the content of your html pages ?
Have you looked at swish (swish++ or swish-e, swish-e-dev) in the
repositories? I know people who use that to index stuff, and it's
pretty fast.
> how long does
randall wrote:
hi all,
lately i've been practicing my skills a little on building basic
websites and yesterday i had little to day so decided to re-build the
ubuntu manpages web site and adjust it a little so it a can be used
with debian.
we all know manpages.debian.net but that site, althoug
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:55:20AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:34:39AM +0200, Sylvain wrote:
> > I haven't seen section 7 for man which give all specifications.
> I wonder if its in manpages-dev?
not in etch:
zgrep "groff_man" ~/ftp.it.debian.org/debian/dists/Deb
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:34:39AM +0200, Sylvain wrote:
> I haven't seen section 7 for man which give all specifications.
I wonder if its in manpages-dev?
Doug.
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I haven't seen section 7 for man which give all specifications.
Thanks
2008/4/13 Javier Barroso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sylvain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello !
> >
> > I'm searching for man pages specification but I could'nt find it on the
> > net, most
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sylvain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello !
>
> I'm searching for man pages specification but I could'nt find it on the
> net, most of the commands (.TH, .SH, .PP, \fB, \fP, ...) are comprehensible
> but I need full specification.
> Can you help me please ?
Coul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi,
>
> When I used RH 9.1 before, I can call man to display linux
> programmer's C / C++ manual. But, I am not be able to do it in my new
> installation of Debian 4.0. How can I install it?
It's in manpages-dev, manpages-posix and manpages-posix-dev
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 08:48:47PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I used RH 9.1 before, I can call man to display linux programmer's
> C / C++ manual. But, I am not be able to do it in my new installation of
> Debian 4.0. How can I install it?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jim
Many of the
On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 20:48 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I used RH 9.1 before, I can call man to display linux programmer's
> C / C++ manual. But, I am not be able to do it in my new installation of
> Debian 4.0. How can I install it?
I think there's a separate package with th
> > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > If you set PAGER=3D'less -q' that will work.
I only use PAGER=less and control less through LESS variable
> Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man? It seems that man
> >
On 5/20/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BTW, I found tried to use woman in emacs and found that emacs does tab
completion for man pages too and also shows possible list of
completions. Not just that but all in pretty color.!
Regards,
Deboo
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On 5/19/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I create the file: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-host
In that files I place a line: blacklist pcspkr
You can reboot knowing that this module won't be loaded next reboot.
This method was far easier to use than manning for the lesskey and
typing
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:36:55PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>
> > Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man?
>
> Because man seems to be calling pager directly, which is a link to less.
> There is no shell in between to do alias expansion, and if there we
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man?
Because man seems to be calling pager directly, which is a link to less.
There is no shell in between to do alias expansion, and if there were one,
it would not match the alias to expand.
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On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:40:41AM +, s. keeling wrote:
> >
> > What I don't understand is how if /usr/bin/pager is a symlink to
> > /usr/bin/less, then how will the alias not be used?
>
> The way to control less is with the LESS env. variable. I set it to
> "-ceigqj5MX".
>
That's awesome
Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Deboo ^ wrote:
> > > I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use
> > > less manually but just not in man.
> > >
> > > I'll try what Greg said above.
> >
> > If you se
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Deboo ^ wrote:
> > I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use
> > less manually but just not in man.
> >
> > I'll try what Greg said above.
>
> If you set PAGER='less -q' that will work.
>
Why is it that the a
On 05/19/2007 12:43 PM, Deboo ^ wrote:
On 5/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 05/19/2007 07:40 AM, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
>
> Regards,
> Deboo
>
Tell the less(1) pager to be quiet:
export L
Deboo ^ wrote:
> I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use
> less manually but just not in man.
>
> I'll try what Greg said above.
If you set PAGER='less -q' that will work.
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On 5/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 05/19/2007 07:40 AM, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
>
> Regards,
> Deboo
>
Tell the less(1) pager to be quiet:
export LESS="-q"
man 1 less
I already made an
On 05/19/2007 07:40 AM, Deboo ^ wrote:
How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
other times when it beeps?
Regards,
Deboo
Tell the less(1) pager to be quiet:
export LESS="-q"
man 1 less
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* Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-19 08:59:41 -0400]:
> Once that is done, it is gone forever... well just not loadable.
I should add here that this will not affect ALSA for the desktop
applications. ALSA uses other module paths to get it's sound applications
going.
The terminal be
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 18:10 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
blacklist pcspkr
In /etc/modprobe.d/
To make sure things don't get over written during an update/upgrade, I
create a file called blacklist-hostna
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 06:10:36PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
You don't, but you can stop the bell for your xterm or for the entire
system.
Regards,
Andrei
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Am 2007-03-18 18:33:54, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> I'll have to work on writing man pages. Since I don't fancy learning
> roff just for that and I'm currently learning latex, I'll work on
> learning to write man pages.
Copy the skeleton from an EXISTING manpage.
It is Easy since you need onl
Douglas Allan Tutty writes:
> I'll have to work on writing man pages. Since I don't fancy learning
> roff just for that and I'm currently learning latex, I'll work on
> learning to write man pages.
The nroff required to write man pages is trivial. Just use another page as
a template.
> Is there
> Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On 14.03.07 08:35, Mike McClain wrote:
> > > In man pages written by the FSF I see this advisory:
> > >
> > > SEE ALSO
> > >The full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
> > > If
> > >the info and sync p
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 14.03.07 08:35, Mike McClain wrote:
> > In man pages written by the FSF I see this advisory:
> >
> > SEE ALSO
> >The full documentation for sync is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
> >the info and sync programs are properly
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