Re: Emacs without knowing any Lisp (was: text editors)

2019-03-28 Thread Bill Wood
iles. I also put together some Python scripts for setting up and managing the directory structure for extracted texts. My first point is, having access to a full-blown programming language for doing task-specific work within an editor is *wonderful*; my second point is, the lisp family of languages are very useful and flexible tools for, among other things, exploratory programming. -- Bill Wood

Re: is xdvi broken?

2019-04-21 Thread Bill Wood
On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 05:17 +, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: . . . > That saves three steps over my current procedure: > > = In Emacs, save the document > = Switch to a virtual terminal > = Execute "latex mydocument.tex" > = Execute "latex mydocument.tex" > = Execute "

Re: Security Implications of running startx from command line - was Re: Startx: was Great Debian experience

2014-03-22 Thread Bill Wood
ian newbie, so -- why? -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395518578.7408.1.camel@bills-debian

Re: Heartbleed (was ... Re: My fellow (Debian) Linux users ...)

2014-04-15 Thread Bill Wood
risen sharply in recent years. Does anyone know if there have been any exploits of Heartbleed in this sector, or if any healthcare organizations have said anything about fixing the problem? -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o

Re: Heartbleed (was ... Re: My fellow (Debian) Linux users ...)

2014-04-16 Thread Bill Wood
like the recent Target exploits. Apparently the goal is usually to obtain health services and prescriptions from another person's insurance. The consequences of the corruption of the victim's medical records can be devastating. -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-17 Thread Bill Wood
Kapital" mean that subsequent searches for Economics and Social Philosophy will bury "Socialism" by von Mises so deep I won't see it? Some think it nifty while it scares the hell out of others. -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management

2014-05-19 Thread Bill Wood
. Just FYI, Robert Heinlein used "skull sweat" as a metaphorical term for the effort involved in concentrated thought such as problem solving. Given that concentrated thinking burns energy, hence calories, just as physical exercise does, it's not a bad image. -- Bill Wood

Check Update, Update and Port Blocking

2014-02-17 Thread Bill Wood
condition to to failure to access a file server. I am currently running Debian 6.0.9 (Squeeze) stable. I want to upgrade to 7 but don't want to get hung up with bad downloads due to port blocking by the firewall. Thanks, -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Check Update, Update and Port Blocking

2014-03-02 Thread Bill Wood
0.233.100 21] Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Are these servers still available or do I have a problem on my end? Thanks, -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Re: Check Update, Update and Port Blocking

2014-03-05 Thread Bill Wood
y be blocked at the higher firewall levels. Thanks for any assistance, -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394038167.2579.4.camel@bills-debian

Re: Test

2014-03-07 Thread Bill Wood
On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 00:11 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: . . . > That's not moderation (it would also be impossible to do with open > lists), it's just oversight ;) I hope oversight works better here than in other all-to-familiar contexts. -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: On what is helpful and what is not [was: Re: Wifi]

2014-03-10 Thread Bill Wood
nd I conjectured that the writer was such a newb he didn't know how to spell "newb"; obviously I was very wrong about that, sorry! So perhaps the International Committee for the Preservation of the One True Jargon will call a plenary session and vote to change the spelling to &quo

Re: Check Update, Update and Port Blocking

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Wood
Plan B at the OS or am I really going to have to hammer on Comcast? Thank you and thanks to all who replied to my earlier posts about this, -- Bill Wood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394564974.11297.9.camel@bills-debian