Hi is Debian or something like that still around? thanks > On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 11:39 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >> i understand that, >> but my question is when I will get 10 000 files will they all be there >> with ~ mark?? >> Files that I used 5 -10 years ago still will be there???? >> Am i right? >> Is this classified as a LINUX problem? >> LINUX editor problem? >> Can someone fix LINUX problem to it become more useful? >> I can see why 99% of computers LINUX free. >> thanks >> aram > > I believe that gedit or whatever editor you are using makes a > ~my_file_name from your my_file_name, whenever you open a file with the > editor. These are two separate files. This is so you have a version of > the original file that you can revert back to if needed. Not all Linux > applications do this so, it is difficult to know which of your files > will also have these extra files. They don't hurt anything, so I > wouldn't worry about deleting them. They may come in handy some time > when your regular files get corrupted. > > EMC2 needs a plain text .ngc file with the proper g-code commands. Plain > text files can be difficult to get unless you use an editor that only > uses plain text, meaning _without_ any text formatting features, or you > must use the export as plain text file feature, if your application > supports this feature. Also many so called .txt files are not plain > text. That's why it is important to use something like od (Octal Dump) > from a terminal to make sure.(Applications/Accessories/Terminal from > your Desktop, at the terminal prompt, type -> man od, to get more > information, the q key gets you out of man) > > Windows has a very good, reasonably priced CNC application: > http://www.machsupport.com/ > > or Flashcut: > http://www.flashcutcnc.com/index.php > > if that is what you are more comfortable with. > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
