> From: Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
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> > Good. :-) I HATE that "feature" of Windows 95. ...
...
> > Oh...yeah; sorry. Okay.
> > #undef HATE_MICROSOFT_MODE
> >
>
> have you succesfully compiled anything after this? ...
No, althoug
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
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> > From: Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barc
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:40:34 -0500 "Daniel S. Barclay"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> From: Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
>>
>> > However, how are users supposed to find out about those things?
>> > (Not to say your suggestion is bad, but
> From: John Labovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ...
> a related question -- has there been any thought of moving the debian
> changelog entries into the Packages files themselves? when i run
> dselect and it tells me there are updates, i would like to see what
> the changelogs are before necessarily
> From: Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
>
> > However, how are users supposed to find out about those things?
> > (Not to say your suggestion is bad, but to address how to make that
> > information easier to find.)
>
> What about a "Tip of the
Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
>
> > 3. Keep in mind that it's hard to keep up with constantly-changing
> > documentation. That is, a new user probably would read all
> > the HOWTOs, README files, etc., to get started, but after
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
> However, how are users supposed to find out about those things?
> (Not to say your suggestion is bad, but to address how to make that
> information easier to find.)
What about a "Tip of the day" package in place o
> From: Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ... the manual pages have fallen out of context... and there is
> > no index table to get a quick look at where to begin.
>
> Not so!
>
> Consider installing tkman, rman and glimpse, all in non-free.
> This requires tcl/tk, too.
>
> Of course, thi
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote:
>
> daniel, you wrote:
>
> >> You mean BIGGER documentation for X, is gonna get someone to RTFM? :-)
> >
> >No, but providing needed information might.
>
> Actually, I find it hard to browse through the manual pages in search of an
> item. It's there
> From: "Orn E. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> daniel, you wrote:
>
> >> You mean BIGGER documentation for X, is gonna get someone to RTFM? :=
> -)
> >
> >No, but providing needed information might.
>
> Actually, I find it hard to browse through the manual pages in search of =
> an
> item
daniel, you wrote:
>> You mean BIGGER documentation for X, is gonna get someone to RTFM? :-)
>
>No, but providing needed information might.
Actually, I find it hard to browse through the manual pages in search of an
item. It's there... somewhere... but it may take some reading getting there
t
> From: "Orn E. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > =
>
>
> > > I figured it out by reading the XF86Config man page and all the
>
> > > keyboard description files, and working backwards. Perhaps I should
>
> > > put a mini-HOWTO on my todo list
>
> > From: Steve Dunham <[emailprotected]>
>
> > I figured it out by reading the XF86Config man page and all the
> > keyboard description files, and working backwards. Perhaps I should
> > put a mini-HOWTO on my todo list...
>
> Sounds like an X or XFree86 bug (insufficient documentation).
>
> From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I figured it out by reading the XF86Config man page and all the
> keyboard description files, and working backwards. Perhaps I should
> put a mini-HOWTO on my todo list...
Sounds like an X or XFree86 bug (insufficient documentation).
Daniel
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"Daniel S. Barclay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > > > > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > > > > Control keys under X windows?
>
> > I just read the config files and man XF86Config. Add the following
> > to the Keyboard sec
Hello,
> My system (1.2, from Infomagic CDs) doesn't seem to have it. I have
> the manual pages, but no such executable (either installed or listed
> in the Contents file). Which specific package is it in?
I think there is a dependencie missing. Hmm.. no its not missing.. hmm..
some systems mi
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Eckenfels)
> Why dont u use the grafical setup tool XF86Setup? There is a menu point for
> configuration of the keyboard. It will display the keyboards you may select
> and allows you to use checkboxes for the options.
>
> This tool should be started automatical
> Where's the documentation on that? It seems to be hiding pretty well here
> on my system. E.g., the XF86Config man page doesn't seem to say what options
> can go in the options after "XbdOptions".
>
> Also, why do you suggest "microsoft"? (How do I see what all that would get
> me?)
Why do
> From: "Orn E. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Thanks for the information, thought not for the possible attitude. (Ho=
> w
> > would someone know to look in xmodmap?)
> > =
>
> There was no attitude... apologies if I sounded that way.
Oh, okay. Sorry I mis-perceived your message.
Da
> From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > > > Control keys under X windows?
> I just read the config files and man XF86Config. Add the following
> to the Keyboard section of XF86Config:
>
> XkbRules "xfree86"
> XkbModel "
>
> Thanks for the information, thought not for the possible attitude. (How
> would someone know to look in xmodmap?)
>
There was no attitude... apologies if I sounded that way.
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> From: "Daniel S. Barclay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > Put those lines into a file, and then run 'xmodmap [file]' and the
> > Control_Left and Caps_Lock keys change places. With or without the
> > extension.
>
> After some digging (through startx and xinitrc scripts), I found that the
> _rig
> From: Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I just read the config files and man XF86Config. Add the following
> to the Keyboard section of XF86Config:
>
> XkbRules "xfree86"
> XkbModel "microsoft"
> XkbLayout "us"
> XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps"
>
> If you want the control keys _a
> From: "Orn E. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > > > Control keys under X windows? =
>
> > > It's right in the man page for xmodmap:
Thanks for the information, thought not for the possible attitude. (How
would someone know to look i
"Alexander Gieg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > > Control keys under X windows?
> >
> > It's right in the man page for xmodmap:
> In X Windows 3.1.2 this will work fine, but in 3.2
> you will need to disable the new XKBD extensions and
> > > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > > Control keys under X windows?
> >
> > It's right in the man page for xmodmap:
>
Absolutely correct...
remove lock = Caps_Lock
remove control = Control_L
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
add lock = Caps_Lo
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote:
> > > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > > Control keys under X windows?
> >
> > It's right in the man page for xmodmap:
>
> In X Windows 3.1.2 this will work fine, but in 3.2
> you will need to disable the new XKBD extensions and
>
> > What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left
> > Control keys under X windows?
>
> It's right in the man page for xmodmap:
In X Windows 3.1.2 this will work fine, but in 3.2
you will need to disable the new XKBD extensions and
use the old xmodmap method.
The XKBD has only one problem
On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
> What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left Control keys under
> X windows?
It's right in the man page for xmodmap:
One of the more irritating differences between keyboards
is the location of the Control and Shift Lo
Another newbie-to-recent-changes question:
What's the best way to swap the Caps Lock and left Control keys under
X windows?
(I used loadkeys to do that for the virtual console. In my old system,
I don't know if I forget some X customization I did, or if my old system
read the virtual console
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