Re: Tractor-feed paper (was Re: Shell prompt)

2012-12-10 Thread David Guntner
On 12/10/2012 03:21 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:39:49AM -0800, David Guntner wrote: >> third, etc., copy. Of course either carbon or NCR paper needs to be run >> on a dot-matrix or other impact-type printer. High-speed laser printers >> used in that environment (which

Re: Tractor-feed paper (was Re: Shell prompt)

2012-12-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:39:49AM -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Lisi Reisz grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Monday 10 December 2012 09:55:28 Chris Bannister wrote: > >> Is it double sheeted with a carbon paper arrangement so the second sheet > >> is a carbon copy of the original? > > > > I've

Tractor-feed paper (was Re: Shell prompt)

2012-12-10 Thread David Guntner
Lisi Reisz grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Monday 10 December 2012 09:55:28 Chris Bannister wrote: >> Is it double sheeted with a carbon paper arrangement so the second sheet >> is a carbon copy of the original? > > I've not come across that. I have only seen and used single "sheets". But >

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 dec 12, 07:30:30, Wolf Halton wrote: > If you are doing large-scale packing lists, invoices or inventory, friction > feed printers will wear out in days (I imagine) and you will have to hire > somebody to do nothing but mess around with loading paper, taking care of > jams and moving the

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-10 Thread Wolf Halton
If you are doing large-scale packing lists, invoices or inventory, friction feed printers will wear out in days (I imagine) and you will have to hire somebody to do nothing but mess around with loading paper, taking care of jams and moving the paper off the printer. If that worker slips the pages

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 dec 12, 00:12:05, Bob Proulx wrote: > > P.S. What I find most surprising is that you can still buy green bar > tractor feed continuous computer paper. There must still be some of > those in use! Wow. Yep. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 10 December 2012 09:55:28 Chris Bannister wrote: > Is it double sheeted with a carbon paper arrangement so the second sheet > is a carbon copy of the original? I've not come across that. I have only seen and used single "sheets". But there are many things in existence of which I have

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-10 Thread Chris Bannister
[Sorry for 2nd reply, sent 1st one before I noticed ...] On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:12:05AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > Asking on list, as others may be interested also. > > > > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > martin@merkaba:~#1> > > > martin@merkaba:~#130> > >

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:12:05AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > Asking on list, as others may be interested also. > > > > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > martin@merkaba:~#1> > > > martin@merkaba:~#130> > > ^^^ > > > > I am wondering what is the signif

Re: Shell prompt

2012-12-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: > Asking on list, as others may be interested also. > > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > martin@merkaba:~#1> > > martin@merkaba:~#130> > ^^^ > > I am wondering what is the significance of the "#1>" and the "#130>" in > your shell prompt, is that a function

Re: shell prompt for xwindows

2003-12-18 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 04:51:34AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > > What is the shell prompt for xwindows? > The windowing system in Linux is mult-layered. under everything is the libraries. There are libraries for X, for kde and gnome the next layer is X itself which uses X libraries X itself just

Re: shell prompt for xwindows

2003-12-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 04:51:34AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > > What is the shell prompt for xwindows? Run xterm, rxvt, wterm, eterm, kterm or other xshells. (See your KDE/Gnome or other menu in X11). Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universi

Re: shell prompt for xwindows

2003-12-15 Thread Jonathan Wheelhouse
Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What is the shell prompt for xwindows? I'm not sure exactly what you mean. You could always start an xterm (or one of the other packages that provide x-terminal-emulator) from within X; that will give you shell. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL