Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Stroller
On 27 May 2009, at 10:11, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: ... Nah, that just doesn't cut it. It's annoying as hell. It's far less annoying to simply "equery uses" on the USE flags you see during an "emerge -a" and edit make.conf by hand instead of doing the scroll-circus. You try to read text by

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Stroller
On 27 May 2009, at 09:15, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: ... This is why I have arrived at the combination of euse (and now `equery uses`) to view USE descriptions and flagedit for setting them. I think that from a usability point of view these are easier than either ufed or a text editor. e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 27 May 2009 11:30:11 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Nah, that just doesn't cut it. It's annoying as hell. It's far less > annoying to simply "equery uses" on the USE flags you see during an > "emerge -a" and edit make.conf by hand It's even easier to use flagedit than hand editing.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> Protip: arrow keys, left, right. > >> > >> Nah, that just doesn't cut it. It's annoying as hell. It's far less > >> annoying

[gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Protip: arrow keys, left, right. Nah, that just doesn't cut it. It's annoying as hell. It's far less annoying to simply "equery uses" on the USE flags you see during an "emerge -a" and e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Stroller wrote: > >> On 27 May 2009, at 00:33, Keith Dart wrote: > > ... > > USE_FOO="this n that" > > USE_BAR="some more flags" > > BLAH="whatever else there might be" > >>>

[gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Stroller wrote: On 27 May 2009, at 00:33, Keith Dart wrote: ... USE_FOO="this n that" USE_BAR="some more flags" BLAH="whatever else there might be" USE="${USE_FOO} ${USE_BAR} ${BLAH} Thank's. That is exactly what I was looking for. But tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 27 Mai 2009, Stroller wrote: > On 27 May 2009, at 00:33, Keith Dart wrote: > >>> ... > >>> USE_FOO="this n that" > >>> USE_BAR="some more flags" > >>> BLAH="whatever else there might be" > >>> > >>> USE="${USE_FOO} ${USE_BAR} ${BLAH} > >> > >> Thank's. That is exactly what I was looking

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Stroller
On 27 May 2009, at 00:33, Keith Dart wrote: ... USE_FOO="this n that" USE_BAR="some more flags" BLAH="whatever else there might be" USE="${USE_FOO} ${USE_BAR} ${BLAH} Thank's. That is exactly what I was looking for. But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool. If you don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 27 May 2009 04:23:13 Keith Dart wrote: > On May 26, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Dale wrote: > > Memorized all of what? Open a text editor and edit make.conf. What > > do > > you need to memorize? If you use KDE, you can edit them with kwrite > > which is about as easy as it gets. Heck, I bee

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Keith Dart
On May 26, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Dale wrote: Memorized all of what? Open a text editor and edit make.conf. What do you need to memorize? If you use KDE, you can edit them with kwrite which is about as easy as it gets. Heck, I been using Gentoo for years and I don't recall ever using ufed.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Dale
Keith Dart wrote: > On May 26, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> Changing USE flags is easy enough already, isn't it? I don't think I >> want >> any program meddling in my make.conf, thanks. > > No, I have not yet memorized all of them, and they change frequently. > But suit yourself, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Keith Dart
On May 26, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: Changing USE flags is easy enough already, isn't it? I don't think I want any program meddling in my make.conf, thanks. No, I have not yet memorized all of them, and they change frequently. But suit yourself, I like ufed.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 27 May 2009 01:02:17 Keith Dart wrote: > >> On May 26, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 27 May 2009 00:33:12 Keith Dart wrote: >>> But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool. If you don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 27 May 2009 01:02:17 Keith Dart wrote: > On May 26, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 May 2009 00:33:12 Keith Dart wrote: > >> But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool. > >> > >> If you don't use that, you probably should. > > > > Why? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Keith Dart
On May 26, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 27 May 2009 00:33:12 Keith Dart wrote: But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool. If you don't use that, you probably should. Why? Makes it easy to change USE flags. You see the flag name, current settin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 27 May 2009 00:33:12 Keith Dart wrote: > But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool. > > If you don't use that, you probably should. Why? -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Keith Dart
On May 26, 2009, at 4:07 PM, KH wrote: You can do whatever you wish as long as USE contains all you need in the end. Example: USE_FOO="this n that" USE_BAR="some more flags" BLAH="whatever else there might be" USE="${USE_FOO} ${USE_BAR} ${BLAH}" Thank's. That is exactly what I was lo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread KH
Nikos Chantziaras schrieb: > KH wrote: >> Hi, >> >> so inspired by [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow >> 3dnowext" I again thougt about my USE flags. >> >> Now I want to put them in an order which is better fitting my need than >> the alphabetical order. I remember I saw something o

[gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question

2009-05-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
KH wrote: Hi, so inspired by [gentoo-user] USE="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 3dnow 3dnowext" I again thougt about my USE flags. Now I want to put them in an order which is better fitting my need than the alphabetical order. I remember I saw something ordering it for hardware and software, but I ca