Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
On 12/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 06:43:15PM -0700, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote: > > > > If I modify them, doesn't that mean they will get overwritten by the > > > > next update to the bash package? > > > > > > not if you modify them in your own .bas

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Aurélien Naldi
> So anyone who disliked anything in the system bashrc 10 years should > have skipped all updates since? > > Why do I have to opt out of bug future fixes and improvements just > because somebody else prefers their way of tab-completion? I have to disagree here. bash has tons of configuration files

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Forest Bond
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:15:07PM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote: > On 12/10/2007, Forest Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:07:17AM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote: > > > On 12/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 06:43:1

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
On 12/10/2007, Forest Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:07:17AM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote: > > On 12/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 06:43:15PM -0700, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote: > > > > > > If I modify them, doesn't

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 06:43:15PM -0700, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote: > Agreed. I would love to have a system-wide disable option and/or a > per-account option. > For now I'll settle for what Gavin said in his message to the list. Toss > 'shopt -u progcomp' into your .bashrc Or stick it in /etc/

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:02:05AM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > Enough with the madness. Please keep the Ubuntu code of conduct in consideration when posting to lists. Inflammatory language doesn't help reach any sort of solution. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Graphical installer for the alternate CD?

2007-10-12 Thread Alexandre Strube
2007/10/12, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 08:44:56PM +, Tormod Volden wrote: > > Tormod Volden gmail.com> writes: > > > What I have been doing on my 240MB (256MB minus 16MB for the graphics > > > card) > > > laptop is to log in to a "Failsafe xterm" session and l

Re: understanding broken package

2007-10-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 04:11:47PM +0200, Gérard BIGOT wrote: > On 10/7/07, João Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Starting point: > > Package A version X, Depends on Package A-DATA version X > > Boths Package A-X and A-DATA-X are installed. > > Action: > > dpkg -i Package A-DATA, version X+1 >

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
On 12/10/2007, Aurélien Naldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So anyone who disliked anything in the system bashrc 10 years should > > have skipped all updates since? > > > > Why do I have to opt out of bug future fixes and improvements just > > because somebody else prefers their way of tab-complet

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Forest Bond
Hi, On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:07:17AM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote: > On 12/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 06:43:15PM -0700, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote: > > > > > If I modify them, doesn't that mean they will get overwritten by the > > > > > next updat

Re: Graphical installer for the alternate CD?

2007-10-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 08:44:56PM +, Tormod Volden wrote: > Tormod Volden gmail.com> writes: > > What I have been doing on my 240MB (256MB minus 16MB for the graphics card) > > laptop is to log in to a "Failsafe xterm" session and launch ubiquity from > > there. This way to skip the gnome cir

compiz & recent machines outside 1st world

2007-10-12 Thread Alexandre Strube
Hello, I have two roles in the ubuntu community: firstly, I am working with a computer manufacturer who sells machines with ubuntu. (we could put dell in shame: we already sold more than 300 thousand machines with ubuntu in brazil) The second is as academic: I am doing a Ph.D. on advanced parall

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Jan Claeys
Op donderdag 11-10-2007 om 10:03 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Aurélien Naldi: > - very smart completion: hostnames after ssh thanks to the content of > your .ssh/knownhosts (which does not work with more recently added > hosts as the hostname is no more written explicitely...) HashKnownHosts no

Re: Restricted tab-completion is annoying

2007-10-12 Thread Aaron C. de Bruyn
> I think this sucks. I spend a lot of time at the bash prompt and use > tab-completion constantly. When you are in bash, I would expect you sorta > know what you are doing. I totally forgot my other example until just a few minutes ago when I went to modify my apt sources list. sudo -e /etc

Re: compiz & recent machines outside 1st world

2007-10-12 Thread Jan Claeys
Op zaterdag 13-10-2007 om 01:13 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Alexandre Strube: > *** Two machines in my hands now where gusty sucks: A PC, experimental > 16-core pentium-d machine, 8g ram, three videocards: intel 945 for the > first 4 processors (can't tell mode, nda) and two ati radeon x1800xt >