http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6282&page=1 In this Web page, the author claims that even aunt Tillie type people feel better with CLI than with GUI, when...
Omer Zak
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Mar 9, 2004 3:58 pm
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... Well, CLI is good as long as the responses you get is not cryptic then it is really like a dialogue. As A support person, CLI is much better, since it is...
I saw an interesting project lately: a Perfect Configuration System [tm], but designed with simplicity in mind: Each key resides in its own text file, and the...
... Shouldn't be significant for the average number of items in a configuration. I wonder how many items a typical windows registry has? ... Everytthing is its...
... Well, personally, I don't find it too user friendly. Most users (including me) would prefer if all the relevant information was present in a small number...
Shlomi Fish
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Apr 12, 2004 4:46 am
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Hi all! Recently RMS wrote a piece about the fact that writing free software Java code is problematic because its dependencies are not free: ...
Shlomi Fish
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Apr 19, 2004 7:31 am
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[ My previous message did not arrive at Yahoo Groups after a long time of sending it so I'm sending it again. I apologize if it two copies arrive.] Hi all! ...
Shlomi Fish
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Apr 19, 2004 8:31 am
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... [...] i think it's gay ugly stupid pointless messy huge and a waste of time...
Elad Efrat
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Apr 26, 2004 11:04 am
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... time Oh, come on, don't be shy - tell us what you really think about it! Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org |...
after about a decade of programming using the 'Unix IDE' (2-4 terminal windows with shells, vi, etc), i've finally realized i'm not about to transition into...
Hello Guy, Your idea is very right approach to extremely high productivity in computer use and software development. I'd like to suggest another approach, of...
Omer Zak
omerz@...
Apr 28, 2004 11:08 pm
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The problem of navigating through deeply-nested directories is a general one, which affects interactive shell work, filename selection dialogs (such as Open...
Omer Zak
omerz@...
Apr 28, 2004 11:17 pm
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... One note: if you ever feel that the syntax of aliases is too limiting, try using functions instead. E.g: function fvi() { vi `find ${PROJ_HOME} -name "$1"...
... Here are a few zero and one-liners I use all the time: # every ooo binary knows to open other types function ooo { /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin...
Well, I also use the UNIX IDE with a different variation than Guy's (terminals with bash, gvim, make, perl, perl -d, gdb, etc) and like it a lot. Until some ...
Shlomi Fish
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Apr 29, 2004 10:55 am
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Some petty notes: Usually it is better to use "$@" instead of "$*" : ... Here it doesn't really matter ... Here "$*" should indeed be used ... Why not simply: ...
... That's what a shell history is for. Searching in it using ctrl-r is very useful. BTW: I occasionally automate shell commands in a project using a makefile....
... can you give some concrete examples? in particular, examples for tasks that are not too project-specific? -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial...
... BTW: that page is not currently availbe for some reason. Try http://sf.net/projects/registry ... Ugly, stupid, pointless: maybe. Huge: sure it isn't. Look...
... You may want to consider using vim to help you find a file in a given search path: set PATH=** ... I find wcd (Wherever Change Directory) very handy as...
hackers-il@...
Apr 30, 2004 10:52 am
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... If it becomes a problem, ReiserFS is definitely a solution. Enabling this sort of things is the purpose that initially motivated ReiserFS. ... I find the...
Beni Cherniavsky
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Apr 30, 2004 2:55 pm
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Hi all, I am trying to write a "tirgul" for an introduction to xml query and xml path. we have obtained extra lab time for our 180 course students, i.e. 2 hrs ...
Re: $SUBJ: I've been using the following little bash routines for too many years to count: # search for directories containing pattern: # first call cdsload,...
Oleg Goldshmidt
pub@...
Apr 30, 2004 3:38 pm
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... is there a way to use this feature during file-name completion? the hting is that file names in large projects can get quite long, and file-name completion...
Hello, gentle people, I'm looking for recommendations on good books for operating systems implemetntrs. OS theory, OS design and implementation, Linux kernel ...
... Here's one example: I had to run some tests on a remote system. Remote as in: slow trafic, and line may go down unexpectedly. It involved first syncing the...
<quote sender="Muli Ben-Yehuda"> ... Remember I showed you my paper? Below, I have references to two advanced operating system books. You might want to check ...
I find that any of the O'Reilly books are very informative I'll run down and rattle off some titles for you but O'Reilly Has an extensive library covering just...