Re: rm -R

2013-03-02 Thread David Tilbrook
Wjy are we syill having this conversation? The problem (and its solution) have been raised for at least 39 years. To specify a file, directory, device, whatever, whose leaf name begins with a `-', name it using a leading `./' as in: whatever ./-S That will work for all programs, even

xrandr cropping my window

2012-06-21 Thread David Tilbrook
Preamble: % cvt 1600 1280 # 1600x1280 59.92 Hz (CVT 2.05M4) hsync: 79.51 kHz; pclk: 171.75 MHz Modeline 1600x1280_60.00 171.75 1600 1712 1880 2160 1280 1283 1290 1327 -hsync +vsync Running the following: xrandr --auto xrandr --newmode 1600x1280_60.00 171.75 1600 1712 1880 2160 1280 1283

where's ppmtoxpm

2012-06-20 Thread David Tilbrook
I have searched for ppmtoxpm in ports and in FreeBSD Search Services to no avail. ppmtoxpm converts a portable pixmap into an X11 pixmap. Is there a freebsd equivalent or alternative? -- david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Attaching a monitor via vga

2012-06-19 Thread David Tilbrook
I have a thinkpad t61p running freebsd9.0. The window size is 1680x1050 -- a reasonable size -- but the screen itself is 38cm. (15) which is irritatingly small for my old eyes. So I want to attach an external monitor via a vga cable, which I have been doing with my RedHat thinkpad A31P for

changes to ioctl has me flumoxed

2012-06-07 Thread David Tilbrook
To support my line editor I used to use: sgtty.c_lflag = ISIG; sgtty.c_iflag = BRKINT | IGNPAR | IXON | ICRNL; sgtty.c_oflag = (ONLCR | OPOST | TAB3); sgtty.c_cc[VMIN] = 1; sgtty.c_cc[VTIME] = 1; iotcl(0, TCSETAW, sgtty); but this no longer appears