On Jul 20, 9:25 pm, The Real Bev <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] > Is updating wine from whatever was included in the last > linux version essential?
Not essential, but why not reap the benefits that the newer WINE has to offer. Of course, it also depends what version you're running. Check out the WINE changelog to see what changes have been applied. > > adding an alias or menu instance may pose new users more problem :^) > > Aliases are what memory macros (I think that's what they were called, > anyway) were in DOS -- a tool for the lazy. I <heart> lazy! Not sure what a "memory macro" is :) FWIW, in the old DOS days, we referred to them as "DOS batch files". (If that's what you're referring to). In the Unix/Linux world, a DOS batch file would be akin to, for example, a BASH script file. Simply, both are text files that contain one or more [shell or external] commands (and offers programming constructs), thus automating a repetitive sequence of commands and/or logic. An "alias" is a bit different, although it could be argued that an alias is akin to a script. An alias is a shortcut or synonym or abbreviation (take your pick:) which allows a "name" to be associated to some command string. An alias is specific to the shell (such as BASH). An alias can also contain logic statements. Aliases can be created (and deleted) at the command-line or defined within the login script (so it's always avail) and within BASH scripts. Open a command-line and execute "alias" and a list of current aliases is displayed. Example ... tired of having to type ... ~> ls -alhi --file-type --group-directories-first ... all the time? Create an alias for it: ~> alias myls='ls -alhi --file-type --group-directories-first' Now, simply type "myls" and it'll expand to the "long" version :) > BTW, if anybody cares, I can't see a single google video with the latest > firefox/linux. "Can't initialize plugin", but no mention of what plugin > it might want. No problems here. I have FF 3.6.7 and the FF 4-beta and Google videos work fine (and YouTube). Ensure the Flash player plugin is recognized by FF. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
