On 07/21/10 09:02, caldercay wrote:
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.
I don't really care, I just want to know that recent versions of
Picasa/Win will work under the last version of wine provided with the
linux version. What I don't want to do is get into a mess of
configuration/additional libraries/modification/recompilation crap for
what seems to be marginal benefit.
In case you wonder why I'm so negative, I just tried to install Chrome
for linux. It wouldn't. It wanted something that wanted something else
that I simply couldn't find. I'm lazy now, and my tolerance for
frustration is a lot lower now than it was 20 years ago.
> 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).
I found this capability late in my DOS life. You could write a mess of
small batch filettes (can't remember what the limit was) in a single
file, much like the alias file. The whole thing was kept in memory.
Probably faster, but mainly I just hated the idea of wasting all that
disk space on dumb little one-line batch files, especially since I was
getting a rep as a space hog with the sysadmin.
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 :)
I've used 'dird' for a decade now -- 'ls -altGF --color=yes |more' --
and couldn't get along without it.
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.
I installed the latest flash and it works with other sites. Just one
more nastiness. Boy, Adobe doesn't make it easy, do they?
--
Cheers, Bev
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