Re: a tool for converting from *.avi to vcd or svcd?

Hi, Am Sonntag, 5. Oktober 2003 09:55 schrieb sting sting: > can anybody recommend a tool on RH9 for converting > from *.avi to vcd or svcd? Transcode seems to handle a lot of video convertions http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/ RPMs are at freshrpms.net Not sure i

Key binding (with xmodmap)

Hi, 1. Question: I would like to bind the PrtScr key to some letters which are difficult to access (on a German keyboard). I can do simple key binding, like with xmodmap -e 'keycode 111=backslash' the prtScr now returns a backslash, but how do I use Ctrl, Shift or Alt? if I want e.g. Shift-P

PDF to Palmdoc converter?

Hi, I'm looking for a tool to convert pdf files to the Palmdoc format (used on Palm Handhelds). Can't find anything on google (only windows tools). Any ideas? Most convenient would be a command line tool that I can run on a directory full of pdfs. Abiword (1.99.2) can save documents in Palmd

Re: Laptops?

Hi, Am Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2003 15:11 schrieb Dan Bar Dov: > I'm looking for a laptop that will work fine with RedHat 9.0 > Any experience with 9 on Laptops? Good information at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ They list a lot of models and links to user's pages. Am Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2003 15:24

Printing in Openoffice and general

Hi, Is it possible (and how) to set openoffice (1.0.2) to print to kprinter, i.e. can you give it the print command somewhere? Thanks for any hint. The reason for asking is that I have a laptop which is connected to different printers at different times, and they all work nicely from KDE applic

KDE Logout question

Hi, somethings that's been nagging me, but couldn't find a setting for it: When I log out of KDE, I only get the option to "log out 'username'", and this leads me to a new login screen. But I usually want to power off (it's a laptop and I'm the only one using it), so I have to wait for the new

Re: how to run program at every 20 days of interval

Hi, Am Freitag 30 Mai 2003 09:50 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > In /etc/crontab, how can I specify a program to run at every 20 days > of interval. I think anacron can do what you want, according to the man page it can run programs every n days. I haven't used it, so I can't give more details, but

Macro recorder/Khotkeys

Hi, I'm trying to find a macro recorder or macro language that lets me for example insert predefined text into text editors with a few keystrokes (something like CTRL-MOW -> insert "Mediterranean Overflow Water"). I'm using KDE 3.1.2 on RH9. I have searched all documentation I could think of,