Re: [ubuntu-uk] special characters for french in ubuntu and open-office
James Grabham wrote: > > OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â, > é etc by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this > is a bit irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to > make a keyboard shorcut for special characters? > > Thanks > > James Which keyboard layout do you have now? I have the United Kingdom gb Generic 105-key (Intl) PC and I can get (almost) all the European language characters. Try pressing ; e which should give é. If it does, the other accents are on the punctuation keys around the right end of the keyboard. Use like you use the shift key... ";" gives acute "'" gives circumflex "#" gives grave "[" gives umlaut "]" gives tilde "=" gives cedila There are (lots) more but you can find them yourself... :@) [Hint: letter gives capitals as normal like É... gives different accents...] HTH -- Blessings Wulfmann Wulf Credo: Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack. Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between. Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark. Copyright July 17, 1988 by Del Goetz -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] special characters for french in ubuntu and open-office
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:12 AM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â, é etc > by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this is a bit > irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to make a > keyboard shorcut for special characters? > > Thanks > > James Hi, from what I remember you can use Ctrl+alt+(letter) like I can do áéíóú with that, but I don't know about the others... -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
Textease is stall around!? I havent heard it mentioned in YEARS!!! On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Mark Fraser < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 29 March 2008 18:23:32 Gavin Ford wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:12:51PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > > > If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as > > > VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual > boot. > > > > Another alternative is WINE, that way you may not need a copy of Windows > at > > all. > > > > My biggest concern at the moment from looking at > http://www.huish.somerset.sch.uk/help.htm is their reliance on Textease > Documents. I've tried running TeView under wine, but it doesn't work. > > -- > Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] special characters for french in ubuntu and open-office
OK, I'm writing a piece of coursework for french, and I can insert â, é etc by going in open-office "insert > special character", but this is a bit irritating when you need to keep doing it. Is there a way to make a keyboard shorcut for special characters? Thanks James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
On Saturday 29 March 2008 18:23:32 Gavin Ford wrote: On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:12:51PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual boot. Another alternative is WINE, that way you may not need a copy of Windows at all. My biggest concern at the moment from looking at http://www.huish.somerset.sch.uk/help.htm is their reliance on Textease Documents. I've tried running TeView under wine, but it doesn't work. Now there is a classic example of a teacher doing an IT Managers role... "Just download and install all this junk so you can read our documents" rather put it in an open format or just html -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
On Saturday 29 March 2008 18:23:32 Gavin Ford wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:12:51PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > > If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as > > VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual boot. > > Another alternative is WINE, that way you may not need a copy of Windows at > all. > My biggest concern at the moment from looking at http://www.huish.somerset.sch.uk/help.htm is their reliance on Textease Documents. I've tried running TeView under wine, but it doesn't work. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
Sean Miller wrote: > I doubt the school would install anything so obscure you had to install > windows to read it... software such as KOffice and OpenOffice seem quite > able to cope with most things she'd be likely to use, unless she decides > to learn ASP or something in which case I think she's her own worst > enemy and should change schools rapidly. Publisher? Microsoft Works? Office 2007? You don't have to get too obscure! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
I doubt the school would install anything so obscure you had to install windows to read it... software such as KOffice and OpenOffice seem quite able to cope with most things she'd be likely to use, unless she decides to learn ASP or something in which case I think she's her own worst enemy and should change schools rapidly. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:12:51PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as > VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual boot. Another alternative is WINE, that way you may not need a copy of Windows at all. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Calibrate the stealth slot -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
Mark, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Saturday 29 March 2008 07:12:09 Sean Miller wrote: >> This article about Mall School is good... >> >> http://www.linux.com/articles/48520 >> >> It's a shame they have to dual boot into Windows at all, but these things >> happen. > > My daughter is starting school and I'm hoping I won't have to reinstall > Windows just so we/she can read all the file formats they use. If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual boot. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
On Saturday 29 March 2008 07:12:09 Sean Miller wrote: > This article about Mall School is good... > > http://www.linux.com/articles/48520 > > It's a shame they have to dual boot into Windows at all, but these things > happen. My daughter is starting school and I'm hoping I won't have to reinstall Windows just so we/she can read all the file formats they use. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any LEGO MINDSTORM NXT users here?
James Westby wrote: > On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 02:40 +, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > >> One file is in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and the other is in >> /etc/security/console.perms.d (I had to create the console.perms.d >> folder myself) >> >> The two files were taken from: >> http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nbc/doc/index.html >> (bottom of the page) >> > > Do you get any /dev/legonxt-* nodes created when you insert > the device? What does your syslog have to say on the matter? > > My syslog says: Mar 29 15:34:03 ronnie-desktop kernel: [684369.058753] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 13 Mar 29 15:34:03 ronnie-desktop kernel: [684369.228456] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 29 15:34:03 ronnie-desktop NetworkManager: [1206804843.664714] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_694_2_001653031B35'). Mar 29 15:34:03 ronnie-desktop NetworkManager: [1206804843.989398] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_694_2_001653031B35_if0'). Mar 29 15:34:04 ronnie-desktop NetworkManager: [1206804844.316845] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_694_2_001653031B35_usbraw'). Mar 29 15:39:01 ronnie-desktop /USR/SBIN/CRON[13468]: (root) CMD ( [ -d /var/lib/php5 ] && find /var/lib/php5/ -type f -cmin +$(/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime) -print0 | xargs -r -0 rm) When I look in my /dev I do see an item called: 'legonxt-usbdev 3.13' >> I downloaded the Device-USB TAR file but when I follow the first >> instruction: >> >> perl Makefile.PL >> >> I get: >> >> Can't locate Inline/MakeMaker.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl >> /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 >> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 >> /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at Makefile.PL line 3. >> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 3. >> >> I did a file search and I have MakeMaker.pm in my usr/share/perl >> folder... hmm... >> > > The Inline/ prefix is a little strange. I think it means that you > are trying to use a perl module that does some crazy magic > to embed another language, or embed itself in to another. That > may be wrong though. > > Small tip for you, when you get one of these errors use the following > algorithm to find out what the package should be > > 1. find the name of file it is looking for, in this case > "Inline/MakeMaker.pm" > 2. Drop the ".pm" suffix, "Inline/MakeMaker" > 3. Lowercase everything, "inline/makemaker" > 4. convert all the "/" to "-", inline-makemaker > 5. prefix with "lib" and suffix with "-perl", > "libinline-makemaker-perl" > 6. apt-cache search that. > 7. If it's not found then drop one component, "libinline-perl", > and search for that. > 8. If still not found repeat 7 until there is only one component. > > If you get nothing it means that it probably isn't packaged, or it's > special in some way, so hit google to find it. > > It appears as though this isn't packaged, and google doesn't lead > to any direct links. If you search around I'm sure you can find where > it lives. > > Thanks, > > James > If it comes to THAT much hassle just to get a USB connection, I think I'll just sell the damned thing! ;P -- Ronnie Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.RonnieTucker.co.uk Skype : ronnietucker Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 456627 Registered Ubuntu User # 18227 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
This article about Mall School is good... http://www.linux.com/articles/48520 It's a shame they have to dual boot into Windows at all, but these things happen. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
Richmond, Surrey I think... http://www.mall.richmond.sch.uk/ Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
