Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vim keybinding for filter
> A couple of comments: > > * I'm not entirely sure why ^s doesn't resolve to Ctrl-S, but I would > generally use the form. > * Ctrl-S is a terminal command meaning "stop terminal output", so you > probably won't be able to use it in Vim. > * You'll need to get your mapping to do a Carriage Return at the end > of the command, otherwise you'll have to manually press Enter every > time. Thanks, dunno which one(s) of those were casuing the problem, but after changing all those bits it worked just fine. Thanks as well for the tip about .vimrc, but I have to admit I already knew that, I'm lazy and I don't think I could be bothered to remap keys if I had to do it every time I use vim. Thanks again for your help. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vim keybinding for filter
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 7:40 PM, DarkOtter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to ask what is probably a silly question (I bet i've just missed one > vital > detail in this). Anyways, I am trying to set a keybinding for a filter in > vim. I > can use the filter normally (i.e by typing :%!~/Scripts/Signature ) but > when I try to map it to a key it does not worked. The command I tried using to > map it was as follows: > > :map ^s :%!~/Scripts/Signature > > this does not give me an error message, but then when I press ^s nothing > happens. I couldn't quite remember whether ^s was alt+s or ctrl+s in vim, so I > tried both and neither seemed to do anything. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIqHCwicQOwhfgu7kRAthZAKCU7tpWz/9llBX+1t0azGdorm1RlACeLQy6 > yCzJ+bmoGKtUxfsJHy73L+c= > =P6iz > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > A couple of comments: * I'm not entirely sure why ^s doesn't resolve to Ctrl-S, but I would generally use the form. * Ctrl-S is a terminal command meaning "stop terminal output", so you probably won't be able to use it in Vim. * You'll need to get your mapping to do a Carriage Return at the end of the command, otherwise you'll have to manually press Enter every time. Give this a go (for Ctrl-x, running the output of `ls`): :map :%!ls You can add this into your ~/.vimrc file (create a new one if it doesn't exist), to auto-load vim options on startup. HTH :-) Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Vim keybinding for filter
Sorry to ask what is probably a silly question (I bet i've just missed one vital detail in this). Anyways, I am trying to set a keybinding for a filter in vim. I can use the filter normally (i.e by typing :%!~/Scripts/Signature ) but when I try to map it to a key it does not worked. The command I tried using to map it was as follows: :map ^s :%!~/Scripts/Signature this does not give me an error message, but then when I press ^s nothing happens. I couldn't quite remember whether ^s was alt+s or ctrl+s in vim, so I tried both and neither seemed to do anything. Thanks in advance for any help. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu CAD Alternative
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a CAD alternative in Ubuntu/Linux? I cant seem to find one! > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > The Micromart featured one is http://www.cycas.de/, looks to do 2D and 3D. The interface is very different to many CAD packages, but is worth a look. Mj -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu CAD Alternative
Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a CAD alternative in Ubuntu/Linux? I cant seem to find one! for simple stuff you might like to consider Open Office Draw? I recently used it for design and draw for a large iron gate - approximately 2 metres high and also 2 wide, made from 40 mm square tube and 26mm square bar. I used oo draw with a 1/16the scale drawing and the resolution was at least 0.1mm for the dimensions. It is to my own design, to suit the house. I created a manufacturing drawing - scaled - on A4 sheet :-) with all dimensions and comments. It has been made up and fitted, and is now gracing my house. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] stickers free with Linux Format Magazine this
Hi All, 12 months ago I started to buy LXF mag off the shelf, and have done ever since, changing from PCW that I had read most months for the past 20 years. I found the content much more readable than the much more technical Linux Magazine. I do wish there was wider content and greater publicity though. I emailed the editor and later his brother offering content on a subject I felt confident to write about but got no reply from either. I also find the magazine has numerous spelling gaffes and often repeats pretty much the same content within an issue. There is much that could be done (in my eyes) to improve the mag. As a British magazine it has a great potential to be a promotional power for all things Linux. In the UK we have a slightly opportune position that publicity can generally reach everyone within the country. Take the Sunday papers; The Sunday Times reaches the 4 corners, and will dish out CD or DVD almost every week. If LXF put a DVD of a couple of distros including the nation's favourite an a minute one like DSL they could market it as an ultimate PC saviour disk. Able to help recover files on unbootable Windows machine and a safe, free and with the longest term of support in the light of the regular loss of support for past Windows OSes. I would rather not have a DVD for 10 out of 12 months if they put it into a Sunday paper once. I have mentioned this in the past for Canonical to consider but LXF would be a better promoter, able then to offer a paper based support that could see their sales rocket. One problem is that LXF sees itself less of a newbie helper and more for seasoned users. Credit due, they do repeatedly put in beginners guides that are better than most, however they need to develop content that will appeal to people that need a reason to change OS. I am not so worried about the price tag, but more content and varied content would encourage greater readership. I do not wish to seem despondent, I will continue to buy LXF in preference to any other mag and I think much of the comments here should be echoed in the LXF forums. I hope someone at LXF Towers will open an ear! Adria -- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:19:40 +0100 From: Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] stickers free with Linux Format Magazine this month To: British Ubuntu Talk Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed As a subscriber I also received the stickers, and was very impressed and very, very happy. Sean Miller wrote: > two back the man said "blimey! ?5.95? that's expensive" -- and it is, ... > I don't actually NEED any of the stuff on the DVD most months - it'd > be nice to have the option to not receive it. Yes, yes, yes. > Why do I want a copy of Mandriva 2000 if I'm happily running Ubuntu, > or OpenSUSE or whatever else (which I could download anyway) Well, I can kind of see the point in encouraging people to try other distros, especially the special-purpose ones such as Damn Small Linux. But it's a British magazine. We've all got broadband. I live in an extremely rural area, and even I can get 2Mbit/sec. They should replace the DVD with their own in-house TinyURL and just let people download what they need. The DVD goes in the bin same-day every issue, the only exception being Ubuntu 8.04 and even that went in the bin once 8.04.1 came out. If they offered me a sheet of stickers every issue, instead of the DVD, I'd still be happy to continue paying subscription price. How people justify paying 6 quid for the mag off the shelf in Whsmiths (whom I note have stopped placing the punctuation in their shop signs, which since they are a bookseller can only be deliberate, so presumably are now pronounced "wuhh-smiths" rather than "W. H. Smiths") I can't fathom. I want to encourage everyone, of any technical aptitude, to try Linux, and I hate people who are condescending to the technically inexperienced, but the sensible attitude is, if the reader is such a newbie that they can't figure out how to download and burn an ISO, they really, really shouldn't be upgrading or replacing their operating system, they should get someone else to do it for them before they brick their PC. Frankly I'm amazed that the DVD doesn't garner a billion "Your DVD hosed my PC" letters each month (although perhaps it does, and they censor them). Therefore shipping a DVD is at best superfluous for experts and at worst highly damaging for newcomers. Using such a DVD to justify a 6-quid pricetag on what should be a 4-quid mag is ridiculous. Thankfully the subscription discount is significantly large enough for me to ignore this. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unlimited 8meg broadband with phone fr om £4.49 + more!
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:01:50AM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > Could someone moderate this guys email address please? > Already done. FYI $someone = me || riddell Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
