Bug#391118: closed by Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] (closing)

2008-09-11 Thread Jason Spiro
2008/9/11 Holger Levsen wrote: ... it's actually not useful (to have this feature implemented). If pressing a key accellerates the repeat, how would you know how long to press the key? Also, if you want to delete multiple lines/words of text, there are smarter ways to do it. (Be it in your

Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-23 Thread Jason Spiro
2006/10/17, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 01:02:45PM +, Jason Spiro wrote: I remember back in 2000 providing a Debian package called 'ayuda' ('help', in Spanish) developed by members of my local IEEE Student Branch. This package included

How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-17 Thread Jason Spiro
to be installed. What would be a good help text to offer when a user types a command that indicates he/she is a newbie? Also, what package should I file a wishlist against to request that such help be added? Regards, Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The church is near but the road is icy; the bar

Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-17 Thread Jason Spiro
On 2006-10-17, Mario Iseli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could start together a project which does this shell scripts, I think it's not really a lot of work. Don't file a bug, first we can do a linuxnewbie program and someone (maybe myself) will build a debian package one day. Has anyone ever

Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-17 Thread Jason Spiro
On 2006-10-17, Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Anyway, the usual way to detect a newbie and give help to them seems to be to assume everyone a newbie and give little hints, startup tips, ... till they learn enough to turn them off. For examples see gimp or mc. PS: One

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2006-10-17 Thread Jason Spiro
retitle 376431 RFP: openwatcom -- C/C++ compiler/IDE that make efficient, portable code submitter 376431 [EMAIL PROTECTED] severity 376431 wishlist thanks It looks unlikely I will manage to package this. It's too big a package to deal with as my first package ever. Open Watcom is complex; it

Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-17 Thread Jason Spiro
', 'hilfe', 'aide', 'aiuto', 'ajuda', etc. I really like that idea. Cheers, Jason -- Jason Spiro: computer consulting with a smile. I also provide training and spyware removal services for homes and businesses. Call or email for a FREE 5-minute consultation. Satisfaction guaranteed. 416-781-5938

Re: Debian Love

2006-09-25 Thread Jason Spiro
Le 24-09-2006, John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Several people have mentioned this thread on planet, but I think it merits mention here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg01922.html Mozilla have a feedback form on the web that, when you click Submit, posts your message

Re: sim package naming

2006-07-06 Thread Jason Spiro
Alexander Petrov zowers at gmail.com wrote: I think naming default version 'sim-kde' is wrong, because the name is not intuitive to a user, who just wants to have an IM installed, and who doesn't want to bother with libraries used by the program Now that I think of it that way, I take back my

Re: ITP: openwatcom -- C/C++ compiler and IDE that produce efficient, portable code

2006-07-03 Thread Jason Spiro
Le 03-07-2006, Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : su, 2006-07-02 kello 18:17 -0400, Jason Spiro kirjoitti: Description : C/C++ compiler and IDE that produce efficient, portable code What does it mean for a compiler to produce portable code? Good question. I do not have

Re: ITP: openwatcom -- C/C++ compiler and IDE that produce efficient, portable code

2006-07-03 Thread Jason Spiro
: openwatcom Section: devel Priority: extra Maintainer: Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Standards-Version: 3.7.2.0 Build-Depends: debhelper (= 5) Package: openwatcom Architecture: any Description: C/C++ cross-compiler and IDE that produce efficient code Open Watcom includes a C/C++ IDE and a full set

Re: sim package naming

2006-07-03 Thread Jason Spiro
, and load them if they are? Also, wouldn't it be less confusing if the packages were named sim-kde and sim-qt? Cheers, Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- When you open Windows, bugs get in! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

ITP: openwatcom -- C/C++ compiler and IDE that produce efficient, portable code

2006-07-02 Thread Jason Spiro
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: openwatcom Version : I plan to do version 1.4 (or 1.6, if it comes out soon) Upstream Author : an independent team of volunteer contributors * URL : http://www.openwatcom.org/ * License : Sybase Open Watcom Public