On Tue, 5 May 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 04:48:28PM +0300, Carlos Barros wrote:
> > What about trying to connext to X server, and if an error, do it in
> > terminal mode.
>
> Which would result in opening X connections when working on the
> console. No, tha
--On Wed, May 6, 1998 1:45 am +0200 "Remco Blaakmeer"
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> On Tue, 5 May 1998, Carlos Barros wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>> >
>> > > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determinin
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Carlos Barros wrote:
> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> >
> > > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> > > not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
>
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 04:48:28PM +0300, Carlos Barros wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote:
> > > > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether
> > or
> > > > not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggest
On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 04:48:28PM +0300, Carlos Barros wrote:
> On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote:
> > > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> > > not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> > > configuration situations that
On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote:
> On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> > not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> > configuration situations that break the method.
>
On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote:
[snip]
I guess I should learn to read faster since it has already been mentioned
many times.
Anand
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On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> configuration situations that break the method.
How about just checking for the existance of the DISPLAY vari
> > > Test $DISPLAY, it's the Right Way to test for X.
On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 08:24:50PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > But not the right way to test for xterm.
Rev. Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If $DISPLAY is set you're either in an xterm, rxvt, or kvt. As far as ae
> would care,
On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 08:24:50PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Test $DISPLAY, it's the Right Way to test for X.
>
> But not the right way to test for xterm.
If $DISPLAY is set you're either in an xterm, rxvt, or kvt. As far as ae
would care, these are one and the same.
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On Sat, 2 May 1998, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 11:42:39PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > >There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> > >not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> > >configuration situations t
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would be wrong with having the "non-x" ae tell you in the help
> screen what you need to run to get xterm support? The need for this
> xterm support comes from folks who want to administer a base system
> remotely from a system using an xterm. This is
Rev. Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Test $DISPLAY, it's the Right Way to test for X.
But not the right way to test for xterm.
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On Sat, 2 May 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Dale Scheetz wrote:...
> >There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> >not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> >configuration situations that break the method.
>
> When you start an xterm,
On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 11:42:39PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> >There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> >not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> >configuration situations that break the method.
>
> When you start an xterm, TER
Dale Scheetz wrote:...
>There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
>not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
>configuration situations that break the method.
When you start an xterm, TERM is set to xterm; why not test for that?
The troub
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ln -s '/bin/ae -f /etc/aex.rc' xae
> >
> > and, while it seemed to build the link I desired (it looks good with ls
> > -l) when I try to execute xae, bash tells me the file is not found.
> >
> > Any idea wha
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ln -s '/bin/ae -f /etc/aex.rc' xae
>
> and, while it seemed to build the link I desired (it looks good with ls
> -l) when I try to execute xae, bash tells me the file is not found.
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
That's only going to work if yo
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The reason I feel compelled to ask is that I will be creating two new
> > names: xvi and xae.
>
> xvi, intuitively, seems to refer to an x aware version of vi (elvis or
> vim). How about xaevi?
A bit bulky ;-)
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The reason I feel compelled to ask is that I will be creating two new
> names: xvi and xae.
xvi, intuitively, seems to refer to an x aware version of vi (elvis or
vim). How about xaevi?
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