Re: teTeX (was Re: dvips top margin)

> "bigl" == bigl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bigl> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Is this still Debian related? >> >> Erick >> bigl> As far as I read this list about 70-80% of messages are bigl> "off-topic" but there is no sharp edge between normal unix bigl> questions (o

Re: dvips top margin

> "Dirk" == Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Billy> (other than the inflexible configuration, some features like Billy> previewing documents with ps fonts with xdvi are broken in Billy> Debian). Dirk> Not so. I am both LaTeX'ing and xdvi'ing with psfonts on Debian Dirk> boxes wit

Re: dvips top margin

> "Dirk" == Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dirk> Correct. Also the app-defaults file for xdvi sets a4 paper and Dirk> deskjet mode. We really need a script that sets these. Dirk> Any takers? teTeX is a high quality LaTeX distribution which takes care of these settings with a n

Re: time to split the list?

> "Ken" == Ken Gaugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ken> Maybe debian-user and debian-install, to keep it simple? I second this. -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux

X11 and LaTeX minimal install

Dear debianers, A minimal X (and LaTeX) installation requires several debian packages, but most people either do not want X or want at least a minimal installation, right? So what are the justifications of splitting a minimal X and LaTeX the way it is? Thanks. -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMA

NFS install

Dear list members, I am looking for NFS mountable debian mirrors in Europe. TIA. -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux

Strange dpkg install problem

Hi, I observed what appears to be a very strange problem when using dpkg to install workbone (I realised that it is now orphaned and is still aout). If I install workbone again when it is already installed, dpkg says it is replacing the old package. But after the replacement, the binary `workbon

Re: DEBIAN Linux on floppy disks

> "Steve" == Steve Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> You need to 'split' the .deb files that are too big. This Steve> requires dpkg-split, but I am not aware of a WIN95 version of Steve> this. If you created a (relatively minimal) linux partition on Steve> your cdrom machine, then y

Re: PPP problem w/ 1.1 install

> "Brian" == Brian C White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> But is there a "self-compiled-kernel-image"? At least the new Brian> "diald" (in Incoming) depends on "kernel-image". Brian> So... Should there be a restriction against listing the Brian> kernel-image as a dependancy in another

Find+rm security hole in debian?

I received the following concerning a security problem with clean-up cron jobs that use find+rm. Any comments from gurus? -Billy - -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 13:10:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Zygo Blaxell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED

unstable/1.1 experiences, uucp still a.out?

> "Olaf" == Olaf Erb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Olaf> the system is more Olaf> sluggish. It's not a mem problem, it's 32mb (but only a 486/66) Olaf> with 10mb free on average... Loading emacs freezes X11 Olaf> completely for about 5 seconds, with a.out everything slowed Olaf> down during ema

elv-fmt dumps core

Dear list members, On my 93R6, fmt (elv-fmt 1.8pl4-19) dumps core whenever I do `!}fmt' in vi (elv-vi 1.8pl4-19). Anyone else has this trouble? Any ideas how may I find out what's wrong. Thanks in advance. -- Billy C.-M. Chow // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Debian Linux 1.3.84

LaTeX (in-)compatibility

> "Andreas" == Andreas Wehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> 2.) Documents compiled with b) use more vertical space than Andreas> a), e. g. the same text is distributed on more pages. Most Andreas> annoying are hand-tuned pages from a). The command: Andreas> \setlength{\parskip}{1ex p