[Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi all, This seems so elementary but has me perplexed. For the last 30 years or so Microsoft Windows has had the ability to create desktop shortcuts that are small files that link to the physical executable. My BeagleBone with MachineKit can do that and so can the Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 as well as

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 18:50, John Dammeyer wrote: > Is there a way in this version of the LinuxCNC to bring it 30 years into the > future or even just do like MachineKit on the Beagle and not ask that stupid > question each time? The desktop shortcut is just a little text file. Maybe comparin

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 18:50, John Dammeyer wrote: > Is there a way in this version of the LinuxCNC to bring it 30 years into the > future or even just do like MachineKit on the Beagle and not ask that stupid > question each time? I googled for "seems to be an executable script" and the first

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
I tried and failed. John > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: December-12-20 11:49 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question. > > On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 18:50, John

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Den 2020-12-12 kl. 19:48, skrev John Dammeyer: Hi all, This seems so elementary but has me perplexed. For the last 30 years or so Microsoft Windows has h

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > > To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page > "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. > Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How antiquated is that when the File manager dr

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 12 December 2020 16:41:29 John Dammeyer wrote: > > From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > > > > To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page > > "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first > > time. > > Oh gawd, that would mean u

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/12/2020 02:40 PM, Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Yes, me too! It is just totally Unix-like that the parameters are reversed depending on if it is an ln

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/12/2020 03:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How antiqu

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> > On 12/12/2020 03:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > >> From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > >> > >> To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page > >> "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. > >> > > Oh gawd, that would mean using

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/12/2020 06:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Simple, works 100% of the time if you can type. I've never ever found a file manager that actually gets it right OOTB. I think theres an unwritten rule that it won't. Why muck around with a file manager? Except for the swiss army knife called mc, mos

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 12 December 2020 20:53:57 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/12/2020 06:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Simple, works 100% of the time if you can type. I've never > > ever found a file manager that actually gets it right > > OOTB. I think theres an unwritten rule that it won't. Why > > muck aroun

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Chris Albertson
This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to run an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must be a distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. Raspberian is #1 by far, then a couple of versions of Ubuntu and then Debian.That said, all

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > > This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to run > an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must be a > distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. Raspberian is #1 > by far,

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 12 December 2020 22:04:12 Chris Albertson wrote: > This is NOT a "Raspberry Pi" thing, not even a "Linux thing" asking to > run an executable is specific to Debian Buster. I think Debian must > be a distant 6th place among operating system running on Pi. > Raspberian is #1 by far,

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-13 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
Den 2020-12-12 kl. 22:41, skrev John Dammeyer: From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How anti

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-13 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 12/12/20 1:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction first time. Oh gawd, that would mean using the command line. How antiquate

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC 2.8 question.

2020-12-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 14 December 2020 01:14:32 Rafael Skodlar wrote: > On 12/12/20 1:41 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > >> From: Nicklas SB Karlsson [mailto:nk@nksb.online] > >> > >> To make a link to a file "ln -s filename filename", read manual > >> page "man ln", I always create the link in the wrong direction