Re: Can one add 'custom' programs to the Application Launch Bar?

2012-12-20 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:52:33PM -0500, matt davis wrote: > Go to /usr/share/applications. This is where you will find most of > your app launchers (there is another /applications which I believe > is in your /home but I am drawing a blank as to where it is right > now). Now use leafpad to edit t

Re: [Lubuntu] Sed substitution with partially duplicate results

2012-12-20 Thread John Hupp
Concerning escaping the colon: I still have the thinnest possible understanding of the finer points of sed and the substitution syntax, especially about escaping special characters. I don't even know if the backslash would go before or after the colon! But I had wondered about the possible ef

Re: How can I get a simple, straightforward, non-GUI login sequence with no waits?

2012-12-20 Thread Ioannis Vranos
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Chris Green wrote: > Once upon a time when I booted my linux box I watched a load of text > flow past, got a login, logged in, ran startx and it all worked, > quickly! > > Now when I boot my linux box (well, any one of several actually) I see > *nothing* between the

Re: [Lubuntu] Sed substitution with partially duplicate results

2012-12-20 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 12/20/2012 07:23 AM, John Hupp wrote: > I also tried > > sed -e 's/DEVICE$/DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551/' > > And that had no effect whatsoever. The result was still "DEVICE > Lubuntu1:3551 Lubuntu1:3551". That makes no sense to me at all, if the file originally had a line containing only DEVIC

Re: [Lubuntu] Sed substitution with partially duplicate results

2012-12-20 Thread John Hupp
On 12/20/2012 4:56 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On 12/20/2012 07:23 AM, John Hupp wrote: I also tried sed -e 's/DEVICE$/DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551/' And that had no effect whatsoever. The result was still "DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551 Lubuntu1:3551". That makes no sense to me at all, if the file ori

How can I get a Notification tray icon when using Thunderbird

2012-12-20 Thread Sandor Ortegon
Hello, I am experiencing the following situation: I use Thunderbird rather than Sylpheed (for lots of reasons not worth mentioning here), but one thing I miss in Lubuntu is the possibility of having a notification tray icon. In Windows, for example, when you have unread messages, a notificat

Re: [Lubuntu] Sed substitution with partially duplicate results

2012-12-20 Thread John Hupp
On 12/20/2012 8:13 PM, John Hupp wrote: On 12/20/2012 4:56 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On 12/20/2012 07:23 AM, John Hupp wrote: I also tried sed -e 's/DEVICE$/DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551/' And that had no effect whatsoever. The result was still "DEVICE Lubuntu1:3551 Lubuntu1:3551". That mak

Re: [Lubuntu] Sed substitution with partially duplicate results

2012-12-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi John, thanks for letting us all of the resolution, we all do things when tired :) Whilst not a script kiddie, I was somewhat surprised at what was happening - Most important thing? you got it sorted. Regards, Phill. On 21 December 2012 02:16, John Hupp wrote: > On 12/20/2012 8:13 PM, John