Re: [PLUG] Column/Block Editing in Emacs

2009-11-19 Thread Russell Senior
Rich == Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com writes: RichI thought that I had saved the instructions for this from Rich several years ago, but apparently I did not. RichI need to remove double quotes from a specific column for all Rich 3200 lines in a file. I know that I can do a regex

Re: [PLUG] Column/Block Editing in Emacs

2009-11-19 Thread Tony Rick
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: I thought that I had saved the instructions for this from several years ago, but apparently I did not. I need to remove double quotes from a specific column for all 3200 lines in a file. I know that I can do a

Re: [PLUG] DisplayPort

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Rogan Creswick wrote: I'm scoping out thinkpads, with a specific interest in video out technologies, and I've seen DisplayPort come up a few times. So far, all I've gleaned is that it's a smaller connector that can support some forms of DRM to prevent displaying on

Re: [PLUG] Column/Block Editing in Emacs -- RESOLVED

2009-11-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Rich Shepard wrote: I need to remove double quotes from a specific column for all 3200 lines in a file. I know that I can do a regex search and replace for the beginning of each line, but the quotes I need to remove are in the interior. It seems to me that there is a

Re: [PLUG] Column/Block Editing in Emacs

2009-11-19 Thread Tony Rick
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Tony Rick tony...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Rogan is an emacs kind of person. Maybe you are, too. I'm a vim guy, myself. There it's 1. cursor to column of interest 2. ctrl-v (visual block mode) 3. motion commands to select lines 4. edit command of

Re: [PLUG] Column/Block Editing in Emacs

2009-11-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Tony Rick wrote: Also, from the command line, assuming n is the column number of interest (starting from 1) cut -c 1-(n-1),(n+1)- oldfile newfile Tony, That's quite elegant! Thank you, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

[PLUG] MRC Re: Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-19 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:15:35PM -0800, Michael Robinson wrote: has contributed nothing to world peace. He does not deserve a nobel peace prize. World peace comes from God where Linus if I am not mistaken is an atheist. He is incapable of experiencing world peace. Move it to plug-talk.

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread Mike Connors
The NPP has been shared in the past. I think if you're considering nominating Linus, I think you could make a strong case for nominating RMS as well. Peace comes through cooperation, sharing, and community building across cultural boundaries. It is the combination of Linux and the Open Source

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Scott Garman
m0gely wrote: If I build a machine for someone in your position, I always recommend getting the current generation of processor, which here would mean an i7/socket 1366 platform. This means you will spend more though. Having said that, if you're computing needs are not specific, or

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread Russell Senior
Mike == Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com writes: Mike The NPP has been shared in the past. I think if you're Mike considering nominating Linus, I think you could make a strong Mike case for nominating RMS as well. Peace comes through Mike cooperation, sharing, and community building across

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds Richard Stallman for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread glen e. p. ropella
I've (hopefully) planted the seed in a friend of mine who happens to be a professor of political science. And I'll try to do the same with a few other friends. I strongly believe that both of them should be nominated. Thanks for suggesting this, Keith. -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095,

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 14:09 -0800, Tim wrote: You never had any respect for me or anyone else who believes in something, so what is your point? Believing in something != belief in an imaginary omnipotent being Only you say God is imaginary Tim, but I know better. Linux probably would

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds Richard Stallman for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 14:42 -0800, glen e. p. ropella wrote: I've (hopefully) planted the seed in a friend of mine who happens to be a professor of political science. And I'll try to do the same with a few other friends. I strongly believe that both of them should be nominated. Thanks for

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds Richard Stallman for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread dcouch
Holy crap people! The whole Nobel Prize is a joke considering it is named after the man who invented high explosive. The prize for peace is the least of the prizes to begin with. Its money in the hand and a fancy award and life goes on. Religion has nothing to do with it and please stop you

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds Richard Stallman for Nobel Peace Prize

2009-11-19 Thread Mike Connors
Peace is a relationship between *ANY* people characterized by respect, justice, and goodwill. The early English term is also used in the sense of quiet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet, reflecting a calm, serene, and meditative approach to the family or group relationships that avoids

Re: [PLUG] Column/Block Editing in Emacs -- RESOLVED

2009-11-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Rogan Creswick wrote: I just found rect-mark.el: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/rect-mark.el which provides an alternate way to work with rectangular selections that *does* display a representative highlight. Donkey chains, Rich

Re: [PLUG] MRC Re: Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-19 Thread MJang
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 09:51 -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:15:35PM -0800, Michael Robinson wrote: has contributed nothing to world peace. He does not deserve a nobel peace prize. World peace comes from God where Linus if I am not mistaken is an atheist. He

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Eric House
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:02 -0800 From: Scott Garman sgar...@zenlinux.com Subject: Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system? To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic plug@lists.pdxlinux.org Message-ID: 4b05b06a.4010...@zenlinux.com Content-Type:

Re: [PLUG] Linus Torvalds...

2009-11-19 Thread Omar Rodriguez
Hi Michael, Not knowing Linus personally other than chatting with him at a conference for a few minutes earlier this year, I can't say whether Linus as a person for his beliefs or non beliefs deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I believe Linus has done some great technical work and I

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Eric House wrote: Ok, so let's say I wanted to build my own system (for the first time in my life). Where to go in Portland? Eric, I've bought many components from ENU on NE 122nd Ave. They know what is supported by linux and will work with you to get you what you

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Tony Rick
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Eric House wrote: Ok, so let's say I wanted to build my own system (for the first time in my life). Where to go in Portland? I second the ENU suggestion. On the other hand, Keith went

[PLUG] Creative SB X-Fi support

2009-11-19 Thread Robert Kopp
It never has been outstanding. At any rate, support for this device has been included in the 2.6.31 Linux kernel, which is installed by Ubuntu Karmic among other distros. However, there still does not seem to be support for microphone input. Is there a way to overcome this limitation, and use a

[PLUG] Dell Server Quad Cores?

2009-11-19 Thread MJang
Folks, Not quite on the topic of home-brew quad cores, I've been looking at the Dell PowerEdge T110 or maybe the T310 (hoping for a special for Cyber Monday) http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/poweredge-t110?c=usl=ens=bsdcs=04

Re: [PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

2009-11-19 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Eric House wrote: Ok, so let's say I wanted to build my own system (for the first time in my life). Where to go in Portland? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:16:14PM -0800, Tony Rick wrote: I second the ENU suggestion. On the other hand, Keith went through an exercise to

Re: [PLUG] [ANNOUNCEMENT] PLUG Advanced Topics November 19th, 2009 **NEW NIGHT and LOCATION**

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Dexter
I realize finding a night that isn't otherwise busy is impossible, but unfortunately, this particular date will force people to choose between PLUG-AT and igniteportland.com, featuring yours truly as one of twenty speakers who will be presenting 20 slides in 5 minutes each. So, if you're