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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 06:13:15 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #842
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Linux-Misc Digest #842, Volume #2 Thu, 29 Sep 94 06:13:15 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Joseph W. Vigneau)
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Cirrus Logic 5428 ! (Dragon Ball Z)
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Re: How Old Is Linus? (Gary Paul Gortmaker)
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Re: How to pronounce Linux?? (Richard Park)
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Play sound software !! (Confident Man)
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Re: QNX, Linux, or 386BSD? (Philip Balister)
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Re: Don't use Linux or it's to academic! (H. Peter Anvin)
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Re: i486-????-linux (was Re: Horrific bug in DOOM! (MS-DOS lives!)) (H. Peter Anvin)
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Re: Editors/WordProcessors for Linux (Sergei Naoumov)
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SB Pro 2.0 8 bit stereo / Mitsumi FX001D CD-Rom & Workman Volume ??? (Rasquin Jean-Pierre)
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MOST 4.40 available (davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu)
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ParcPlace OI builder?? (David A. Vohwinkel)
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Re: Yggdrasil Plug-and-Play Linux: Fall 1994 "revB" floppy (Eric J. DeVolder)
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Re: ParcPlace OI builder?? (NightHawk)
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Re: where to get the texbook (Cornelius Krasel)
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CD-ROM Writer (David_Kyte)
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Charles Liu)
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Re: How to pronounce Linux?? (FEARNLCJ@DUVM.OCS.DREXEL.EDU)
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Re: Emacs & latex for thesis (Lewis Perin)
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From: joev@garden.WPI.EDU (Joseph W. Vigneau)
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 22:02:41 GMT
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In article <36ber3$4ht@gandalf.rutgers.edu>,
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Juana Moreno <madrid@gandalf.rutgers.edu> wrote:
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> - Defaults to SINGLE USER mode. No need to show the complications
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> of multiuser accounts to newbies who will likely use it
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> personally.
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Well, remember, this is one of the most powerful aspects of Linux... If
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people prefer DOS/Windows, let them stay...
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>Well, that's my idea. I'd like to hear comments before I start packaging
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>everything, because if you think this is useless I'd like to know before
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>I waste my time. All suggestions will be appreciated.
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It would be much prettier if you can make a nice 'pointy-clicky' install
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program using vgalib...
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--
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joev@wpi.edu, joev@hotblack.gweep.net WPI Computer Science Linux!
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<a href="http://www.wpi.edu:8080/~joev"> Click Here! </a>
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From: h9210494@hkuxa.hku.hk (Dragon Ball Z)
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Subject: Cirrus Logic 5428 !
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 05:08:55 GMT
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My computer is using Cirrus Logic 5428 Display Card!
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Anyone out there knows how to set the "Xconfig" file in Linux in order to execute Xwindows successfully?
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Thx. a lot!
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From: gpg109@huxley.anu.edu.au (Gary Paul Gortmaker)
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Subject: Re: How Old Is Linus?
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Date: 29 Sep 1994 02:17:48 +1000
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hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin) writes:
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>His exact birthdate is encoded in the kernel. (I am not telling
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>where, though.)
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...vegetarians watch out. There is a lot of dead beef in there too. :-)
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Paul.
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From: rpark@uunet.uu.net (Richard Park)
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Subject: Re: How to pronounce Linux??
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 12:32:40 -0400
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In article <36c3pv$41e@panix3.panix.com>,
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S. Joel Katz <stimpson@panix.com> wrote:
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>>Is there a correct pronunciation?
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> There is a correct pronunciation and an incorrect pronunciation.
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>The 'I' is short. Linux almost rhymes with 'shucks'. Or, if you prefer
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>'Lih-nuhks'.
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This is the topic of a religious war. If you look at older versions of the
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FAQ, it says the correct pronunciation is the one specified above. But in
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more recent versions, it seems to have changed so that the "i" is a long vowel.
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I pronounce it the second way, but I don't think I would hate you if you
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pronounced it the first way. 8~)
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From: manc@dmf120.ust.hk (Confident Man)
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Subject: Play sound software !!
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:40:10 GMT
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I want to kwow where I can find useful sound software for Linux.
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Playing and recording any format sound.
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Hope advance help
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Thanks.
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From: balister@maddog.async.vt.edu (Philip Balister)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,comp.os.386bsd.misc
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Subject: Re: QNX, Linux, or 386BSD?
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:25:20 GMT
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Reply-To: balister@vt.edu
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Po-Han Lin (plin@girtab.usc.edu) wrote:
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: If one has a pc compatible with a 486, which OS is the best unix
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: operating system? QNX, Linux, or 386BSD?
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It depends. Since you haven't listed any requirements and I find linux
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very good, I say Linux. If you want better advice tell us what you want
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to use it for.
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Philip
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---
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Linux: The Choice of a GNU generation!
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From: hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: Don't use Linux or it's to academic!
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:23:42 GMT
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Followup to: <D91A1BO.94Sep28150116@mamba.meryl.csd.uu.se>
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By author: d91a1bo@meryl.csd.uu.se (Alexander Bottema)
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In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
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>
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> I've always wondered why security is a less important issue among the
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> industry and the masses? Is it acceptable that you actually have to
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> REBOOT your computer? Is it acceptable that the operating system can
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> potentionally crash due to an error in an application? People must be
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> smarter than that? Or aren't they? Are they simply paralyzed by the
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> shaded buttons and the fancy icons?
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>
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Let's not forget the Microsoft-owned trade rags...
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/hpa
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--
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INTERNET: hpa@nwu.edu --- Allah'u'abha ---
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IBM MAIL: I0050052 at IBMMAIL HAM RADIO: N9ITP or SM4TKN
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FIDONET: 1:115/511 or 1:115/512 STORMNET: 181:294/1 or 181:294/101
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Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui mentiar tibi?
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From: hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: i486-????-linux (was Re: Horrific bug in DOOM! (MS-DOS lives!))
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:27:04 GMT
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Followup to: <36c3qd$b7b@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
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By author: xuuah@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr D R Barlow)
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In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
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> Yes. Thanks. I should have thought of that -- I upgraded emacs only
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> the other day.
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>
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> On a more general note: can we change it? 'unknown' smacks of 'I'm
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> guessing here'. I know that you can spec it manually to be whatever
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> you want (my emacs binary is 'i486-opus-linux') -- the basic question
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> is *what*.
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>
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> First off, we're not all using the same vendor, and I guess many Linux
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> users built their own system anyway. Second, the vendor doesn't
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> matter worth a damn anyway (from an emacs compilation point of view,
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> that is). So we need a vendor-neutral term that describes i486 linux
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> systems. My suggestion is prompted by listening and reading the way
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> which other linux users refer to their computers, and hence I propose
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> i486-box-linux
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> I'm off to recompile emacs etc now...
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>
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The convention (for good reason, since things are slightly different
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on all Linuxes) is to have i[345]86-<distribution>-linux; for example:
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i486-slackware-linux
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i386-debian-linux
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i586-yggdrasil-linux
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... etc ...
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If you are putting together your own distribution following the Linux
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Filesystems Standard, I would suggest:
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i486-fsstnd-linux or just i486-linux (since the middle is optional,
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and is substituted internally by "unknown").
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/hpa
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--
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INTERNET: hpa@nwu.edu --- Allah'u'abha ---
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IBM MAIL: I0050052 at IBMMAIL HAM RADIO: N9ITP or SM4TKN
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FIDONET: 1:115/511 or 1:115/512 STORMNET: 181:294/1 or 181:294/101
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Linux: a free UNIX clone for the 386. Get yours today from tsx-11.mit.edu!
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From: naoumov@physics.unc.edu (Sergei Naoumov)
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Subject: Re: Editors/WordProcessors for Linux
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:24:05 GMT
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In article <3688pj$kht@Venus.mcs.com> macgyver@MCS.COM (MacGyver) writes:
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>TeX...I've got a few questions about that. Is there a good TeX editor? If
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>so, WHERE? Are there TeX converters from say ASCII to TeX or vice versa?
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>If so WHERE? I'd like to find a good TeX editor (preferrably X based) and
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>get it running, however, I seem to be running into brick walls whenever I
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>try to find any information about it.
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Hey, TeX is a typesetting system. There is NO WAY of converting FROM
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ASCII to TeX's code just because there is nothing to convert. I presume,
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though that you have an ASCII file that you want to print using TeX. Then
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you have to read a good book about TeX and look for a basic structure of
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a document.
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One more thing: TeX is a LANGUAGE! There is no a specific editor for TeX.
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Typing TeX's file can be done in ANY editor. If you want something like
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MS Word, you won't get it as nobody ever bothered writing a WYSIWYG
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interface to TeX -- it would require a tremendous number of menus and
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function keys.
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Sergei
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--
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+ Sergei O. Naoumov serge@envy.astro.unc.edu tel: (919)962-3998 +
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+Department of Physics & Astronomy, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA+
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+++++++++++ http://sunsite.oit.unc.edu/sergei/Me/Serge.html +++++++++++
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From: rasquin@crpcu.lu (Rasquin Jean-Pierre)
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Subject: SB Pro 2.0 8 bit stereo / Mitsumi FX001D CD-Rom & Workman Volume ???
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 10:54:19 GMT
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Hi,
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I'm just unable to change the volume with workman (or any other prog I haven't
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found yet ;-) ) ? This does work for a friend having a SB 32ASP and SCSI
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CD-Rom (attached to his Adaptec 1542, but I don't think this matters, it's
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the SB that should play with the volume settings)...
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Any clue ?
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Regards, JP.
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PS: Is there something like the SB Mixer (for Windoze) for X ?
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From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu
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Crossposted-To: vmsnet.misc,comp.os.vms
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Subject: MOST 4.40 available
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 22:37:27 GMT
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Reply-To: davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu
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Hi,
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Most version 4.40 is now ready. It is available only from
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amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/most.
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What is most? Most is a more/less type paging program for Unix and VMS
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that:
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0. All standard more/less features (edit, search, etc...)
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1. Pages Up, Down, Left, and Right
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2. Supports multiple windows as well as ``locking'' windows. Locked
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windows scroll together.
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3. User definable keybindings
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4. Secure mode: no editing and looking at files not specified on the
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command line.
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5. Selective display (folding). For example, you can display the C
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code
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int main (int argc, char **argv)
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{
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if (argc == 1) {
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fprintf (stderr, "Not enough arguments\n");
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exit 0;
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} else {
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real_main (argc, argv);
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}
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return 0;
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}
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as:
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int main (int argc, char **argv)
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{
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if (argc == 1) {...
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} else {...
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}
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return 0;
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}
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or:
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int main (int argc, char **argv)
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{...
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}
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and much more.
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Enjoy,
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--
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_____________
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#___/John E. Davis\_________________________________________________________
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#
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# internet: davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu
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# bitnet: davis@ohstpy
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# office: 617-735-6746
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#
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
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From: vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu (David A. Vohwinkel)
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Subject: ParcPlace OI builder??
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 15:13:35 GMT
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Does anyone know what happened to OI from ParcPlace ?? I haven't heard
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anything about it? IS it still available? Anyone know where it is?
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and can you buy any manuals for it?
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Thanks
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--
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David A Vohwinkel
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Unix Consulting ^ ^ vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu
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& Operations 0 0 @ The State University of New York at Buffalo
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==============oOO=(_)=OOo====================================================
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From: ejdevold@lazrus.cca.rockwell.com (Eric J. DeVolder)
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Subject: Re: Yggdrasil Plug-and-Play Linux: Fall 1994 "revB" floppy
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 11:57:40 GMT
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In article <ann-26586.780589190@cs.cornell.edu>, quinlan@yggdrasil.com (Daniel Quinlan) writes:
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|> Note: this post should only concern Yggdrasil users who have the Sony
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|> CDU-33A or the SonyCDU-31A CD-ROM drive.
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|>
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|> We identified a kernel problem (a null pointer was being deferenced)
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|> in the driver for the Sony CDU-33A and CDU-33A shortly after the
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|> release of our Fall 1994 CD-ROM. To fix the problem we released a
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|> revision B boot floppy which is available via anonymous FTP at
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|> ftp.yggdrasil.com (192.216.244.52) in /pub/fall94/revB.
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|>
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|> This bug (and the fix) has been reported to Linus Torvalds. Complete
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|> source code for the revB kernel is also available in the same
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|> directory as the boot floppy image.
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|>
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|> If you lack FTP access, we are able to mail a floppy to users of the
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|> and CDU-31A and CDU-33A drive. If you plan on ordering and you have a
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|> CDU-31A or CDU-33A drive, tell us and we'll make certain that you get
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|> the fixed floppy.
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|>
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|> In addition, the Fall 1994 errata is complete, as far as I know.
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|> Please get it *first* if you are having any problems. It is available
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|> through:
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|>
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|> - anonymous FTP from ftp.yggdrasil.com (192.216.244.52) in
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|> /pub/fall94/errata.
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|>
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|> - electronic mail autoreply from <errata-fall94@yggdrasil.com>.
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|> (If this doesn't work, mail me -- I just set this up a few days ago.)
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|>
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|> We also have the following two technical support options available:
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|>
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|> - The 900 number (900-446-6075 x835 U.S. only) for our general Linux
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|> consulting line (yes, we've helped people using other distributionse
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|> too). It costs $2.95 a minute and operates from 9:00 to 5:00 PDT.
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|>
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|> - Call our sales line and arrange either a $25 one call support (best
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|> described as "one problem as best we can help you or 15 minutes of
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|> our time, whichever is longer"). We also can arrange long-term
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|> consulting.
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|>
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|>
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|> --
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|> Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu
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|> Be sure to include Keywords: and a short description of your software.
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--
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--Eric DeVolder MS 124-211
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ejdevold@cca.rockwell.com x8757
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Rockwell Avionics -- Collins Cedar Rapids, IA
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From: fsosi@j51.com (NightHawk)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: Re: ParcPlace OI builder??
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 16:15:40 -0400
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David A. Vohwinkel (vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu) wrote:
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: Does anyone know what happened to OI from ParcPlace ?? I haven't heard
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: anything about it? IS it still available? Anyone know where it is?
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: and can you buy any manuals for it?
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The old OI binaries were compiled with g++ 2.4.5, which is not compatible
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with the new one. But the new one couldn't compile it. I was told they
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will make a new binary for a working gcc 2.6.x.
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NH
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From: krasel@alf.biochem.mpg.de (Cornelius Krasel)
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Subject: Re: where to get the texbook
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 16:38:32 GMT
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Hans Petter Fasteng (hansf@kfdata.no) wrote:
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: I hope to learn how to make docs in tex, I also hoped to make info pages and
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: I think I need the texbook to do this. Where can I get this book or books?
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You appear to be in Norway. Check out a bookstore in a bigger city; especially
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good are stores specialised in computer books or university bookstores.
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In Germany it is also possible to order books through any bookstore.
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--Cornelius.
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--
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/* Cornelius Krasel, Abt. Lohse, Genzentrum, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany */
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/* email: krasel@alf.biochem.mpg.de fax: +49 89 8578 3795 */
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/* "People are DNA's way of making more DNA." (Edward O. Wilson, 1975) */
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From: David_Kyte@inmarsat.org (David_Kyte)
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Subject: CD-ROM Writer
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 12:16:37 +0000
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Does anybody know of, or has contacts with any body that has written
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to a CD-ROM writer under Linux
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I have a SCSI 1542C interface card, and have not yet bought the Writer
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(suggestions?)
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Any help would be appreciated
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please mail to David_Kyte@inmarsat.org
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When I have succeeded I will put together a HOW-TO if any body else is
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interested or at least put together a synopsis.
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Thanks
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From: Charles Liu <alte@rahul.net>
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 16:43:59 GMT
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As a major Linux CD-ROM reseller, we would like to have this distribution
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to expand the user coverage.
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Charles Liu
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Universal CD-ROM
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End of Note
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From: FEARNLCJ@DUVM.OCS.DREXEL.EDU
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Subject: Re: How to pronounce Linux??
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 16:42:40 GMT
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davidr@wv.mentorg.com (David Ransier) writes:
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>Distribution: world
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>Message-ID: <36c2ct$4bs@hpbab.mentorg.com>
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>NNTP-Posting-Host: davidr.wv
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>I've heard two pronunciations of Linux, both are variations of the "i" sound.
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>My natural tendancy is to pronounce the "i" like "hi". The other common
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>pronunciation has the "i" sound like "in".
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>Is there a correct pronunciation?
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Good question. The FAQ *used* to recommend the "i" as in "in." And that
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is how I pronounced it for ~6 months. Then the FAQ changed its mind :)
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and now asserts that the "i" as in "hi." This is based on the .au file
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that Linus put out and is alledgedly based on Linus' Sweedish/Norwegian
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accent. But my ears don't work as well as the FAQs author and I think
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one can legitimately construe the .au file as the "in" pronunciation.
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So I've given up and choose to pronounce it both ways (though usually
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with the "in"-like sound). At any rate I no longer "correct" others
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when they "mis"pronounce it :)
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>Thanks,
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>David Ransier
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>+++++++++++++
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From: Lew@med.cornell.edu (Lewis Perin)
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Subject: Re: Emacs & latex for thesis
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 18:40:42 EST
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In article <DJOHNSON.94Sep27122649@seuss.ucsd.edu> djohnson@seuss.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:
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>From: djohnson@seuss.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
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>Subject: Re: Emacs & latex for thesis
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>Date: 27 Sep 1994 19:26:49 GMT
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>> : : The real question is: Why would you want to write a THESIS on emax and
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>> : : latex?
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>> LaTeX also does a far better job of typsetting (especially math stuff)
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>> than any of the WYSIWYG packages that I've tried. Most of the WYSIWYG
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>> stuff I've tried doesn't even support ligatures.
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>LaTeX does automatic reference citation and links in with
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>your bibliography database. Very few other packages do that
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>(I think scribe does). This is VITAL for a thesis!
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>It also automatically keeps numbers straight if you move stuff
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>around, so that you can refer to a certain section without
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>knowing what page it is on, and so forth (a few others do this,
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>but it's still relatively rare).
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>--
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>Darin Johnson
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>djohnson@ucsd.edu
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> "Are you a doctor?" "No, but I watched."
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Want another reason? If your thesis is in computer science, as mine was, you
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might want it to be in the form of a "literate program", i.e. a source file
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that can be transformed by 2 different filter programs into a compilable
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program and a LaTeX script including (among possibly other things) a
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gorgeously prettyprinted version of the code. That's what I did, using FWEB,
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one of several "literate programming" systems inspired by Donald Knuth's work;
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I used Emacs too, by the way. And: it was accepted.
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__ perin@med.cornell.edu (212)746-2946
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