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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:52:11 -0500, mario <mario@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If I want to install a package:
>
> 'installpkg swaret-1.3.1-noarch-8.tgz'
>
> but i have to write correctly the name of the package!

I don't mean to offend you or anybody... but surprisingly enough, there
are *a lot* of Linux users who have been on Linux for *years* who don't
know about bash filename autocompletion.

As you're typing the name of a file, hit the tab key once. If there's
only one file it could be, judging from what you've already typed, bam,
that filename is there. If there are more than one files to match what
you typed, it will complete the name up to the point where the two files
diverge. Hit tab again and it will list the files for you below the
prompt, so you can choose.

Example:

rob@dell rob $ touch thisfile1 thisfile2 thisfile3 thisfile31 thisisafile
rob@dell rob $ ls th<hit tab>
rob@dell rob $ ls this
thisfile1 thisfile2 thisfile3 thisfile31 thisisafile
rob@dell rob $ ls thisfile<hit tab>
thisfile1 thisfile2 thisfile3 thisfile31
rob@dell rob $ ls thisfile3<hit tab>
thisfile3 thisfile31
rob@dell rob $ ls this<hit tab>
thisfile1 thisfile2 thisfile3 thisfile31 thisisafile
rob@dell rob $ ls thisi<hit tab>
rob@dell rob $ ls thisisafile

I only duplicated two lines in there to illustrate what happened where I
hit tab, and only hit the enter key at the end of the 'touch' line.

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AthlonRob <junkmail@axpr.net> wrote:
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pgp trash troll delete

> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:52:11 -0500, mario <mario@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > If I want to install a package:
> >
> > 'installpkg swaret-1.3.1-noarch-8.tgz'
> >
> > but i have to write correctly the name of the package!

> As you're typing the name of a file, hit the tab key once. If
> there's only one file it could be, judging from what you've
> already typed, bam, that filename is there. If there are more
> than one files to match what you typed, it will complete the name
> up to the point where the two files diverge. Hit tab again and
> it will list the files for you below the prompt, so you can
> choose.

And is this supposed to make point and click obsolete?

BTW: Could you please refrain from the unwarranted use of pgp? The
misuse of pgp violates this ng's policy and is inconsiderate to
other posters.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:52:50 -0500, mario@hotmail.com wrote:

> I'll use cfdisk, fdisk gives me a headache.

Oh no, no, you don't want that - you have to use cursor keys
and stuff

--
Stuart Winter
www.interlude.org.uk & www.biscuit.org.uk

AthlonRob wrote:

> I don't mean to offend you or anybody... but surprisingly enough, there
> are *a lot* of Linux users who have been on Linux for *years* who don't
> know about bash filename autocompletion.

No offense taken, I thank you, this is precisely what newbies need.

mario.

/dev/rob0 wrote:

> Ethnic diversity doesn't bother me, even if I'm the one providing it.
> Heat sounds good. Humidity, I can tolerate. On my way, see you soon.

Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. Just to give you an
insight: Panama is a country whose population is a variety of races.
Everybody here is probably a descendant from: chinese, european, arab,
european-jewish, catholic, african, american, south asian, some alien
from outta space, and the autoctonous native population. My dad was from
here and my mother was an American missionary, that's why i speak
american English. So, rest asured nobody will notice you.

> I haven't measured recently; I think 9.1 might be a bit more, bit still
> well under 5GB. When I have room, I do a full install and then go into
> pkgtool to remove things not needed.

Maybe it's a matter of taste and experience, you install so many times,
you become an expert. I've installed Debian so many times, outta
mistakes i've made, that now i can do it in my sleep. I do a minimal
install and just add what i want, and end up with a fast, lean, and mean
machine, always saving space and using lightweight programs, to enhance
the performance of this jalopy i use.

Last night i read 'till late, i know i don't want emacs, vim, games,
nor KDE for sure. I want Gnome not so much to use, but to able to use
the GTK apps that i prefer. I think XFCE4 will do fine, zank ju bery
mush!

I've entered in serious negotiations with this chinese fellow, and we
are going back and forth, over the purchase of an "almost new" 40 gig
ide hdd. Maybe i'll have a "new" hdd for this weekend. But this guy is a
"slim customer", someone to watch out for.

> No, sorry, there is no menu for the packages in extra. You go in and
> manually installpkg those, usually after setup is complete and you have
> booted the newly-installed system.

So, 'installpkg foo' will untar and install. i was having visions of
'tar -xyzñ foo', ./configure or whatever, uffda! this is gonna be long
and ugly.

later,
mario

mario wrote:
> nor KDE for sure. I want Gnome not so much to use, but to able to use
> the GTK apps that i prefer.

GTK apps are not dependent on Gnome. Gnome is dependent on GTK, not the
other way around. now, it's entirely possible that you meant Gnome apps
when you said GTK apps, but if you didn't, there should be no need for
installing Gnome.

> I think XFCE4 will do fine, zank ju bery
> mush!

this is very true.

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Slackware doesn't have any quirks. Other distros have quirks. Slackware's
just pure Linux.