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Re: Ldlite 1.0 delayed
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 3 Oct 1998 21:56:25 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.=SayNoToSpam=org
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> would be feasible. Now if I understand correctly when you run something
> like X-win32 the machine doing most of the work is the Linux box, right?
> The PC is mainly just displaying the output? I need to get mine at work
> setup for this. Wonder how it would work over ISDN from home?
Yeah, the real work is done on the Linux box; the Win95 machine just does
the display. It works tolerably over fast WAN connections, although you're
probably not going to want to do it that way regularly.
> X-win32's pricing kinda scares me. $200. I think we can get Exceed
> for a heckuva lot cheaper than that through UTK, but I don't know how
Yeah, it's expensive, but I've found it far superior to other Win95 X
servers. So I talked my last employer into buying it for me. :)
You're able to use the demo version for up to two hours in a row (after
which you just have to restart it), so maybe that'd be good enough.
Or, you can use MI/X, from http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix/ which is
completely free, but in my opinion not as good. (For example, it doesn't let
you use Win95 as a window manager -- your X desktop runs in its own window,
rather than letting X apps mix freely with your Win95 ones.)
> copy since we only have it installed on one machine right now and we have
> licenses for at least 6 of them. Yeah, that's the ticket, I'll use it
> at home and become more familiar with it so I can do better at my job. :)
:) yes, that's the Way.
> Oh, and another slrn support question. How do I change the number of
> columns I am limited to? I am using pico as my editor (didn't know what
> joe was - that's what you had specified, I think), so maybe it is something
> I have to set within pico.
You mean the thing where it won't let you post anything more than 80 columns
wide? Honestly, I don't know how to fix that. I figure I really shouldn't
post anything wider than that anyway.
Joe is a *nix text editor which uses Wordstar-like commands. Great for those
of us with those ^K things ingrained in our heads from childhood.
And FAR more powerful than pico. Ohmigod. Anything is more powerful than
pico. :)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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 | | Re: Ldlite 1.0 delayed
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| (...) Yeah, I hear you. To be honest I'm not sure what I would run at home over ISDN that I couldn't just run in Win98 anyway. I think I'll do it more at work and then if I make another box for home, do more then. (...) Nah, I don't like to mess (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Email Editors
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| (...) Sounds cool. How does it compare to Emacs in powerfulness? (I've never used either, but demos I've seen of Emacs underwhelmed me from the complexities of Ctrl-this Ctrl-that.) I like both pico and vi but it would be great to have something (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: X for Win95, etc. (was Re: Ldlite 1.0 delayed)
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| (...) Hrmmmm, given that I might just take a look at it, although I suppose I could just as easily bring Exceed home from work and use it. Maybe I'll try both. (...) I tried it out and couldn't get it working. Oh well, I'll just try a full-fledged (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Ldlite 1.0 delayed
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| (...) Sweet! I had thought of doing something like this but wasn't sure if it would be feasible. Now if I understand correctly when you run something like X-win32 the machine doing most of the work is the Linux box, right? The PC is mainly just (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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