April 2004 - main

Graphical 'diff' with proper X cut and paste
by Chris Green 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

I'm looking for a graphical (GUI/X) diff command which allows proper X cut and paste. I've found xdiff (well, one of them, there are a couple) and mgdiff but neither allows one to select lines from the display and to paste them elsewhere. They both expect you're trying to merge the diff'ed files into an output file so the select actions only decide whether what you have selected goes into the output file or not. What I need to do is to be able to see differences between two files and paste them into a third file which is (probably) open in a different window. I can't find a diff utility which allows me to do this. Does anyone have any recommendations? It needs to be fairly 'generic unix' as I want it to run on a Solaris box. I'm quite happy to compile stuff but I'm not happy if the program needs lots of specialist libraries. -- Chris Green (chris(a)areti.co.uk)

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Logo idea
by MJ Ray 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

As you may know, the original logo artwork went missing a while ago and we've been using a hasty mockup since. Keith has produced some redesigns which have been used on stickers etc. I've just had an idea for a cool logo: Tux, wearing armour, riding an armoured GNU, carrying a pennant that says GNU/Linux. Sort of like http://thetvroom.com/p-itv-1-anglia-past-a.shtml Can anyone produce this? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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Anarchist Bookfair
by MJ Ray 22 May '04

22 May '04

There's an Anarchist Bookfair in Norwich in June. http://twotins.tripod.com/onesolutionanarchistrevolution/id21.html Does anyone (especially anyone with experience of ABs or Norwich Anarchists) want to try selling at-cost CDs of free software at this? Do we have any freebies we could give out? If there's interest, I'll help, but I can't be in Norwich that day IIRC. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing

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Accented characters
by Syd Hancock 04 May '04

04 May '04

What is the easiest way to get accented characters, specifically French, in apps running under KDE? In Open Office I can access them from Insert->Special Character but it is a bit long-winded. No idea how to get them in things like Kmail. Is there an equivalent of ALT+NumericKeypad codes, for example? Thanks Syd

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irc.alug.org.uk DNS mapping
by Brett Parker 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

It appears that someone has changed the DNS mapping for irc.alug.org.uk to point at alug.org.uk rather than an OFTC server... Anyone know who, or why? I wouldn't have noticed but I use that to connect to oftc usually ;) Cheers, -- Brett Parker

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RE : USb web camera
by Robert Frusher 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

With regards to the webcam.... I have a Labtec USB webcam that costs 20 quid from PC world etc. After a little googling I managed to download a driver for a Logitech webcam which is basically the same. I can get a stream from the camera now using gmplayer, and camorama. But apart from that it is pretty useless in Linux. I want a plugin for Gaim to play with MSN video messenging.... Rob

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Listing?
by John Seago 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

I looked here, http://lugww.counter.li.org/addgroup.cms to see if we, (ALUG) were listed, under the heading East of England, only Bedfordshire appears. Perhaps someone with the necessary authority should consider listing us? -- John Seago

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Fwd: Re: Join ALUG
by Syd Hancock 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

I've received the following email from "brodders" <brodders(a)mcmail.com> >> I'm trying to dispose of about 60 Computer Science books from the 80's to 90's. These are engineering related rather then C++ etc, so we're into the world of Systems Analysis, Z, complete systems engineering, databases, networking, all sorts. Pretty old stuff nowadays but much relevant if you're into doing things professionally. Can I give them away?? Well, libraries & the uni don't want them so it's skipping time. ALUG people can take their pick, if they want... << Please reply directly to brodders for more info. He is intending to be at the meeting on sunday afternoon at The City Gate. Syd

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Linux Audio Developers Conference
by MJ Ray 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

This conference starts today and is available online as audio+webcam+IRC if you can't travel to Karlsruhe in time. There's an interesting-looking session at 12 noon tomorrow (assuming those are CET times) about debugging ALSA and Bob Ham talks at 15h. Maybe see you on IRC, if freenode doesn't free its nodes. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing

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Nelson Court - location and parking
by Syd Hancock 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

I've been editing some alug meetings web pages which should be on the main site within the next day or two. I'd like to put some information about finding Nelson Court and what parking is nearby. There is map of the campus available as a PDF file but I haven't found it very helpful. Pleae can anyone who knows their way around UEA send me - or post here - some directions for finding Nelson Court and also what parking is nearby? Thanks Syd

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