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From: J G Miller on 29 Jun 2010 22:40
On Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 21:28:39h -0500, Ohmster asked:

> What is "BackingStore"?

<http://www.tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/window/attributes/backing-store.html>

> I cannot tell right now

Is that because your web browser is broken?

> User-Agent: Xnews/2009.05.01
> I am booted from FC13 live

And you are using XNews with Wine on an FC-13 live DVD?



From: Ohmster on 5 Jul 2010 02:59
J G Miller <miller(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote in news:i0eaq7$k3u$1(a)news.eternal-
september.org:

> On Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 21:28:39h -0500, Ohmster asked:
>
>> What is "BackingStore"?
>
> <http://www.tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/window/attributes/backing-store.html>

Ohh, thank you. This is something I never knew about. I always appreciate
these tips.

>> I cannot tell right now
>
> Is that because your web browser is broken?

No, I didn't have the link or ever heard that term before.

>> User-Agent: Xnews/2009.05.01
>> I am booted from FC13 live
>
> And you are using XNews with Wine on an FC-13 live DVD?

Not currently, but I do run xnews from wine in Xwindows. At least I did in
an older redhat and it worked just fine. (I am going to go clean, but want
to back up this current OS as it is still quite functional and the test
server I use it for in Dreamweaver is something I would need back rather
quickly. (Samba being used with Win7 box on LAN.)

No, I don't have it setup currently, but with the right 6 files from XP,
Xnews works quite well in wine. Mike Dee and I worked on that for quite a
while and we got it really working good. Here you go, these screenshot are
all mine:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=8779

Thanks for the help, Mr. Miller.

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From: J G Miller on 5 Jul 2010 13:10
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:59:43 -0500, Ohmster wrote:

> Ohh, thank you. This is something I never knew about. I always
> appreciate these tips.

You are welcome. And here is another tip. If you come across
a new term which you do not understand, try firing up your web
browser, going to your favorite search engine, entering appropriate
search term eg

X server backing store

and then have a look at some of the matches.

Such a search returns as the very first match

Xlib Programming Manual: Window Attributes: Backing Store
The backing store advises the X server on what to do with the
contents of a window

If you then do not understand what that means, then post your
question to the news group.

> Not currently, but I do run xnews from wine in Xwindows.

There is no such thing as X windows. There is Microsoft
Windows (tm) and there is the X11 Windowing system, X for short.

I get the impression that you do not in fact use GNU/Linux
to ever read or post to UseNet.

> No, I don't have it setup currently, but with the right 6
> files from XP, Xnews works quite well in wine.

Is there a good reason why you do not use Pan or XPN under
GNU/Linux?

Why use proprietary Microsoft software under WINE, when
there is a perfectly good open software native program
available with your GNU/Linux system?

> don't have it setup currently, but with the right 6 files from XP,
> Xnews works quite well in wine.

With FC6 back in Aug 04 2007. The world has moved on
considerably since then ;)

> Thanks for the help, Mr. Miller.

Remember, the important thing is to ask clear, concise
relevant questions, and not to bury them in a page of
rambling details. That way everybody can deal with
the questions in a more effective manner.

As you seem to be lacking in knowledge and understand in
how to make backups, may I suggest you consult this document

<http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/>

Also, for using tar, please try reading the output of

info tar

for getting an understanding of how to use it to create
and unpack archives.

In the simplest form which you should have no problem in
using or remembering on future occasions

tar cvzf {path_to_file}/file.tar.gz source_directory

c - create
v - verbose
z - compress with gzip
f - output file

and to extract

tar xvzf {patch_to_file}/file.tar.gz

x - extract
v - verbose
z - uncompress with gzip
f - input file


which unpacks the input file and puts the contents relative to the
the current directory.

Hope that helps.
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