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From: Sidney Lambe on 25 Mar 2010 10:35 On comp.os.linux.misc, Patrick Callahan <pxc(a)email.arizona.edu> wrote: > Sidney Lambe wrote: > >> Hope this helps. I love this little utility. The X ones just >> suck. >> >> Sid > > Thanks for the tip! I'm sure I'll be using this many times in > the future. You are welcome. Thanks for the nice words, Patrick. > > But I have to step in and say that not all X calculators suck. > KDE 4's KRunner has a built in calculator, in addition to lots > of other fun plugins. I use it frequently on my KDE desktops, > and I definitely do it without the mouse. ALT+F2 brings up the > run interface, which drops down from the top of the screen. > I can then type a mathematical expression and press the "=" > key to show the result. Alternatively, I can type the "=" > sign before beginning the expression, and the result will be > shown/modified as I complete the expression. > > Just an alternative for another environment. It's also nicer > for those of us who do run non-tiling X desktops, since there's > no need to switch to the terminal window. Sure. theoretically, X-apps are just console apps in a pretty package. A comic book instead of an ordinary book. But usually they require a mouse which makes them awkward. The same functionality that you describe above could be done for the console using ncurses or shell scripts with menus or the kind of simple graphics that links and intallation apps use. I am embarassed to say that I don't know what they are called. They can be written in shell scripts and use ANSI escapes, I think. All of these alternatives use far less in the way of system resources that X-apps and are easier to configure and reconfigure and customize. Sid
From: Loki Harfagr on 25 Mar 2010 14:09 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:01:53 -0400, TJ did cat : > On 03/25/2010 03:58 AM, Sidney Lambe wrote: >> >> You are a jerk. Welcome to my killfile. >> >> I'll bet you are already in it under a variety of names. >> >> It has 650+ entries. >> >> Sid >> > Remember Sid, it's not paranoia if everybody really *is* out to get you. Not quite, I'm usually in to get it out but most of the times he's gotten down and out before it was out that I was in.
From: J G Miller on 25 Mar 2010 19:14 On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:34:54 +0000, Rui Maciel wrote: > Google is your friend. The people at Google-Watch would dispute that sentiment. <http://www.google-watch.ORG/>
From: John Hasler on 25 Mar 2010 19:30 J. G. Miller writes: > The people at Google-Watch would dispute that sentiment. The people at Google-Watch are kooks. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: TJ on 25 Mar 2010 20:02
On 03/25/2010 07:30 PM, John Hasler wrote: > J. G. Miller writes: >> The people at Google-Watch would dispute that sentiment. > > The people at Google-Watch are kooks. Agreed, but Google isn't always as friendly as it once was, either. A few months ago, they decided to make me prove I was human before reporting the results of my searches. The problem lasted less than 24 hours, but it was annoying just the same. It could easily have been caused by another of my ISP's customers, but I don't really care. After it happened for the second time in two weeks, I switched to Bing. So far, Bing has been as friendly as Google used to be. I may stay there. As a newspaper column-writer friend of mine said to me, "Google is getting too big for its britches." TJ -- There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. |