DSL thoughts

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: DSL thoughts
started by: TravMan1963

Posted by TravMan1963 on Nov. 18 2005,03:28

There's not much to add...

Maybe slowing fluxbox down - when I go from one menu to the next - sometimes it changes too fast (perhaps that's a setting I can change?)

A different (lightweight) text editor - Beaver's format (returns) is hard to read in windows textpad

Arial and Times New Roman fonts...

I better stop...

TM

Posted by mikshaw on Nov. 18 2005,03:47

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Nov. 18 2005,04:23

also, Beaver has the ability to convert from any and to any text format.

-J.P.

Posted by TravMan1963 on Nov. 18 2005,19:20

Quote (mikshaw @ Nov. 17 2005,22:47)

slowing fluxbox menu down was not implemented until version 0.9.7. If you use fluxbox devel you can add this to $HOME/.fluxbox/init:
session.screen0.menuDelay: <milliseconds>
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: <milliseconds>

>>I'll give that a shot - thanks <<

The hard-to-read text file is going to happen no matter what text editor you use...it's due to a difference in Unix/DOS/Mac line breaks. Try the unix2dos utility for files you will be reading in Windows, or try opening the files in Windows with something better than notepad (UltraEdit, for example).

>> Um - having run Knoppix (3.81 and 4.01) with (Kedit?) - can edit the .txt files fine (did the same with Beaver - it's an existing .txt file) - Kedit doesn't leave the little black boxes (return symbols/line breaks) like Beaver does. <<

>> Are the fonts availible for download/install? --- I have about 450+ ppt files I use - and with Open Office 2.0 - they display - fine - on win98 or Ubuntu (but Ubuntu wont display at all on an external monitor - with OOffice Impress.. - DSL does -- but the output is all 'skewed'..... and win 98... does ok but it 'freezes' alot (and it's a fresh install)...

Thanks much!!
TM <<

Posted by TravMan1963 on Nov. 22 2005,16:51

Clarification on the Open Office issue (Impress)...

When a file is viewed in the edit or 'normal' mode - fonts appear ok (therefore a true 'arial' is not needed in this case) - however - when running a slideshow - most of the fonts change size - and appear to be uniform - and the spacing appears to be a monospace . If wanted - I could post a couple of screen captures to further clairfy this situation.

*update 12/1/05* -- this appears to be a font server issue?
for Impress to be useable - this should be an option to download and install/save - and 'reactivate' when booting from cd...

TM

-- FIY - the Ubuntu issue occurs when a window is moved the the left portion of the screen - the external monitor grows more dark the further the window is moved..

Posted by ubl on Dec. 01 2005,00:16

dsl is the fastest OS I've used. When I try going back to using my XP, it's like going back to using win95! I think that anyone who uses a computer should have a copy of dsl. Thank you dsl !

ubl