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PC Hardware Suppliers in Norfolk?
by Keith Watson 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Being something of an old fogey I like to actually go and purchase any new PC spares over the counter (that is when I'm not scrounging old kit of friends and colleagues :o) ). In addition, I like to support local businesses where I can. So do list members know what outlets for PC kit exist in Norfolk (especially in and around Norwich)? And can anyone pass on any good/bad experiences they've had? URL for websites would be good. Regards, Keith ____________ Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

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Re: [ALUG] hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

>Have you tried inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org )? Provides pretty good >vector graphic editing facilities a la Corel. I haven't looked closely at the latest release yet but my impression is that it has some way to go before it matches the later Coreldraws. And I have been creating graphics that really push it to its limits. So I am loath to move to something that is less featured. Doctrinal purity has its limits. Allan

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Re: [ALUG] hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

> >BTW, where abouts are you ? Sorry, forgot to mention it. I live in central Norwich (near the railway station). Allan

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Re: [ALUG] hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

>Aren't there Linux builds of some of the Corel draw versions ? >I am sure I have read about it somewhere. >If not I am sure I have seen it running under wine before, that could be a >whole lot easier that having to maintain a whole VM just for one application. As far as I am aware they are old versions whereas I am using version 11 and need some of its features. Now that I have got the software and hardware that will run it all OK I don't mind using it but one would like to move to total Linux software. Allan

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hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Hello I have just subscribed to the list. My name is Allan Miller. I have been using Linux extensively for the past 4 years now. After trying various distributions I have settled on Slackware. Occasionally I try a new distribution but end up fairly quickly back with Slackware. I like its speed and simplicity of setting up (I used to dislike the others with everything hidden behind gui's). Because I like fiddling/tuning I can quite easily get lost for hours tweaking things - a bit like a car mechanic who spends hours under the bonnet tuning etc and never takes the car out on the road. And a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Although 99.9% of the time I boot into Linux I still use Windows within a Vmware virtual machine as I use Coreldraw a lot and there is nothing equivalent yet under Linux. It has been a bit of a solitary life as I don't know anyone else who is using Linux. regards Allan

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List config
by Andrew Savory 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Hi, It seems there is a problem with the ALUG main mailing list: it does not allow you to unsubscribe (or at least, it ignores unsubscribe requests). Messages to 'main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk' with a subject of 'unsubscribe' appear to fail silently. John or Adam - could you check all is well with the list config? Thanks, Andrew. -- All views are my own - who else would want them?

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RE: [ALUG] PC Hardware Suppliers in Norfolk?
by David Studholme (JIC) 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

I have bought quite a few bits of kit from these guys in Thorpe St Andrew, with no problems at all: http://www.anglianinternet.co.uk/ Cheers Dave Matt Parker wrote: > I've found MG Computers to be excellent.

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Scripting Advice Needed
by Keith Watson 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

I have a stack of JavaScript files from which I want to extract the function definition lines and the following comment block for documentation purposes, e.g. in the source files functions are defined thusly; function thisIsAfunction (firstArg, secondArg, thirdArg) { /* ************************************************************** * a description of the purpose of the function, what * argument values are expected and some examples * of use. * */ [then the body of the code for the function, which may contain further comment blocks that I want to ignore] } Question is can I do this with the ubiquitous egrep? or will I need to use something like perl or awk? Any ideas or suggestions? Anyone know of something that already does this? And before someone asks, yes I have tried google and found one possibility, an awk script that will extract _all_ the comments but not the function definitions [eXtract Source Code Comment <http://members.tripod.com/vgoenka/unixscripts/xscc.html>]. Most hits were from people who wanted to remove comments to either just compress the source or count lines of code. Regards, Keith ____________ Never annoy Dragons. For thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - D&D saying

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RE: [ALUG] Scripting Advice Needed
by Keith Watson 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

> From: Brett Parker Sent: 03 February 2005 14:00 > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:39:21AM -0000, Keith Watson wrote: > > I have a stack of JavaScript files from which I want to > extract the function definition lines and the following > comment block for documentation purposes, ...[lots deleted]... > I'd probably go the perl route, but that's because I can't write awk ;) yeah, not my favourite scripting language either, but I know it has it's uses (he said hastily :o) ) > If I get a chance later on tonight, I'll throw something out that should work. gracias, amigo > I assume that the comments are always straight after the function definition? yes > I'd have expected it to be /** at the top of the comment for Java, > but I suppose as this is JavaScript I'm not surprised that it's not. ditto, but that's the way whoever did it coded them. It's quite readable though, so I can see why it was done that way. > It should be relatively simple... parse the file for the function > keyword at the beginning of a line, then select everything up to the > first occurrence of */, should be relatively simple. that's why I wondered if it could be done with a suitable cunning regular expression and egrep. Any regex guru's fancy a crack at this? :o) Keith ____________ CONNOISSEUR, n. - A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else (q.v. EXPERT). - Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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Euros
by Stan 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Once Euros are introduced will the name of the Cash Points (or Cosh Points, depending where you live;)) be changed to Eurinals?

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