[cochiselinux] Re: Tips
- From: Tyler Milam <milamtyler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:22:22 -0700
Hey, great idea :) You even accidentally brought the apropos command to
my eyes...never heard of that! Thanks for the tip. And to follow up that
tip, I have a question...does anyone know of a text editor that can view
windows files written with wordpad? .doc file extension. Nano and
nautilus didn't work for me. You'd think there'd be a universal system
for text files....oh well.
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 07:49, George Self wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I don't want to risk making this mail list a burden to all of us (we
> certainly get enough e-mail every day as it is). However, I would like
> to propose that we share Linux tips as we run across them. Some of these
> tips would be "old hat" to some of us, but others would be a refreshing
> new idea. As we play around with Linux, maybe we could share insights. I
> like to remember that "all of us is smarter than any of us."
>
> I'll offer a start. I was messing around this morning and had to check
> the spelling of a word. I knew Linux could do it and after just a brief
> search ("apropos spell"), I found "ispell". In a shell, enter "ispell"
> and the program starts. It will display this command prompt: "word:" if
> you enter a correctly-spelled word then ispell reports it's OK. If the
> word is incorrect then ispell will offer several possible spellings. For
> example "helo" returned this: "how about: felo, halo, hel, held, hell,
> hello, helm, helot, help, hero, he lo, he-lo". The program will also
> spell-check a file by entering the file name as an argument on the
> command line: "ispell myfile.txt". There are dozens of switches you can
> use to make the program work for your particular need (for example,
> there is one that will cause ispell to ignore HTML markup). Take a look
> at the man page for more help.
>
> While I'm ranting, I would also like to propose a topic for a future
> user's group meeting. I noticed last night that Larry seemed to be using
> Lynx to search through some files (rather than using a file manager).
> Maybe it would be good to have a class on Lynx and share some of its
> power. It seems like last summer Larry showed us a way to use Lynx to
> retrieve a google search and place the results in a file for future use.
> These would be good tips, I think.
>
> Maybe one other topic would be for us to share our favorite Linux
> program. For example, I have looked at a lot of HTML editors and prefer
> Quanta. I'd be willing to do a 5-minute presentation about that editor
> and why I think it's best in case others are looking for such a program.
> Of course, we could also discuss the merits of other editors as well.
> However, I'd also be interested in Larry's thoughts about various Math
> programs and Jeff's thoughts about various security programs (SATAN,
> Bastille, etc.). I would guess we all have a "niche" where we've
> explored and could share our experiences.
>
> Anyway, just some random thoughts from a disorganized mind.
>
> --George
>
>
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