Re: keeping the screen on
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:22:48PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:08:27PM +0000, cls/cs wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 03:36:26PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 10:21:02PM +0000, q wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:16:14PM +0000, q wrote:
> > > > > debs,
> > > > >
> > > > > since i use rather nice background images for my
> > > > > potato boxes, i like to keep the screens on even though,
> > > > > i may not be using my computers for more than 15
> > > > > minutes, after which the screens go black.
> > > > >
> > > > > which package controls the "black-out" feature?
> > > > > (xscreensaver is listed as, "pn" by "dpkg -l
> > > > > xscreensaver," so i don't believe it's that package.)
> > > >
> > > > rob and bob, thank you.
> > > >
> > > > bentley taylor.
> > >
> > > care to write up a newbieDoc on "how to keep your screen
> > > from blanking out" now that you've figured it out?
> >
> > i wish i could take credit for figuring it out, but it
> > was rob hudson who advised me of this elegant command:
> >
> > xset s off
> >
> > and it was bob nielsen who advised:
> >
> > man xset
> >
> > hth.
> >
> > (i would have attached their email responses, but i
> > haven't figured out how to do that in mutt, yet.)
>
> i saw them fly by -- i was hoping you've found some other handy
> features of xset, and being a fresh discovery for you, you might
> be able to present it in a way that next month's newbies might
> find handy.
i've got some work-related things bogging me down till
the end of the year. after that, i can come up for air
...and maybe contribute what little i think i know.
>
> http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/
>
> as for attaching messages -- it's similar to attaching files.
> when done editing your message, you're at mutt's COMPOSE stage:
>
> 'a' to attach a file
> 'A' to attach a message
> you can select which mailbox to use, and then
> you'll need to TAG the messages (type 't') you
> want to attach; 'q'uit to get back to composing
> 'D' to DELETE an attachment from your message
>
> (by the way -- i just found this, myself, by typing '?' at
> various stages of interaction with mutt. pretty cool.)
thx for the info. i'll give it a try.
>
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