Re: debian: an opposit faction
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:35:01 -0400
Wayne Topa <brittman@capital.net> wrote:
>Chris Metzler(cmetzler@speakeasy.net) is reported to have said:
>>>
>>> man gpm
>>>
>>> <- quote on ->
>>>
>>> -t name
>>> Set the mouse type. Use `-t help' to get a list of allowable
>>> types.
>>>
>>> <- quote off ->
>>>
>>> Would that "basic document" do?
>>
>> Well, as someone who was once in the shoes of the person to whom
>> you're replying . . .no, it wouldn't.
>
> You must be assuming that I wasn't once in his shoes. Bad assumption.
Sorry, but no, I mustn't. That's why I said I was speaking for myself.
>> I don't use gpm; gpm wasn't installed
>
> You don't use the console(?)
I do sometimes, when I gotta.
> or don't use the mouse on the console?
I've never needed it, honestly. I can imagine that it'd come in handy,
but it's just never been an issue.
> Man thats tough living.
> What does ls /etc/gpm.conf give you?
It gives me "ls: /etc/gpm.conf: No such file or directory" I don't
have it installed.
>> when I did my initial install; none of the installation docs referred
>> me to gpm; I never even heard of it until joining this list a few
>> months ago. I learned how to get my mouse wheel working (without gpm)
>> the same way I've learned to get most things working under Linux and
>
> He asked for a doc that told him about ImPS/2, not how to get his
> wheel working. That is what my reply was refering to.
OK. But the reason ImPS/2 came up originally was because he was trying
to get his wheel working, and asked about that. Someone else then
suggested to him that reading the docs would have pointed him to ImPS/2.
He then commented on the type of documentation available for installation
and configuration, and asked "what doc?" It seems reasonable to me that
in *this* context, such a doc would be one that new users generically
use or are aware of in the course of installing and configuring a
generic install; hence my reply.
> the 3-button-mouse howto. Which BTW talks a lot
> about gpm, as well.
Fair point.
> BTW I get all the list mail and did not ask for a direct reply. In
> fact my Reply-To: is, purposely left blank. Please respect that.
I apologize. Hitting "reply" on my client ignores debian-user's
"Mail-Followup-To:" header and cues only off of "From:", which would
have sent to only you; to avoid that, I typically hit "reply to all"
and then edit out the original sender's address, leaving just the
list. But, I am human, and sometimes forget. Sorry for the
inconvenience.
-c
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