Apparently, _richard lyons_, on 05/15/04 06:31,typed:
BTW, why "grep '^ii.*'". WHat does the ".*" usefully add? and the single
Nothing really. I think I put that to match something else down the line but never found anything.
quotes? I expected, and got, the same response with either or both omitted.
I sometimes faced problem if I didn't do that. But I didn't know the actual reason until I read Colin's explanation (thanks).
Thanks for your report, I think I need to have a look at my fonts config file perhaps. Curiously, nobody in alt.os.linux has responded. And there has been no response in the query I put in www.oooforums.org. Though i confirmed from a friend of mine that his Sid box is exhibiting same behavior.
regards, ->HS --(Remove all underscores,_if any_, from my email address to get the correct one. Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is to reduce spam.)