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dropcap
response 48 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 21 05:42 UTC 2010

you should use the cash to buy beer at your lunches.

mary
response 49 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 21 13:11 UTC 2010

Second. ;-)
remmers
response 50 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 21 14:25 UTC 2010

Re resp:47 - "I agree with most of it, but I still am hesitant about
the virtualization side of things.  The offerings aren't there yet."

What's missing?
cross
response 51 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 21 14:59 UTC 2010

Ugh; the connection is too slow to type it all from Afghanistan.  But the
comments are already on Grex, and hav been largely unaddressed.
keesan
response 52 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 21 20:00 UTC 2010

I don't want to print screen.  I want to print the text on the screen, as
text.
kentn
response 53 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 00:44 UTC 2010

Use an xterm or similar terminal from your Linux box and then cut and past
the text into an editor and print from there.  I can do the same thing
from Windows.  It's not all that difficult or time-consuming.  And you'll
have a copy of what you are printing in the editor in case the printer
fails.
tonster
response 54 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 03:26 UTC 2010

Any way you put it, the operator is broke on keesan's issue.  1 person's
inability to figure out how to print is not a good enough reason to keep
dialin's, IMO.
cross
response 55 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 04:57 UTC 2010

I agree.
rcurl
response 56 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 05:10 UTC 2010

I either cut-and-paste directly from the screen to (say) textedit, or save
to my directory to edit it slightly before doing the same. 
keesan
response 57 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 13:28 UTC 2010

I think dialed-in linux also did not print.  In DOS there is a simple command
that lets you print your mail from Pine (Ctrl-Y?).  I can of course save and
then do a file transfer but it takes longer.  

You don't need X to cut and paste in linux.  Screen and splitvt let you do
it with the keyboard.  It was much quicker in DOS.  I can access grex via
TCPIP from DOS.  
keesan
response 58 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 13:37 UTC 2010

The print command in the current version of Pine is %.  Can anyone get it to
work with their local printer in linux?  It prints to screen for me.  
kentn
response 59 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 17:15 UTC 2010

If you're on the console, then yeah, sure you can cut and paste.  But
X is much better to use if you want multiple windows open such as for
programming, (and yes, you can have multiple consoles, just that you
can't see them all at the same time).

What I don't get is why all the issues with problems that were solved
decades ago?  Move on, already.
rcurl
response 60 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 18:51 UTC 2010

"I can of course save and then do a file transfer but it takes longer."

Everything you do now seems to take longer. 8^}
keesan
response 61 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 19:28 UTC 2010

Can you print what you see on the screen, in text mode, to your local printer,
by typing one character?  

This problem is not related to dialup, just the Pine printing command.

I can use splitvt or screen for multiple windows and I am not usually
programming while reading email at grex.  
tonster
response 62 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 20:10 UTC 2010

It's likely a terminal program issue.
keesan
response 63 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 22 21:00 UTC 2010

Can anyone else log in to grex (dialup or otherwise) using linux console, read
a mail with Pine, type % and print to their local printer?  I am currently
set for VT100 but terminal type linux I think had the same lack of response.
It prints to screen not printer.
dropcap
response 64 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 06:45 UTC 2010

sindi, do you ever use vim/?

cross
response 65 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 14:19 UTC 2010

resp:63 I seriously think that you're the only one who wants to.
keesan
response 66 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 15:29 UTC 2010

Sounds like nobody is willing to try to make Pine print directly in linux.
I use pico or nano.  I have tried vi and some day will really learn it.
I also can't use fronttalk from Windows or even Puppy Linux (ssh or telnet)
unless I ssh from grex to sdf and back.
lar
response 67 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 15:36 UTC 2010

get a real system with a good connection and your problems are over.
rcurl
response 68 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 20:38 UTC 2010

I do recall printing directly from pine many computers, systems, and
connections ago. I can't recall how it is done. But since you can do anything
with Linux, you should be able to write a script to print from pine (I
couldn't, though). 
keesan
response 69 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 21:00 UTC 2010

Can anyone print with %?  I am not a linux programmer.  
tod
response 70 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 23 23:55 UTC 2010

I don't have any messages in my inbox to print so I can't test it
keesan
response 71 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 24 01:42 UTC 2010

You could email yourself a message.  Is there some way to print directly from
home directory?
tonster
response 72 of 115: Mark Unseen   Apr 24 03:28 UTC 2010

You could try setting your terminal to vt100 as well and seeing if that
worked.
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