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lwp, http::request mystery 6 29 (12/11/2008 12:43:36 PM) comp.lang.perl.modules I wrote a perl routine to get (pagewanted=print, i.e. PW=P) pages from the new york times. I believe that NYT has somehow changed their webpages, because before last week the routine would return the PW=P page ... tempest

using multiple fonts defined by derived mode 0 82 (7/3/2006 1:24:29 PM) comp.emacs I want to display characters within square brackets using a completely different font from the one that emacs uses as default, i.e. the characters found in this regular expression -- \\(\\[[^\\]]+\\]\\) -- sh... largo

same function defined to local vs. global set key has different results 1 81 (6/15/2006 1:34:40 PM) comp.emacs I have created my own mode using define-generic-mode. My question is why does foo-next and foo-previous work when called with M-x foo-next or when these functions are called by a key that has been globally set... largo

generic mode 4 109 (5/19/2006 8:29:11 PM) comp.emacs I'm trying to create a very basic mode for looking at a form. For example, it will have the following appearance: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mot: retournement phra... largo

text output from proc freq and contents 2 25 (3/2/2006 4:21:30 PM) comp.soft-sys.sas i set my formchar to blanks and that takes care of all of the extra characters in proc tabulate, but when i use proc freq or contents i get a string of awful characters in the output when displayed in a plain t... joelvsmith

translate-region 0 102 (8/4/2005 8:57:59 PM) comp.emacs I have emacs 21.4 from fedora core 4. I can't find translate-region in the rpm packages emacs, emacs-common, or emacs-el. where can i get translate-region... i also wanted to use this function to basically d... largo

linux (fedora 4) <-> vpn + (gnome)netmeeting <-> MS company server <-> my computer at work 1 23 (7/28/2005 3:21:59 AM) comp.os.linux.networking i have two basic questions. i want to replicate what i can do in windows xp with my linux box. in windows xp, i use a vpn then launch netmeeting to login into my company's network which then talks to my machi... joelvsmith

inputenc and latin1 and fedora 4 4 32 (7/24/2005 7:02:55 PM) comp.text.tex i am trying to create a latex document with accented characters. since fedora uses as default utf-8 running the latex doc through latex would generate a lot of errors. to get around this i would-- in emacs --... largo

tetex-font-tipa-1.3-2 and fedora 4 4 42 (7/24/2005 5:18:14 PM) comp.text.tex i just installed tetex-font-tipa-1.3-2 on fedora 4. I complains after the install that tipa.map is not located in the approprate subdirectory of fonts/map of the texmf tree. the rpm puts it in /usr/share/texm... largo

longtable and miktex 1 78 (4/8/2005 3:31:58 AM) comp.text.tex i would like to use longtable using miktex, but it doesn't seem to be part of the miktex distribution. (i just installed the large version of miktex). is there something obvious i'm missing here? also as a d... joelvsmith

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AC97 Integrated Soundcard and Debian 3 3 59 (12/20/2003 8:42:23 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a Via AC97 soundcard integrated in my motherboard. It doesn't work. When I try to use applications that involve sound, I get the message "/dev/dsp: Device not found". In order to fix the problem, I mov... hxaxnxnxixbxaxlxkxaxnxnxixbxaxlx1 (5)

control other applications using perl 3 18 (5/30/2004 4:27:57 PM) comp.lang.perl I have a CD-ROM dictionary and the front end of the software that extracts the definitions has been made so user-unfriendly that it's practically faster to look the words up in a regular dictionary. what i'd l... joelvsmith (33)

creating a new pretty-print st file 3 35 (9/29/2004 5:08:40 PM) comp.lang.postscript I believe my goal is to create a new st file, i.e. mytype.st. and then use enscript with the following command, enscript -Emytype myfile.mytype, so that i can do the following 1. make bold all characters wi... joelvsmith (33)

tetex-font-tipa-1.3-2 and fedora 4 4 42 (7/24/2005 5:18:14 PM) comp.text.tex i just installed tetex-font-tipa-1.3-2 on fedora 4. I complains after the install that tipa.map is not located in the approprate subdirectory of fonts/map of the texmf tree. the rpm puts it in /usr/share/texm... joelvsmith (33)

inputenc and latin1 and fedora 4 4 32 (7/24/2005 7:02:55 PM) comp.text.tex i am trying to create a latex document with accented characters. since fedora uses as default utf-8 running the latex doc through latex would generate a lot of errors. to get around this i would-- in emacs --... joelvsmith (33)

text output from proc freq and contents 2 25 (3/2/2006 4:21:30 PM) comp.soft-sys.sas i set my formchar to blanks and that takes care of all of the extra characters in proc tabulate, but when i use proc freq or contents i get a string of awful characters in the output when displayed in a plain t... joelvsmith (33)

lwp, http::request mystery 6 29 (12/11/2008 12:43:36 PM) comp.lang.perl.modules I wrote a perl routine to get (pagewanted=print, i.e. PW=P) pages from the new york times. I believe that NYT has somehow changed their webpages, because before last week the routine would return the PW=P page ... joelvsmith (33)