From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from home.rdsnet.ro ([193.231.236.40] helo=relay1.home.ro) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179f7f-0005M9-00 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 00:50:15 -0400 Received: (qmail 29790 invoked from network); 20 May 2002 04:50:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp) (213.233.97.69) by s1.home.ro with SMTP; 20 May 2002 04:50:17 -0000 Message-ID: <042001c1ffb9$fc7e1ac0$bd49e9d5@microsoft.com> From: "Octavian Rasnita" To: References: Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 07:44:27 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, I want to print the file on the screen (or should I say STDOUT? But I would like to have a hotkey that prints that command line. Is it possible? It will be more simple than printing a long line, even though I remember it. Teddy, orasnita@home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" To: Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:37 AM Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! You can redirect out to your print spool with the greater than symbol as follows: tail myfile > /dev/lp Notice that redirection is more useful than hotkeys because you can also redirect output to a file or another process/application. On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Hi, thank you. > I've seen the other message and I've asked this question. > > ... and of course, I've tried with alt+function keys but nothing happend. I > will try with control+alt now. > > Regarding hotkeys, is it possible to define some hotkeys, like > control+shift+ a letter or number and assign a command line to this hotkey? > It would be nice to press Control+shift+e for printing the last few lines of > a log file using the tail command. > > Thsnks. > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:06 AM > Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! > > > My last message assumed something that should probably not be > assumed. > > You need to know how to change consoles. > > By default, you have six that you can have different identities > in. For example, you can be your ordinary username in consoles 1, > 3, 4, 5, and 6, but be root in console 2. > > Use Ctrl-Alt plus the first six function keys to switch consoles. > In other words, Ctrl-Alt-F1 (meaning the function key labeled f1 > to the right of Esc) will take you to console 1, Ctrl-Alt-F2 will > take you to the second console, etc. > > PS: I give these instructions with Ctrl, because that's what we > should start getting used to. People who've been doing this with > just Alt should know that they'll have to add the Ctrl in order > to get out of X, and Gnopernicus is coming, so it's time to get > ready. > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup