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General Discussion / VI: what\'s the big deal?

« on: June 13, 2004, 09:32:11 pm »

In part this is one of those \"how can possiblt like the colour blue?\" arguments.  I use vim to code in Lisp, and it has a few intricate options that make it really useful for the job.  I always found the two modes thing to be a big pain (even after years of using it, though rarely as my primary editor), but in vim the two mdoes overlap to some extent -- at least you can move the cursor without leaving edit more.

Personally I don\'t think there is a more powerful editor on the Z.  Until, say, slickedit gets ported over (I wish).

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Software / ar is failing to open opie ipks

« on: June 13, 2004, 08:58:52 pm »

I had this problem too with ar on a Mac.  I ended up doing dearchiving on a linux server in the office -- on linux ar seems to work right.  So I suppose the version of ar on OSX needs to be updated or something.

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General Discussion / python ipk doesn\'t appear in install app

« on: June 12, 2004, 10:46:26 am »

Hi,

I\'m trying to install Python on my shiny new 6000L.  The riverbank package apparently doesn\'t exist any more.  So off I went to the python for arm site (vanille.de) and downloaded the python-core-2.3.2-oz1-arm41-strongarm.ipk.  Alas, the package installer GUI doesn\'t even see it.

Is there a work-around, or a different package somewhere?  Help is super-appreciated.

cc

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General Discussion / SL6000 Early adopters?

« on: June 12, 2004, 10:33:29 am »

well I just got mine, and am truly amazed by the screen and the fact that it\'s a fast and powerful unix system.  I\'m a computational linguist, and I\'ve been able to compile a scheme implementation on the 6000 and actually do some real work (though the tiny fonts are a drag after a while.)

lwong, what setup do you use to do GPRS browsing?  I am going to a conference in Europe this summer and I would love to be able to connect to the net via my GSM phone.  I\'m not clear on where to start.  Can this be done with the stock ROM?

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Software / backspace/del key in qkonsole

« on: June 11, 2004, 06:27:00 am »

hey,

I\'m running qkonsole on a stock 6000L.  set TERM = linux.  in the shell Fn-bs [= Del] just prints a ~, whereas plain BS works.  In vim neither work at all when in insert mode, they produce garbage - I have to use ctrl-h.  no problems using the built-in terminal app [also with TERM set to \'linux\'.]

Any ideas?  Thanks.

cc

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6000 - Tosa / 6000L and S-E T610 via BT for GPRS?

« on: June 09, 2004, 10:21:17 pm »

Hi All,
Recently got my 6000L and loving it.  I installed gcc and (with some tweaking) was able to compile the whole PLT scheme system on-board.  Amazing.

Question:  I have a Sony-E T610 from T-Mobile with GPRS service.  Using a Palm Tungsten getting online to check email, run AIM etc is a snap using bluetooth to connect to the phone (acting as model).

Cab to 6000L do this, with the appropriate CF Bluetooth card?  If so, what card is most recommended (I hear the Socket one causes problems).

Thanks
cc

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Software / Decent Lisp/Scheme editor?

« on: June 07, 2004, 06:18:30 pm »

VIM for Z, once the proper syntax and ftplugin files are added manually and settings set, works really well.

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6000 - Tosa / Zoom or bigger fonts in terminal for 6000L

« on: June 06, 2004, 10:13:38 am »

Hi,

The screen on the 6000 is of course amazing, but after a few minutes of peering at the tiny font in terminal I find myself wishing I could increase its size.  The font option in the app only allows me to further _decrease_ font size.  Is there a way of increasing it, or, alternatively, of reducing thr resolution of the screen when the app runs?

Thanks

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Software / Decent Lisp/Scheme editor?

« on: June 05, 2004, 01:31:30 am »

Just bought a 6000L.  Nice computer, but I haven\'t been able to find a Lisp-aware editor, something that flashes parens and know Lisp indentation.  The micro-emacs port doesn\'t work for me (depends on Esc and Ctrl too much).  Any other possibilities?

Thanksd

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5x00 General discussions / Installing Lisp on the 5600 (and another q)

« on: June 05, 2004, 01:28:20 am »

first, as lardman said, you need to change permissions on lisp.run to make it executable:

chmod a+x list.run

to run the system, use

./lisp.run -B `pwd` -M maxima-clisp.mem

The characters around pwd are backticks, not single quotes.

This will start clisp, and MAXIMA (a math package) will be running.  To drop down to normal Lisp, use:

to_lisp();

Now, if only I could find a good editor.

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General Discussion / Who are you and where are you from?

« on: June 05, 2004, 12:29:00 am »

CTO, 35, NYC.  Also student of computational linguistics.

Just got a hold of a 6000L.

About to ask someone somewhere about a Scheme-aware editor for the 6000.