Get Out Of Jail Free!

[Gregory Nowak]

Yes, you are right. Sorry about that, I didn't check to see if that combination works in console mode, but it does, I thought it was only usefull in x.
Greg


On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:44:27AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> 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 at home.ro
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> 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 at home.ro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > 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.
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> Chair, Accessibility SIG
> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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