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. > > > > > > -- > > > > 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) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at 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 at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup