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Greetings From Jim Dennis

linux ether16 support –or– isapnptools Need Help!!! –or– Removing an OS uninstallshield –or– InstallShield: Netscape 4.7 redhat linux problem –or– Console Goes Comatose After a Few Days Routing a Linux Subnet –or– Subnetting soho linux network –or– Two Node Network: How Problem –or– Informix/SCO SE version 5.0 under iBCS Hub restriction –or– Do Your Homework: IEEE 802.3 question about ProxyArp –or– ProxyARP Is there any.. –or– Syslog Events from a Particular Host to a Particular File Id « x » respawning too fast: Murdered Mysteriously windows 2000 –or– First Win/2000 Question! drive space –or– What to Delete from Drive C Linux as a SOCKS client Lost Password –or– Simpler Way to Recover From a Lost Password Re: « harden » Linux DNS server –or– « Hardening » a Red Hat (into a Helmet?) Kermit –or– A bit more about C-Kermit from its author. problem with bash/vi editing mode –or– ksh Keybindings (vi Keys) Weird Mount Permissions & Where’s a Word Processor .max files –or– .max extension on an e-mail attachment lots of linux questions –or– Accupuncturist Filmaker Hates Fascist MS Products IMAP/POP daemon on RH 6.0 and 6.1 –or– Installing a POP Daemon on Red Hat Linux

Greetings from Jim Dennis

Many people have been known to quote Blaise Pascal:

« I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter. »

In this month’s Answer Guy, the Answer Guy himself learns some solid lessons in recovery planning. In the case of his editor, to hit the Save key combination every once in a while. You never know when you’re accidentally going to hit the key assigned to « quit this session without prompting ». Thus

« I have made this blurb shorter than usual because I lack the time do it over. »

Sorry folks! And I wouldn’t be the Answer Guy if I didn’t have the answer for this. Emacs users, make sure to turn auto-save-mode on for your important buffers before you get rolling, amd set your auto-save-interval to something other than NIL. Screen users, make sure to update — the newer versions now ask before completely shutting down screen itself. And try not to use a keyboard with \ too close to ] so you’re less likely to backwack that fascinating article you were writing.

Copyright © 2000, James T. Dennis
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 51 March 2000

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