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penultimate means almost but not quite ultimate. 
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2008-04-14
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Originally Posted by Texrat
I think the ultimate newbie question is "wut iz xtermz?????????????????!"
penultimate means almost but not quite ultimate.
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2008-04-14
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Originally Posted by Texrat
Well, somebody asked the 'ultimate noob question' a few minutes earlier, so I supposed mine wasn't the ultimate but just almost.
penultimate means almost but not quite ultimate.
And I guess when the answer is "um, it's part of the keyboard, you know, the d(irectional) pad you use for navigating," that's a clear sign that we are approaching ultimaticity.
And you know what? I'm not red-faced about not having figured this out at all. Instead, I'm really happy. Now I know. No more re-re-re-typing on the tiny-keyed keyboard in XTerm.
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2008-04-14
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RogerS, I'm thanking you for the question. I had just ASSumed I had to do all thatt re-typing. Thanks for asking. And thanks, GA, for the answer -- the D-Pad is magical..
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2008-04-14
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and the most common definition of penultimate (at least in the states) is next to last.
...that means, only one more newbie CLI question may be posed in this forum.
...that means, only one more newbie CLI question may be posed in this forum.
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2008-04-14
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Originally Posted by briand
Completely correct.
...that means, only one more newbie CLI question may be posed in this forum.
But only until the "ultimate" and "penultimate" questions fall off the front page.
:-)
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2008-04-14
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While we're talking about wonderful shortcuts in the terminal:
The tab key is also wonderful, in that it will try to match whatever you are typing e.g. command or filename (BTW this also works in a similar way when using cmd.exe on WinXP/etc). Ctrl-r also searches the command history for matching command lines, though it's a bit hit and miss for me (and may not work the same for the tablet's shell).
The tab key is also wonderful, in that it will try to match whatever you are typing e.g. command or filename (BTW this also works in a similar way when using cmd.exe on WinXP/etc). Ctrl-r also searches the command history for matching command lines, though it's a bit hit and miss for me (and may not work the same for the tablet's shell).
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2008-04-14
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Install bash, if you're having trouble with stuff you expect to work. Busybox sh has serious limitations...
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And if I mistype the command and it consequently doesn't work, I can use Functions keys F1, F2 and F3 to enter the:
- previous entry, character by character
- previous entry, up to a specified character
- previous entry in full
and save myself having to retype the whole thing, so I can just fix the mistyped part.
I've looked through reams of XTerm material, but nothing that says what keys perform these same actions in XTerm and if they are function keys, what to do to get them from a keyboard like the N810's which lacks function keys.
Anyone help me out here?
Thanks,
Roger
PS: While we're at it, are there keyboard commands maybe using Control-key combinations that move the cursor left and right, since we don't have arrow keys either? Thx.
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