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Bug#665947: texlive-base: ucf mess with paper sizes
Package: texlive-base Version: 2011.20120322-1 Severity: important In the first version of the libpaper code, texconfig was patched to use ucf for pdftexconfig.tex, config.ps, XDvi and dvipdfmx.cfg. When we switched to TL 2011/12, I got the ...
Message posted on the March 27th, 2012 - 6:40 AM ET
Paper-less Office
I finally embarked on digitising my office files with a view to reducing my office space requirements. The scanning on a fujitsu fi-6130 is going very well. I am having to run it under Windows XP because there is no Linux software that will handle a ...
Message posted on the October 08th, 2010 - 01:55 pm ET
Bug#556579: /usr/bin/pdftex: pdflatex uses "letter" layout but "a4" paper size
Package: texlive-base-bin Version: 2007.dfsg.2-7 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/pdftex I have /etc/papersize set to "letter", and pdflatex correctly uses it to do text layout. But the PDF files it generates claim to use an A4 papersize. ...
Message posted on the November 16th, 2009 - 05:30 pm ET
Debian in the sunshine?
I'm a long-time user of Debian, and also have an e-paper ebook reader. It occurs to me that something like a Debian laptop with an e-ink screen would be extremely useful, for, say, sitting on a sunny back porch in the summer and programming -- a ...
Message posted on the May 06th, 2013 - 12:10 pm ET
Bug#697669: texlive-base: Can not upgrade from squeeze to wheezy
Package: texlive-base Version: 2012.20120611-5 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** I tried to do an upgrade from squeeze to wheezy with "apt-get update && apt-get ...
Message posted on the January 08th, 2013 - 03:40 am ET
Bug#552333: gpdftext-help: [INTL:pt] Updated Portuguese translation for debconf messages
format=flowed Package: gpdftext-help Version: 0.0.1-1 Tags: l10n, patch Severity: wishlist Updated Portuguese translation for gpdftext-help's debconf messages. Translator: Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@netcabo.pt> Feel free to use it. ...
Message posted on the October 25th, 2009 - 10:50 am ET
Bug#527840: First shot at updating xpdf
(I'm including Derek in the CC'ies, so that he sees our discussion. Please, keep everybody in the loop, unless asked otherwise.) Hi. I have just made a first-stage update to xpdf, to get it a bit more flexible to build, maintain etc. I think ...
Message posted on the December 07th, 2009 - 08:10 pm ET
Bug#564243: More information and reassigning.
merge 564336 564243 reassign 564243 doxygen thanks I discovered that current version of doxygen is generating man pages with one more _ in the file names: gdal__building.1 gdal__drivertut.1 gdal__polygonize.1 gdal__retile.1 ...
Message posted on the January 20th, 2010 - 04:20 am ET
[OT] The Return Of The King :-)
Hmm... Well, okay, I'm not a king, although according to my creator I am of royal blood. ;-) Either way, you /may/ have noticed that I suddenly seemed to have gone missing a few months ago, but I'm happy to be able to inform you that any and all ...
Message posted on the April 27th, 2011 - 05:25 pm ET
Bug#597186: xpdf "crashes" but keeps mouse+keyboard grab
Package: xpdf-reader Version: 3.02-1.4+lenny2 Severity: important xpdf has a menu, which opens on a right mouse click. Like with most other menus, while the right mouse-button is kept pressed, the mouse can only be used to select a menu-entry, and ...
Message posted on the September 17th, 2010 - 08:10 am ET
Installing CyanogenMod 7 on B&N NookColor
Someone just asked me to install three copies of CyanogenMod so that the three NookColors that are intended as Christmas gifts can run Android. Seems like a good time to post instructions for Google to find. Unfortunately, I could not find a newr ...
Message posted on the November 06th, 2011 - 09:04 am ET
Say hello to Gortard
Gordon Burgess-Parker http://gordonbp.wordpress.com/about/ pic: http://gordonbp.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/reader-me.jpg (the altar boys must tremble when he flashes that come hither look) other pics: ...
Message posted on the August 03rd, 2010 - 03:47 pm ET
grub2_1.96+20080724-16
Ehm, sorry. Another upload was needed for #512968. Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove ...
Message posted on the February 10th, 2009 - 08:50 pm ET