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Re: Chrome OS; any implications for RISC OS users?

n...@rjek.com (Rob Kendrick) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 12:29:19 UT

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:04 GMT
No? Think again. It's very common for trackpads, fingerprint readers,
and bluetooth to be attached via USB in laptops. My netbook's wireless
is even attached by USB. (USB implementations of these are cheap,
small, readily available, and can be wired up using a narrow serial bus

Re: Chrome OS; any implications for RISC OS users?

phantasm...@hotmail.com (Jess) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 12:04:04 UT

In message <he4g16$8c...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>
But it's very rare for USB devices to be part of the core machine.
With Desktop PCs for example you could one of a multitude of graphics
cards.

Re: Missing font / Impression marvel&wonder

thomas.smit...@ntlworld.com (T M Smith) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 22:34:13 UT

In message <89355ebd50.Broadband@thomas/s mith57.ntlworld.com>
I have tried 'Martins' method for changing a font in Impression and
it works for me so thank you Martin and others who contributed,
especially Alan.
My copy of Impression is version 4.11. I have the copy of OPro
(crippled!) that came bundled with the Iyo and so I am wondering if

Re: PDF difficulties

ds...@freeuk.com (David) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 18:38:19 UT

In message <e3b61fbd50.pnyo...@pnyoung.or mail.co.uk>
PDFVIEW with vector turned on reads it fine.

Re: RONWUG's recommended RISC OS web sites

s...@softrock.co.uk (Vince M Hudd) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 17:22:25 UT

There are instructions - found by clicking the "info" icon just under the
"Regular Expression" box, to the right of the "search" button.
Unfortunately, though, that button needs - and IMO, this is very stupid for
a RISC OS specific website, when one of the most widely used (if not THE
most widely used) browser on RISC OS doesn't support it - JavaScript.

Re: RONWUG's recommended RISC OS web sites

use...@ollieclark.com (Ollie Clark) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:12 UT

How does it work?
I've tried putting "application" "can be downloaded from" "netsurf" into
likely looking boxes but it comes up with no results.
A search engine that needs instructions is bad.
One that needs instructions and doesn't provide any is useless.

Re: PDF difficulties

news...@blueyonder.co.uk (John) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 14:50:02 UT

In article <na.2f11c750bd.a806e0tenn...@o rpheusmail.co.uk>,
I can't help with the problem as such but you (and others)
might be interested in this item which appeared a couple of
days ago on The Register:
[link]
It's suggesting that we have to buy new TVs/set-top boxes

Re: RONWUG's recommended RISC OS web sites

n...@rjek.com (Rob Kendrick) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 13:36:01 UT

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:18 -0800 (PST)
Cor, that's slow; and could really do with a splash of DNS :)
It gets some interesting results, for example searching for
"Applications" and "NetSurf" returns HTML chunks as * commands, and
then provides a link to here:
[link]b%2Fhelp_rootview\.html%22%3EV iewVC\b

Re: RONWUG's recommended RISC OS web sites

r.shalfi...@tideway.com (Rebecca) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 13:19:18 UT

You could also take a look at [link]

Re: PDF difficulties

ad...@billsimpson.com (Bill (Adopt)) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 11:34:57 UT

In article <50bd20e15cad...@billsimpson.c om>,
Apologies: meant to add that there appears to be something
missing (necessary meta data?) towards the end of the file,
but not being a techie, I'm not sure what should be in the
'gap'?
btw.. is there a reason for posting to three groups?
(!Puto's wondering).

Re: PDF difficulties

ad...@billsimpson.com (Bill (Adopt)) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 11:12:06 UT

In article <na.2f11c750bd.a806e0tenn...@o rpheusmail.co.uk>,
It knows where you live ..and will not give you any
details unless:
your tv licence is paid up
you have been through d.s.o., and have New!
Digitil Ariel bubbling in your washer.
BT has sold you something Virgin by mistake..

Re: PDF difficulties

pnyo...@ormail.co.uk (Dr Peter Young) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 10:59:19 UT

Repeated here, as the a.a.v posting hasn't appeared yet.

Re: PDF difficulties

spamt...@mw-software.com (Martin Wuerthner) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 10:53:21 UT

In message <na.2f11c750bd.a806e0tenn...@o rpheusmail.co.uk>
That is a PDF 1.5 file. For reasons I have never understood Adobe
allowed these to be completely incompatible with earlier PDF formats
(at the discretion of the program that produces them - you can write
1.5 files that are fully backwards compatible). That move is really

Re: PDF difficulties

paulstew...@phawfaux.co.uk (Paul Stewart) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 10:46:10 UT

In message <na.2f11c750bd.a806e0tenn...@o rpheusmail.co.uk>
!GView doesn't like it either, claiming xref section interpretation
error
Regards

Re: PDF difficulties

uce...@tiscali.co.uk (John Williams (News)) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 10:39:49 UT

In article <f5841dbd50.pnyo...@pnyoung.or mail.co.uk>,
But exclusive to argonet users? That's a bit unhelpful to the rest of the
RISC OS community!
John