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jdz_hello!12:50
sivanghey jdz_ 02:23
jdz_I'm actually headed home, be back on in a bit02:27
trickiehello03:19
trickieanyone: when making a cross reference to another part of a docbook, sean suggested to me to use xref.03:20
trickieanyone: but xref doesn't seem to render in Yelp03:20
trickieanyone: what i really want is an internal link03:20
trickieanyone: any ideas?03:21
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froudAfrican Greetings09:21
trickieAustralian Greetings09:26
froudhey trickie 09:27
trickiefroud, hello there!09:29
froudwhat up in oz09:30
froudthe place still burning09:30
trickieno... not at the moment :)09:31
trickieat least not that i am aware of09:31
trickiejust a nice sunny saturday arvo here in melb09:32
trickieAustralian Open Tennis is on at the moment here09:32
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froudtrickie, it should be later there now09:42
trickiefroud, later?09:43
froudIt should be late at night09:43
trickiefroud, it is 7.45pm09:43
froudah yes09:44
froudhell the time zone in au always confusd me09:44
trickiefroud, he he... you are in SA are't you?09:44
froudhow's it going on the srelease notes09:44
froudyes09:44
trickieyeah not too bad09:44
trickieI am trying to figure out how to do intenral linsk in docbook... 09:45
froudinternal you mean within the same document09:45
trickieyes09:45
trickieSean was telling/showing me how to use xref, but it doesn't render any thing in Yelp...09:45
froud<xref linkend="[someId] "/>09:45
trickieyeah... i have that now for something...09:46
froudYou mean Shaunm09:46
froudor Sean09:46
froudI am Sean09:46
trickiehe he09:46
trickieyes you!09:46
froudOk09:46
froudI noticed problems with yelp and xref09:47
trickieyeah09:47
froudwhat version of yelp09:47
trickiehmmm... i'll check ... i still have warty on this machine09:47
trickie2.6.409:48
froudYes, it's wacked09:48
trickieok09:48
froudI think it is best to run the make targets09:48
trickieyeah09:48
trickieok09:48
froudhave you run make before09:48
froudyou can do make rn09:48
trickieyeah09:48
froudok good09:48
trickienah i hadn't tried the make scripts09:49
froudwith all the problems in yelp I am betting on plain old html09:49
froudI would like to use yelp, but it just has too many problems09:49
froudI added make rn a few days ago09:50
froudsent a message to the list about it09:50
trickieyeah thanks09:50
trickiethat works ok...09:50
trickiei get a hyperlink now... 09:50
froudYes09:50
froudwant a tip09:50
trickieyo09:51
froudyou can also add id attributes to things like title elements09:52
froud<sect1 id="sect-somename"><title id="title-sect-somename">.....09:52
froudthen use <xref linkend="" endterm=""/>09:53
froudwhere09:53
froud<xref linkend="sect-somename" endterm="title-sect-somename"/>09:53
froudIt useful if you wantto take the lext link from somewhere else09:54
froudfor example from a subtitle09:54
trickieyeah cool09:54
froud<sect1 id="sect-somename"><title>...</title><subtitle id="subtitle-sect-somename">...09:55
trickiei have been using endterm to link into a list09:55
trickiecan an id be given to any element?09:55
froudyes you can also use it on phrase when the phrase is inline in a para09:55
froudyes09:55
froudwhat editor do you use09:56
trickiegvim09:57
trickiewhat do you use?09:57
froudoxygen http://www.inwords.co.za/products.html09:58
froudit's a commercail product09:58
froudcomercial09:58
froudbut only $6409:58
froudneeds java09:58
trickieok... i have read good things about it09:59
froudmakes editing faster10:00
froudand has tag insight so you can easily see the attibutes an element takes10:00
trickieah ok... like code completion suggestions in IDE's like eclipse10:01
froudyes10:01
froudyou can also use oxygen as an eclipse plugin10:01
trickienice10:02
trickiei like eclipse... i haven't installed any java software on ubuntu10:02
trickieI used to use OSX for java based stuff cause it was so pain free...10:02
trickiebut now i put Ubuntu on my ibook too!10:02
froudyeah, the ubuntu guys aren't hot on java10:02
trickieno...10:03
froudpersonally I love it10:03
froudalso like QT cause it can run anywhere10:03
trickiealthough it seems pretty straight forward to get the Sun x86 installer happening10:03
trickieyeah QT is nice10:03
froudyou installed Ubuntu instead of OXX10:03
froudOSX10:04
froudwow10:04
trickieyeah10:04
froudwhy OSX is so cool10:04
trickieit worked so well!10:04
trickieum... it is an old ibook, got as heap of ram, but it just doesn't keep sometimes10:04
trickieit performs so much better with ubuntu on it10:05
froudgood to know10:05
trickiebut one day i want a G5 and then i'll stick to OSX :)10:05
trickiewait... a dual G510:05
froudyes G% is cool, but my dream is a Cray10:05
trickiehe he10:05
trickieah nice10:06
trickieopne day aye10:06
trickieone day aye10:06
froudthere's only two in south africa10:06
froudits a military weapon :-)10:07
trickieas expected10:07
trickieprobably a similar situation here10:07
froudyep10:07
trickiewell time for some dinner i reckon...10:08
froudok gonna do some work. having bandwidth problems here10:08
trickiethanks for the xref/yelp help10:08
froudanytime10:08
trickiesee ya10:08
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ChrisHsivang: Hi... I'm in bed. 39.5C fever :(06:32
vendaChrisH, so what you doing on IRC?06:58
ChrisHvenda: recovering :)07:04
ChrisHvenda: Actually I was curious what I missed. I'm not used to stay offline for three days. Makes me nervous.07:04
vendaChrisH, have not missed much07:04
vendaChrisH, you can see two of me now, froud and venda07:05
ChrisHvenda: at least you have become schizo :)07:05
vendafroud is my SuSE box, venda is my ubuntu box07:05
vendafinally got warty installed07:06
vendaafter long fight o do so07:06
vendathen I switched of acpi in the BIOS and hey what do you know it worked.07:07
ChrisHnotebook?07:07
vendano07:07
ChrisHstrange07:07
ChrisHI only had troubles with installing Ubuntu on laptops. PCs always worked here. And I have very weird PCs.07:07
vendayeah and a ran the install with linux acpi=off07:07
vendabut that did not work07:08
vendaonly when I disabled in the bios07:08
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ChrisHI read that some manufacturers don't care much for their acpi implementation. It just needs to work on XP.07:08
vendanow I am trying to figure how we can do vendor drops in an easy way07:08
ChrisHYeah, the vendors drops thingy sounds both mightyful and mysterious to me.07:09
vendaproblem is GNOME is in CVS07:09
ChrisHWe probably won't convince them to use baz. :)07:10
froudand each apps has its own C/docs or C/help directory07:10
abelliciao07:10
abelliKinnison: haloa07:10
froudabelli, now I have warty07:11
abelliwhy07:11
froudgive me a W, give me a A07:11
frouddiscoved if I switch off acopi in the BIOS warty installs07:11
abelliwhat was it?07:12
abellibrand?07:12
vendano name build it myself07:12
abelliKinnison: what about the toskiba acpi?07:12
abellivenda: what?07:12
vendavenda = froud07:12
vendafroud = venda07:12
vendavenda = ubuntu07:13
vendafroud = SuSE07:13
abellivenda: how did you do that?07:13
vendatwo boxes07:13
vendaand a vnc07:13
abellieheh.. no i mean. how did you build your diy laptop?07:14
vendalaptop no its a atx07:14
abelliah...07:14
vendaI get the pieces and diy07:14
vendacheaper07:14
vendaonly cost me ZAR70007:15
abelliyeah.. i just associated the word acpi, with the meaning "laptop power management"07:15
abellihow many euros?07:15
vendaHmmm dunno hold07:15
abelliok http://www.anysystem.com/u60-ugly-1.html07:16
froud90.389207:16
abelliwhat?07:17
froudwell built a P3 1GHz with 768RAM for the above07:17
abellii mean.. who did you stole it?07:17
froudno man07:17
abellis/stole/*07:18
froudJust buy the pieces from the right places and build it07:18
froudOh and it has ATI AGP with 128MB07:18
abelliwith 90 euros you want get your gf out on saturday night here in italy07:18
froudI know that why I love Africa07:18
abellifroud: would you host me [ill sleep under your stairs] ?07:19
froudno worries I have a self contained flat upstairs07:19
froud100 m sq07:19
froudwould that be enough07:19
froudItaly is nice but expensive07:20
abellietologist say i only need 10 , sq07:20
froudetologists never been to africa :-)07:21
froudHere to have good 'ubuntu' you need space :-)07:21
abelliwell the rest of the world seems to be very expensive compared to africa..07:21
abelli:)07:21
froudYes07:22
abellithat's why my prime minister is silvio berl*07:22
abellibecause there's no ubuntu in the air :)07:22
froud:--007:22
abellia little thougt: why can you buy a 90E computer and why cant you afford adsl?07:23
abelliwith "you" i mean south africans...07:23
froudI am on DSL 51207:23
abellido you know what a freedom toaster is?07:23
froudbut telkom our telescum company caps07:23
froudof course07:23
abelliok...07:23
froudand no freedom toaster near me07:24
abellijason, the project leader, told me that in south africa dsl connections are really expensive07:24
froudyes07:24
froudcosts me 1000 zar a month and if I use more than 3GB the throttle my bandwidth07:24
froudEU 129.127507:25
froudmaskie, feel free to chime in anytime07:25
froudmaskie is on ISDN07:26
froudspecial call rate on weekends07:26
abelli...it's like having a great brain [cheap computers]  and not the opportunity to communicate your thoughts [absurd dsl rates] 07:26
froud7 ZAR for any call between friday night and monday morn07:26
froudyeah, but still love africa07:27
abelliand isnt there an anti-trust thing?07:27
froudkawabunga!!! a what?07:28
froudwhere07:28
froudwho07:28
froudwhy07:28
abelliin italy, there's an agency that _pretend_ to control07:28
abelliservices' rates07:28
frouddemocracy is all about prentending to controll07:29
abelliand its called anti-trust07:29
froudyeah, there is that here07:29
froudbut this is the wild wild west07:29
froudwho cares about rules and regulations07:29
abelliok follow my reasoning:07:30
froudon one side its good because there is much opportunity07:30
froudok reason07:30
abelliid like to come in SA ->07:30
abelli...no no.. 07:30
abelliif in south africa computers are cheap..07:30
vendawoza!!07:31
abellithere's no need for a trashware.project right?07:31
vendacome again trashware.project07:31
abellibecause i was thinking to use ubuntu, for a trashware project we have for cuba.07:31
vendaAah07:31
vendayebo07:31
abellitrashware: collecting old [but still decently usable computers] 07:31
vendaTSF does that07:32
abellicome again: yebo ;)07:32
vendagives tuxlabs to the schools07:32
vendayebo = yes07:32
vendawoza = come07:32
vendaTSF has 80 tuxlabs07:32
abelliwow..07:32
abellimassive07:32
abelliwith ubuntu?07:32
vendabut computers are only cheap if you know where to get the parts and can build your own07:33
vendadunno, I guess some with ubuntu07:33
vendagotta read the tuxlabs manual07:33
vendabut its a brilliant project07:33
froudhttp://www.tsf.org.za/index.php?option=content&task=blogsection&id=3007:34
froudbeats having MS Windoze in the classroom :-)07:35
abellijust for it, how much is a ultra sparc 60 in SA?07:35
froudno idea07:35
froudas I said I build my own07:35
abelliso you dont know where i could get it?07:35
froudHmm could look around07:36
froudalways got my ear to the ground07:36
abellido you have lots of railways there?07:36
abelli...sorry im too stupid..07:36
froudbut more to listen out for the Rhinosaurus07:36
froudyes07:36
froudand airplanes07:37
abelliso you didnt get it.. ;)07:37
froudHuh no07:37
froud:-(07:37
abelli < froud> always got my ear to the ground07:37
abelli19:37 < abelli> do you have lots of railways there?07:37
abelli19:37 < abelli> ...sorry im too stupid..07:37
abellinever mind..07:38
froud<froud> but more to listen out for the Rhinosaurus07:38
frouddid you get it07:38
abelliahh...07:38
abellithe problem is i didnt get yours07:38
abellican you xplain?07:38
froudhumour on irc dont work07:38
abelliwe should think about a more ubuntuist irc...07:39
froudanyway if you know where to get your parts you can build cheap pc here07:39
abelliehehe07:39
abelliok. 07:39
froudproblem is not everyone knows how to assemble07:39
froudjust gotta know the hardware distributors07:40
abelliso we/you can teach them.. with free assembling courses at cape town lug07:40
abellishare the knowledge07:40
froudand know when they are sitting on excess stock07:40
froudshare knowledge, no that would not be good07:41
froud:-)07:41
abelliyou should share your opportunities.. :)07:42
froudyes, how to make money from Linux07:42
froudbut for that you'll hav eto come to africa07:43
froudJohannesburg is great thhis time of year07:43
abelliyeah.. but who is gonna talk to mamma && papa'?07:43
abelli:)07:43
froudsunny mornings rainy afternoons07:43
abelliand you should share your knowledge on how to build an hotspot... so that a group 07:44
froudwell, mamma will talk to pappa and pappa will talk to mamma07:44
abelliof ppl will be able to share the expense of a dsl07:44
abellis/pappa/papa07:44
froudhotspot, now the conversation is going below the belt :-)07:44
abelliehehe...07:44
abelliyo..07:44
abellibig ups to you..07:45
abellibrotha07:45
froudthanks07:45
froudthey are trying hotspots here07:45
abellithats a good one07:45
frouddunno if they will work07:45
abellithey who?07:45
froudtrying it in coffee shops07:45
abellitelescum?:)07:45
froudthem too07:45
abelliim talking about residential buildings' hotspots..07:46
froudremember VoIP has only just been lgalized here07:46
abellilegalized?07:46
abelliwas it illegal?07:46
froudHmm for that we have GPRS and 3G07:46
abellilike marijuana?07:46
froudyes, VoIP is just becomming legal07:46
abelliah.07:46
froudwell they cant make marijuanna legal07:47
froudit grows like wild fire everywhere07:47
froudgot to be careful where you throw your pips :-)07:47
abellieverybuddy jumping, you is jumping too... =)07:47
froudespecially this time of year07:47
abelliwhat a wonderful place... even if i do not smoke..07:48
abelliwhat about human rights...07:48
frouddont do it either, but have plenty of freinds that do07:48
abellihows nelson?07:48
froudlike hey sweet man chill07:48
froudnelson07:48
froudHmmm07:48
froudstill got great taste in shirts07:49
froudbtw do humans have rights07:49
froud?07:49
abelliwell no..07:49
froudHmmm intersting concept07:49
abellibut its something that they told me at school07:49
froudof course we have07:49
froudsure and you belived them :-)07:50
abelliyeah..07:50
froudwhen you leave school you have to forget all you learned07:50
froudand then you do it again at end of uni07:50
froudand then you become a computer geek07:50
abellino.. im just working on this..07:50
abellii think i will never end up with uni..07:51
abelliworking is too hard..07:51
abellii wanna be a _researcher_07:51
froudhehe, check this out http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=17407:51
abellifroud: will you write a guide on rosetta for me?07:52
froudsure, what's the bounty07:52
abellia nice french female cousin07:53
abelliis her enough?07:53
froudHmm I got a Romanian/Israeli wife07:53
abelliwow...07:53
abellii think she must very smart..07:54
froudyou think I   eed  french base too07:54
abelli..mmm you should try it..07:54
frouddid while I was living in Paris.07:54
abellijust for IT, SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE, and CULTURE07:54
froudeheh07:54
froudsend me a mail with the stuff you want for rosetta07:55
froudbtw give details about ESCROW so I am assured of payment07:55
froudBTW sender pays07:55
froudHmmm, I wonder how the South African Revenue Services will tax this07:56
abellii think theyll be happy07:56
abelli:)07:56
froudHmm what about immigration07:57
abellino.. no.. no..07:57
froudour immigration department is so slow07:57
abelliyou receive the package.. get paid for your work, and you send back the package at your expense07:57
froudit took them two years to give me my childrens birth certificates and ID documents when I returned to SA07:58
froudabelli, and what if I get attached07:58
froudsend me photos of the french cousin07:59
froud:-)07:59
abelliwell, have you ever seen the "iron mask"07:59
froudno but I saw a chastity belt in a sex meuseum in prague once08:00
abellishe's the director's wife, and appear for about 75 frames, 08:00
froudwill gave to get to the video store08:01
abelli"she's looking from upstairs while the protagonist get beaten in a..."08:01
abelli...=pub08:01
froudwhat are we talking about08:01
abellidunno08:01
froud:-)08:01
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