User:Ixo/Notes

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(Notes collected and edited via XO Laptop & Wifi to wiki. Alvin had a similar idea. :)

Starting points

(used in leu of Browse/bookmarks)

General keyboard shortcuts

( TODO: move to keyboard shortcuts page )

  • (v/) - goto end of line
  • ([]) - goto start of line
  • (O) - page up
  • (X) - page down
  • USB mouse-scroll wheel - scroll up/down

FN

  • fn 1 - Show neighborhood
  • fn 2 - show friends
  • fn 3 - home
  • fn 4 - resume last activity
  • fn 9 - less bright
  • fn 0 - more Bright
  • fn arrow left - beginning of line (home)
  • fn arrow right - end of line (end)
  • fn arrow up - page up
  • fn arrow left - page down
  • fn erase = delete character right (instead of left)

ALT

  • alt n - next activity
  • alt p - prev activity
  • alt f - frame show/no show
  • alt r - rotate screen

CTRL

  • ctrl x - cut
  • ctrl c - copy
  • ctrl v - paste
  • ctrl z - undo
  • crtl a - select all

Write

(really abi-word scaled way way down)

  • alt right-arrow - indent text
  • alt left-arrow - unindent text
  • FN-erase = erase one to right

Wireless

- scan channels - (mesh) 1, 6,11

 (doesn't seek/find acess points not on above channels)

Shell commands

$ su -       or    $ su root
$ yum install mc - file/folder manager
$ yum update
$ yum upgrade

vs

$ olpc-update   ????

list of builds

$ rsync rsync://updates.laptop.org
(Complete list)
$ sugar-control-panel -s jabber.xochat.org    (for better connectivity to Neighborhood/Remote Mesh)

mc commands

Note:  For 'mc' Midnight commander, file manager
 ESC-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 = F1,f2,f3,f4,f5,f6,f7,f8,f9,f0 keys
  F5 = copy (single or selected)
  F6 = move/rename
  F7 = new directory
  F8 = delete (single or selected)
  F9 = Open menus
  F0 = Quit program
  +/- = select or unselect

Programs i'd like to see running on ox laptop

Disabling Mesh

$ ifconfig msh0 down

or (joyride)

$ ifconfig msh0_rename down