User:Ixo/Notes

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

Starting points

(used in leu of Browse/bookmarks)

• iXO-Myna-ws
• Browser ID string
• Dystopia
• PDF collection
• books (for ebook reader) http://www.gutenburg.com/

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

• vlc
• Firefox done User:ixo/FireFox
• vnc

Disabling Mesh

$ ifconfig msh0 down

or (joyride)

$ ifconfig msh0_rename down