From e14ea14fd066090385532c783885e087221941c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:31:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 01/18] Updated Usenet news (markdown) --- Usenet-news.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Usenet-news.md b/Usenet-news.md index ba946c1..215e8bf 100644 --- a/Usenet-news.md +++ b/Usenet-news.md @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ -We're working on it. +We're working on it. You'll need a news server to read news, and it's not up yet. -`slrn` is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details. \ No newline at end of file +`slrn` is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details. + +`pine` can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. \ No newline at end of file From 6716b090cd00c1381d162bd8e8b384bc32d4956a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:34:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 02/18] thanks ~jonathan --- screen.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/screen.md b/screen.md index 38ae847..c5216aa 100644 --- a/screen.md +++ b/screen.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ It's pretty handy. [[tmux]] does a similar set of things. -tutorials exist for screen, (but I don't know where they are yet). \ No newline at end of file +a nice [screen tutorial](http://tilde.club/~jonathan/screen/) from ~jonathan will walk you through it. \ No newline at end of file From 908440a91003ce97b814a0b838e529f766cb2e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vimes1984 Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:07:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 03/18] Created --FOR TRANSLATORS---- (markdown) --- --FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 --FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md diff --git a/--FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md b/--FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..402b761 --- /dev/null +++ b/--FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Please follow these suggested guidlines when translating Tilde doc's: + +This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know git, but I'm putting it +here as a placeholder. + +I would suggest linking translations to the specific github commit that +they are translating (Just by adding a line with a link to the specific +commit on Github.) +This means that updating translations can be as simple as: + +1) Diffing the "current" FAQ from the version linked by the translation to +see what changed. +2) Translating/updating just the parts that changed. +3) Updating the "based on revision [LINK]" at the top of the translated FAQ + +Thus even if things go out of sync it will be very clear what went out of +sync. And it becomes very apparent to a volunteer what needs to be done +next. + +This process can be documented more intelligently than I have done here +inside the FAQ itself, in time, if it is adopted. \ No newline at end of file From d3bf888aa9e354542745a778e01eb0e9571a6849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:03:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 04/18] minor tidy to force name change --- --FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md => For-Translators.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) rename --FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md => For-Translators.md (77%) diff --git a/--FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md b/For-Translators.md similarity index 77% rename from --FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md rename to For-Translators.md index 402b761..8c0e3b1 100644 --- a/--FOR-TRANSLATORS----.md +++ b/For-Translators.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Please follow these suggested guidlines when translating Tilde doc's: -This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know git, but I'm putting it +This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know [git], but I'm putting it here as a placeholder. I would suggest linking translations to the specific github commit that @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ This means that updating translations can be as simple as: 1) Diffing the "current" FAQ from the version linked by the translation to see what changed. 2) Translating/updating just the parts that changed. -3) Updating the "based on revision [LINK]" at the top of the translated FAQ +3) Updating the "based on revision LINK" at the top of the translated FAQ Thus even if things go out of sync it will be very clear what went out of sync. And it becomes very apparent to a volunteer what needs to be done next. This process can be documented more intelligently than I have done here -inside the FAQ itself, in time, if it is adopted. \ No newline at end of file +inside the FAQ itself, in time, if it is adopted. From 9cce0c34be3d3de37d954f216bc76ad8ab95628d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:05:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 05/18] Updated For Translators (markdown) --- For-Translators.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/For-Translators.md b/For-Translators.md index 8c0e3b1..4076df7 100644 --- a/For-Translators.md +++ b/For-Translators.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Please follow these suggested guidlines when translating Tilde doc's: +Please follow these suggested guidelines when translating Tilde doc's: -This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know [git], but I'm putting it +This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know [[git]], but I'm putting it here as a placeholder. I would suggest linking translations to the specific github commit that From 278470421a8869e0f2a84b53bf66cbdcb19dd9a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:05:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 06/18] formatting only --- For-Translators.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/For-Translators.md b/For-Translators.md index 4076df7..71e0600 100644 --- a/For-Translators.md +++ b/For-Translators.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Please follow these suggested guidelines when translating Tilde doc's: -This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know [[git]], but I'm putting it +This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know `[[git]]`, but I'm putting it here as a placeholder. I would suggest linking translations to the specific github commit that From 6f1aaabe94ef4225ce5a1d14c6809678ef5680bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:06:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 07/18] more formatting tiny changes --- For-Translators.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/For-Translators.md b/For-Translators.md index 71e0600..4076df7 100644 --- a/For-Translators.md +++ b/For-Translators.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Please follow these suggested guidelines when translating Tilde doc's: -This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know `[[git]]`, but I'm putting it +This will sound like gobbledygook if you don't know [[git]], but I'm putting it here as a placeholder. I would suggest linking translations to the specific github commit that From dfc56d93465b2f43f2c72d89d77bdd32f3e13768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: oalicein Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:23:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 08/18] Fixed a couple punctuation-related typos and added a sentence for clarity. --- Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md b/Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md index a465a33..1c462d7 100644 --- a/Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md +++ b/Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ If it bugs you that someone might be able to look the files in your home directo cd ~ chmod 711 . -Those will keep anyone on the system from looking at your directory while still allowing your `~youruser` site to work. If you want to have more control over who can view what in your directory, then please read on. You can even come back and read this later, we'll be here. +Those will keep anyone else from looking at your directory while still allowing your `~youruser` site to work. If you want to have more control over who can view what in your directory, then please read on. You can even come back and read this later, we'll be here. ### Users and Groups @@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ There are several attributes that define a user. - user id (or uid) This is your unique numerical id number on the system. This is how the system keeps track of you, your processes, and your files. - group id (or gid) - This is a unique numerical id number for your primary user group on the system. User groups are the traditional way that users would colaberate on large projects. + This is a unique numerical id number for your primary user group on the system. User groups are the traditional way that users would collaborate on large projects. -For now we only need to know about the username +For now we only need to know about the username. #### Welcome to tilde.club, your new home (and homedir) When you registered for the system, you got an email that contained many things. One of those things was a username, and another was a password. When you logged into the server you were presented with what we call a prompt, and it looked a bit like this: sh-4.1$ -That's boring so type the command `ls -l my_file` +That's boring. So let's do something with it. Type the command `ls -l my_file` sh-4.1$ ls -l my_file rw-rw-r-- 1 youruser youruser 177 Oct 13 04:51 my_file From 41e35a82ed95c96fffc156c22a025515161483fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:30:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 09/18] Updated Wish list (markdown) --- Wish-list.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Wish-list.md b/Wish-list.md index f9eafa8..bc25f87 100644 --- a/Wish-list.md +++ b/Wish-list.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true. Put your wish here, and someone will work on it. -* [[IRC]] - tutorials +* [[IRC]] - tutorials; using [ssh] port forwarding to run desktop clients * [[wiki]] - self-hosted on tilde.club? maybe use Gollum? (perhaps just clone a copy of the wiki to a place on tilde?) * [[git]] - good tutorials for the beginner and good recipes for the advanced user \ No newline at end of file From d7590f078fba6cec6c7b7333223c54347ecfe595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:33:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 10/18] Updated Wish list (markdown) --- Wish-list.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Wish-list.md b/Wish-list.md index bc25f87..ba9be4d 100644 --- a/Wish-list.md +++ b/Wish-list.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true. Put your wish here, and someone will work on it. -* [[IRC]] - tutorials; using [ssh] port forwarding to run desktop clients +* [[IRC]] - tutorials; using [[ssh]] port forwarding to run desktop clients * [[wiki]] - self-hosted on tilde.club? maybe use Gollum? (perhaps just clone a copy of the wiki to a place on tilde?) * [[git]] - good tutorials for the beginner and good recipes for the advanced user \ No newline at end of file From d2f0712083b0521900e7acf68faf316c66717c32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:54:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 11/18] Updated Usenet news (markdown) --- Usenet-news.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Usenet-news.md b/Usenet-news.md index 215e8bf..038f9eb 100644 --- a/Usenet-news.md +++ b/Usenet-news.md @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ -We're working on it. You'll need a news server to read news, and it's not up yet. +We're working on it. You'll need a news server to read news, and it's up; +it's `news.tilde.club`. `slrn` is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details. -`pine` can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. \ No newline at end of file +`pine` can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. + +`gnus` in `emacs` can read news, but you better know [emacs] first before you start. \ No newline at end of file From b7d098698c4c081d5bbcb6e8177c39ca2eb99454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:54:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 12/18] Updated Usenet news (markdown) --- Usenet-news.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Usenet-news.md b/Usenet-news.md index 038f9eb..034d7df 100644 --- a/Usenet-news.md +++ b/Usenet-news.md @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ it's `news.tilde.club`. `pine` can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. -`gnus` in `emacs` can read news, but you better know [emacs] first before you start. \ No newline at end of file +`gnus` in `emacs` can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start. \ No newline at end of file From 5717b101546df7f85f11ae0c2a744cef767962fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:07:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 13/18] minor typo and file rename --- ...ity the Tilde way.md => Basic-UNIX-Security-the-Tilde-way.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) rename Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md => Basic-UNIX-Security-the-Tilde-way.md (99%) diff --git a/Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md b/Basic-UNIX-Security-the-Tilde-way.md similarity index 99% rename from Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md rename to Basic-UNIX-Security-the-Tilde-way.md index 1c462d7..3cad3a8 100644 --- a/Basic UNIX Security the Tilde way.md +++ b/Basic-UNIX-Security-the-Tilde-way.md @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Back at our command line, lets type the command `id`: The `id` command is a tool to show us how the system keeps track of us. From this we can see that according to the system, our user ID (or uid) is 501, and our group id is also 501. - Homework - - Run `id` in yourown directory, then run + - Run `id` in your own directory, then run - Run `id -u root` - use the `grep` command to find your uid in the `/etc/passwd` file From cef0953298cc5a768acbef776bfc8ad9c8679925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:10:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 14/18] fix more funky page titles --- ....md => Resetting-your-editor-view-when-chat-interrupts.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) rename Resetting-your-editor-view-(when-chat-interrupts).md => Resetting-your-editor-view-when-chat-interrupts.md (65%) diff --git a/Resetting-your-editor-view-(when-chat-interrupts).md b/Resetting-your-editor-view-when-chat-interrupts.md similarity index 65% rename from Resetting-your-editor-view-(when-chat-interrupts).md rename to Resetting-your-editor-view-when-chat-interrupts.md index 30c474d..c95a7b3 100644 --- a/Resetting-your-editor-view-(when-chat-interrupts).md +++ b/Resetting-your-editor-view-when-chat-interrupts.md @@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ You may have been caught off guard while editing and had some random chat messag `CTRL+L` will reset your view -`mesg n` at the command prompt will turn off chat messages in that window. \ No newline at end of file +`mesg n` at the command prompt will turn off chat messages in that window. + +If you don't ever want to see wall messages on your screen, put `mesg n` +into your startup file (details of how to do that needed here). From 971e5feb27272abfabc675daa2a440b9eabcb642 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:10:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 15/18] Updated Usenet news (markdown) --- Usenet-news.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Usenet-news.md b/Usenet-news.md index 034d7df..15a426c 100644 --- a/Usenet-news.md +++ b/Usenet-news.md @@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ it's `news.tilde.club`. `pine` can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. -`gnus` in `emacs` can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start. \ No newline at end of file +`gnus` in `emacs` can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start. + +`lynx` reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers. \ No newline at end of file From e176c7eac0760a053265c9ce07751512ce940a67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:11:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 16/18] ok got news --- Usenet-news.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Usenet-news.md b/Usenet-news.md index 15a426c..d5cb680 100644 --- a/Usenet-news.md +++ b/Usenet-news.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ We're working on it. You'll need a news server to read news, and it's up; it's `news.tilde.club`. -`slrn` is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details. +[[slrn]] is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details. -`pine` can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. +[[pine]] can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. -`gnus` in `emacs` can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start. +`M-x gnus` in [[emacs]] can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start. -`lynx` reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers. \ No newline at end of file +[[lynx]] reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers. \ No newline at end of file From 23c718cb83ee13ceca1a19940917ccdaa61f37a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:28:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 17/18] add ~agray info --- IRC.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/IRC.md b/IRC.md index 90b7288..a0a2f22 100644 --- a/IRC.md +++ b/IRC.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ IRC is the Internet Relay Chat. Some clients: -## `irssi` +## irssi -`/join #tildechat` to get to the general channel. \ No newline at end of file +`/join #tildechat` to get to the general channel. + +## your favorite desktop IRC client + +Use [[ssh]] and port forwarding to make the connection. This [tutorial from ~agray](http://tilde.club/~agray/pages/port-forward-irc.shtml) gives the details. \ No newline at end of file From d63aea0603029839909a6288ce4d9b3323c15988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Vielmetti Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:58:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 18/18] pushing a netnews update --- Usenet-news.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Usenet-news.md b/Usenet-news.md index d5cb680..f4ae022 100644 --- a/Usenet-news.md +++ b/Usenet-news.md @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ it's `news.tilde.club`. [[slrn]] is a newsreader; see http://slrn.sourceforge.net/ for details. -[[pine]] can read news; this [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. +[[pine]] can read news; this +[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/News/PineNews.html](tutorial) might help. +You can also read the [FAQ from U Washington](http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/news.html). `M-x gnus` in [[emacs]] can read news, but you better know [[emacs]] first before you start. -[[lynx]] reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers. \ No newline at end of file +[[lynx]] reads news, a la `lynx news://news.tilde.club/tilde.general`. It can even post news, but you have to design your own headers.