From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file Date: 11 Nov 2003 18:35:36 +0100 Organization: sometimes Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <7ek766dd07.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068572955 7860 80.91.224.253 (11 Nov 2003 17:49:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:49:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 18:49:13 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJcdc-0002wf-00 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:49:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJdYr-0003Xi-Kl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:48:21 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ada2.unipv.it Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1068572136 18482 193.204.44.145 (11 Nov 2003 17:35:36 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:35:36 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118130 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14068 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14068 Stefan Monnier writes: > [ Incidentally: does anybody here have experience configuring a Linux > desktop machine to behave "a bit like a laptop" and turn off its drive > when not used, ... > This is not only to save power but to save my ears as well. ] check out the openbrick and similar small-form-factor systems. i'm happy to use the one here to work on emacs, guile, etc., even though it's only 300MHz. it is more silent than the ambiant noise and much more silent than the dude twiddling the guitar waiting for the compile to finish... otherwise, if you have an IDE drive try "hdparam -S 1 /dev/hda". thi