From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org,
633652@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: emacs on a text console - please help me overcome the shock
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:14:15 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pqjxoro8.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20110823005230.GK9940@kenyonralph.com
>>>>> "KR" == Kenyon Ralph <kenyon@kenyonralph.com> writes:
KR> I use emacs under X to administer my Debian systems. I don't run it as
KR> root though. I use emacs TRAMP to use sudo to edit files as root on
KR> the local machine. On remote machines I do the same but in an ssh
KR> session in xterm (I don't use mouse or menu bars in emacs in X
KR> anyway).
I'm a safe sex fan myself, however there are limits to how much I am
willing to sacrifice that raw feel.
KR> Looking at bug 633652, have you tried running X programs as root with
KR> sux or gksu instead of su? http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sux
KR> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gksu
Mmmm, sounds kinky, but at my age I don't think we can teach this old
dog new tricks. But I suppose that's what the younger generation will
use and just mark this bug wontfix. Alas, no family values.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-23 1:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2011-08-23 0:08 ` emacs on a text console - please help me overcome the shock jidanni
2011-09-09 3:46 ` Ben Pfaff
2011-08-23 0:35 ` jidanni
2011-08-23 0:52 ` Bug#633652: " Kenyon Ralph
2011-08-23 1:14 ` jidanni [this message]
2011-08-23 8:17 ` Bastien ROUCARIES
2011-08-23 9:31 ` Cyril Brulebois
2011-08-23 17:24 ` jidanni
2011-08-23 1:18 ` Bug#633652: " Bill MacAllister
2011-08-23 8:00 ` Toby Speight
2011-08-23 17:43 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-08-22 19:44 peter hodgson
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-08-22 7:55 rdiezmail-emacs
2011-08-22 17:16 ` fork
2011-08-22 17:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-08-22 20:17 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-23 0:19 ` Daniel Schoepe
2011-08-22 17:56 ` suvayu ali
2011-08-25 14:55 ` Ehud Karni
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