I stumbled on this feature on a SLES10 system yesterday... if you tar tf filename.tar.gz or tar xf filename.tar.gz it automatically gunzips the data for you. Has this feature been around for a while? I have 1.12 on my system, which doesn't, but the 1.20 manual mentions it... (3 Replies)
Hey, for the purpose of a research project I need to know if a specific type of parallel processing is being utilized by any user-run programs. Is there a way to detect whether a program either returns a value to another program at the end of execution, or just utilizes any form of parallel... (4 Replies)
Hi all...
(Apologies for any typos at all.)
This is a step by step _script_ to check if your Arduino is talking to your Linux or Macbook Pro computer using the Terminal...
It works on at least 3 Linux flavours and now the Macbook Pro...
I hope you find it useful as a simple check for... (0 Replies)
This is a very simple starter DEMO to access Arduino Diecimila Board for the
Macbook Pro 13" OSX 10.7.5...
A potentiometer is connected between 5V and Gnd with the wiper connected to
ANALOG IN 0 on the Arduino. This was adjusted to give the Ms and Ls as seen...
I now have DC in for this... (0 Replies)
In my further exploration of Arduino, today I decided to install the arduino-cli on my mac today.
https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli
I followed the instructions for macOS but when I got to this part:
arduino-cli board list
I got the dreaded "Unknown" Fully Qualified Board Name... (1 Reply)
HI all...
(Apologies for any typos.)
To add to Neo's Arduino subject matter I have decided to upload this in ".zip" format.
Ignore "*.info" files these are AMIGA icons only and also the "HAM" drawer as these are photos in ancient AMIGA HAM modes.
I have noticed that there are current... (6 Replies)
Just finished a quick Python script to send the current unix time over to the Arduino from macOS, so in the absence of GPS or some other way to get the unix timestamp (epoch time) to the Arduino, I can get my macOS and Arduino UNO synced to within a second.
Normally, when the Arduino starts... (9 Replies)
Normally I'm not into kits, but I thought my wife would enjoy this one since she is a big fan of robots and droids on StarWars!
We are done with the basic mechanical assembly and starting on the electronics assembly today.
The robot's "brain" consists of three levels. The Arduino board, on... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
tk_getstring
getstring(n) A dialog which prompts for a string input getstring(n)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________NAME
getstring - A string dialog
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4
package require getstring ?0.1?
::getstring::tk_getString pathName variable text ?options?
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
This package provides a dialog which consists of an Entry, OK, and Cancel buttons.
::getstring::tk_getString pathName variable text ?options?
Creates a dialog which prompts the user with text to input a text string. The contents of the entry are put in the variable upon
closure of the dialog. The command returns a boolean indicating if the user pressed OK or not. If -geometry is not specified, the
dialog is centered in its parent toplevel unless its parent is . in which case the dialog is centered in the screen. Options:
-title -allowempty a boolean argument indicating if the dialog should accept an empty entry -entryoptions simply passes its argu-
ments through to the entry widget. This is valuble for performing extra validation using the Entry widget validation hooks. -geome-
try specifies the geometry of the window
EXAMPLE
package require getstring
namespace import getstring::*
if {[tk_getString .gs text "Feed me a string please:"]} {
puts "user entered: $text"
}
KEYWORDS
dialog, entry, string
getstring 0.1 getstring(n)