[K12OSN] LTSP access to floppy disks; accents in filenames

[Keith Olson]

light being wrote:

> Does anyone know of some other setup than mtoolsFM for terminals, that 
> confuses users less?
>
> Is there a trick for fixing the problems with accents in filenames?  
> Make the linux charset the same as in windows?
>
> Is openoffice 2.0 more compatible with msoffice documents?
>
> I'm in a cybercafe - many people come, floppy disk in hand, to open a 
> resume -a Word document- edit it, and email it.
>
> People can´t figure out how to use MtoolsFM GUI - they need help.  
> It´s too different from what happens in wintel-land for them, they get 
> confused.  Yes, newbie users.
>
> I can put the diskette into the server - making it available on all 
> terminals.
>
> There are problems with filenames with accents in them, files can't be 
> opened, read, copied, or something.  (We´re in brazil; filenames often 
> get accents on wintel boxes here - e.g. 'currículo-maria.doc' or 
> 'sãopaulo.xls')
>
> Floppy disks invariably can´t be read - or worse, can be read on some 
> computers, others not.
>
> People can´t figure out how to do what they want in openoffice - or it 
> sometimes isn't entirely compatible it seems, paragraphs, accents, 
> graphic objects in files move to different places, etc....

OTTOMH, the quickest way would be to use WINe + explorer.exe(or 
whatever) to copy/rename the file(s) to something that Linux likes.

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Keith Olson
K-Soft Consulting