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From: Mark Eichin <eichin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 01:44:46 -0400

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> uktedc_at_tiscali.co.uk wrote:
>> I am a Linux user and I am using the intrepid ibix version.I am a new
>> user and reading the book I have created a repository apparently
>> without problem. I now want to import my files into the repository. I
>> type in the command hit transmit and suddenly I am faced by a window
>> telling me that my input has been ignored. Even worse the terminal has
>> been closed down and everything I typed in has been thrown away. Once
>> again I type it all in again trying hard not to make any mistakes and
>> once again I get the window telling me my input has been ignored. Once
>> again the terminal session closes down. After repeating this process
>> four or five times my mind is filled with benign feelings for  whoever
>> it was who decided that putting an error message of no apparent value
>> in a window  of no apparent use is a acceptable solution . What was
>> wrong with shell commands placing their error messages in the usual
>> place and and allowing the user to make a quick correction and issue
>> the command again? As for the message I would have thought that it is
>> hardly likely to get the user on your side by telling them that their
>> input is rubbish and you cannot be bothered to spare the time to tell
>> them why. I have had to give up on Subversion.. Either I am typing in
>> rubbish or there is something wrong with the repository which seems to
>> be left in some unuseble state.but there is no way of knowing because
>> subversion ignores my input.
>
> Someone might be able to help you with this if they had any idea what
> you were doing.  My guess is that you are typing the import command
> incorrectly.  Nothing svn does should be able to close your terminal window.

Indeed - please try to be specific about what you're actually doing, I
haven't seen a "transmit" key on a keyboard since about 1983.

(I did try running just "import" on intrepid, it's part of
imagemagick, but it changes the cursor (to select a screen region) and
doesn't put up dialog boxes, so that's probably not it...)

-- 
_Mark_ <eichin_at_thok.org> <eichin_at_gmail.com>
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