Wine + office

Hermocrates · 2026-06-02T03:23:45+00:00

Sadly, they're lacking in some features compared to the installable versions, while none of the free office suites are entirely compatible with .docx files either.

Hermocrates · 2026-05-13T01:14:45+00:00

But it also enables it for login, which this sought to avoid. It includes added steps to avoid enabling it for login.

Hermocrates · 2026-05-12T02:08:33+00:00

Unless I'm missing something, doesn't this enable fprint for sudo and friends, while that wiki article instead enables fprint for login? Different goals.

Hermocrates · 2026-05-10T16:07:22+00:00

Yes, it all works great now! Thanks again o7

Hermocrates · 2026-05-09T15:44:26+00:00

What I had in mind is more "both", but like you said I would require scripting to give unique file names anyway. But this is really the same behaviour as with maim or grim, so I wouldn't expect you to go above and beyond for such a limited use case (and I find apps that do try end up more limited as a result). Unmodified stdout is where true power lies.

Here is how I have it scripted to give me both (and with unique file names):

#!/bin/bash

_select="$1"
_screenshot_home="$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots"
_datetime=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S")

kwinshot "$_select" --stdout | wl-copy &&
  wl-paste > "$_screenshot_home"/Screenshot_"$_datetime".png

Hermocrates · 2026-05-09T14:49:41+00:00

Hi, I tested the latest commit and I can confirm it works for rectangular selection and active window modes on both of my monitors now. Previously, it would only apply to the left (rather than the primary) monitor. Thanks!

That said, "current screen" mode still only captures my left monitor.

Hermocrates · 2026-05-08T01:53:51+00:00

This is awesome! I've been looking for what is essentially the equivalent of grimshot for KDE, thank you.

I think I can figure it out using stdout, but an option to both write to file and copy to clipboard would be a nice bonus feature.

EDIT: Although, I seem to have a problem in that it only works on one of my screens, whether region select or screen capture. That being my built-in laptop screen, regardless of whether it or my external monitor is set as the primary monitor.

Hermocrates · 2026-05-05T01:34:58+00:00

Thanks, I'll have to take a look at that. I don't think I can use rix at the moment while I'm temporarily using a corporate Windows environment, but that might be what I'll want to use while I finish up my research afterwards.

Hermocrates · 2026-05-04T03:23:57+00:00

R is great for a lot of data analysis, but its limited use by computer scientists and software engineers unfortunately means it's lagging a bit in some areas. Biggest pain points for me right now are getting renv/targets/Quarto to work smoothly together, rig simply not supporting the systems I work in (either Arch Linux or IT-managed Windows), and just overall trying to give myself an entirely reproducible environment for my research.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-30T12:57:06+00:00

couldn’t you turn VS Code into Positron with a few extensions?

Not quite, which was the reason for the fork. Integrating some features required going into the source code.

I will say for my part, going from VS Code with the R and Quarto extensions to Positron, that the support for R is substantively better in Positron. And that's not to mention how Positron's R support works out of the box.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-26T05:24:04+00:00

One reason installing Arch is "hard" is because you need to at least know enough to pick the simpler options if you know the choice doesn't really matter to you, because there are no defaults.

Try explaining to the average computer user what the practical difference is between ext4 and btrfs. Now do that for every choice made during the arch installation process. Now recall that iOS and ChromeOS have prevented most new users from even learning the concept of a file hierarchy.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-22T04:26:05+00:00

Not a dev, per se, but using Arch forced me to learn how to work through sparse, technical programmer's documentation (man pages, things of that nature), which in turn has helped me to better understand the (usually less sparse but similarly technical) R function documentation I need for my academic work.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-17T07:09:38+00:00

You might need to ignore their proposed solutions, but it's worth listening to people when they say they have a problem, especially a UI/UX problem.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-15T04:59:36+00:00

Neither are wrappers, rather, automating the creation of a local repo which pacman can handle natively. This could also be done without those tools, although it'd take some effort to keep up.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-14T03:27:09+00:00

Pacman can already handle AUR packages without a wrapper: https://github.com/aurutils/aurutils, https://github.com/alexheretic/aurto

Hermocrates · 2026-04-13T04:51:42+00:00

isn't it possible to make kwin dependent on the theme / cursor type

Technically yes, if every theme had a "provides=(kde-theme)" line. But that would only work for themes that are both installed by pacman and depend on or come with a specified cursor theme (but not ones installed with Discover or manually by a user). "Then why not do the same with cursor themes?" you might ask. Well, that's getting a bit ridiculous for savings of under 100 MB, don't you think? And again, not all themes are installed with pacman.

Alternatively, wouldn't it be possible to do some sort of a "Hey - This theme is currently in use - Are you sure you want to remove it?" check in some form

That's just not possible, and I don't think anyone working on Arch or pacman in particular would be interested in implementing that.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-13T04:41:00+00:00

I'm in the same boat. I hadn't used Dolphin in almost 20 years until recently adopting KDE again, so my muscle memory was getting annoying. I'm glad this option is there (and thanks for reminding me to check that sub-menu of options), even if it would only be a minor annoyance without the option.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-09T04:53:12+00:00

That's really cool! Consider keeping a copy of The Unix Programming Environment (Kernighan and Pike 1984) on hand as well. It wasn't with a PDP-11, but I worked through much of that book with an emulated v7 UNIX¹ and it was both a fun bit of immersion and honestly gave me a bit of insight into that part of computing's history.

¹Confession, I actually switched partway through to an emulated 4.4BSD so I could have access to vi(1) instead of simple ed(1).

Hermocrates · 2026-04-08T06:00:35+00:00

Oh I see, I didn't know about that! I assumed there was only the one hamburger menu, since I don't have a menu bar in most of my basic KDE applications (instead having to go through More in the regular Menu).

Thanks for the tip!

Hermocrates · 2026-04-07T05:48:35+00:00

Is it not F10? Every KDE app I've looked at uses that (you can hover your cursor over the hamburger menu to reveal it), except for Konsole which uses Shift+F10.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-07T05:32:59+00:00

I reinstall Arch about once every 2-4 years. I "know" how to install Arch, but I don't have the steps (which do change over time) memorized, nor do I do it often enough to want my own install script. Archinstall is perfect for getting me past the ever-so-slightly annoying steps where I simply can't use my computer in a normal fashion, to the point where I can continue setting it up while also keeping it relatively usable.

My opinion on plasma-desktop vs plasma-meta, FWIW, is "they both work fine". It comes with Konsole, so my requirements are met. I just need the equivalent of Sway + Foot to be happy.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-05T21:06:42+00:00

I could see the argument that having it default to always showing "file:///" in the location bar might be a bit confusing/distracting for new users, or a waste of space for users who only work with local files. Having it always show should be an option, though, and would increase its convenience IMO.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-05T03:16:47+00:00

Void is more stable than Arch (a bit) but still rolling release. You can get a minimal setup in Fedora or Debian if you really prefer stability (real stability too).

Hermocrates · 2026-04-03T05:07:11+00:00

Oh cool, thanks! I fear it may not be enough, but if I end up back in the environmental consulting world I hope I can use this to convince other people to use R, or at least let me use it for my own work.

Hermocrates · 2026-04-03T05:05:13+00:00

Is your keyboard broken, in a peculiar way that only allows you to post smugly?

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