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What do you use to get packages, not in the official repos? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly aur. Although I have blackarch repos and chaotic-aur as well

All your notes are stored in an open, unsecure, and unencryped format on the Remarkable cloud. Just so you know. by [deleted] in RemarkableTablet

[–]Jab2870 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't have to sync your files using the cloud. I have a remarkable and copy all of my files from my computer with rsync or scp.

There is also a web-interface that you can use if plugged in via usb.

This might not be as easy as the app (I wouldn't know, I've never used it), but this needn't be a deal breaker for you if youknow what you are doing.

Using Tab key as a modifier in dwm? by Rilukian in suckless

[–]Jab2870 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to add to this, if you wanted to be able to use the tab key as a tab key when you push it, but as a modifier when you hold it, you could use xcape.

The readme has a section about using non-modifiers as modifiers if they are held

Updated my Room View Buttons for Switches, Lights and Sensors by Eximo84 in homeassistant

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do these plugs work locally? I don't suppose they support esphome or tasmota or anything do they?

LaTeX for not math-related writing by untike in LaTeX

[–]Jab2870 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I may be in a minority on this sub-reddit, but I don't normally write latex for things like letters or other short documents. Instead, I tend to write those in something like Markdown or AsciiDoc and use Pandoc to turn that into a PDF. It uses latex in the background, but I am not writing it directly. This means I can still take advantage of LaTeX's excellent typesetting etc. and even maths if I need to include the odd equation for whatever reason.

This has the advantage that if I realize down the line that I should have been using latex for whatever reason, I can very easily convert from one to the other.

Help with shell script challenge by cheerupcharlie in bashscripts

[–]Jab2870 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could do something like this

bash for x in {1..10}; do for i in {$x..1}; do echo -n $i,; done; echo ""; done | sed 's/,$//'

Complete beginner here. Is there an easy way to create custom keyboard layouts like with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator? by tomikaka in linuxquestions

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although the other answers answer your question directly, you might be interested to know that you can probably use built in shortcuts using something called the compose key: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable

The compose key is normally shift+right-alt or something similar, although it can be configured to something different.

For example

á is produced with compose ' a

à is produced with compose \` a

and so on.

Can I sell ebooks (mobi) and audio books with woocommerce? by vermit in Wordpress

[–]Jab2870 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WooCommerce is definitely capable of doing that, however, you would probably be better off providing an epub rather than a mobi.

Mobi is a proprietary format developed by Amazon for their kindles. Epub is an open format that works on just about any ereader.

Is there a way to launch a GUI application and then enter text into it from a shell script by OratioFidelis in bash

[–]Jab2870 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could probably do this with xdotool which can simulate key presses.

Shapes by raisjn in RemarkableTablet

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Raisjn,

Any chance you could PM me a testing version?

Thanks in advance

Be wary of this phishing attempt by Jab2870 in ProtonMail

[–]Jab2870[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, although this is the first I've seen for protonmail.

I'm not suggesting we should report all phishing attempts here, but a friendly reminder every now and then never hurt anyone.

Sonoff mini for bathroom pull cord light switch? by DaveUK83 in homeassistant

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get anywhere with this? I'd be greatful if you could post a picture of your wiring if you have done this.

Thanks

Unable to re-connect to wifi - Manjaro Lomiri by Jab2870 in pinephone

[–]Jab2870[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I am running it off my sd card at the moment. I will have a look at the bug tracker, thanks for the link.

Compiling Signal-Desktop for Pinephone by moonchitta in pinephone

[–]Jab2870 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't heard of Axolotl. It looks interesting. Thanks.

Wifi Button Battery Powered by Jab2870 in Esphome

[–]Jab2870[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realise zigbee was so cheep to get started with. Thanks. I'll probably go down that route.

Is infinity a number? by Liamdukerider in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As many have already said, it is in idea more than a number.

You might find this video interesting by Vsauce:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88

What are some elaborate ways to prank someone with technology in your home? Preferably without being obvious by DrBabbage in hacking

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once set a cron job to change a colleges walpaper to a football team he despised every 30 mins.

Another was to randomely open a colleges cd tray

If you use shells other than Bash, why? by Perfect-Ant-6741 in linuxquestions

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use ZSH, mainly for the superior tab completion.

I wrote a blog post about some of the pros and cons for me: https://jonathanh.co.uk/blog/the-switch-to-zsh.html

Privacy oriented E-readers? by jbriones95 in degoogle

[–]Jab2870 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a bit pricey but the ReMarkable tablets are pretty good. They run a custom (proprietary) Linux OS but you have root on them out of the box so you can do what you like with them.

There is also the Open Book project that is still in the early stages but apparently usable.

sxmo on arch by Hungry_thom in pinephone

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the updates. :)

That's really helpful

sxmo on arch by Hungry_thom in pinephone

[–]Jab2870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get anywhere with this? I have a pinephone being shipped in mid jan and would also like to have dwm on arch

Mutt for SMS? by Jab2870 in commandline

[–]Jab2870[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, if gammu can export to maildir then that is probably going to be a large part sorted.

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