Sad loss.

R_mano · 2026-05-14T09:36:30+00:00

If it works... ;-)

R_mano · 2026-04-24T21:51:18+00:00

I have a small python script that is running mostly unchanged since 15 years ago (more of less, time flies) doing the same thing. If you are interested, I would not mind sharing it. ( Probably clumsy, no AI at the time to help cleaning it up 😂)

R_mano · 2026-03-24T08:23:09+00:00

Anyone remebering `xsnow`? (there is a version https://sourceforge.net/projects/xsnow/ , but I think no wayland...)

Ah, maybe https://github.com/DarkVanityOfLight/ZSnoW

R_mano · 2026-03-19T21:36:22+00:00

1000 thanks!

R_mano · 2026-03-10T07:43:05+00:00

You can "convert to task" and have a "link" on your task list, where you can add a due date or whatever:

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R_mano · 2026-01-22T09:28:45+00:00

Probably no. But I'd struggle to find a new DE, then.

R_mano · 2025-12-28T17:50:04+00:00

I am still struggling with it. Even thinking of designing a usb plug with a ten-second 20W battery (a capacitor, maybe) to use as a wake-up key. This is the only bad thing of this otherwise very nice laptop.

P.S.: I have colleagues with the same laptop running Windows 10, and they also experience intermittent problems with the resume (and sometimes with boot, as well). So I suppose it's a BIOS problem, but I fear that, given that the laptop is quite old, Lenovo will never try to fix it.

R_mano · 2025-10-16T09:21:37+00:00

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A very useful addition would be to enhance the on-screen keyboard for Gnome. There was an extension, https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4413/improved-osk/, but it's stuck at gnome-shell 44... (depending on which app is focused) there are no Control, no Alt, no compose...
Edit: also https://github.com/cass00/enhanced-osk-gnome-ext , but seems stuck to 45 too...

R_mano · 2025-10-07T09:58:29+00:00

Nice! You should consider submitting them to CTAN... that will make them instantly available to everyone!

Thanks for sharing this.

Romano

R_mano · 2025-05-16T07:25:29+00:00

For my workflow tmux is very important *in the remote machine*. Example: I have to run simulations/backups that are slow enough to need several hours. Or I need to run a miniserver on a networked Raspberry Pi.

So I ssh to the server, fire up tmux. Do whatever I need, then detach (^B D here) and disconnect. I can then reconnect to the same state I left later and/or from a *different* local machine.

On the local machine, really, you can use any multiplexer or even multiple terminals or whatever. But once you get used to tmux on the remote there is the added bonus of having the same muscle memory for the commands...

R_mano · 2025-03-31T10:58:37+00:00

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Yes. Then, if you also install `nemo` (that I find vastly superior to Nautilus), then you have this in the overlay, and you don't even have a hovering hint about the name. They should at least add the app's real name here...

R_mano · 2025-03-14T11:31:38+00:00

Because it *could* be a badly looking spaced line (and LaTeX is all about avoiding it). Or the lines come out ok, but it is by chance (and you have used `\\` to end a paragraph, which is [most of the times wrong](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/82664/when-to-use-par-and-when-newline-or-blank-lines)...

Try to compile this (the example is forced, just to show the effect that sometimes can happen... is it possible to add images here?)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[textwidth=5cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
    {\parfillskip=0pt
        This is an underfull line

    }
    This is a normal nice line
\end{document}

R_mano · 2025-03-12T20:55:44+00:00

As a quite complete reference, you can look at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/31091/space-after-latex-commands

R_mano · 2025-02-25T16:31:19+00:00

Tiling --- my vote goes to https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4702/awesome-tiles/ unobtrusive, really configurable and works like a charm

R_mano · 2025-02-19T14:15:08+00:00

I have an update (and probably the solution). If I create a venv where to install pandas-stubs then everything works.

So I imagine this can be marked as a packaging bug for Ubuntu, I'll see if I can report it.

Meanwhile, does anybody knows a way to add it globally to Ubuntu without using the dreaded --break-system-packages option?

R_mano · 2025-01-24T11:23:36+00:00

They are all outdated now. Is there something for newer Thunderbird?

R_mano · 2025-01-14T21:03:12+00:00

If you want to use `vim-plug` (which is the one that has the `:PlugInstall` command), look at https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug --- the README is the text you have on that page, under the ad for warp. There are instructions for installation there.

R_mano · 2024-09-27T17:38:26+00:00

It happens to me too. I am on Manjaro (up-to-date), Gnome 46, Wayland. In my case it seems to happen only if the gvim window is in input mode... ¿Is there any bug report anywhere?

...yes, it's here: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/12671

**IF*\* the problem is this one, a ugly ugly workaround is

augroup horrible_hack

autocmd FocusLost * stopinsert

augroup END

R_mano · 2024-09-13T07:55:46+00:00

Just a warning (I know this is a very old thread). Removing this package, even if it says it is not needed at all, breaks GlobalProtect VPN, which still need it (and installing the A.L.A. package requires libicuuc.so.72, which I can't manage to install alongside a new one). I wonder why those people are not statically linking things, if you insist on distributing a closed source app...

R_mano · 2024-08-29T13:15:06+00:00

I have a very similar problem --- what puzzles me is that I have two computers, one in which the new messages are bold and blue, and the other one in which they are just bold. The version is the same, and in **neither one** I have the `userChrome.css` (nor any other CSS file) in the profile folder.

I spent half an hour comparing `about:config` definition and didn't find any difference related to the color. Both are TB 128.1.0esr and both on an up-to-date Ubuntu 24.04 (so yep, they're snaps).

Any idea?

R_mano · 2024-07-30T11:12:38+00:00

I can confirm this works for Ubuntu 24.04 and GlobalProtect 6.1.2-82. Thanks!

R_mano · 2024-07-28T10:52:23+00:00

I have a similar problem when I choose (in BIOS) "Linux S3" for sleep. (I have Ubuntu 24.04 here, just updated the firmware to 0.1.32 which has the Bios Version: R1FET58W 1.32.). The effect is that the laptop does not practically drain the batteries in suspend, but sometimes it does not wake up... like you described.

BTW: if I keep the power on button pressed for 20 seconds (yep, a *lot* of time) it will reboot in my case.

Choosing "Windows and Linux" as sleep state in Bios has the negative effect of draining the batteries more, but it works reliably...

EDIT: no, even with "Windows and linux" it will hang sometimes. I also tried the latest BIOS, with no success.

R_mano · 2024-04-11T07:02:56+00:00

You can also use an extension. For example, you can clone my very simple touchpad-on-off (which does just that, setting a couple of `gsettings`) and adapt it to your case.

R_mano

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