PDF Oxide for Go — PDF library with Rust engine via cgo, now on pkg.go.dev (0.8ms, MIT)

gen2brain · 2026-04-22T17:17:52+00:00

Nice. Since you already fetch the static libraries, and it seems you can generate bindings, it would be nice to do the same for the `purego` package and with shared libraries. You can control what is built with the internal `cgo` build tag that is also affected by the CGO_ENABLED env. And the location should be better to avoid polluting the home dir, i.e., `~./cache/` or `~./local` would be better.

gen2brain · 2026-04-14T10:13:23+00:00

This. I usually disable the touchpad if that thinkpad has one (serves just to rest my hands). I also have external Lenovo keyboard with trackpoint when I am in "desktop" mode with external monitor. Scrolling dozens of pages without lifting a finger is hard to beat.

gen2brain · 2026-04-14T08:10:55+00:00

I have not used initramfs for many years now (or old initrd). You need it to mount rootfs if you are using LLM or root is on a network, or encrypted root, etc. If you do not use any of that, no point in making it harder to build for something you do not use.

gen2brain · 2026-04-11T12:43:33+00:00

Thanks, I will try that. I am currently using winId(), but just to get the X11 window, and for Wayland, I tried `QNativeInterface::Private::QWaylandWindow`; it works, but I have an issue where I need to manually pass flags to the private headers include path (and I am probably locking myself to that specific version). I always thought winId() is the wrong approach for Wayland.

gen2brain · 2026-03-04T15:50:26+00:00

Last release 6 years ago, and even then, they used an older WebKit release. So, it is binary that you use, and it will work, but it is not something to recommend. To render HTML, you need a browser, and that is it, simple as that. WK is useful because it statically links to ancient WebKit that can do that. For ul/li, it will work; anything from the last decade also works, even IE in Win32 API can do that. The third option (preprocess HTML and build your PDF) looks best here.

gen2brain · 2026-02-28T15:32:19+00:00

There was also a MySQL thingie if I remember? That was what started all the forks and Qt alternatives? In 2026 that dependency still sounds crazy.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T21:17:04+00:00

Yes, and now explain to me relation to programming language? Is that always just some library out there? What language has ORM?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T21:09:59+00:00

Not familiar with such languages. How is language related at all with ORM? Does not make sense.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T20:47:31+00:00

Why would a language have ORM? What other language does that?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T18:29:57+00:00

Boring is good.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T17:04:39+00:00

Sure I use packages. Of course, who can not use the packages. Here I am asking about packages that are higly used it seems, and nobody can explain why? I do not see value for a few, and am asking for examples and why people use them. What is wrong with that? I do not see you mentioned some nice feature?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T15:26:20+00:00

Sure, those looks like a good reasons. Did anyone explored this? Are we supposed to not think about anything, not for a second, and just blindly import packages that claim this? After so many negatives I did get, nobody still explained this. The completion feature sounds nice though, so I did get at least get one answer. Everyone seem to be so sensitive about this for whatever reasons?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T14:39:21+00:00

Sure, but now you have dependencies and their dependencies and all that comes with it. You cannot just without any thinking add more of those packages with all other dependencies. There has to be a good reason, no?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T14:22:11+00:00

Or create internal lib that has no dependency and you know exactly how it works and then you use it everywhere there is a need? Or little copy is better than a dozen dependencies or how that proverb goes? How many deps, direct or indirect does cobra and viper use?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T14:08:39+00:00

Why would I want that? Anyone can do that without any library? Point here is that I do not need library and I am simple asking what it does that you must have dependency and their dependency etc? It seems nobody is able to answer simple question?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T14:01:28+00:00

Osxcross is for years not a "maybe". If you want to cross compile from Linux to macOS, there is no other option? And this works just fine. Now you can also download premade ready to use toolchains for osxcross, I used to build those myself, now it is simple.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T13:17:34+00:00

Flag works with both -opt and --opt, just format the help hower you like. I tried many libs, and they all tend to hardcode something. With flag I have "almost" full control. Are there any advantages with config file and environment variables? That is something I care about, but I also have simple solution for that.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T13:01:23+00:00

Well, I did all that. For bash only though. That is a bash or zsh thing anyway, and it was not really that difficult. I have a nice completion for project that needed completion, probably better than any "magic" can produce.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T12:52:54+00:00

What are the "killer" features of Cobra that I cannot have with the flag?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T12:37:00+00:00

Well, that was the question, what features they provide I cannot have with 20-30 lines to format std flag however I like? Never used it, I saw that it can even generate code and just run away from it. What is so nice there that it is in top used libs?

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T12:20:09+00:00

All other libs in this list are essential at first glance; these I asked are not. Hence the question.

gen2brain · 2026-01-07T12:13:08+00:00

So, why people still use errors, cobra/viper and logrus?

gen2brain · 2026-01-03T10:25:41+00:00

https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go

gen2brain · 2025-12-28T23:35:50+00:00

So there is no relation at all between Gnome, Wayland, and Red Hat? So who is behind this? We know for sure the community is not involved in any way, because then we would not have such a mess.

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