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probably the same problem as in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254648701 (more) |
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Converting pdf to png with sips on macOS 13.3.1 Ventura With pervious versions of macOS, I used `sips` to convert pdfs into pngs ``` /usr/bin/sips -s format png document.pdf --out document.png ``` In macOS 13.3.1 Ventura, this now gives an error: ``` /Users//Desktop/document.pdf Error: Cannot extract image from file. /Users//Desktop/docume... (more) |
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A: Install Quarto extensions globally This is probably not a lasting solution, but one can manually copy the individual folders of the extensions to ``` /share/extensions/quarto/ ``` Documents seem to be able to find them from there, but I doubt they will survive future updates. Update: Surprisingly, the added extension... (more) |
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A: Disable automatic tlmgr updates in Quarto I didn't yet find a clean solution, but as a dirty hack one can edit the `quarto.js` file and change the line ``` ``` to ``` ``` (this obviously won't survive any updates to Quarto) (more) |
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Disable automatic tlmgr updates in Quarto Let's assume one has a Quarto document which does not compile because of an error in the latex code, e.g. here a simply typo in a macro name: ``` format: pdf test\newlin test ``` Quarto will first try to compile this document and when it notices the error it will then try to run `t... (more) |
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A: Circulate through spaces on macOS 11 Another approach is to use Karabiner-Elements. As a first step, I created to executable shell scripts, which will switch to the previous/next space using the handy tool SpaceInfo `Spaceprev`: ``` #!/bin/zsh export CurrentSpace=$(/Applications/SpaceInfo/SpaceInfo --active-space) export All... (more) |
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A: Circulate through spaces on macOS 11 One possibility is to use Hammerspoon with the following configuration: ``` hs.hotkey.bind({ "cmd" }, "Right", function() local NextSpace = 1 for k, v in pairs(hs.spaces.allSpaces()[hs.screen.mainScreen():getUUID()]) do if v == hs.spaces.focusedSpace() then NextSpa... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #287898 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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Circulate through spaces on macOS 11 Back in the days of OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, one could circulate from the last space to the first space, e.g. if one was on the last space and used the keyboard shortcut to go to the next space, it would bring you to the first space. I asked a similar question for Mavericks at https://apple.stackexc... (more) |
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Install Quarto extensions globally Is there a way to install Quarto extensions globally? If I follow the installation instruction from https://quarto.org/docs/extensions/managing.html and e.g. use ``` quarto add quarto-ext/fontawesome ``` to install an extension, I have to do this from the same folder as my current project... (more) |
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Do we want an update for our logo? "Why an update?" you might ask. The current logo looks nice, but there are a couple of problems which could be solved with an updated logo: - Is the site name "Power User" or "Power Users"? - Is the mouse cursor in the Power User logo an accessibility problem? I doodeled around a bit and came... (more) |
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A: Programmatically changing the keyboard illumination in small steps Instead of trying to build my own touch bar, I'm now using Karabiner Elements to remap the existing keys on the touchbar to the desired behaviour. The following configuration will remap the screen brightness, keyboard illumination and volume keys to change their settings in small increments: ``... (more) |
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You're welcome! (more) |
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Post edited: dirty hack: adding block quotes around the images so one can see their size and transparency on the white background of the page |
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A: How to make background transparent and trim to content I don't know if or if not this is possible from within grafx2, but your manual workflow can be simplified dramatically by using image magick. The following command will do all your steps at once and reproducibly: ``` convert test.gif -transparent white -gravity south -chop x60 -trim output.png `... (more) |
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I don't know if your question as asked is possible or not, but I think there is a good chance that your manual workflow can be simplified drastically. Therefore I'd like to see a test image.
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Can you show an example image? (more) |
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A: Permanently disable motivational messages and animations on duolingo.com The problem is that these two settings are only stored in the local storage of the browser and not transmitted to duolingo. This means that when the local storage is cleared for some reason (for me, the local storage gets cleared when restarting the firefox), these settings are lost. As a workarou... (more) |
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