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| Comment | Post #290694 |
Ah, got it. So it really comes down to figuring out a way to bulk import into DW at this point.
I tried searching a bit when I saw this question, and I was very surprised that DW docs don't have a whole section explaining how exactly to import markdown. They do discuss importing from other wikis, ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290711 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Alternative to Cheese that allows custom capture directory? After posting this, I realized that I could simply replace `/Pictures/Webcam` with a symlink. Perhaps this is what the devs intended, in some Zen/Koan way... I would still like to know if there is a good alternative that provides this obvious feature directly. Also, with the symlink it's harder to... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290710 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Are non power users questions welcome in Power Users? I think the way to interpret the site name is not "this site is for power users only", but rather "this site is for any aspiring power user". It doesn't really matter if you're not an expert, and there isn't much of a bar for a question being too simple. If it's so simple, then it should take a mi... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290709 |
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| Edit | Post #290709 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: How can I do a one-time data import to DokuWiki to create many pages? While I was writing the answer, I realized that actually Selenium can be used to do this without any need for Dokuwiki plugins that support your specific use case. Selenium is an automated Chrome, where you can have a Python script open Chrome, go to a URL, find a link, click it, fill out some forms,... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290694 |
Also, if DW is not cooperating on imports, you have two more "nuclear options":
1. Export a backup of DW. Change it to contain pages you want. "Restore" the backup. This assumes you won't hit the metadata problem again.
2. When submitting a DW page, have inspector view open and capture the HTTP r... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290694 |
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4. Lastly it sounds like there are some cases where multiple records are actually the same beer but different dates etc and need to be combined in a single page. This is trickier. If there's not too many such cases it would be easier to do it manually. If there's a lot, I think you would prob... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290694 |
I think there's several things being asked here. Or at least it seems like any solution will almost certainly have to decompose the problem:
1. Iterate over the records in a spreadsheet, one at a time. You probably want to export to something simple like CSV or JSON if the original spreadsheet is ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290639 |
I agree that the apps in the links are the obvious answer. I feel like the best outcome here is that either the apps in the reddit thread can be posted here as an answer and accepted, or OP should edit the question to clearly state what additional requirement they have that makes those apps not work.... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290639 |
I agree that the question is not well written. However, it's a new user and what they're asking is a useful question (if rewritten). It's also something that SX unreasonably bans ("recommendation") so it's an opportunity to demonstrate why CD is better. So I tried to do an edit that improves it, and ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #290639 |
Suggested edit: Cleaned up tangents, made the question fit the site style a bit more. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290664 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Are there consequences for going VR for primary computer display? The obvious risk is probably developing myopia due to prolonged focusing on a near object. This is similar to the idea that being on the computer too much exacerbates myopia (and perhaps also the idea that prompted this question). I believe the current mainstream view in the medical field is that myo... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290545 |
Haha, custom cheese... If only that was my problem! (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290545 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Alternative to Cheese that allows custom capture directory? I use Cheese) to take photos with my webcam. The photos get saved under `/Pictures/Webcam` which I don't like. I want them somewhere else. In typical, presumptuous Gnome fashion, there is no UI in Cheese to "move file to another directory", nor is there any place in settings to change the default... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290477 |
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| Edit | Post #290477 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Low cost programmatic access to US brokers Are there US stock brokers that allow programmatic access for retail investing? I would like to be able to connect to my broker's API to check my stock portfolio and place trades. I'm not looking for any nanosecond-level HFT support, I just want a script to update stop loss orders every few days. ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290432 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Google voice rings only a few times in browser When I receive a call with Google Voice open in a browser on my desktop, it only rings briefly in the browser (about 2 seconds). After that, my phone starts ringing. When I'm at my computer, I want to answer the call on my computer, not my phone. But the very short period of ringing is not enough ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290421 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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A: Can't subscribe to Google Calendar from URL The URL `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=abc123` is not the right format for the `From URL` field. `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=abc123` goes to a website showing the calendar. When you open that in your browser, you will have the option of adding it to your own accoun... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290420 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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Can't subscribe to Google Calendar from URL I have created a Google calendar in Google account A. In the calendar's settings, under `Access permissions for events`, I have left `Make available to public` unchecked. When I click `Get shareable link`, it gives me a URL with the pattern `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=abc123`. No... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290395 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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How do I trick Google meet into letting my browser use backgrounds? When I use my Firefox-family browser to connect to Google Meet: > Update your browser to use visual effects > > You're using an older browser version that doesn't work with Meet's visual effects I bet they're just looking at the UserAgent, and if I put the one they expect it would work. What ... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290351 |
Groups.io seems like exactly what I'm looking for, thanks! (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290304 |
Indeed it would. I tried to address these by adding points like "free service" and "not technically complex" - which in my mind would exclude commercial hosting and custom email domains.
As for the OS, I was thinking of some online service. If you're asking the OS, that sounds like you're about to... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290304 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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Easiest way to set up a mailing list What is the easiest way to set up a mailing list? The goal is to send an email to one address, and it gets automatically re-sent to everyone who is currently subscribed to that list. Ideally, the solution should: Not require much technical expertise from the admin (no setting up your own mail ... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290116 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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KMail: Run script on open for local mail dirs I use offlineimap to synchronize my mail, and I have the directory set up as a local folder in KMail. Currently, I open KMail and also run `offlineimap` to synchronize my mail. Is there a way to make KMail to run this command automatically, similar to how it would synchronize an IMAP account? N... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290110 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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A: How can I filter GitHub commits by date range, in a friendlier way than git log? I would handle this with `git bisect`. Assuming you have a known good old commit `CGOOD` (this would be your "since") and a known bad new commit `CBAD` (this would be your "until"), `git bisect start CBAD CGOOD` will walk you through running a manual binary search to efficiently find which commit int... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #290088 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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A: How do I make animated dotted lines ("marching ants") in images on my web page? SVG apparently has an `` tag which can do this. The thing you would animate is the offset of the points/dashes on the line. This is called ``. It sounds like you are not writing the SVG by hand, but exporting from a program. You could of course edit the resulting SVG with a text editor. But sou... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #290081 |
It might help to add why `git bisect` doesn't work here, because it seems like a related use case.
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— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #290035 |
Thank you! Weird, I don't have a `Setup WireGuard` in Proxy options. I have `Setup SOCKS5 Proxy`, `Setup HTTP(S) Proxy` and `Setup Orbot` so I think I'm looking at the right screen.
This is version 054c, btw, what version do you have? If you go to `About` on the main screen, at the bottom of it t... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #290035 |
I tried installing RethinkDNS. It looks like a combination DNS/firewall/proxy tool. In order to apply network rules you configure, it sets up a local VPN on the phone, so that Android will route all connections to the RethinkDNS VPN, and then RethinkDNS will apply whatever rules you want before passi... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289937 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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A: How to mark a folder as the destination for pasting in ranger? Still don't know how to do this, but bookmarks kind of accomplish it. You can do `m1` too bookmark a folder as "1". Then move to another folder and bookmark with `m2`. Now, to switch use: ``` `1 `2 go back to previous bookmark `` ``` That makes the copying a lot easier. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289922 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |