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| Edit | Post #293818 |
Post edited: Dino is GTK |
— | 4 days ago |
| Comment | Post #292839 |
Interestingly, those seem to be the only vars *available* to send to, say, a default Debian SSHD. The `AcceptEnv` is likewise set to `LANG LC_*`.
This led someone to write [a convoluted hack](https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2149340) to encode their *.bashrc* and *.vimrc* files into `LC_*` variables.... (more) |
— | 13 days ago |
| Edit | Post #293818 |
Post edited: Add Dino. Move the long footnote into the body. |
— | 13 days ago |
| Edit | Post #293818 |
Post edited: hint at what OMEMO is |
— | 13 days ago |
| Edit | Post #293818 | Initial revision | — | 13 days ago |
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Linux / Android XMPP communication with OMEMO The [OMEMO][] encryption ecosystem for XMPP (Jabber) is split into distinct, incompatible versions. > Unfortunately there are different versions of OMEMO encryption existing, that are incompatible to each other. If I understand correctly, OMEMO:0 is just broken; siacs[^siacs] encrypts content 1... (more) |
— | 13 days ago |
| Edit | Post #289602 |
Post edited: Pretty print. Links to bib section. Capitalize subheadings. |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #289602 |
Suggested edit: Pretty print. Links to bib section. Capitalize subheadings. (more) |
helpful | about 1 month ago |
| Comment | Post #293633 |
I understand the situation. I just wanted to make the effects explicit, with a mind to [past things you have written](https://software.codidact.com/posts/279070/279252#answer-279252) on the subject of modifying Git history. (more) |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Edit | Post #293633 |
Post edited: Fix a link. More footnotes. |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Edit | Post #293633 | Initial revision | — | about 1 month ago |
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A: How to delete old files in GIT while keeping history? Depending on some semantics, it is possible to do what you want, for a sufficiently motivated cohort of "we." The tricky part is that you're rewriting history, and everyone has to agree on that new history. Specifically, when you say > It would be nice to delete both these kinds of files, but ... (more) |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Edit | Post #293546 | Initial revision | — | about 2 months ago |
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A: LibreOffice Writer UI zooms in on other monitors It's icky, but the generally accepted practice until this bug is fixed seems to be disabling Wayland when launching LibreOffice: ```sh WAYLANDDISPLAY= SALUSEVCLPLUGIN=kf5 /usr/bin/libreoffice ``` (more) |
— | about 2 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293520 | Initial revision | — | about 2 months ago |
| Question | — |
LibreOffice Writer UI zooms in on other monitors I have LibreOffice on KDE/Wayland. I have several monitors with different aspect ratios, pixel density, etc. For some reason, Writer only looks right on the highest-DPI screen (with the smallest physical dimensions). The others have the UI for Writer embiggened to a comic degree. How can I tell Wr... (more) |
— | about 2 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292839 |
Post edited: Tweak title to note that it's not ALL env vars |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292839 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Question | — |
Mac SSH sends some environment variables by default Why does the default SSH client behavior for MacOS send `LANG` and `LC` environment variables to the server? If I consult `man sshconfig`, it says > ### `SendEnv` > > \[…] The default is not to send any environment variables. Why would Apple decide to override it? (And if so, why leave... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292805 |
Post edited: Minor grammar tweaks. (Hi JG) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #292805 |
Suggested edit: Minor grammar tweaks. (Hi JG) (more) |
helpful | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292769 |
Neat tool! Does "(AND search)" mean "will show fonts containing glyphs for ALL of those Unicode codepoints," or something else? (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290624 |
- [A comparative experimental study of visual brain event-related potentials to a working memory task: virtual reality head-mounted display versus a desktop computer screen](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536609/) in Springer
- [Focusing on cybersickness: pervasiveness, latent traject... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290624 |
Possible fodder for a future answer:
- [Head-mounted display versus computer monitor for visual attention screening: A comparative study](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10360570/) in Heliyon
- [Are Virtual Reality Headsets Safe for Eyes?](https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-preventi... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292575 |
At the risk of derailing the thread: Zoe are you suggesting that you have now used SyncThing successfully for something (password or otherwise)? I started to set it up at one point and abandoned it, though I can't remember why.
More on topic: I've used KeePass, KeePassX, and KeeWeb (briefly); MacP... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292575 |
Several programs using KeePass's database format support TOTP. I'm not sure if TOTP is formally a part of the spec, but there are multiple programs across several platforms who can all use the underlying KDBX file.
I don't have first-hand knowledge of other open-source password managers besides th... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292567 |
Post edited: Rearrange. Add a caution. |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292567 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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A: Synchronize OTP across multiple devices The QR code for Time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) just contains some secret info[^iv] to seed the TOTP app.[^androtp] You can dump it into another implementation of TOTP. The seed and the current time will predictably create the same rotating value at the same time. On the website where you're ... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292551 |
Post edited: Look, someone else made a way to manage it. |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292551 |
Post edited: Fix path. |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292551 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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A: How to change default comment char for INI in VS Code? You can't edit it in settings, but I do know where those come from. It's in `language-configuration.json`, under `comments`: > ## Comment toggling > VS Code offers two commands for comment toggling. Toggle Line Comment and Toggle Block Comment. You can specify `comments.blockComment` and `comment... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292372 |
Post edited: Move footnote |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292372 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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A: What's up with the .co.uk domain? Generally, anyone who owns a domain at any level can make up whatever rules he or she desires to apply to its subdomains. If you own `ponies.example.com`, you could for example sell access to subdomains but decide to do it only if the subdomain is a color name (`brown`). In practice, almost nobody do... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292328 |
`Ctrl`+`+` and `Ctrl`+`-` can scroll up and down, too, if the mouse wheel is annoying. `Ctrl`+`0` resets to the default. (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292248 |
Post edited: Some grammar improvements. (Hi JG! Welcome!) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #292248 |
Suggested edit: Some grammar improvements. (Hi JG! Welcome!) (more) |
helpful | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292164 |
Still the bell. I don't know what I did the first time, sorry. It worked; I swear! (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291799 |
Post edited: Rebuild the answer from original sources. |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292147 |
Things I (think I) have learned:
- kinto is X-only. No Wayland.
- It appears to be wholesale input mapping. We're going to run into problems with copying from the terminal emulator if Cmd+C just maps to Ctrl+C.
Interesting project, though, and it led me to [this blog post](https://medium.com/@... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292164 |
Tried it again, and now I'm getting the bell and no wrapping at all. Not sure what happened between last time and now. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292164 |
It's working for me with Vim 9.1.600 using `gw` on the first example with the comment text all on one line. No special `cindent` or `coption` settings. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292164 |
Post edited: The help docs say not to use Heading1. Also hint at Vim right at the top. |
— | 9 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #292164 |
Suggested edit: The help docs say not to use Heading1. Also hint at Vim right at the top. (more) |
helpful | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292147 |
Interesting tip. Will investigate.
Other visitors: if you read this is "k-into" like "inputs to KDE," it does not appear to be that. It's https://kinto.sh like MacIntosh with a K. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292147 |
Post edited: Add the keys I'd like to fix. |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292147 |
Debian / KDE Plasma. I've done a global remap in system settings for Cut/Copy/Paste/Select-all to `Meta`+whatever instead of `Ctrl`+whatever, but there are applications (like FF) in which it doesn't work. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292147 |
Post edited: Add OS/DE |
— | 9 months ago |