Am Mittwoch, 18. November 2009 23:33:50 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> So a roadmap.
>
> I think I might have mentioned it at some point already: I have two
> different ideas for a possible approach. One is to built it up from the
> bottom: once I have KGI, build a console/windowing system bas
Hi,
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:34:28PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Montag, 16. November 2009 23:25:16 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > Still not sure what you want to know. Are you asking for a technical
> > design description? For a roadmap? Or yet something else?...
>
> I just
Hi,
Am Montag, 16. November 2009 23:25:16 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> Still not sure what you want to know. Are you asking for a technical
> design description? For a roadmap? Or yet something else?...
I just meant the question as a prompt to you, no explicit roadmap request or
similar,
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:51:29AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> How about a server which exposes dbus interfaces via the filesystem to
> give instant benefit for dbus-enabled programs?
>
> Would that be doable?
Yeah, I guess so...
-antrik-
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:53:18AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Samstag, 14. November 2009 23:57:07 schrieb
> olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > > How can you best reach that goal?
> >
> > What goal exactly?...
>
> Having a gui and a cli interface to every command.
Still not sure wh
Hi,
Am Samstag, 14. November 2009 23:38:21 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> That's where the Hurd comes in: with the extensible VFS, it's possible
> for every component to offer a filesystem interface that can be used
> by other components, by external scripts, or even by users directly.
> That
Am Samstag, 14. November 2009 23:57:07 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > find -print0 | shuf -z | xargs -0 mplayer
> >
> > I can't control the mplayer from the shell now...
>
> Problem is that xargs doesn't reset stdin -- not only xargs, but also
> the actual program exectuted reads from th
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 03:38:45PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> One additional idea: How about being able to call the GUI commands
> from the shell?
>
> (btw: KDE offers part of that via dbus/dcop, but not really perfect, I
> think, because it's too complex to use)
That's right at
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 03:27:20PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 17:27:13 schrieb
> olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> find -print0 | shuf -z | xargs -0 mplayer
> I can't control the mplayer from the shell now...
Problem is that xargs doesn't reset stdin
Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 16:59:53 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> Why would I want to use two levels of aliases? I'd simply define:
>
>go() { firefox google.com/search?q="$*"; }
Because I know my bash less well than you know yours :-)
> There are other reasons though why I'll stay
Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 17:27:13 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > >find -print0|xargs -0
> Well, it passes the whole file name as a single argument to the command.
> So it handles spaces just fine -- unless of course the command itself
> parses them, which would require additional a
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:39:52AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 5. November 2009 14:24:55 schrieb
> olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > > alt-F2 -> gg:google search -> enter -> konqueror starts the
> > > search.
> >
> > It's stupid to have such a feature *within* some progra
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:20:01AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Freitag, 6. November 2009 09:22:14 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > The Right (TM) alternative is simply:
> >
> >find -print0|xargs -0
>
> Does it manage spaces in filenames?
Well, it passes the whole file
Hi,
Am Donnerstag, 5. November 2009 14:24:55 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > alt-F2 -> gg:google search -> enter -> konqueror starts the search.
>
> It's stupid to have such a feature *within* some program. Such stuff
> should be handled globally. See my recent rant:
>
>http://tri-ceps
Am Freitag, 6. November 2009 09:22:14 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
-snip many variations of find-sed-xargs-
> The Right (TM) alternative is simply:
>
>find -print0|xargs -0
Does it manage spaces in filenames?
> Yeah, escaping in sed script can get really messy when not quoting the
> w
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 09:54:29PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 1. November 2009 11:54:28 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > Another variant is zmv, which is part of zsh. I comes with its whole
> > own language for specifying non-trivial filename patterns... Which
> > i
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 10:59:05AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 1. November 2009 13:17:27 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > For example I used to do my Google and LEO searches by hand:
> >
> >netrik google.com/search?q=foo+bar netrik
> >dict.leo.org?search=foo
Am Sonntag, 1. November 2009 11:54:28 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> Another variant is zmv, which is part of zsh. I comes with its whole own
> language for specifying non-trivial filename patterns... Which is just
> idiocy. People would be much better off spending the time on learning
> generi
Am Sonntag, 1. November 2009 13:17:27 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> I think that already hints at the problem: while such tools are trivial
> enough for the really simple use cases (e.g. "zmv '*.JPG' '*.jpeg'"),
> there i
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2009 20:31:46 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
> The scripts I mean are these small utilities which can do what I need - and
> exactly that.
>
> Example:
> - babsearch_n_replace.py [options] "ori
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 05:23:13PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 25. Oktober 2009 11:23:59 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > That's a very bad thing to do. I hate all these mmv and other
> > bullshit
>
> mmv?
"multi move" or something like that -- a program for renaming
Am Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2009 08:46:07 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
> > Might be related to having many spaces and non-letter characters in
> > filenames, since the OS and tools damn well should not restrict how
> > I name my files :)
>
> That's also related to the MAX_PATH issue :-)
>
> (I used to p
Hello,
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2009 20:31:46 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
> > > mmv?
> >
> > I'd rather agree with antrik here, because stuffing all these
> > operations in a single command seems a little bit useless, IMHO.
>
>
Hi,
Am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2009 20:31:46 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
> > mmv?
>
> I'd rather agree with antrik here, because stuffing all these
> operations in a single command seems a little bit useless, IMHO.
That's something where I also agree, though.
The scripts I mean are these small utili
Hello,
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 05:23:13PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 25. Oktober 2009 11:23:59 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > That's a very bad thing to do. I hate all these mmv and other bullshit
>
> mmv?
I've heard of this for the first time, too :-)
google (``ma
Am Sonntag, 25. Oktober 2009 11:23:59 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> That's a very bad thing to do. I hate all these mmv and other bullshit
mmv?
> *much* more valuable knowledge than usage of any specific scripts. This
> generic knowledge, once obtained, can be reused in all kinds of
> situa
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:14:08PM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Samstag, 24. Oktober 2009 09:03:10 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > I only write scripts for stuff that requires a lot of commands, or
> > that I do *very* often -- precisely so I *have* to remember the
> > comman
Am Samstag, 24. Oktober 2009 09:03:10 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:27:37AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> > Am Montag, 28. September 2009 10:16:29 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> > > Even that (usually) is not hard at all if you know your Unix shell
> > >
Hi,
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 08:27:37AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Montag, 28. September 2009 10:16:29 schrieb Thomas Schwinge:
> > Even that (usually) is not hard at all if you know your Unix shell
> > scripting: find / grep / sed / ...
>
> That's true... I think I even wrote a sma
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