Hello i am Aryan Wankhede i am a user of Debian i wanted an help from you i
am launching a command line tool for linux and Debian and also i want to
launch it on Apt repository so people can easily download it.The name of
the app is Next and it shows gui and command line previews of python but i
am
On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> More explicitly:
> How should I [who has *ability* to hyperfocus mitigated by
> distractibility {cf ADHD}] ask questions in this particular forum?
>
> Why do I ask?
> In my read with PDF related questions, my responses were essentially
> "W
Just upgraded my Raspberry Pi 2 from Bookworm to Trixie. Nothing
eventful happened, like every time I've upgraded a Debian machine
since basically Debian Sarge...
On Tue, 2025-07-29 at 02:01 +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> On Mon, 2025-07-28 at 15:43 -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
> > I'm looking for a piece of desktop software, ideally free, that
> > will
> > help me to interactively convert some old hand-drawn jpg diagrams
> > to
> > svg.
> >
> > It should recognize s
On Mon, 2025-07-28 at 15:43 -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
> I'm looking for a piece of desktop software, ideally free, that will
> help me to interactively convert some old hand-drawn jpg diagrams to
> svg.
>
> It should recognize simple geometric forms like straight lines,
> triangles, rectangles, and c
I'm looking for a piece of desktop software, ideally free, that will help
me to interactively convert some old hand-drawn jpg diagrams to svg.
It should recognize simple geometric forms like straight lines, triangles,
rectangles, and curves such as circles and ellipses.It's probably too
much t
On Mon, 2025-07-28 at 12:27 -0700, Van Snyder wrote:
> Is there Debian software that can work with, and especially convert,
> WordPerfect files?
There is a library called libwpd which is used by LibreOffice, Abiword
& Calligra Words, as well as a number of commandline tools (and some
other applica
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:27:36 -0700
Van Snyder wrote:
> Is there Debian software that can work with, and especially convert,
> WordPerfect files?
charles@peregrine:~$ apt-cache search wordperfect
abiword - efficient, featureful word processor with collaboration
ebook-speaker - eBook reader that r
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > [1]
> > https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/file/TFP-2021-Disaggregated-Market-Basket.xlsx
> >
>
> I was unable to download this with wget -- it just hung for a while.
> But when I pasted th
On Mon, 2025-07-28 at 20:21 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> OOXML's spec is roughly 6000 pages compared to roughly 900 for
> LibreOffice's
> ODF [1]. The reference also describes how the ISO approval process
> was
> highly controversial.
Knuth's "The TeXbook" is 483 pages. Books about LaTeX, such
Andy Smith (HE12025-07-28):
> Is setting GRUB_GFXMODE going to change the resolution from the moment
> grub starts?
Test it and tell us what you found out.
> Am I also able to use video- on the kernel command line to
> change it again once the kernel gets as far as a framebuffer?
T
On Mon, 2025-07-28 at 12:01 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> Reading a document is often easier to implement than writing it out
> correctly. Reading is also safer, because you're not overwriting any
> data; if you try to save the document, you might be doing so to an
> existing filename, and if the re
On Mon, 2025-07-28 at 11:55 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> There was the
> suggestion that Microsoft chose that development path on purpose,
> specifically in order to make it harder for anyone else to
> interoperate
> properly with those formats.
Did WordPerfect (and then Corel) follow the same pat
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:58:55AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> Andy Smith composed on 2025-07-28 15:35 (UTC):
>
> > The video= kernel command line looks promising and I will try this when
> > I've finished using my laptop for work today :)
>
> > It would help though if anyoen were able to confirm
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:48:34 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 7/28/25 1:26 PM, Joe wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:39:21 - (UTC)
> > Greg wrote:
> >
> >> On 2025-07-27, Anders Andersson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The Debian user mailing list is one of the worse examples in my
> >>> (limited)
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 07:41:32PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
> > GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080
> >
> You might also try 'GRUB_GFXMODE="auto"' (this is the default, so leaving
> GRUB_GFXMODE commented out has the same effect).
As I say I already boot it with that commented out and the text is way
t
On 7/28/25 20:50, Joe wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:43:52 +0200
Detlef Vollmann wrote:
On 7/28/25 20:13, Richard Owlett wrote:
Also gnumeric seemed faster.
That's definitely true.
I'm using gnumeric for essentially all my spreadsheet stuff.
But it doesn't have as many functions as Excel.
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 01:23:48PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 7/28/25 12:22 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > Libreoffice generally works - but you could always try Gnumeric from
> > the GNOME project.
>
> Someone else suggested Gnumeric.
> Tried it. It appears more satisfactory. For me
On 28/07/2025 16:55, Hans wrote:
> Which entries? I do not currently have any settings in /etc/default/grub
> related to resolution or font size.
>
> I'm asking which settings should be used in there (or anywhere else), if
> anyone knows.
>
> The video= kernel command line looks promising
On 7/28/25 1:26 PM, Joe wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:39:21 - (UTC)
Greg wrote:
On 2025-07-27, Anders Andersson wrote:
The Debian user mailing list is one of the worse examples in my
(limited) experience. Every question gets non-answered by a bunch of
people who don't really know about
On 7/28/25 20:13, Richard Owlett wrote:
Also gnumeric seemed faster.
That's definitely true.
I'm using gnumeric for essentially all my spreadsheet stuff.
But it doesn't have as many functions as Excel.
And it doesn't really support conditional formatting where
the format depends on other cell
On 7/28/25 18:01, The Wanderer wrote:
Reading a document is often easier to implement than writing it out
correctly. Reading is also safer, because you're not overwriting any
data; if you try to save the document, you might be doing so to an
existing filename, and if the resulting format is inva
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> [1]
> https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/file/TFP-2021-Disaggregated-Market-Basket.xlsx
I was unable to download this with wget -- it just hung for a while.
But when I pasted the URL directly into a web browser, the b
Don't you people have anything productive to do???
Please stop this nonsense and get back to work!
Find a useful job~!
On 7/28/2025 9:37 AM, Greg wrote:
On 2025-07-28, Charles Curley wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:04:12 - (UTC)
Greg wrote:
I don't need support, and in the rare case I do
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:39:21 - (UTC)
Greg wrote:
> On 2025-07-27, Anders Andersson wrote:
> >
> > The Debian user mailing list is one of the worse examples in my
> > (limited) experience. Every question gets non-answered by a bunch of
> > people who don't really know about your exact situati
On 7/28/25 12:22 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I found a USDA published spreadsheet[1] [in xlsx format] containing needed
data. I saved it to a local directory with no problems.
I copied it to another directory to prevent accidents.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:55:57AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
[...]
> I did see a blog post somewhere recently from someone griping about how
> unnecessarily dense, complex, and impenetrable the Microsoft Office
> document formats are, to such an extent that it makes implementing
> support for th
On 7/28/25 12:03 PM, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 01:18:22PM -, Greg wrote:
His question isn't complex, though. He has *this* PDF from which he
wants to extract *that* data so that it is readily exploitable, legible,
presentable, etc. If that isn't it, then the fault lies w
On 7/28/25 11:55 AM, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I tried to save it [unedited] to file2.xlsx. Got dire warning and suggestion
to save in ODF format.
I think you can configure away the "dire warning" and make LibreOffice
save as xlsx by
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I found a USDA published spreadsheet[1] [in xlsx format] containing needed
> data. I saved it to a local directory with no problems.
>
> I copied it to another directory to prevent accidents.
> I opened it - Debian defaulted to Libr
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 01:18:22PM -, Greg wrote:
> His question isn't complex, though. He has *this* PDF from which he
> wants to extract *that* data so that it is readily exploitable, legible,
> presentable, etc. If that isn't it, then the fault lies with him, not us.
Oh boy, you have just d
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I tried to save it [unedited] to file2.xlsx. Got dire warning and suggestion
> to save in ODF format.
I think you can configure away the "dire warning" and make LibreOffice
save as xlsx by default, if you want.
> Does Debian have a
> On 2025-07-28 at 11:52, Andy Smith wrote:
> > I suspect you will find it unusable in anything but Microsoft
> > software since that is their proprietary format.
If that is the case, the odds are it will not work with a different
enough version of Excel.
I mean, are not documents produced by Fre
Hi,
Greg wrote:
> [...] not one woman among them, to be sure, not one. None.
> Not a single, single one [..]
We cannot help you until you tell us maker, model and firmware
version of your gender bias.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
On 2025-07-28, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:04:12 - (UTC)
> Greg wrote:
>
>> I don't need support, and in the rare case I do, don't ask questions
>> here.
>>
>> I use a search engine and usually find an answer to my query on stack
>> exchange, or reddit, or somewhere else,
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 04:04:12PM -, Greg wrote:
> On 2025-07-28, Andy Smith wrote:
> > It really depends on what you're looking for.
>
> I don't need support, and in the rare case I do, don't ask questions here.
>
> I use a search engine and usually find an answer to my query on stack
Richard Owlett wrote:
> I found a USDA published spreadsheet[1] [in xlsx format] containing
> needed data. I saved it to a local directory with no problems.
>
> I copied it to another directory to prevent accidents.
> I opened it - Debian defaulted to LibreOffice Calc.
> I tried to save it [uned
On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:04:12 - (UTC)
Greg wrote:
> I don't need support, and in the rare case I do, don't ask questions
> here.
>
> I use a search engine and usually find an answer to my query on stack
> exchange, or reddit, or somewhere else, but *never* in the debian-list
> archives, which
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:56:45AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 7/28/25 10:52 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
> > I have never had an issue with LibreCalc's xls support. If an xls file
> > is so complicated that LibreOffice can't read/write it properly, I
> > suspect you will find it unusable in an
On 2025-07-28, Andy Smith wrote:
>
> I would encourage you to try some other venues for support. I don't say
> that to be dismissive. I say it because it seems like the only practical
> choice (and it's the choice that I think ~everyone is going to converge
> on). It really depends on what you're
On 2025-07-28 at 11:56, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 7/28/25 10:52 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>> Does Debian have a spreadsheet program that can competently
>>> read/write xlsx format?
>>
>> I have never had an issue w
Andy Smith composed on 2025-07-28 15:35 (UTC):
> The video= kernel command line looks promising and I will try this when
> I've finished using my laptop for work today :)
> It would help though if anyoen were able to confirm that I'm on the
> right track with that.
You are. I've been using it ev
On 7/28/25 10:52 AM, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Does Debian have a spreadsheet program that can competently read/write xlsx
format?
I have never had an issue with LibreCalc's xls support. If an xls file
is so complicated that LibreOff
On 2025-07-28 at 11:52, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> Does Debian have a spreadsheet program that can competently
>> read/write xlsx format?
>
> I have never had an issue with LibreCalc's xls support. If an xls
> file is so comp
> Which entries? I do not currently have any settings in /etc/default/grub
> related to resolution or font size.
>
> I'm asking which settings should be used in there (or anywhere else), if
> anyone knows.
>
> The video= kernel command line looks promising and I will try this when
> I've finished
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Does Debian have a spreadsheet program that can competently read/write xlsx
> format?
I have never had an issue with LibreCalc's xls support. If an xls file
is so complicated that LibreOffice can't read/write it properly, I
sus
I found a USDA published spreadsheet[1] [in xlsx format] containing
needed data. I saved it to a local directory with no problems.
I copied it to another directory to prevent accidents.
I opened it - Debian defaulted to LibreOffice Calc.
I tried to save it [unedited] to file2.xlsx. Got dire warn
Hi Hans,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 05:25:38PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> I believe, you should simply remove or comment out the
> entries in /etc/default/grub, and then just do an
>
> upgrade-initramfs -u
>
> as root to make it permanent.
Which entries? I do not currently have any settings in /etc/def
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 02:39:21PM -, Greg wrote:
> Every question is non-answered by an intimate clan of aging men with
> toxic attitudes and enormous anal-retention, who believe everyone
> should be using mutt or gnus like them and don't know or give a shit
> about anything else.
>
> I
I believe, you should simply remove or comment out the
entries in /etc/default/grub, and then just do an
upgrade-initramfs -u
as root to make it permanent.
Before you do this, you can check your setings. In the boot menu of grub,
type "e", then you can edit the boot commands for this special
> This, precisely. They are only talking to themselves, as I have noted
> previously (maybe Max N., who seems interested in this kind of
> foolishness, can verify the date stamps). Every question is non-answered
> by an intimate clan of aging men with toxic attitudes and enormous
> anal-retention,
Hi,
I have a Debian 12 laptop with quite a small screen which is quite high
DPI — 13" diagonal with resolution 2880x1920.
I like to remove "quiet" and "splash" from the kernel command line in
grub settings as I prefer to see all the text fly past. In this case
this is somewhat ruined by the fact
Greg (HE12025-07-28):
> It's really time for a change here.
Everybody loves people who have been there barely more than six months
and want to throw everything away.
This kind of discourse evokes, more than anything else, somebody who is
pissed that the answers they got for their question were al
On 2025-07-27, Anders Andersson wrote:
>
> The Debian user mailing list is one of the worse examples in my
> (limited) experience. Every question gets non-answered by a bunch of
> people who don't really know about your exact situation, but think
> they have some valuable input. Often the same bun
On 2025-07-27, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
>
> But my main point: Asking questions is an interactive, iterative
> process. For any realistically complex problem, there will be no simple
> answer on the first try, in most cases. Even describing the problem
> correctly will take a few tries.
His questio
On 7/27/25 6:06 PM, Michael Paoli wrote:
Ooops, meant to send to (or at least include) list:
-- Forwarded message -
From: Michael Paoli
Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: How to ask a question?
To: Richard Owlett
Why of course ask the smart way!
http://catb.org/
On 7/27/25 4:11 PM, Anders Andersson wrote:
On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
More explicitly:
How should I [who has *ability* to hyperfocus mitigated by
distractibility {cf ADHD}] ask questions in this particular forum?
Why do I ask?
In my read with PDF related questions,
On 7/27/25 9:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 07:33:36 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Now I have to relearn how to extract specific content from spreadsheets.
Something I haven't done in close to two decades.
What I usually ended up doing was opening the spreadsheet in Libre
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 02:30:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 7/27/25 7:53 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
[...]
> > The confused reactions should be a giveaway to you that something might
> > need adjustments on your part:
>
> Agreed. That prompted my post.
The one specific
On 7/27/25 8:55 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
Why do I ask?
In my read with PDF related questions, my responses were essentially "Why
are you trying to do?" rather than an answer to to a narrowly
focused question.
Sometimes the "Why" you might get in return is misguided
(e.g. paternalistic), but I
On 7/27/25 7:53 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
Hi Richard,
On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 07:33:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
More explicitly:
How should I [who has *ability* to hyperfocus mitigated by distractibility
{cf ADHD}] ask questions in this particular forum?
Asking good questions is not e
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