Notices by @living8bit (living8bit@mastodon.social)

@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane

Since we're on the subject, if anyone is interested in a script which converts an Emacs OrgMode-formatted file of questions into an QTI.zip file importable to Canvas, let me know. Code may not be beautiful, but it sure keeps me away from that point-n-click, bandwidth sucking, time waster that is their question bank generation "feature".

@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane

Preach!

@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane

Lucky you! I started teaching to share ideas with students and learn things from students. After remote teaching, it's been more paper and police work. :(

@RL_Dane @benjaminhollon

Yeah, I didn't do dorm life either. After visiting a dorm, I'm glad I didn't. At the Uni the hallways smelled of urine. ?

@RL_Dane @clacke

What? A text-based browser? ?

During one lecture I used one to demo what could be done "on the command line". In Zoom chat I see, "What!? That's so cool!"

Had to pause, mute my mic, and laugh.

@RL_Dane @clacke

Honestly I don't use it enough to have an opinion. I tried but much of the "info" I need has been found in 'man'.

@RL_Dane @clacke

FWIW, I often do! ?

@RL_Dane @clacke

And if I may add:

$ info sed
-bash: info: command not found
$

?

@clacke @RL_Dane

Must check this out...thanks!

@RL_Dane

Brother! So I'm not the only one who pulls a "grep -A9999"?!?!

(No joke, I have it a script which I use to combine exam questions into a single Canvas question bank.)

@Mrfunkedude

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Hope this helps. ?

*sigh* I love how new programs are made all the time. I hate how so many think old programs are garbage cause they like the new programs - "It's easier". No, what I already know is easy. If there's no value for me with the new, why invest time to learn it? You're not investing time to learn the "old".

"Python is easy!" "Python is popular!" For me, no. I have no reason to use it. None. Nada. Ziltch.

Please stop saying people should stop using the old stuff. Use what you want and do good things!

@RL_Dane @vwbusguy @me

Convert what? Text to PDF?