Notices by Tom Ryder (tejr@mastodon.sdf.org)

@slatian Thanks!

@Seirdy Hmm OK I wonder if I can make it work there too

@Seirdy

Hello again; I kept thinking about this, because I had something similar in the days I was forced to use Windows at work (TextEditorAnywhere), and decided I missed it too much on GNU/Linux not to figure something out.

I call it vixf ($VISUAL X11 field). It's supposed to be called via hotkey from a window manager or sxhkd. Screencast attached.

It seems to install with pipx. On GNU/Linux, you need to install xclip(1) too.

https://pypi.org/project/vixf/
https://dev.sanctum.geek.nz/cgit/vixf.git/tree/?h=v0.0.1

@Seirdy $VISUAL, but yes please

https://stevebrenner.bandcamp.com/album/s-i-g-n-a-l-s

I enjoy.

OpenTTD: a free transport game (868 KiB): https://sanctum.geek.nz/presentations/openttd.pdf

Tools, old and new (240 KiB): https://sanctum.geek.nz/presentations/tools-old-and-new.pdf

I have a couple of silly bots that need a new home, as the instance they're on is shutting down:

* @HitherCameConan
* @AllThatRain

I wonder if anyone cares to suggest a new home for them?

“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.”

—Nietzsche

I wrote a wrapper for the OpenSSH client to downgrade the sent TERM strings for IPv4/IPv6 hostnames or hostnames matching a set of patterns, which network gear CLIs are more likely to accommodate.

Newer OpenSSH can send a TERM string per-host with ssh_config(5) files, but I wanted something that adapted to the outer terminal: tmux-256color→screen, xterm256-color→xterm, etc.

This came up because newer versions of tmux set their own TERM type now by default.

https://pypi.org/project/ssh-negotiate-term/

With my first FOSDEM done, I'm leaving continental Europe shortly, and returning to New Zealand in a few days. I've had a great time, and am grateful for everyone's company and help, especially @kline . Thank you!