Debian repository -- any well documented PDF to HTML converters?

2025-04-05 Thread Richard Owlett
I've just received a 68 page PDF document. I don't know proper terminology but visually it resembles an outline in many of it's items are multiple paragraphs. The points are "collapsible". When everything is collapsed, the document index is 9 lines. Due to vision/perception issues I find it mo

Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-05 Thread Richard Owlett
I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . There is a link to http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ which results in a 404 error. I have questions about enabling/disabling WiFi. T

Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-05 Thread Richard Owlett
iguration of Firefox has no apparent problem with it. However that page has no link to operation documentation. Any suggestions and thanks for trying. On 4/2/25 06:41, Richard Owlett wrote: I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's &quo

CLARIFICATION -- Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 4/2/25 8:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . There is a link to http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ which results in a 404

Re: Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

2025-03-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/29/25 11:09 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 29 Mar 2025 at 05:36:46 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: On 3/28/25 11:29 PM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 24 Mar 2025 at 06:34:05 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: Since the beginning of February I've been receiving what I consider spurious e

Re: Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

2025-03-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/28/25 11:29 PM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 24 Mar 2025 at 06:34:05 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: Since the beginning of February I've been receiving what I consider spurious emails. The only change to my setup {to best of my memory} was subscribing to the "debian-...@lists.

Re: Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

2025-03-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/24/25 7:11 AM, Santiago Vila wrote: El 24/3/25 a las 12:34, Richard Owlett escribió: Since the beginning of February I've been receiving what I consider spurious emails. What do you mean exactly by "spurious"? They had no apparent logical relation to why I subscribe

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

2025-03-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/26/25 6:55 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: [SNIP] I normally use "sudo -s", which is the closest sudo approximation to the traditional behvior of "su" (before it was broken in buster). I don't understand the reference to some "brokenness" of "su". I've not closely followed this thread so I may

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

2025-03-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/26/25 9:55 AM, Greg wrote: On 2025-03-26, Richard Owlett wrote: If he hasn't noticed yet, I doubt it. I agree. If I understand what people want to accomplish by using command-line options, I would likely have gone to System->Log Out ... and then logged in as root. Not rec

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

2025-03-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/26/25 9:04 AM, Greg wrote: On 2025-03-26, Greg Wooledge wrote: Does this "brokenness" of "su" have any potential effect on my usage? Maybe. If you haven't created an /etc/default/su file, then something like this: If he hasn't noticed yet, I doubt it. I agree. If I understand what

Re: Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

2025-03-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/24/25 8:30 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 08:24:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] "List-Id" is not an option in setting up filters in SeaMonkey. [...] This would make that MUA practically useless (most of them are, mind you). But I think they are b

Re: Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

2025-03-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/24/25 7:11 AM, Santiago Vila wrote: El 24/3/25 a las 12:34, Richard Owlett escribió: Since the beginning of February I've been receiving what I consider spurious emails. What do you mean exactly by "spurious"? That I did not associate them to be related to my

Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

2025-03-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Since the beginning of February I've been receiving what I consider spurious emails. I've set up a filter to send them to a separate sub-directory. The filter detects either of 2 conditions: From,To,Cc or Bcc Containsbugs.debian.org *OR* To

Re: Debian repository -- any well documented PDF to HTML converters?

2025-03-19 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/19/25 8:59 AM, Yassine Chaouche wrote: Le 3/19/25 à 14:52, Richard Owlett a écrit : [...] I has a *problem*. The PDF can collapse sub-points. The HTML *cannot*. I think I saw a javascript code on emacswiki that does that for html exports from org-mode documents, but sorry, I didn&#

Re: Audacious media player - help using GUI

2025-03-12 Thread Richard Owlett
Thanks for the feedback. That project is currently inactive as it it is tax prep time. I'll try your suggestions when I get a break. On 3/12/25 8:53 AM, Greg wrote: On 2024-12-10, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for documentation for optimal use of the GUI. My initial problem

MATE desktop - icon arrangement - order out of chaos - HOW?

2025-03-12 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 [Caja file manager] I've been running MATE since it was released as alternative to Gnome3. Over time /home/richard/Desktop has had many additions and deletions. The combination of that with manually manually arranging icons related to a curre

SUCCESS!!! - was [Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable]

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/8/25 3:55 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 It used to be that clicking on a PDF opened it with Atril. I can suggest a couple things to try, either of which should get you back to using Atril. 1. Open the MATE Control Center, click

TEMORARY workaround - was [Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable]

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
do *NOT* try solution described below *UNLESS* unless you know how to recover. On 3/8/25 7:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 It used to be that clicking on a PDF opened it with Atril. I don't know what *I DID*, but it now opens with L3

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/8/25 8:07 AM, Miriami wrote: Hi Richard, I haven't used the MATE desktop environment, but I guess it also has this: 1. Right click on a PDF file, in the pop-up right-click menu, chooss 'open this file with ...' 2. In the then-popped-up dialog asking which program to be us

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/8/25 8:52 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 07:41:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 It used to be that clicking on a PDF opened it with Atril. I don't know what *I DID*, but it now opens with L3afpad. I assumed that

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/8/25 8:30 AM, Marco Moock wrote: On 08.03.2025 14:50 Uhr Richard Owlett wrote: It used to be that clicking on a PDF opened it with Atril. I don't know what *I DID*, but it now opens with L3afpad. I assumed that Edit Preferences was the place to go. But under Browser->Helper Appl

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/8/25 7:55 AM, poc...@homemail.com wrote: Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2025 at 8:41 AM From: "Richard Owlett" To: "debian-user" Subject: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 It used to be that clickin

How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-08 Thread Richard Owlett
My system is Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 It used to be that clicking on a PDF opened it with Atril. I don't know what *I DID*, but it now opens with L3afpad. I assumed that Edit Preferences was the place to go. But under Browser->Helper Applications it says "always ask" indicating system isn't

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/3/25 7:10 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 12:49:11PM +0100, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Since this is just a mailing list of Debian users, no one here is empowered to do what you ask. The proper procedure would be to report it as a wishlis

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/3/25 5:49 AM, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Exactly *WHAT* feature?? You supply *NO* context. Also this list is primarily user-to-user support.

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

2025-03-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/3/25 6:56 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:14:40 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 3/3/25 5:49 AM, Steven Speek wrote: I would like this feature in apt-get. Exactly *WHAT* feature?? You supply *NO* context. This is why I advise people NOT to put the

Re: Firefox adds a controversial ToS

2025-03-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 3/1/25 7:53 AM, gene heskett wrote: On 3/1/25 07:20, Richmond wrote: It's worth reading this too. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/ Which, while rewriting it to use more palatable language, does not change it to where it only needs lots of salt. The th

Re: no-code web builder application for Linux

2025-03-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/28/25 11:58 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 10:16:18AM -0500, Arbol One wrote: Hello to all. I find myself looking for a way to increase productivity with the aid of an all purpose no-code web builder application for Linux. What I am looking for is something that is mor

Re: Best terminology to distiguish groups such as "debian-user" from webmail whatevers

2025-02-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/26/25 12:20 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: On Feb 26, 2025, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm communicating with a state level peer-to-peer support group. The national organization has a peer-to-peer "mailing list" built around webmail as a complement/alternative to their sponsored social

Re: Best terminology to distiguish groups such as "debian-user" from webmail whatevers

2025-02-26 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/26/25 11:01 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2025 26 Feb 10:03 -0600, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 09:59:01AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm communicating with a state level peer-to-peer support group. The national organization has a peer-to-peer "mailing l

Best terminology to distiguish groups such as "debian-user" from webmail whatevers

2025-02-26 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm communicating with a state level peer-to-peer support group. The national organization has a peer-to-peer "mailing list" built around webmail as a complement/alternative to their sponsored social media groups. I find the web based system unusable. I'm so old I used an acoustic coupler when

Re: Trixie Release Party

2025-02-24 Thread Richard Hector
On 17/02/25 20:59, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: Anyone living in PA having a release party for Trixie? Panama? Richard

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-20 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/20/25 11:20 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to extract CSV formatted data from a PDF document. [1] Page ES-7 has a weekly grocery list for males grouped by age. I need only the first and last columns. Can someone point me in a suitable direction? TIA

Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-20 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to extract CSV formatted data from a PDF document. [1] Page ES-7 has a weekly grocery list for males grouped by age. I need only the first and last columns. Can someone point me in a suitable direction? TIA [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty-food-plan-2006 Table ES-1. Thrifty

Re: What's best way to handle HTML emails in Mutt

2025-02-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/17/25 9:58 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 09:40:31 -0600, David Wright wrote: I do that with lynx -localhost. One consequence is regular communications (sometimes by email!) from some banks etc, complaining that you don't open their emails. Some are so stupid as to offer

Re: software to document and develop projects

2025-02-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 2/8/25 12:56 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 05:28:43PM -0800, Gary L. Roach wrote: I have been trying  to find a software package that would allow me to do math calculations along with running documentation.I have tried using -Octave but it doesn't allow modification of con

Problem with KATE editor installed from Debian repository

2025-02-07 Thread Richard Owlett
Running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 Synaptic reports following items installed: kate 4:22.12.3-1 kate5-data 4:22.12.3-1 ktexteditor-katepart 5:103.0-1.1 libkate1 0.4.1-11 KATE's "About Kate" identifies itself as "Version 22.12.3" All software has

Tardy Thank-you [Re: Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)?]

2025-02-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/4/24 3:13 PM, David wrote: On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 at 12:22, Richard Owlett wrote: I find HTML formatted documentation much more usable than PDF. A fine manual at https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/kate/index.html . [...] 2. Is there a script that would download it to a specific

Re: Google searches requiring JavaScript (was Re: Can a Bash function be named "w3m" ?)

2025-01-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/30/25 8:15 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2025-01-30 at 08:52, Will Mengarini wrote: w3m needs some serious maintenance. It's still my favorite browser, but I hear Google is planning to start requiring Javascript for searches, so somebody's going to have to step up if w3m is to remain viable.

Re: kvm/qemu

2025-01-17 Thread Richard Hector
On 8/01/25 12:43, gene heskett wrote: Basically, anything starting with a k came from ingo klockers kde desktop. Um - I can find one person called Ingo Klöcker, who doesn't appear to have anything to do with KDE. Wikipedia says KDE was founded by Matthias Ettrich. Richard

Re: What is going on with firefox

2025-01-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/13/25 9:55 AM, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 13 Jan 2025 14:26 +, from mail.dhar...@googlemail.com (Daniel Harris): I am a very long time happy firefox user using debian stable, but what on earth is going on with firefox lately. It is terrible. So slow Can you give a specific example o

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/12/25 1:05 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 11 Jan 2025 at 06:58:04 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: [ … ] However I'm making practical use of mp3 files for the first time (currently a dozen lectures). I looked for an mp3 player whose GUI took up a very minimal amount of screen real esta

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/11/25 10:24 AM, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 1/11/25 09:01, Fred wrote: On 1/11/25 05:58, Richard Owlett wrote: I looked for an mp3 player whose GUI took up a very minimal amount of screen real estate. I was referred to several overpowered complex candidates and chose VLC as most straight

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/11/25 9:00 AM, Paul M. Foster wrote: On 1/11/25 07:58, Richard Owlett wrote: *SNIP* However I'm making practical use of mp3 files for the first time (currently a dozen lectures). I looked for an mp3 player whose GUI took up a very minimal amount of screen real estate.*SNIP* I

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/11/25 8:06 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: *SNIP* Due to vision and perception issues, I avoid sites over using graphics or requiring JavaScript. For support I look for USENET groups &/or mailing lists (not having found _any_ usable WEB based fora)

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 1/11/25 8:01 AM, Fred wrote: On 1/11/25 05:58, Richard Owlett wrote: *SNIP* However I'm making practical use of mp3 files for the first time (currently a dozen lectures). I looked for an mp3 player whose GUI took up a very minimal amount of screen real estate. I was referred to se

Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-11 Thread Richard Owlett
As I'm over 80 and a computer *user* since introduction via Hollerith cards and line-printers in 60's (q.v. CORC & CUPL - BASIC didn't exist) and later using an Acoustic coupler with an RBBS, I'm not a newbie per se. However I'm making practical use of mp3 files for the first time (currently a

Re: Where is my Brave executable

2024-12-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/24/24 4:08 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/23/24 8:26 AM, Max Nikulin wrote: On 23/12/2024 19:56, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/23/24 4:39 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: `command -v brave`. Is 'command' documented somewhere? Déjà vu... Richard Owlett to debian-user. Usin

Re: Where is my Brave executable

2024-12-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/23/24 8:26 AM, Max Nikulin wrote: On 23/12/2024 19:56, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/23/24 4:39 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: `command -v brave`. Is 'command' documented somewhere? Déjà vu... Richard Owlett to debian-user. Using terminal commands - corner cases. Wed, 27 Nov

Re: Install vs Upgrade --was [Re: new computer arriving soon]

2024-12-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/23/24 8:10 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Monday 23 December 2024 08:50:25 am Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/22/24 3:18 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: [snip] That depends. I want to be able to *use* the thing, right off, and not have to fiddle with stuff to get it to work

Install vs Upgrade --was [Re: new computer arriving soon]

2024-12-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/22/24 3:18 PM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: [snip] That depends. I want to be able to *use* the thing, right off, and not have to fiddle with stuff to get it to work. Confident in my skills? Yeah, I'd say so. Though there's a whole lot of stuff I'd rather not have to bother with to g

Re: Where is my Brave executable

2024-12-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/23/24 4:39 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 4:12 AM Arbol One wrote: In my Debian 12, I used snap to install Brave. To select it as browser in Netbeans I need to know the location of the executable. Does anyone know the directory for the Brave executable? `command -v

Re: Finding suitable icons displayable on MATE's panel

2024-12-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/22/24 9:02 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 22 Dec 2024 at 07:13:01 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/21/24 9:48 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 21 Dec 2024 at 06:33:07 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I wish to launch applications by clicki

Re: Finding suitable icons displayable on MATE's panel

2024-12-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/21/24 9:48 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 21 Dec 2024 at 06:33:07 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I wish to launch applications by clicking on an icon on the MATE panel. Questions/Problems: 1. What icons are displayable on a MATE panel

Finding suitable icons displayable on MATE's panel

2024-12-21 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I wish to launch applications by clicking on an icon on the MATE panel. Questions/Problems: 1. What icons are displayable on a MATE panel (i.e. specs)? 2. How do I search for appropriate icon? The hierarchy under /usr/share/icons has inappropri

End user speech recognition applications

2024-12-14 Thread Richard Owlett
I want to explore feasibility of a "bright idea" [snicker!]. I'm looking for relatively light weight end user application that will run under 64 bit Debian 12. The program's description would likely use the terms continuous and large vocabulary. *HOWEVER* I would be happy initially if it could

Re: Audacious media player - help using GUI

2024-12-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/13/24 9:41 AM, Jan Claeys wrote: On Tue, 2024-12-10 at 05:54 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Then I started speculating about taking notes tied to specific times. Can audacious do that? Is there a media player with that orientation? What should I be reading? Depending on what you mean by

Media newbie meets VLC was [Re: Audacious media player - help using GUI]

2024-12-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/10/24 7:01 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/10/24 11:30 AM, ghe2001 wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I'm using Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I date back to days of Z80 systems using CPM. Never had need for audio. Now have lectures I want to listen to an

Re: Audacious media player - help using GUI

2024-12-11 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/10/24 10:33 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 9:22 AM Richard Owlett wrote: [SNIP... ] I'm looking for documentation for optimal use of the GUI. My initial problems revolved around pause/resume. Those raised the question "How do I go to point x minutes i

Re: Audacious media player - help using GUI

2024-12-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/10/24 11:30 AM, ghe2001 wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I'm using Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I date back to days of Z80 systems using CPM. Never had need for audio. Now have lectures I want to listen to and was referred to audacious. Install and initial trial wen

Re: Audacious media player - help using GUI

2024-12-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/10/24 10:53 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 10 Dec 2024 at 05:54:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I date back to days of Z80 systems using CPM. Never had need for audio. Now have lectures I want to listen to and was referred to audacious. In

Audacious media player - help using GUI

2024-12-10 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm using Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 I date back to days of Z80 systems using CPM. Never had need for audio. Now have lectures I want to listen to and was referred to audacious. Install and initial trial went well. Its man-page - terse! I'm looking for documentation for optimal use of the GUI.

Re: SID KDE Plasma 6.2

2024-12-09 Thread Richard Hector
On 10/12/24 02:59, Dominique Dumont wrote: As the guest Pc runs Windows, I cannot try kvm/qemu. I've run Windows in kvm/qemu before. Richard

Re: Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)?

2024-12-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/4/24 12:17 PM, Xiyue Deng wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I recently discovered Kate. One might think its design goals were how I work and a specific personal project I have. Get idea that I like it ;} I find HTML formatted documentation much more usable than PDF. A fine manual at https

Re: Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)?

2024-12-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/4/24 9:20 AM, Max Nikulin wrote: On 04/12/2024 18:27, Richard Owlett wrote: I find HTML formatted documentation much more usable than PDF. A fine manual at https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/kate/index.html . Two questions:    1. Has someone packaged it as a downloadable file? Is it

Re: Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)?

2024-12-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/4/24 6:11 AM, Michel Verdier wrote: On 2024-12-04, Richard Owlett wrote: I find HTML formatted documentation much more usable than PDF. A fine manual at https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/kate/index.html . Two questions: 1. Has someone packaged it as a downloadable file? 2. Is

Re: Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)?

2024-12-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/4/24 6:06 AM, poc...@homemail.com wrote: Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2024 at 6:27 AM From: "Richard Owlett" To: "debian-user" Subject: Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)? I recently discovered Kate. One might think its design goals were how I

Kate editor documentation as downloadable HTML file(s)?

2024-12-04 Thread Richard Owlett
I recently discovered Kate. One might think its design goals were how I work and a specific personal project I have. Get idea that I like it ;} I find HTML formatted documentation much more usable than PDF. A fine manual at https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/kate/index.html . Two questions:

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

2024-12-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/1/24 6:12 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Dec 01, 2024 at 04:43:00AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [SNIP] What should I do next ( /etc/debian_version reports 12.7)? apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade to make sure you're up to date then reboot. At that point, /etc/debian-ve

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

2024-12-01 Thread Richard Owlett
ading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done 77 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. N: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease' changed its 'Version' value from '12.7'

Re: where is mail.log

2024-11-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/30/24 6:55 AM, Scott Andrews wrote: Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 7:33 AM From: "Bitfox" To: poc...@homemail.com Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: where is mail.log On 2024-11-30 20:31, poc...@homemail.com wrote: You did not comprehend what I posted. I am on th

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

2024-11-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/29/24 12:30 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: Running Debian 12.7 with MATE When launching Synaptic I get a message saying [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ]

Re: A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)]

2024-11-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/29/24 10:58 AM, Roger Price wrote: On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package name, but several in description field. I&#

A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)]

2024-11-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/29/24 3:14 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 09:36:35AM +0100, Matilda Sjöblom wrote: Hi! We've had issues for the last couple of days regarding installing Erling via apt. I can run apt update with all of our other repos, but when I add the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/e

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-11-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/28/24 8:52 AM, Max Nikulin wrote: On 28/11/2024 11:13, David Wright wrote:    $ man -t bash | ps2pdf - /tmp/bash.pdf What is the point in converting man when the same content is available as texinfo source? Moreover, PDF file is ready to use: /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/bash.html /usr/sha

Synaptic problem(s)

2024-11-28 Thread Richard Owlett
Running Debian 12.7 with MATE When launching Synaptic I get a message saying [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] Synaptic's Help isn't helpful :{ It also reports packages to be updated. Also started to install gnumeric and it wanted to

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-11-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/27/24 10:13 PM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 27 Nov 2024 at 05:38:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I've used terminal commands for so many decades I don't know where to look up fine details of a specific commands. I just tried to use the cd command with a target directory having

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-11-27 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/27/24 7:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 07:30:17AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] Thank you. I've seen his site before. I just created a bookmark folder for "Debian Wikis". The first occupant is https://mywiki.wooledge.org . Greg's wiki

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-11-27 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/27/24 5:55 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 05:38:30AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I've used terminal commands for so many decades I don't know where to look up fine details of a specific commands. I just tried to use the cd command with a target direct

Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-11-27 Thread Richard Owlett
I've used terminal commands for so many decades I don't know where to look up fine details of a specific commands. I just tried to use the cd command with a target directory having spaces in it's name. Of course the system responded > bash: cd: too many arguments DuckDuckGo led to [

Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/22/24 5:33 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 04:26:05AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/22/24 12:57 AM, Michael Paoli wrote: I recently jumped from Debian 9(w/MATE) - 12(w/MATE) in one step. My Debian 9 settings can be traced back to Debian 6(w/Gnome). I don&#

DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/22/24 12:57 AM, Michael Paoli wrote: How do I disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate on Debian 12? [snip very detailed of his environment/symptoms] I recently jumped from Debian 9(w/MATE) - 12(w/MATE) in one step. My Debian 9 settings can be traced back to Debian 6(w/Gnome). I don'

Re: Flexible search tool for Debian repository

2024-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/16/24 6:55 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:41, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote: Synaptic's search nearly useless. I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic. I'

Re: Flexible search tool for Debian repository

2024-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/16/24 7:58 AM, Chris Green wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote: Synaptic's search nearly useless. I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic. I'm usually looking for a standalone a

Re: Flexible search tool for Debian repository

2024-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/16/24 8:36 AM, Joe wrote: On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:04:28 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: Synaptic's search nearly useless. I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic. I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. Rarely do I want a command

Re: Flexible search tool for Debian repository

2024-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote: Synaptic's search nearly useless. I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic. I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. Rarely do I want a command

Flexible search tool for Debian repository

2024-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
Synaptic's search nearly useless. I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic. I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. Rarely do I want a command line tool. Suggestions? TIA

Re: why this new stick fail to boot

2024-11-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/12/24 1:52 PM, David Wright wrote: [snip] I don't know how one tells USB2 and USB3 sticks apart,... https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=%22identify%22%20%22USB2%22%20%22USB3%22 https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/112143/which-usb-slot-is-2-0-or-3-0-how-do-i-know https://forums.t

Re: Minimalist HTML 4 viewer available?

2024-11-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/3/24 8:21 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 07:43:44AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm working on a weird personal proof-of-concept project. A HTML 5 compatible browser will *NOT* be considered. I would really prefer a product aimed at HTML 2. In any case CSS a

Minimalist HTML 4 viewer available?

2024-11-03 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm working on a weird personal proof-of-concept project. A HTML 5 compatible browser will *NOT* be considered. I would really prefer a product aimed at HTML 2. In any case CSS and/or JavaScript will not be used. [Before I get flamed on supposed security issues - system will be isolated from web

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-11-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/24 6:14 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/30/24 10:49 AM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 04:53:27 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that seems to be only available as a PDF document [ https://fns-pr

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/24 7:46 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2024 31 Oct 06:02 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/30/24 10:12 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that seems to be only available as

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/30/24 10:49 AM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 04:53:27 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that seems to be only available as a PDF document [ https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resourc

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/30/24 10:12 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that seems to be only available as a PDF document [ https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf ]. No

Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-30 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that seems to be only available as a PDF document [ https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf ]. I have a combination of vision and perception problems which make using a PDF viewer impractical.

Mismatch between library paths and DPKG DB resources when using --admindir with dpkg-shlibdeps

2024-10-29 Thread Richard Bastos Higuera
When I try to auto-detect package dependencies during packaging with my debootstrap sysroot used for cross-compilation, I encounter an issue. I assign the DPKG DB using the '--admindir' option, but the library paths found by dpkg-shlibdeps are absolute paths that include my jail sysroot. For ex

Documenting a bug -- WHEN was package XYZ installed

2024-10-29 Thread Richard Owlett
I am trying to track what I suspect is a documentation bug. There are circular references. To logically break the chain I need to know the date package XYZ was installed. I thought this would be an "apt" related question. But its manpage gave no indication that "when installed" is recorded.

Re: NOTE TO SELF Re: Documenting a bug -- WHEN was package XYZ installed

2024-10-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/29/24 5:56 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 05:53:38AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Why/When did pdfminer get installed? My goal was to have "pdf2txt". /var/log/apt/* Cheers Thank you. Problem solved. Was no documentation bug. I forgot what I did late last night ;}

OOPS Re: NOTE TO SELF Re: Documenting a bug -- WHEN was package XYZ installed

2024-10-29 Thread Richard Owlett
SeaMonkey has a bug. I had chosen "Reply to sender only". Obviously it went to the list. I didn't proof the "To:" ;{ I'll report the bug.

NOTE TO SELF Re: Documenting a bug -- WHEN was package XYZ installed

2024-10-29 Thread Richard Owlett
Why/When did pdfminer get installed? My goal was to have "pdf2txt". On 10/29/24 5:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I am trying to track what I suspect is a documentation bug. There are circular references. To logically break the chain I need to know the date package XYZ was installed.

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