Re: How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
l a >>>> GUI (though I realize they have a VGA port so it *is* possible to do >>>> so) for fear of running out of available RAM. >>>> >>>> I'd like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser >>>> printer, but I haven't found

SOLVED: Re: How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
;ultimate") only have 500 MB of RAM. So I'm reluctant to install a GUI > (though I realize they have a VGA port so it *is* possible to do so) > for fear of running out of available RAM. > > I'd like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser > printer,

Re: How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread mick.crane
Ds to my HP laser printer, but I haven't found any way to configure CUPS with only a CLI text console. The recommended way in the CUPS docs is to point a web browser at "localhost:631" but that doesn't work if you don't have a web browser on the machine. The way I

Re: How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
27;d like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser >> printer, but I haven't found any way to configure CUPS with only a CLI >> text console. The recommended way in the CUPS docs is to point a web >> browser at "localhost:631" but that doesn't wor

Re: How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread mick.crane
. So I'm reluctant to install a GUI (though I realize they have a VGA port so it *is* possible to do so) for fear of running out of available RAM. I'd like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser printer, but I haven't found any way to configure CUPS with only a

Re: How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 24 Jul 2024 03:09 -0700, from rick.tho...@pobox.com (Rick Thomas): > I'd like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser > printer, but I haven't found any way to configure CUPS with only a > CLI text console. The recommended way in the CUPS docs is to point

How to configure CUPS printer software on a machine with no GUI -- only text CLI console.

2024-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
GUI (though I realize they have a VGA port so it *is* possible to do so) for fear of running out of available RAM. I'd like to install CUPS to interface the OpenRDs to my HP laser printer, but I haven't found any way to configure CUPS with only a CLI text console. The recommended way

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-31 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-03-25 06:35, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: After a detour around whiptail I ended up full-circle with Tcl/Tk. It is still the nicest, smallest self-contained graphical toolkit enabling one to wrap some GUI around CLI programs. The whole pack is one or two orders of magnitude smaller than some

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-30 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> The issue is not what you CAN express with different media: any >> program can be expressed as a flowchart. > > Is that true? Genuine question - I don't know the answer. But are the > two mathematically equal/equivalent? Yes, it's called "Turing equivalence" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-30 Thread Dan Ritter
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Nicolas George wrote: > > The issue is not what you CAN express with different media: any > > program can be expressed as a flowchart. > > Is that true? Genuine question - I don't know the answer. But are the > two mathematically equal/equivalent? I wonder how

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-30 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > The issue is not what you CAN express with different media: any > program can be expressed as a flowchart. Is that true? Genuine question - I don't know the answer. But are the two mathematically equal/equivalent? I wonder how, for example, self-modifying code or tail recu

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-30 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de (12023-03-29): > > Perhaps roughly 3k to 4k years of storing, transmitting and > > retrieving information in written form have a part in it. > > > > It may be a social convention, but by now it runs so deep that I'm > > convinced you'll find epigenetic tra

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-30 Thread David Christensen
On 3/24/23 04:32, cor...@free.fr wrote: Hello, Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with rich/colorful interactive views. But CLI is still in dull mode. That should be improved in these days. for example, run &qu

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread Emanuel Berg
coreyh wrote: > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? You mean, a GUI editor or IDE to write CLI/TUI software? Interesting question ... Emacs Gnus, maybe? https://dataswamp.org/~incal/figures/gnus/gnus-gmane.png -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread Nicolas George
The Wanderer (12023-03-29): > I think it's plausible/probable that it's not so much about the format > itself, but about the data/meaning/information attached to that format. > > Text has much more *nuance* and *detail* attached to it than any > non-text-based programming structure I've ever run a

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread Nicolas George
Erwan David (12023-03-29): > and do not forget that CLI is what we use in degraded conditions, eg when > there is no way to get graphics and colors (text, or virtualisation solution here> console) > > So we must not depend on graphical capacities to be available I do not think

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-03-29 at 10:09, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 09:51:13AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>> I think you are being too harsh here. Such a question may come >>> genuinely from someone who hasn't experienced the power of the >>>

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread Erwan David
y they are designed that makes entering data more efficient. On the other hand, computers have not changed the fact that data enters us mostly as images and sound, so I predict it is unlikely we find means significantly more efficient than reading. Regards, and do not forget that CLI is what

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread Nicolas George
to...@tuxteam.de (12023-03-29): > Perhaps roughly 3k to 4k years of storing, transmitting and retrieving > information in written form have a part in it. > > It may be a social convention, but by now it runs so deep that I'm > convinced you'll find epigenetic traces of it in us humans. Or perhaps

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread tomas
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 09:51:13AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I think you are being too harsh here. Such a question may come > > genuinely from someone who hasn't experienced the power of the > > CLI, which, once you've taken the firs step gently takes you >

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I think you are being too harsh here. Such a question may come > genuinely from someone who hasn't experienced the power of the > CLI, which, once you've taken the firs step gently takes you > to small one-liners, little loops and bigger and bigger programs. > > It ha

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-25 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, El vie., 24 mar. 2023 16:57, Tom escribió: > > >> Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? > > > > There are many. The generic underlying library is usually > > ncurses. > > But it needs to be stressed that there are many. For Pyth

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-25 Thread tomas
On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 09:13:22AM +0100, DdB wrote: > Am 24.03.2023 um 12:32 schrieb cor...@free.fr: > > Hello, > > > > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? > > today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with > > rich/colorful

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-25 Thread DdB
Am 24.03.2023 um 12:32 schrieb cor...@free.fr: > Hello, > > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? > today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with > rich/colorful interactive views. > But CLI is still in dull mode. That should be improved in

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread tomas
On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 05:26:07PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? > > I don't understand the question. A library that does what? > "Nice" in which respect? > > > today web dev has so many

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread davidson
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 davidson wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 cor...@free.fr wrote: Hello, Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? The teletype (whether virtualised or not) and shells which constitute that "CLI" are interfaces designed for a purpose. Speaking of th

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> There's a lot of work in the general vicinity. I think Jupiter could ^^^ Jupyter -- Stefan

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? I don't understand the question. A library that does what? "Nice" in which respect? > today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with rich/colorful > interactive views. Not sure how that's r

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 12:00 Charlie Gibbs wrote: > IMHO computer systems should be ugly and boring. Ugly, as in lacking > all the eye candy that gets in the way, and boring as in just doing > what you want without unpleasant surprises. > > Short answer: Not over my dead Teletype. Hear, hear!

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread davidson
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 cor...@free.fr wrote: Hello, Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? The teletype (whether virtualised or not) and shells which constitute that "CLI" are interfaces designed for a purpose. today web dev has so many libraries that make web

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread paulf
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:35:09 -0700 Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > IMHO computer systems should be ugly and boring. Ugly, as in lacking > all the eye candy that gets in the way, and boring as in just doing > what you want without unpleasant surprises. > > Short answer: Not over my dead Teletype. >

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > IMHO computer systems should be ugly and boring. +1 Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Fri Mar 24 09:13:41 2023 cor...@free.fr wrote: > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? As an option, possibly. As a standard default, NO! > today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with > rich/colorful interactive views. And which often get i

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Tom
I forgot to attribute Dan's writing, and shouldn't have trimmed his words as much, after all mentioning exactly the kind of libraries I listed. Apologies for the fuss and redo: On 3/24/23 12:42, Dan Ritter wrote: > cor...@free.fr wrote:>> Should CLI (command line interfa

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Tom
Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? There are many. The generic underlying library is usually ncurses. But it needs to be stressed that there are many. For Python there is Textualize [1], for Go there is Charm [2], rust has a TUI crate [3] among other options

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Richmond
cor...@free.fr writes: > Hello, > > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? > today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with > rich/colorful interactive views. > But CLI is still in dull mode. That should be improved in these days. > for ex

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Dan Ritter
cor...@free.fr wrote: > Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? There are many. The generic underlying library is usually ncurses. On top of that are more libraries than there are languages. > But CLI is still in dull mode. That should be improved in these days.

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
Ansi gets used to make the eye candy then that ansi breaks screen reader accessibility with cli screen readers. No thank you! -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Fri, 24 Mar

should CLI have a nice UI today?

2023-03-24 Thread coreyh
Hello, Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library? today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with rich/colorful interactive views. But CLI is still in dull mode. That should be improved in these days. for example, run "df -h" we got the statistics with

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-08 Thread Curt
On 2022-09-08, David Wright wrote: > > With bullseye, using a variety of guesses for --infilter > (basically permutating words like in the example here): > > $ lowriter --infilter="Writer Office Open PDF" /tmp/version10.pdf Ineffective here. > the document does indeed always open in Draw. It sho

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-08 Thread David Wright
or its Writer manifestation. I've never seen anything I'd describe as "raw pdf", as in: %PDF-1.5 % 3 0 obj … I tried opening lowriter with no file, but Insert→Text from File produced an error rather than importing anything from the PDF. Taking the CLI out of the proces

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-07 Thread Curt
On 2022-09-07, jindam, vani wrote: >> >>What's supposed to happen? > > Eyal Rozenberg explanation on lo bugzilla > issue (1): The reason is that when you > open a PDF file in LO, regardless of > which app you opened it with - it gets > opened in LO Draw. I'm working with an obsolete version

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-07 Thread jindam, vani
On 2 September 2022 8:17:17 AM UTC, Curt wrote: >On 2022-09-02, David Wright wrote: >> On Fri 02 Sep 2022 at 01:02:10 (+), jindam, vani wrote: >>> i am trying to open pdf file from cli: >>> $ /usr/bin/lowriter --inputfilter=

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-02 Thread Curt
On 2022-09-02, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 02 Sep 2022 at 01:02:10 (+), jindam, vani wrote: >> i am trying to open pdf file from cli: >> $ /usr/bin/lowriter --inputfilter="*.pdf" /home/user/file.pdf > > ↑↑↑ > >> the above co

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-01 Thread jindam, vani
On 2 September 2022 3:09:43 AM UTC, David Wright wrote: >On Fri 02 Sep 2022 at 01:02:10 (+), jindam, vani wrote: >> i am trying to open pdf file from cli: >> $ /usr/bin/lowriter --inputfilter="*.pdf" /home/user/file.pdf > > ↑↑↑ >

Re: lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-01 Thread David Wright
On Fri 02 Sep 2022 at 01:02:10 (+), jindam, vani wrote: > i am trying to open pdf file from cli: > $ /usr/bin/lowriter --inputfilter="*.pdf" /home/user/file.pdf ↑↑↑ > the above command fails to open pdf file > > what am i doing wrong? Tr

lowriter fails to launch pdf file from cli

2022-09-01 Thread jindam, vani
hello debian users, i am trying to open pdf file from cli: $ /usr/bin/lowriter --inputfilter="*.pdf" /home/user/file.pdf the above command fails to open pdf file what am i doing wrong? regards, jindam, vani

Re: How to install debian-goodies in CLI environment?

2022-08-17 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 16/08/2022 à 18:37, Tim Woodall a écrit : On Tue, 16 Aug 2022, G?khan Bag wrote: I found that the installation of the package debian-goodies always prompts the popularity contest configuration, and that way, I can't install debian-goodies in a script. I also tried: echo "" | apt install d

Re: How to install debian-goodies in CLI environment?

2022-08-16 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 16 Aug 2022, G?khan Bag wrote: I found that the installation of the package debian-goodies always prompts the popularity contest configuration, and that way, I can't install debian-goodies in a script. I also tried: echo "" | apt install debian-goodies -y And: yes | apt install debian-g

How to install debian-goodies in CLI environment?

2022-08-16 Thread Gökhan Bag
I found that the installation of the package debian-goodies always prompts the popularity contest configuration, and that way, I can't install debian-goodies in a script. I also tried: echo "" | apt install debian-goodies -y And: yes | apt install debian-goodies -y I tried both apt and apt-get. H

Appstream-cli warning

2022-03-20 Thread SDA
Hey gurus, I'm getting the following message for some time and am wondering if it's safe to remove the icon? Only seems to happen when I update apt repos from the cli. Thanks. ** (appstreamcli:42191): WARNING **: 17:05:19.451: Found icon of unknown type 'unknown' in &#x

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-07-09 Thread Dan Ritter
t; Is it easier to upgrade via flash USB or via terminal? Assuming you have a working Internet connection -- and why would you be running speedtest-cli if you didn't? sudo apt update sudo apt install --reinstall speedtest-cli should be all you need. -dsr-

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-07-09 Thread kaye n
800, kaye n wrote: > > > Hello guys > > >kaye@laptop:~$ speedtest-cli > > >Retrieving [1][2]speedtest.net configuration... > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "/usr/bin/speedtest-c

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-07-01 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 01 Jul, 2021 at 18:52:42 +0800, kaye n wrote: >On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:28 AM Liam O'Toole ><[1]liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Jun, 2021 at 00:08:51 +0800, kaye n wrote: > >Hello guys > >kaye@laptop:~$ s

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-07-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 18:52:42 (+0800), kaye n wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:28 AM Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Jun, 2021 at 00:08:51 +0800, kaye n wrote: > > >kaye@laptop:~$ speedtest-cli > > >Retrieving [1]speedtest.net configuration... >

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-07-01 Thread kaye n
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:28 AM Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun, 2021 at 00:08:51 +0800, kaye n wrote: > >Hello guys > >kaye@laptop:~$ speedtest-cli > >Retrieving [1]speedtest.net configuration... > >Traceback (most recent call last): >

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-06-10 Thread Robbi Nespu
On 6/11/21 1:51 AM, john doe wrote: I would file a bug report to the Debian package and maybe upstream. It on upstream https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/commit/cadc68b5aef20f28648072cf07a8f155639b81dd#diff-561d5175f923c2ffd7764768f8e3cd6e1fdb41806bf1b0e4da699ab21bb31930 -- Robbi Nespu

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-06-10 Thread john doe
On 6/10/2021 6:08 PM, kaye n wrote: Hello guys kaye@laptop:~$ speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/speedtest-cli", line 11, in load_entry_point('speedtest-cli==2.0.2', 'console_scripts

Re: problem with speedtest-cli

2021-06-10 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 11 Jun, 2021 at 00:08:51 +0800, kaye n wrote: >Hello guys >kaye@laptop:~$ speedtest-cli >Retrieving [1]speedtest.net configuration... >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/speedtest-cli", line 11, in >load_entry

problem with speedtest-cli

2021-06-10 Thread kaye n
Hello guys kaye@laptop:~$ speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/speedtest-cli", line 11, in load_entry_point('speedtest-cli==2.0.2', 'console_scripts', 'speedtest-cli')() File &quo

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-23 Thread Michael Howard
On 23/02/2021 08:13, Darac Marjal wrote: On 22/02/2021 22:56, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy?

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-23 Thread Darac Marjal
On 22/02/2021 22:56, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > >> I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came >> thru >> in a pinch. > > Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone > goofy? > > I went looking for duck

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:21:30 -0500 (EST) Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I > specify 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? > > Thank you. just dow

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 2:15 PM Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came > thru > > in a pinch. > > Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has > gone goofy? Because I had

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy? I went looking for duckduckgo search syntax and found what I need, which is not

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy? I went looking for duckduckgo search syntax and found what I need, which is not

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Darac Marjal
On 22/02/2021 18:21, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I specify > 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? This sounds like https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/issues

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 12:29 PM Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I > specify 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? > Is this soothing enough? I had the same

'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I specify 'Boston Red Sox'. Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? Thank you. -- RSB

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 20 iun 20, 14:05:22, Ihor Antonov wrote: > On Saturday, 20 June 2020 05:32:41 PDT John Hasler wrote: > > Ihor writes: > > > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there > > > some sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? > >

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 20 iun 20, 18:53:50, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 02:07:59PM -0700, Ihor Antonov wrote: > > On Saturday, 20 June 2020 08:05:04 PDT Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured > > > correctly. Lots of other search p

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
No, what I did with surfraw got done by reading the man pages. The other tool, I've never heard of before either. On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Ihor Antonov wrote: > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:07:59 > From: Ihor Antonov > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re:

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 02:07:59PM -0700, Ihor Antonov wrote: > On Saturday, 20 June 2020 08:05:04 PDT Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured > > correctly. Lots of other search possibilities in surfraw too. Once > > installed and configure

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
On Saturday, 20 June 2020 08:05:04 PDT Jude DaShiell wrote: > Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured > correctly. Lots of other search possibilities in surfraw too. Once > installed and configured read up on the -elvi in surfraw to find what > search possibilities

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
On Saturday, 20 June 2020 05:32:41 PDT John Hasler wrote: > Ihor writes: > > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there > > some sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? > > Do you specifically require a command line interface, or just a text

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
tion. > > > I often search for binary and source packages, across various releases > > > > > > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there > > > some > > > sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? > > What is your aim: t

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured correctly. Lots of other search possibilities in surfraw too. Once installed and configured read up on the -elvi in surfraw to find what search possibilities you have. --

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread John Hasler
Ihor writes: > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there > some sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? Do you specifically require a command line interface, or just a text one? They are not the same thing. If the latter use a text browser such as Lynx.

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
a web browser. Is there some > sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? > > Or maybe I need to add *everything* to my /etc/apt/sources.list ? > > Any recommendations are appreciated. > There is not a direct CLI interface to packages.debian.org. However, the rmadison to

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread tomas
ses > > > > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there some > > sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? What is your aim: to search offline or to avoid the browser? > > Or maybe I need to add *everything* to my /etc/apt/sources.li

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, 20 juin 2020 à 10:29 de ihor@antonovs.family: > I often use https://packages.debian.org to look up package information. > I often search for binary and source packages, across various releases > > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there some &

CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
Hello everyone, I often use https://packages.debian.org to look up package information. I often search for binary and source packages, across various releases I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there some sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? Or maybe I

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-10 Thread john doe
On 1/7/2020 12:58 AM, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > Den 04.01.2020 15:54, skrev john doe: >> [mail] without ncurses? > ... >>   I also need to configure IMAP and SMTP access, >> is there a MUA which does IMAP SMTP that does not rely on ncurses? > > nmh (and its various front-ends) do not depend upon nc

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-07 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2020-01-06 08:14:46) > I appreciate this thread - for me Steve's lumail was new info worth a > closer look! > > I currently use "afew" - a notmuch frontend ising Urwid to draw. Whoops, correction: The MUA I currently ue is "alot". Thanks to Curt for (indirectly) bringi

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-07 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi John, Quoting john doe (2020-01-07 09:07:06) > On 1/6/2020 4:26 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting john doe (2020-01-06 15:55:12) > >> - Why would one need dovecot-imap if you can use > >> interimap/oflineimap > > > > interimap syncronizes between imap accounts - it does not store on > >

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-07 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-04, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > As far as I can tell, Mutt uses the ncurses interface > > Can I use Mutt without ncurses? > > If no, is my only alternative Sup/Notmuch? Uncertain whether it meets your criteria, but there's a CLI MUA designed to work nicely

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-07 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-06, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > > nmh does not work well for accessing your mail from multiple, different > client machines. Which is one of the POP protocol deficiencies IMAP was invented to palliate in the first place, I thought, which makes me wonder whether it could be the appropria

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-07 Thread john doe
On 1/6/2020 4:26 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting john doe (2020-01-06 15:55:12) >> On 1/6/2020 8:14 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >>> I appreciate this thread - for me Steve's lumail was new info worth >>> a closer look! >>> >>> I currently use "afew" - a notmuch frontend ising Urwid to draw. >

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-07 Thread john doe
On 1/6/2020 6:50 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:43:40AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: >> On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:54:44 +0100 >> john doe wrote: >> >>> Yes there is, I connect to a VM using SSH and my Windows screenreader >>> does not like curses interface and maybe .other inter

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Den 04.01.2020 15:54, skrev john doe: [mail] without ncurses? ... I also need to configure IMAP and SMTP access, is there a MUA which does IMAP SMTP that does not rely on ncurses? nmh (and its various front-ends) do not depend upon ncurses. There are front-ends written in emacs-lisp (mh-e)

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:54:44 +0100 > john doe wrote: > >> Yes there is, I connect to a VM using SSH and my Windows screenreader >> does not like curses interface and maybe .other interface(s) as well > > Since there are plenty

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 07:00:38PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Related to above (but I guess only trims content, not headers) is the > Debian package t-prot - a tool written for mutt but according to the > package description should also be usable with mailx. That does sound like a good ide

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Greg Wooledge (2020-01-06 18:50:30) > On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:43:40AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:54:44 +0100 > > john doe wrote: > > > > > Yes there is, I connect to a VM using SSH and my Windows > > > screenreader does not like curses interface and maybe .

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:43:40AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:54:44 +0100 > john doe wrote: > > > Yes there is, I connect to a VM using SSH and my Windows screenreader > > does not like curses interface and maybe .other interface(s) as well > > Since there are plenty of

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 07:54:44 +0100 john doe wrote: > Yes there is, I connect to a VM using SSH and my Windows screenreader > does not like curses interface and maybe .other interface(s) as well Since there are plenty of programs out there that use curses or ncurses, perhaps a more elegant solutio

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting john doe (2020-01-06 15:55:12) > On 1/6/2020 8:14 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > I appreciate this thread - for me Steve's lumail was new info worth > > a closer look! > > > > I currently use "afew" - a notmuch frontend ising Urwid to draw. > > > > On my laptops I use interimap - a more e

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-06 Thread john doe
On 1/6/2020 8:14 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting john doe (2020-01-06 07:54:44) >> On 1/4/2020 6:12 PM, Steve Kemp wrote: As far as I can tell, Mutt uses the ncurses interface >>> >>> Yes. >>> Can I use Mutt without ncurses? >>> >>> No. >>> If no, is my only alternative Sup

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting john doe (2020-01-06 07:54:44) > On 1/4/2020 6:12 PM, Steve Kemp wrote: > >> As far as I can tell, Mutt uses the ncurses interface > > > > Yes. > > > >> Can I use Mutt without ncurses? > > > > No. > > > >> If no, is my only alternative Sup/Notmuch? > > > > https://aerc-mail.org/ is ne

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-05 Thread john doe
On 1/4/2020 6:12 PM, Steve Kemp wrote: >> As far as I can tell, Mutt uses the ncurses interface > > Yes. > >> Can I use Mutt without ncurses? > > No. > >> If no, is my only alternative Sup/Notmuch? > > https://aerc-mail.org/ is new, and golang-based. No ncurses. > > Though it has to be sai

Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface

2020-01-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 05 ian 20, 10:29:43, 황병희 wrote: > [sorry actually it is off-topic] > > Jude DaShiell writes: > > >> No, there are apline and gnus, to name a few. > > alpine will be a more correct spelling. > > Really i read Reco's apline as *alpine* without doubt. There is some > magic? https://www.sno

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