Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Santtu Lakkala
On 4.7.2023 21.16, Dave Blanchard wrote: People on this email list tend to go to an extreme in favoring simplicity above all else, which is why they release dumpster fires like the ST terminal emulator for example which has absolutely no features at all, is riddled with bugs and compatibility

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Santtu Lakkala
On 5.7.2023 11.01, Nikita Krasnov wrote:> Where do *you* draw the line when it comes to what software to use? There's no reason to draw any lines, just use what works for you. Personally I prefer simple software for multitude reasons: - they start up faster than my attention span runs out - th

Re: [dev] running a shortlink provider

2023-06-01 Thread Santtu Lakkala
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 12:44:14PM +0300, Santtu Lakkala wrote: > On 25.5.2023 6.47, Spenser Truex wrote: > > There are a lot of bloated projects that I've found. Any suggestions? > > It uses symbolic links in a directory as a data backend. This should not > have any race i

Re: [dev] running a shortlink provider

2023-05-31 Thread Santtu Lakkala
Hi, On 25.5.2023 6.47, Spenser Truex wrote: My internet friends and I have been wanting a shortlinks provider. How can I do this in a suckless way? I'd like to be able to host the shortlinks provider and easily let my friends point their own domains at my VPS. I used to just upload a HTML file

Re: [dev] [dwm] swallow without patching dwm -- or losing focus

2023-05-26 Thread Santtu Lakkala
On 26.5.2023 9.19, NRK wrote:> `system` is a function that should never be used unless the person is aware of all the shell shenanigans that can bite back. The above is an extreme example, but *any* character that has special meaning to shell can cause problems. You should instead look into exec

[dev] [dwm] Wrong monitor positions after removing leftmost monitor

2022-02-16 Thread Santtu Lakkala
after that, but I always forget to do that :) The attached patch removes some ifs to adjust monitor coordinates also in the removal case. -- Santtu LakkalaFrom 2d9e420aaf8eac81b53f45970197a9c443756408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Santtu Lakkala Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:20:31 +0200 Subject