Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

tty = fopen_for_read(CURRENT_TTY);

Ah, thanks busybox. Just open the tty as a file :)

Does anybody have a clue how less (and more) work internally? Do I need to read ALL of stdin before I can get controlled by the user?

Today I learned how to use `brltty` to make a "headless" microcomputer talk.

The important step is that you remove lightdm (and any other gui packages which might run as the login shell).

Works okay, except it only reads out the line the cursor is on, so it's still important to pipe commands through `flite -voice awb`

Have been experimenting this last week with serving different bible translations over gemini. All scripts in gemini://gemini.zachdecook.com/cgi-bin/

esv.sh - great formatting, but rate limited by upstream
net.sh - no paragraph or section breaks, but haven't been rate-limited yet
oeb.sh - reasonable formatting, missing most bible books, self-hosted
lsv.py - minimal formatting, no section breaks, self-hosted

@RazorsKiss
I was running a personal funkwhale and friendica server on the same (at home) box (self-hosting = cheaper disk space).
funkwhale's ansible installer worked great in ubuntu. I was using nginx as my reverse proxy. No conflict with friendica, for which I used mariadb as db server.

@kelbot
gemini://gemini.zachdecook.com/capsule/ -- I'd like to post monthly, but don't always.
The ones I follow, with the dates last updated gemini://gemini.zachdecook.com/radar.gmi

@bunni
Install bbcodes one. (It's a listing error)
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard/
Or https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard/releases/tag/1.10-r3

@bunni @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology @jeder
I guess they know about it already
https://mastodon.technology/@fdroidorg/105803151140680640

@bunni
Wow, a bug with @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology ??v

#anysoftkeyboard doesn't appear on F-droid

Their link is broken: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/download/

@jeder

@bunni
Though I'll be real: looking forward to when florisboard adds support for this.

@bunni
Anysoftkeyboard has had swipe-typing for quite some time now. See "Enable gesture-typing [BETA]" in the Gestures setting page.

gemini://gemini.zachdecook.com/capsule/2021-02-20-font-creation.gmi

Chronicle of my amateur font-making experience. (1300 words).

@purism
Why does it look like a sim card? Is that slot just for smart cards?

@jameschip
Says James "Chip" Henderson, expert at making ncurses-based drawing programs.

@govynnus
Do you play it with a controller, or on a keyboard? How are controls configured (where is the jump button, and where is the dash button)?

@randomgeek
How???

Pocket Paint is the only painting/image manipulation android app I recommend.
I especially love layers, and how the bucket fill uses transparent colors.
The only feature which is lacking is semi-transparent image masking.
@gdroid@mastodon.technology #org_catrobat_paintroid #fdroid_app_comments