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Can I do this in hyprland? In sway? In any other WM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Reading https://codeberg.org/river/river/src/branch/master/protocol/river-layout-v3.xml it seems to me that what I want to do is actually not possible in river, even writing a custom layout manager...

IIUC the protocol works like this: river asks "how should I layout N windows in HxW screen?" and the layout replies "window1: H1xW1 at offset X1,Y1; window2: H2xW2 ...", so there is no way for the layout manager to identify specific windows and, in my use case, put all the text editors on the left side of the screen etc.

Did you have some other approach in mind when you suggested river? (I may very well be over-complicating things and not seeing a more straightforward solution)

Can I do this in hyprland? In sway? In any other WM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

TBH I really liked the idea behind river, but does it have tabs? Also... I would need to write my own custom layout, wouldn't I?

BTW: are there other WMs that are modular like river?

Can I do this in hyprland? In sway? In any other WM? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Sorry to be a bother, but... how do I tell hyprland I want a window to be added to a specific group?

I was thinking of something like:

windowrulev2 = tag texteditor, class:(myfirsteditor)
windowrulev2 = tag texteditor, class:(mysecondeditor)
windowrulev2 = group XXX, tag:texteditor

but I can't find what I should write instead of group XXX to tell hyprland/hy3 that I want the window to be added to a group on the left-side of workspace 1...

I would also be fine with some rule that could be added to exec or probably even some dispatcher, but I can't find anything that allows to target (or define) a specific group.

Am I pursuing this from the wrong direction?

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Can I do this in hyprland? In sway? In any other WM? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I want to have my screen (the "dev" workspace) split in three "zones":

on the left side, a tabbed group with all the text editors I start (ie. if I start a new one, it goes there in a new tab)
on the top-right, a tabbed group of whatever many terminal I feel like launching
on the bottom-right, my browsers (and possibly other stuff), in a group without tabs
a key combination to cycle between: all three "zones" visible, text editors on the left - terminal on the right, text editors on the left - browser on the right, fullscreen browser

So far I've been looking at hyprland (for no particular reason except the hype) and I don't think I can do the above with it (I am by no means an expert, so... maybe it can actually be done?).

Do you know of any WM where it would be possible? (possibly, one with automatic splitting a-la bspwm, that I would use for the other workspaces)

New terminal apps: Warp and Wave in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Philosophy aside, the practical issue with your terminal emulator having to support your shell is... that one does not use just one shell: what happens whenever you start a repl or an whatever program that has interactive sessions (say, for example, psql or parted)?

tightly integrated shell and terminal emulator support. There are just things you cannot do with these being separate things.

I can't think of any, but I'm not the most creative person... what do you have in mind?

Having something that is like (say) tmux+fish could make sense, but only if it's something that outweighs the lost flexibility of being able to combine + .

New terminal apps: Warp and Wave in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Might I add the idea that your terminal emulator must support your shell is utterly ridiculous?

https://docs.waveterm.dev/reference/faq#what-shells-does-wave-terminal-support

https://docs.warp.dev/getting-started/using-warp-with-shells

Also Wave might be FOSS but if you look at the footer in their website it says it's backed by venture capital... how would you estimate the chances it gets closed, paywalled or otherwise enshittified?

New terminal apps: Warp and Wave in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

That's not something a terminal emulator should do - it's a feature that belongs in your shell :)

US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

Irrelevant: the goal is not preventing shootings (I mean, they would go for the obvious solution otherwise)

Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Why did they call them 'gold' and 'silver pro'?

Open source alternative to executables in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I hate them (seriously).

It's basically a second distro inside your distro (try du -chs /var/lib/flatpak/) and if something breaks (eg. last year mesa with my graphics card) it isn't easy to identify were the problem is (because all libs update at the same time), plus you can't just try a newer (or older) version of some lib as you would in your distro.

Moreover, you can't flatpak CLI tools (also servers and OS components, but I guess the ubuntu folks are the only ones who care about those).

Open source alternative to executables in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

btw :)

Denmark takes historic turn and unveils nuclear power engine: There have only been 4 in history in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

only dangerous for around 500 years

That "only" is just ridiculous :)

Just try to imagine the history of a nuclear waste storage site from the 1500s... how many budget cuts would have it seen? how much buck-passing when it changed hands as a result of war of revolution? how many times would it have been bombed? (and it's not like we've had bombing for a very long time).

We are just not responsible enough to play around with nuclear. Hell, we are showing we are even not responsible enough for hydrocarbons.

(yes, I do know some amount of nuclear waste, from medical applications etc., is definitely worth it and unavoidable - let's just keep it to a minimum)

Denmark takes historic turn and unveils nuclear power engine: There have only been 4 in history in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

AFAIK a sunken reactor is not as big of a threat to life as a one (marine or land-based) that releases nuclear material in the atmosphere, so the biggest issue should be what may happen before the reactor sinks.

Anyway IMHO the biggest issue with nuclear is not its safety, but rather that, even when it operates without the slightest of incidents, it produces waste that needs to be kept "safe" for periods of time that exceed the age of most nation states (let alone private companies).

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Recommend me a scripting language (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been looking around for a scripting language that:

has a cli interpreter
is a "general purpose" language (yes, awk is touring complete but no way I'm using that except for manipulating text)
allows to write in a functional style (ie. it has functions like map, fold, etc and allows to pass functions around as arguments)
has a small disk footprint
has decent documentation (doesn't need to be great: I can figure out most things, but I don't want to have to look at the interpter source code to do so)
has a simple/straightforward setup (ideally, it should be a single executable that I can just copy to a remote system, use to run a script and then delete)

Do you know of something that would fit the bill?

Here's a use case (the one I run into today, but this is a recurring thing for me).

For my homelab I need (well, want) to generate a luhn mod n check digit (it's for my provisioning scripts to generate synchting device ids from their certificates).

I couldn't find ready-made utilities for this and I might actually need might a variation of the "official" algorithm (IIUC syncthing had a bug in their initial implementation and decided to run with it).

I don't have python (or even bash) available in all my systems, and so my goto language for script is usually sh (yes, posix sh), which in all honestly is quite frustrating for manipulating data.

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Mozilla acquired Anonym, an ad start-up (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 2 months ago by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Launcher with integrated clock and tray? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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After years of my desktop environment (kde) being configured the same way, I tried enabling auto-hiding in my panel and I quite like the extra screen estate.

Now, the only reasons why I have a panel in the first place are the clock and the system tray (I don't use the ~~start~~ applications menu and I don't care for the task manager) so I've started wondering if I could completely dispose of the panel.

Do you know of any launcher (I use krunner but switching to something else is fine) that satisfies (or can be configured to satisfy) the following?

shows the current date/time
integrates a system tray
launches applications
does math, unit conversion and currency conversion

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Recommendations for workout/training tracker app? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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The app at my gym sucks: there is no checklist of what exercises you have done and no tracking of how much weight you used. Plus, for whatever reason, it wants access to my location.

I've found a number of alternatives on F-Droid, but each of the six or so I tried was completely unusable (some seemed unfinished alphas, others are probably too old for my android version).

Is there one app that you use and would recommend?

What I'm looking for is:

At home: I setup my programs (different ones for different days)
At the gym: I can select a program, check off the exercises while I do them (the order I do them on depends on where there is fewer people at the gym), and log things like if I managed all the sets/reps, how much weight I used, and how long I exercised for (for things like the tapis roulant).
Bonus points if I can also track my weight in the same app, and if the app can export/sync the data or produce some kind of graphs/statistics based on it.

Thanks!

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ANC headphones/earbuds that require no proprietary apps? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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This may be OT since strictly speaking it's about hardware... I trust it is ok to post it given the spirit of the community, but have my apologies and feel free to remove it if it's not.

I'm looking to replace my old Bose QC25, since they have recently died (after a long a fulfilling life), but it seems everything nowadays is bluetooth (which I don't mind) and require some proprietary app to turn ANC on/off (which I do mind... are physical buttons/switches become too expensive to include in your overpriced earbuds?).

Anyway... do you know of any headphones/earbuds that meet the following?

can be powered via wire or have batteries that last 12+hrs (long-haul flights)
have decent noise cancelling
don't require me to install a apps or can be used with some open source app (possibly with full functionality and straightforward to setup)
are not overly expensive (I have to buy 2 pairs and I'll only use them a few times a year when I fly)