Re: [dev] wicd and his little friends

2011-02-26 Thread Yoshi Rokuko
+--- hiro ---+ I now use wpa_cli -a and netplugd with a few scripts to stick it all together. I use wpa_cli -a for wifi events, because netplugd does too much with the device, always tries to keep it up. If anybody wants these scripts I can tar them up. i use

[dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Patrick Haller
Anyone here try using X11 without a window manager? Just using Xresources + specific tools: xbindkeys, xdotool, etc... I'm documenting the setup and adding small tools as needed (x-alt-tab, x-move-resize, x-session). https://github.com/patrickhaller/no-wm Patrick

Re: [dev] wicd and his little friends

2011-02-26 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Hi, hiro wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Kai Hendryhen...@iki.fi wrote: Please let me know if you figure this problem out. I now use wpa_cli -a and netplugd with a few scripts to stick it all together. I use wpa_cli -a for wifi events, because netplugd does too much with the device,

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On 2/26/11, Patrick Haller 201009-suckl...@haller.ws wrote: Anyone here try using X11 without a window manager? Just using Xresources + specific tools: xbindkeys, xdotool, etc... I'm documenting the setup and adding small tools as needed (x-alt-tab, x-move-resize, x-session).

Re: [dev] wicd and his little friends

2011-02-26 Thread hiro
Ok, I packaged it up for tinycorelinux where it is a pending extension at the moment, most people there don't have an easy to use alternative to wicd yet. There's a simple config file where you specify your two interface names, then everything gets started like this: ifconfig $WIRED up

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread hiro
Try rio from plan9port perhaps?

[dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread hiro
I've managed setting up my network, now I want to watch a movie. Currently I try to navigate fast on these streaming sites dodging most ads with pure speed until I get to the right page, where either the javascript for the flash player reveals the movie URI in the source code, or opera displays

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Patrick Haller
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:42:04PM +, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: Sounds really cool, but have you figured out how to manage detached (off-screen) windows? Maybe windows that aren't on screen suck too much. unmapped windows = xdotool search stupid_window windowmap mapped not

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Kurt H Maier
Precisely what value do you get out of hacking up shell scripts to do this with a dozen tools? -- # Kurt H Maier

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Steve Ryan
On 02/26/2011 11:10 AM, Patrick Haller wrote: unmapped windows = xdotool search stupid_window windowmap mapped not viewable = xdotool search stupid_window windowmove 0 0 I keep a stack of unmapped windows (especially for surf, which i open unmapped), managed via the script

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Patrick Haller
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:22:50AM -0500, Steve Ryan wrote: This is very cool, however I have one question. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're replacing window-manager functionality with various small scripts and built-in X tools, right? So wouldn't you just be creating a (very

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Patrick Haller
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:17:50AM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote: Precisely what value do you get out of hacking up shell scripts to do this with a dozen tools? It's at least a good way to understand exactly what one gets from X11. ;) Patrick

[dev] Aterm not running properly in dwm

2011-02-26 Thread Matt Mrozinski
I can't seem to find documentation anywhere on this, so here's the problem: In Arch Linux 64 bit, when I run aterm in fullscreen (tiling mode) and vim a file which requires scrolling beyond the physical screen size, aterm will simply open the file in a small portion of the fullscreen terminal

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread Jacob Todd
There's youtube-dl for youtube. With other sites you're on your own it seems. On Feb 26, 2011 9:07 AM, hiro 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: I've managed setting up my network, now I want to watch a movie. Currently I try to navigate fast on these streaming sites dodging most ads with pure speed

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Jacob Todd
What you seem to get is a shot in the foot. On Feb 26, 2011 12:07 PM, Patrick Haller 201009-suckl...@haller.ws wrote: On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:17:50AM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote: Precisely what value do you get out of hacking up shell scripts to do this with a dozen tools? It's at least a

Re: [dev] Aterm not running properly in dwm

2011-02-26 Thread hiro
I have the same problem with wmii + aterm. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Matt Mrozinski m...@factoryprime.net wrote: I can't seem to find documentation anywhere on this, so here's the problem: In Arch Linux 64 bit, when I run aterm in fullscreen (tiling mode) and vim a file which requires

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread thuban
Hi! Have a look at cclive, which support most of sites : http://cclive.sourceforge.net/ Le Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:59:48 +, Jacob Todd jaketodd...@gmail.com a écrit : There's youtube-dl for youtube. With other sites you're on your own it seems. On Feb 26, 2011 9:07 AM, hiro

Re: [dev] Aterm not running properly in dwm

2011-02-26 Thread Moritz Wilhelmy
This sounds - to me - like aterm doesn't support being managed by a windowmanager that has it's own idea of window resizing (tiling wm) urxvt and xterm are known to work. Why are you using aterm, if I may ask?

Re: [dev] Not Using a Window Manager?

2011-02-26 Thread Anders Andersson
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Steve Ryan gentleman.r...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/26/2011 01:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote: What you seem to get is a shot in the foot. Why do you say that? It seems pretty interesting to me. -Steve Seeing someone shoot himself in the foot can be both

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread Rob
and here's another (youtube only): http://repo.hu/projects/yget/

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread Peter John Hartman
it'll also help to fix your /etc/hosts via http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts then at least you aren't in a race with the ads. has anyone noticed that within the last few weeks, sites no longer establish a /tmp/FlashX* file? I used to pause the in-browser and run mplayer on that file

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread Anthony J. Bentley
has anyone noticed that within the last few weeks, sites no longer establish a /tmp/FlashX* file? I used to pause the in-browser and run mplayer on that file since mplayer works better; but now what am I to do? Newer versions of Flash delete the file immediately, but the file is still open in

Re: [dev] Aterm not running properly in dwm

2011-02-26 Thread hiro
Standard terminal on tinycorelinux, too lazy to debug or find alternatives. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Moritz Wilhelmy c...@wzff.de wrote: This sounds - to me - like aterm doesn't support being managed by a windowmanager that has it's own idea of window resizing (tiling wm) urxvt and

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread Peter John Hartman
Newer versions of Flash delete the file immediately, but the file is still open in memory and you can grab it from there. How? -- sic dicit magister P PhD Candidate Collaborative Programme in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy University of Toronto http://individual.utoronto.ca/peterjh

Re: [dev] browser flash videos and mpeg plugins

2011-02-26 Thread Anthony J. Bentley
Newer versions of Flash delete the file immediately, but the file is still open in memory and you can grab it from there. How? In the comments at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/saving-flash-videos-in-linux-tmp-no-longer-works/ Disclaimer: it’s a search result, I haven’t tried it,

Re: [dev] Aterm not running properly in dwm

2011-02-26 Thread Matt Mrozinski
I suppose i dont really like the way the bold fonts are really bold in those terminals, to the point where they're unreadable. Tho i have to admit, i haven't spent a lot of time playing with them. I'll give them a chance again, to be sure. - Original message - Standard terminal on