Short version:
• This works: printf 'options.plugins_url=""\noptions.motd_url=""\n' >
~/.visidatarc
• Your earlier suggestion does not work anymore.
Boring technical details follow.
On Mon 13 Dec 2021 18:58:27 -0800, Anja wrote:
> For now, you can set `options.plugins_url=None` to your `~/.visidatarc` to
> turn that off. `open-plugins` will not work, but if you do not want your
> software making network requests, you probably would not want that feature.
I am a nosy bystander.
I do not use visicalc (I use awk and sqlite 😉).
By default "visidata" causes two files to be created (by downloading).
~/.visidata/cache/https%3A%2F%2Fvisidata.org%2Fmotd-2.2.1
~/.visidata/cache/https%3A%2F%2Fvisidata.org%2Fplugins%2Fplugins.jsonl
One of them "leaks" the visidata version number.
https://sources.debian.org/src/visidata/2.2.1-1/visidata/motd.py/?hl=8#L16
Your suggested option did NOT have any effect (both files are created):
echo options.plugins_url=None > ~/.visidatarc
However, this DID work (neither file is created):
printf 'options.plugins_url=""\noptions.motd_url=""\n' > ~/.visidatarc
A full transcript is attached.
bash5$ mmdebstrap bullseye /dev/null \
--customize-hook='chroot $1 env HOME=/root bash; false' \
--include=visidata,ca-certificates
> > I: automatically chosen mode: unshare
I: chroot architecture amd64 is equal to the host's architecture
I: automatically chosen format: tar
I: using /tmp/mmdebstrap.CSr8eY4FbU as tempdir
I: running apt-get update...
done
I: downloading packages with apt...
done
I: extracting archives...
done
I: installing essential packages...
done
I: downloading apt...
done
I: installing apt...
done
I: installing remaining packages inside the chroot...
done
done
done
I: running --customize-hook in shell: sh -c 'chroot $1 env HOME=/root bash;
false' exec /tmp/mmdebstrap.CSr8eY4FbU
root@hera:/# visidata
› visidata_menu| user_macros | saul.pw/VisiData v2.2.1 | Ctrl+H opens help
open-vd 11 metasheets q
root@hera:/# root@hera:/# find /root/
/root/
/root/.visidata
/root/.visidata/cache
/root/.visidata/cache/https%3A%2F%2Fvisidata.org%2Fmotd-2.2.1
/root/.visidata/cache/https%3A%2F%2Fvisidata.org%2Fplugins%2Fplugins.jsonl
/root/.bashrc
/root/.profile
root@hera:/# rm -rf /root/.visidata
root@hera:/# echo options.plugins_url=None > ~/.visidatarc
root@hera:/# visidata
› visidata_menu| user_macros | saul.pw/VisiData v2.2.1 | Ctrl+H open-vd
11 metasheets q
root@hera:/# root@hera:/# find /root/
/root/
/root/.visidata
/root/.visidata/cache
/root/.visidata/cache/https%3A%2F%2Fvisidata.org%2Fplugins%2Fplugins.jsonl
/root/.visidata/cache/https%3A%2F%2Fvisidata.org%2Fmotd-2.2.1
/root/.visidatarc
/root/.bashrc
/root/.profile
root@hera:/# rm -rf /root/.visidata
root@hera:/# printf 'options.plugins_url=""\noptions.motd_url=""\n' >
~/.visidatarc
root@hera:/# visidata
› visidata_menu| user_macros | saul.pw/VisiData v2.2.1 | Ctrl+H open-vd
11 metasheets q
root@hera:/# root@hera:/# find /root/
/root/
/root/.visidatarc
/root/.bashrc
/root/.profile
root@hera:/# exit
E: run_chroot failed: E: command failed: chroot $1 env HOME=/root bash; false
W: listening on child socket failed:
I: removing tempdir /tmp/mmdebstrap.CSr8eY4FbU...
bash5$
