Re: Thanks to all -- Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 08:46:18AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > "remind" is the appropriate tool. > It does NOT rely on anything other than computer being turned on. > With appropriate script it can "nag" me ;} > q.v. > https://manpages.debian.org/buster/remind/remind.1.en.html > https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ FWIW, I run remind as a personal cron job every day, and have it email me the results of today's reminders. Incredibly useful. I also wrote a web front end for it which looks a lot nicer than tkremind. It can't update the reminders, but it does show them in a nice calendar format on a web page. Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com
Re: Thanks for all your suggestions regarding Xfce!
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Re: Thanks to All
On 01 May 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:14:00PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. Probably not. As I shall be 80 this month, I thought it was time to start experimenting with FreeBSD. Clearly a technical challenge; as for morality, I think FreeBSD, like Debian, scores pretty well for that. AC`kkk -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130501072704.gc6...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: Thanks to All
On 5/1/2013 3:27, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 01 May 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:14:00PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. Probably not. As I shall be 80 this month, I thought it was time to start experimenting with FreeBSD. Clearly a technical challenge; as for morality, I think FreeBSD, like Debian, scores pretty well for that. AC`kkk If you need any help, feel free to subscribe to freebsd-questions[0]. [0] - http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions -- staticsafe O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51811622.1050...@staticsafe.ca
Re: Thanks to All
On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:40:28 +1200 Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: Hello Chris, I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. Ah, I see. Obviously, I'm not as wise as I am old. :-) -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent A friend of a friend he got beaten I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All
On 01 May 2013, staticsafe wrote: On 5/1/2013 3:27, Anthony Campbell wrote: If you need any help, feel free to subscribe to freebsd-questions[0]. [0] - http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions Yes, thanks - already done that. I'm enjoying my exploration of FreeBSD. AC - Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130501201510.ga10...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:36:53 +0200 Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Hello Siard, AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. Whilst I agree that the manufacturer's/developer's (etc.) philosophy starts to get more important as one gets older (I'm 52 myself), if the technical aspects don't fit my requirements the project would still be a non starter. For me. Like I said; Each to their own. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent You don't entertain ideas you simply bore them I Don't Like You - Stiff Little Fingers signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. Yes. Even if the Load images option is set to yes, there are times when they still won't get displayed unless you also set enable remote content. If you don't want to do that on a permanent basis (via the Fancy plugin configuration menu item), it can be done on a per mail basis by clicking on the tools icon at the bottom of the display area and selecting enable remote content there. Sylpheed only has one plugin. And it wasn't what I needed. CM plugin don't show up in Sylpheed, but I haven't really tried finding out why or even if they are compatible. Since the divergence (some years ago now), I have no idea whether the plugin i/f's are compatible. Gotta finish reading the f'ing manuals first. ;-) Manuals? We don't need no stinkin' manuals! :-) -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent Kill joy, bad guy, big talking, small fry Death On Two Legs - Queen signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All
John Hasler writes: Siard writes: AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. That has not been my experience. Some people mature very slowly... :-)) Perhaps it's yet to come ;-) I used SuSE for a long time. But when its owner, Novell, went to collaborate with a company that is not known for its noble intentions, I could not live with that and switched to Debian. That is a clear example of a non-technical criterion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130430151937.30f82ce1fd227210ad716...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All
John Hasler wrote: Siard writes: AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. That has not been my experience. mine neither hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/klojti$i74$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: Thanks to All
On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent It's cool to know nothin' Never Miss A Beat - Kaiser Chiefs signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:14:00PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130430214028.GA20075@tal
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Patrick Bartek wrote: google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Instead of google-chrome, you could try midori, and close it after viewing. It's a fast, light-weight browser that I find well suited for this purpose. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429123248.c3ade8a54d773c47100dd...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Lisi Reisz: Siard: Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. I type google-chrome (without the and ) in the launcher to get Crome opened. Yes, as you can see, I don't have Chrome installed myself... ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429122334.67388cbb44e408384818a...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 06:41:31PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: [cut] google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. You might try switching to Claws-Mail, then. It's a fork of Sylpheed which offers extra features, one of which is the Fancy plugin. Enable that and you can view HTML messages directly in the viewer pane. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:45:46 +0100 Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 06:41:31PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: [cut] google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. You might try switching to Claws-Mail, then. It's a fork of Sylpheed which offers extra features, one of which is the Fancy plugin. Enable that and you can view HTML messages directly in the viewer pane. Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429070701.0b012888afcdcb982f738...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:41:50 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. Flakey in what way? So far, I haven't noted anything unusual with Sylpheed. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429071009.dd2e5b55fae8ef0ba5c2f...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. From what I see at their respective web sites, CM has more plugins available for it that Sylpheed has. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent The public wants what the public gets Going Underground - The Jam signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On 04/29/2013 10:10 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:41:50 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. Flakey in what way? So far, I haven't noted anything unusual with Sylpheed. As I recall (it's been a year or two since I switched) Sylpheed was timing out on one or two IMAP connections...waiting for the 60 sec timeout, then rebuilding the IMAP connection, at which point everything would be fine...until the next time when it would timeout again..etc etc. I spent a lot of time configuring and reconfiguring, Googline the problem etc. Thundebird never seems to have the problem. As far as plugins, CLAWS is the definite winner. Sylpheed has very few (if any). -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/517e8ce0.40...@videotron.ca
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Brad Rogers: Patrick Bartek: Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. From what I see at their respective web sites, CM has more plugins available for it that Sylpheed has. Using Sylpheed, I once tried Claws. For messages marked with a color in Sylpheed, the colors got lost. It had a couple of extra bells and whistles I didn't need and that I found just irritating. But that horrible logo just about put the lid on it. It was a picture of a bird's claw. Then I realized: I'm not of their kind. Back to Sylpheed! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429194117.edb367d847343c4ac6978...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:41:17 +0200 Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Hello Siard, Using Sylpheed, I once tried Claws. For messages marked with a color in Sylpheed, the colors got lost. It had a couple of extra bells and IDK why that happened. I never used colouring in Sylpheed, so can't even hazard guess for the reason. whistles I didn't need and that I found just irritating. But that horrible logo just about put the lid on it. It was a picture of a bird's claw. Then I realized: I'm not of their kind. Back to Sylpheed! Each to their own, of course. I don't care about logos, etc. If the program does what I want, then it's fine by me. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent When I say ugly, I don't mean rough looking, I mean hideous Ugly - The Stranglers signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Brad Rogers: Siard: But that horrible logo just about put the lid on it. It was a picture of a bird's claw. Then I realized: I'm not of their kind. Back to Sylpheed! Each to their own, of course. I don't care about logos, etc. If the program does what I want, then it's fine by me. AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. - Siard (male, 62) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429233653.36345a56541a285bcee03...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All
Siard writes: AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. That has not been my experience. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zjwhrr8k@thumper.dhh.gt.org
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0100 Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. From what I see at their respective web sites, CM has more plugins available for it that Sylpheed has. Sylpheed only has one plugin. And it wasn't what I needed. CM plugin don't show up in Sylpheed, but I haven't really tried finding out why or even if they are compatible. Gotta finish reading the f'ing manuals first. ;-) B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429164701.f1ce621cba935189ce848...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:08:16 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/29/2013 10:10 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:41:50 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. Flakey in what way? So far, I haven't noted anything unusual with Sylpheed. As I recall (it's been a year or two since I switched) Sylpheed was timing out on one or two IMAP connections...waiting for the 60 sec timeout, then rebuilding the IMAP connection, at which point everything would be fine...until the next time when it would timeout again..etc etc. I spent a lot of time configuring and reconfiguring, Googline the problem etc. Thundebird never seems to have the problem. Haven't noted any time outs here. Maybe, it was bug that's been fixed since last used it or the time out has been turned off by default. Don't know. But I'll keep an eye out. As far as plugins, CLAWS is the definite winner. Sylpheed has very few (if any). Sylpheed only has one, as far as I can find. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429165015.289587ac6093617f3d0b6...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0100 Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. I think so. I also use claws mail with the fancy plugin and it displays images fine here. As I recall I spent quite a while in the config till I got happy with everything though.. :) I also use the tray icon plugin so I can minimize claws to the system tray and see when new mail arrives. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429183625.6ba7b...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:36:25 -0700,Alan Ianson agian...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0100 Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. I think so. I also use claws mail with the fancy plugin and it displays images fine here. As I recall I spent quite a while in the config till I got happy with everything though.. :) It was a config setting. Images were set NOT to show. Changed it. Also, ticks for turning on javascript, java, etc. Not touching those until I read the manual. Don't know exactly how they will work in the reader. I also use the tray icon plugin so I can minimize claws to the system tray and see when new mail arrives. I don't have either Claws or Slypheed set to check for mail automatically. I do it manually 2 or 3 times a day. Prefer it that way. Thanks for the info. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429192330.2da74...@debian7.boseck208.net
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:06:33 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/27/2013 07:10 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:48:55 -0400, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. I don't know how Sylpheed handles HTML either. I'm still reading the manual. Since it accepts plugins, I'm hoping it will be handle there, automagically. B Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428003706.40b3377a0d2cd98281d00...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Patrick Bartek: Frank McCormick: Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) This works so well that there has never been a need for an internal html viewer. The browser you prefer can be set in Configuration Common preferences Details tab External commands. I have 'Web browser' set to opera '%s' . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428111711.21c98b4f.shiems...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:17:11 +0200 Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Patrick Bartek: Frank McCormick: Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. This works so well that there has never been a need for an internal html viewer. The browser you prefer can be set in Configuration Common preferences Details tab External commands. I have 'Web browser' set to opera '%s' . I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428093643.6c527cd4238466d47cbe1...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Patrick Bartek: Siard: Patrick Bartek: Frank McCormick: Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. Click the 'attachment list view' button that appears in every message containing html. I'll show it here, it's at the right red arrow: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/stuff/sylpheed.png Then right-click the html part (left red arrow) to 'Open' or 'Open with...' This works so well that there has never been a need for an internal html viewer. The browser you prefer can be set in Configuration Common preferences Details tab External commands. I have 'Web browser' set to opera '%s' . I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428193606.259fc4d94f7f297c2c45b...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sunday 28 April 2013 18:36:06 Siard wrote: Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. I type google-chrome (without the and ) in the launcher to get Crome opened. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201304282348.20896.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Patrick Bartek: Siard: [snip] Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. Click the 'attachment list view' button that appears in every message containing html. I'll show it here, it's at the right red arrow: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/stuff/sylpheed.png Then right-click the html part (left red arrow) to 'Open' or 'Open with...' Okay, found it. [snip] I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428184131.703b1cadcb35b89edb645...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Patrick Bartek: Siard: [snip] Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. Click the 'attachment list view' button that appears in every message containing html. I'll show it here, it's at the right red arrow: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/stuff/sylpheed.png Then right-click the html part (left red arrow) to 'Open' or 'Open with...' Okay, found it. [snip] I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/517debfe.7000...@videotron.ca
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: Thanks to all who helped getting my Yahoo Mail account switched over to a standard e-mail client, currently Sylpheed 3.2.0. I've always hated using the web interface. All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427194855.ga21...@aurora.owens.net
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: Thanks to all who helped getting my Yahoo Mail account switched over to a standard e-mail client, currently Sylpheed 3.2.0. I've always hated using the web interface. All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) You'll also want to tweak the line wrap option (I hope) :) http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/en/faq/faq-1.html http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/doc/manual/en/sylpheed-8.html According to research 72 is a good limit for comprehension, whereas some people said they could read faster if the lines were set at about 100 characters but then they didn't comprehend it as well as if it was set at 72 characters. -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427203428.GC22064@tal
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:34:28 +1200, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) You'll also want to tweak the line wrap option (I hope) :) [snip] According to research 72 is a good limit for comprehension, whereas [snip] Oops! I had line length set at 72, but hadn't enabled word wrap. Silly me. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427160409.7cce4b9f6ba62d833e08c...@yahoo.com
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:48:55 -0400, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. I don't know how Sylpheed handles HTML either. I'm still reading the manual. Since it accepts plugins, I'm hoping it will be handle there, automagically. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427161005.2d4519a5e13c04b599865...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On 04/27/2013 07:10 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:48:55 -0400, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. I don't know how Sylpheed handles HTML either. I'm still reading the manual. Since it accepts plugins, I'm hoping it will be handle there, automagically. B Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/517c6809.60...@videotron.ca
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
+1 user staunch of Debian. -- Gérard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Much respect for you cats. Keep up the great work. On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Sincerely, -- Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser -- Ezra Taylor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Ezra Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Much respect for you cats. Keep up the great work. And another huge thank you from me too. I've no idea what I'd do without my fave distro. Jaime :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Wholehearted agreement here. Hmm, maybe we should copy in an Ubuntu mailing list (ditto all other Debian-derived distros) so more folks can join in the love-in? :) Sincere thanks for all that you (the developers and maintainers) have done, and to Damon Chesser for starting such a feel-good thread. Sam
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 01:01 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: Wholehearted agreement here. Hmm, maybe we should copy in an Ubuntu mailing list (ditto all other Debian-derived distros) so more folks can join in the love-in? :) I think that would only be appropriate if Ubuntu were congruent to the debian-desktop project instead of being gratuitously different, in particularly when it comes to package naming and compatibility. Until then, they're reinventing the wheel, and it's not entirely round. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. +1 Cant imagine myself using anything but Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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yes, cannot thank debian too much :) I hope debian will always be free, stable and powerful :) On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Damon L. Chesser wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Second that. Super team. Hugo I agree wholeheartedly. Also, the Debian policy of making it clear which packages are open source and which are non-free helps me trust Debian more than any other distribution. Many times I have checked if a package was included in Debian to make my first impressions ... if it is not in Debian then it requires more thorough care before installing it. Great work!! -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - Buddha Debian GNU/Linux MSN/aMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Damon L. Chesser wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Second that. Super team. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Damon L. Chesser wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Second that. Super team. Hugo I agree wholeheartedly. Also, the Debian policy of making it clear which packages are open source and which are non-free helps me trust Debian more than any other distribution. Many times I have checked if a package was included in Debian to make my first impressions ... if it is not in Debian then it requires more thorough care before installing it. Great work!! -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
