Re: LLM Local Documents ?

2024-06-24 Thread Jeff Peng
On 2024-06-25 11:49, jeremy ardley wrote: I've installed a desktop Large Language Model shell GPT4all does gtp4all have a shell only interface? my debian is remote server, has no desktop. regards.

Re: Publishing Formats

2024-06-24 Thread David Wright
On Mon 24 Jun 2024 at 22:34:39 (+), Russell L. Harris wrote: > Someone gave me an old SCEPTRE display with a screen 11.5 inch by 22 > inch. I never before saw the usefulness of a wide screen. > > A reader such as Atril can take advantage of the wide screen, allowing > me to zoom in until the

LLM Local Documents ?

2024-06-24 Thread jeremy ardley
I've installed a desktop Large Language Model shell GPT4all GPT4All provides a gui interface to installed or remote Large Language models. I'm running Nous Hermes 2 Mistral DPO locally and I can also use remote APIs, I think including openai GPT series. I want to get GPT4All to index and use

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Van Snyder
On Tue, 2024-06-25 at 08:59 +1000, David wrote: > On Mon, 2024-06-24 at 22:42 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > tex4ht may be of use to you.  I love the package. > That's what Texmaker employs to translate LaTeX to HTML. It couldn't find the tfm file for the fonts that Amazon recommended. pdflat

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread David
On Mon, 2024-06-24 at 22:42 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > tex4ht may be of use to you.  I love the package. That's what Texmaker employs to translate LaTeX to HTML. Cheers!

Re: Publishing Formats

2024-06-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
Someone gave me an old SCEPTRE display with a screen 11.5 inch by 22 inch. I never before saw the usefulness of a wide screen. A reader such as Atril can take advantage of the wide screen, allowing me to zoom in until the type size is comfortable, without the need to scroll left and right to rea

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
tex4ht may be of use to you. I love the package. RLH

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 2024-06-24 at 18:12, John Hasler wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> (Similar logic could be used for 11:59:59 PM, 12:00 M, and 12:00:01 AM, >> where the standalone M would stand for "midnight". That does expose one >> unfortunate weakness of this system: unless you introduce an additional >> la

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread John Hasler
The Wanderer writes: > (Similar logic could be used for 11:59:59 PM, 12:00 M, and 12:00:01 AM, > where the standalone M would stand for "midnight". That does expose one > unfortunate weakness of this system: unless you introduce an additional > layer of complexity, e.g. using "00:00 M", the notatio

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Van Snyder
On Tue, 2024-06-25 at 04:55 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Why not simply publish it as a PDF file? It's available on Amazon in print-on-demand (paperback or hardback) which I did indeed publish as PDF. But Amazon doesn't let you upload a PDF to be published for Kindle readers. They accept only Windoz

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF?

2024-06-24 Thread Van Snyder
On Mon, 2024-06-24 at 20:15 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 24 Jun 2024 13:01 -0700, from van.sny...@sbcglobal.net (Van > Snyder): > > How do I create an ePub (or mobi) from LaTeX or PDF? > > Since epub is basically a zip archive of HTML, CSS and image files > plus a small amount of metadata,

Re: mounting external hard drive from rescue mode shell?

2024-06-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> - Boot using the Grub on the X30's own HDD, and then ask Grub to boot >>the kernel+initrd found on the USB key (this is my favorite solution). > I think this is the path I should follow. It explicitly handles my immediate > problem and most likely satisfactorily handles issue(s) on other mac

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 2024-06-24 at 09:41, Erwan David wrote: > AM/PM would not be so strange if between 11AM and 1 PM it was 12 AM > ... Although I don't think anything or anyone actually does it this way, I think strictly speaking the correct 12-hour notation for that time would be "12:00 M" - followed by 12:00:0

Re: Publishing Formats

2024-06-24 Thread jeremy ardley
On 24/6/24 22:22, Richard wrote: Since it's quite OT, starting a new thread for this. I would most certainly never call formats like ooxml or odf “publishing formats”, they are content creation or editing formats. From a publishing format I expect to be able to show the content as intended

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Richard
First weapon of choice when trying to convert document formats would be pandoc. Have a look at it, it can handle quite a lot of formats. Other than that, there are guides like this [1], but it looks to me that you should just stick to LaTeX, as it's the best solution for typesetting, especially eq

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF?

2024-06-24 Thread David
On Mon, 2024-06-24 at 20:15 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 24 Jun 2024 13:01 -0700, from [van.sny...@sbcglobal.net](mailto:van.sny...@sbcglobal.net) (Van Snyder): > > > How do I create an ePub (or mobi) from LaTeX or PDF? > > > Since epub is basically a zip archive of HTML, CSS and image fi

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Bret Busby
On 25/6/24 04:01, Van Snyder wrote: I composed a book in LaTeX because I wanted the equations to be set correctly -- and because I've been using LaTeX for decades and am most comfortable using it. How do I create an ePub (or mobi) from LaTeX or PDF? I tried latex2ebook, which is based on late

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF?

2024-06-24 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 24 Jun 2024 13:01 -0700, from van.sny...@sbcglobal.net (Van Snyder): > How do I create an ePub (or mobi) from LaTeX or PDF? Since epub is basically a zip archive of HTML, CSS and image files plus a small amount of metadata, I would start by looking for something to convert LaTeX to modern HTML.

ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Van Snyder
I composed a book in LaTeX because I wanted the equations to be set correctly -- and because I've been using LaTeX for decades and am most comfortable using it. How do I create an ePub (or mobi) from LaTeX or PDF? I tried latex2ebook, which is based on latex2html. It crashes a few pages in. I tr

Re: Needed tool for vision-impaired - was [Re: PDF Editor for Debian]

2024-06-24 Thread Richard
I wouldn't say PDFs are bad for visually impaired users. In fact, as bitmap fonts are thankfully a thing of the past for almost everywhere, you can zoom any document to your hearts desire. Though sometimes you need some tricks, e.g. Evince is configured to only use 50 MB of storage by default for c

Re: Needed tool for vision-impaired - was [Re: PDF Editor for Debian]

2024-06-24 Thread Nicolas George
Karen Lewellen (12024-06-24): > Good afternoon. > I am providing another option that might help here. > robobraille, > > www.robobraille.org > Provides services, free of charge, that will convert pdf files to a number > of different formats, including .html > They provide audio, mobi, and conver

Re: Needed tool for vision-impaired - was [Re: PDF Editor for Debian]

2024-06-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Good afternoon. I am providing another option that might help here. robobraille, www.robobraille.org Provides services, free of charge, that will convert pdf files to a number of different formats, including .html They provide audio, mobi, and convert epub files too..but I digress. As a test,

Needed tool for vision-impaired - was [Re: PDF Editor for Debian]

2024-06-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/24/2024 12:35 AM, Richard wrote: Hello, this very much depends on what you are expecting it to do. In general, PDFs are only meant to be viewed - and printed - they where never meant for anything else. ... Second sentence should read: ... only meant to be viewed by those with *NORMAL* vi

Re: System time/timezone

2024-06-24 Thread Felix Miata
Bret Busby composed on 2024-06-24 23:42 (UTC+0800): > The USA is a few hundred years behind the rest of the > world, and, cannot comprehend ISO standards - > the ISO standard for date, is > 2024-06-24 > -MM-DD > which is the most efficient way of expressing a date, using the > components of

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread eben
On 6/24/24 11:42, Bret Busby wrote: On 24/6/24 21:38, Curt wrote: You can become confused, though, when filling out US forms where the birth date is written M/D/Y instead of D/M/Y, and sometimes you have to be careful not commit the silly mistake that will entrain months of delay in intricate

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread Bret Busby
On 24/6/24 21:38, Curt wrote: You can become confused, though, when filling out US forms where the birth date is written M/D/Y instead of D/M/Y, and sometimes you have to be careful not commit the silly mistake that will entrain months of delay in intricate *dédales* of the administration. Thi

Re: mounting external hard drive from rescue mode shell?

2024-06-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/23/2024 11:35 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Relevant laptop is so old I don't know if it can boot from a physical USB device. I was suspecting that simplest thing would be copying suitable image to hard drive and let GRUB earn its keep ;} Indeed my trusty old Thinkpad X30 doesn't boot from US

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread Bret Busby
On 24/6/24 21:41, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/06/2024 à 22:38, Curt a écrit : On 2024-06-23, gene heskett wrote: A attribute the FCC forced on broadcasters as they like to see transmitter logs kept in 24 hour time. I got so used to it that when I retired in 2002, I'd been on 24 hour time for 40 y

Publishing Formats (was: PDF Editor for Debian)

2024-06-24 Thread Richard
Since it's quite OT, starting a new thread for this. I would most certainly never call formats like ooxml or odf “publishing formats”, they are content creation or editing formats. From a publishing format I expect to be able to show the content as intended — which actually neither of them can do

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread Erwan David
Le 24/06/2024 à 22:38, Curt a écrit : On 2024-06-23, gene heskett wrote: A attribute the FCC forced on broadcasters as they like to see transmitter logs kept in 24 hour time. I got so used to it that when I retired in 2002, I'd been on 24 hour time for 40 years and didn't convert back to two 12

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread Curt
On 2024-06-24, Curt wrote: > On 2024-06-23, gene heskett wrote: >>> >> A attribute the FCC forced on broadcasters as they like to see >> transmitter logs kept in 24 hour time. I got so used to it that when I >> retired in 2002, I'd been on 24 hour time for 40 years and didn't >> convert back

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-24 Thread Curt
On 2024-06-23, gene heskett wrote: >> > A attribute the FCC forced on broadcasters as they like to see > transmitter logs kept in 24 hour time. I got so used to it that when I > retired in 2002, I'd been on 24 hour time for 40 years and didn't > convert back to two 12 hour periods a day. The

[OFFTOPIC] Re: About dash as sh

2024-06-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Do shells suffer UB? I always thought that was a C thing. UB is a standard concept when defining programming languages. Most if not all programming languages have some form of UB or another in some part of the spec. C is special w.r.t to UB in two ways: - UB is not relegated to corner cases th

Re: Mini-DebConf in Cambridge, UK - October 10-13 2024

2024-06-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 12:18:56PM +0200, somebody *claiming* to be Luna Jernberg wrote: Just to be 100% clear, that mail didn't come from Luna's normal gmail account but was instead spoofed and sent via emkei.cz, a "free online fake mailer". It's now blocked from Debian lists. -- Steve McInt

RE: Mini-DebConf in Cambridge, UK - October 10-13 2024

2024-06-24 Thread Luna Jernberg
will not be attending Debcamp/Debconf at all this year last week of July/first week of August as I am tired of drama in the Debian community right now and sledge was being an asshole and banned me from OFTC for a month like the transphobic pig he is, however will be attending as an online visito

Re: PDF Editor for Debian

2024-06-24 Thread jeremy ardley
On 24/6/24 13:35, Richard wrote: So your best bet is just to try to never have to edit a PDF at all. Always try to get a hand on the original file the PDF was delivered from. Even if it's a docx In my view, pdf and docx shoud be regarded as publication formats for content managed in a pro

Re: PDF Editor for Debian

2024-06-24 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 2:23 AM Arbol One wrote: > Hello. > Is there a PDF editor that would work with Debian 12? > I use Master PDF Editor. It works great. https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/ Thanks. > -- > *ArbolOne.ca* Using Fire Fox and Thunderbird. ArbolOne is composed of > students

Re: htmldoc default font size

2024-06-24 Thread Roger Price
On Sun, 23 Jun 2024, Dan Ritter wrote: Use this as a test file: testfile here is the base text run it through htmldoc without using a --fontsize option, open the resulting pdf and measure? I no longer have a working printer, but when I get access to one, I'll do some measurements. htmldo