Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-10 Thread Noah Birnel
> Pay attention when things seem too slow or, in your words, feel too > clunky. That's telling you there's a rough edge you need to smooth > down. But once it's fixed and no longer bothering you, there's really > no need to go on fussing over it. > I'll echo that, but suggest that maybe what you

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-10 Thread Charlie Kester
On Mon 10 Mar 2014 at 09:29:16 PDT Charlie Kester wrote: Pay attention when things seem too slow or, in your words, feel too clunky. That's telling you there's a rough edge you need to smooth down. But once it's fixed and no longer bothering you, there's really no need to go on fussing over it

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-10 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sun 09 Mar 2014 at 12:54:11 PDT Caleb Malchik wrote: I switched to Linux/cli/dwm from OS X just a few years ago, and since the switch I feel the way I do certain basic things is embarrassingly inefficient. For example, if I find an article on the web I want to come back to, I will copy the

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-10 Thread Christophe-Marie Duquesne
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > Stop spreading this screencast crap. Use some expressive > language, maybe a screenshot and _text_ to describe what you are doing. > This is easier to read, can be easier stored, searched / grepped, trans‐ > lated, changed

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-10 Thread Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
Kai Hendry said: > Videos should be easier to store (if they are self-contained), create > and consume. Videos are harder to store (they are a lot larger then every other type of content), to create (video codecs are very bad at encoding text) and - the hardest part - to consume (you need to eith

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Kai Hendry
Videos should be easier to store (if they are self-contained), create and consume. Anyway, there is room for both mediums. Though a video needs good sound. ;)

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:33:37 +0100 Kai Hendry wrote: > I think screencasts are a good idea. I use this script > https://github.com/kaihendry/recordmydesktop2.0 to create screencasts > I upload to http://r2d2.webconverger.org/ > > The trouble I have when watching (work flow) screencast

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Kai Hendry
I think screencasts are a good idea. I use this script https://github.com/kaihendry/recordmydesktop2.0 to create screencasts I upload to http://r2d2.webconverger.org/ The trouble I have when watching (work flow) screencasts are the keystrokes aren't seen. Need a project is to log keyboard strokes

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
Caleb Malchik said: > I switched to Linux/cli/dwm from OS X just a few years ago, and since the > switch I feel the way I do certain basic things is embarrassingly > inefficient. For example, if I find an article on the web I want to come > back to, I will copy the URL from the address bar, open a

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Bryan Bennett
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Caleb Malchik wrote: > For example, if I find an article on the web I want to come > back to, I will copy the URL from the address bar, open a terminal window > with ctl-shift-enter, type 'vi doc/toread', then paste the URL > at the top of the file. This is made sl

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Swiatoslaw Gal
> For example, if I find an article on the > web I want to come back to, I will copy the URL from the address > bar, It depends on the browser you are using and how it communicates with you. I installed iceweasel to do the test and xprop gives me half a dozen of text icons bu no… url I am reading

Re: [dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread FRIGN
On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:54:11 -0400 Caleb Malchik wrote: Hey Caleb, > As a novice Linux user, I've been thinking it would be useful to see > some screencasts of experienced suckless users doing everyday things > like sending email, navigating directories, checking the calendar, > programming,

[dev] Screencasts?

2014-03-09 Thread Caleb Malchik
Greetings, As a novice Linux user, I've been thinking it would be useful to see some screencasts of experienced suckless users doing everyday things like sending email, navigating directories, checking the calendar, programming, looking up a word in the dictionary, etc. I switched to Linux/c