Re: [PLUG] Slideshow-like image viewer for XFCE on Slackware?

2019-02-08 Thread Ben Koenig
Geeqie is the plain image viewer for GTK desktops Gwenview is part of KDE4, thus integrates well if you are using a KDE desktop. The default should be geeqie in XFCE. Double click on an image like you would in ubuntu and check out the options. It does have a slideshow mode. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 a

Re: [PLUG] The Tragedy of systemd

2019-02-08 Thread tgrom.automail
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 16:34:48 -0600 Carl Karsten wrote: > Hello lists, > > It's hard to do linux without wondering some things about systemd, > this talk may answer some questions: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo > Please stop with your CoC pushing and calling everyone who calls

[PLUG] Slideshow-like image viewer for XFCE on Slackware?

2019-02-08 Thread Dick Steffens
On Ubuntu I use Eye of Gnome. I go to a directory, double click on an image file, and then can step through all the images in that directory. What image viewer(s) are available for Slackware that work like slideshows? -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ P

Re: [PLUG] The Tragedy of systemd

2019-02-08 Thread Ben Koenig
Some people have valid reasons for not adopting shit software. But let's not talk about that. Lets talk about alleged death threats and "fear of change". On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 5:42 PM Russell Senior wrote: > > Uh-oh: https://youtu.be/o_AIw9bGogo?t=1691 > > ;-) > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 2:36 P

Re: [PLUG] The Tragedy of systemd

2019-02-08 Thread Russell Senior
Uh-oh: https://youtu.be/o_AIw9bGogo?t=1691 ;-) On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 2:36 PM Carl Karsten wrote: > Hello lists, > > It's hard to do linux without wondering some things about systemd, > this talk may answer some questions: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo > > -- > Carl K > __

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Russell Senior
I should clarify also that ## removes the prefix. %% removes the suffix. Both are useful. Read your shell's manpage for full details. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 1:36 PM Russell Senior wrote: > The $(FOO##BAR} syntax removes BAR from $FOO, so modify BAR to match want > you want removed. > > On Fri, F

[PLUG] The Tragedy of systemd

2019-02-08 Thread Carl Karsten
Hello lists, It's hard to do linux without wondering some things about systemd, this talk may answer some questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo -- Carl K ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listin

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Russell Senior wrote: The $(FOO##BAR} syntax removes BAR from $FOO, so modify BAR to match want you want removed. Russell, Figured that was the case so added an underscore to ##BAR_. Carpe weekend, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PL

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Russell Senior wrote: for i in BMRR_* ; do echo mv $i ${i##BMRR} ; done So close! for i in BMRR_* ; do echo mv $i ${i##BMRR_} ; done -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.or

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Russell Senior
The $(FOO##BAR} syntax removes BAR from $FOO, so modify BAR to match want you want removed. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 1:32 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Russell Senior wrote: > > > It won't look exactly right, fwiw. > > Russell, > > True. The initial underscore remains. Will futz unt

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory [REALLY SOLVED]

2019-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Russell Senior wrote: You ought to be able to figure out what's wrong and correct it. Retry until it does look right *before* you remove the "echo". Russell, For the record, the working script is: for i in BMRR_* ; do mv $i ${i##BMRR_} ; done Best regards, Rich _

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Russell Senior wrote: It won't look exactly right, fwiw. Russell, True. The initial underscore remains. Will futz until it's gone. Robert's suggested use of rename worked for him, but not for me for some unknown reason. Thanks, Rich __

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory [SOLVED]

2019-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Robert Citek wrote: $ rename 's/^BMRR_//' BMRR_* Robert, Ah, I tried that with only * at the end, forgetting to specify the entire file pattern. Thanks very much, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlin

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Russell Senior
It won't look exactly right, fwiw. You ought to be able to figure out what's wrong and correct it. Retry until it does look right *before* you remove the "echo". On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 1:21 PM Russell Senior wrote: > for i in BMRR_* ; do echo mv $i ${i##BMRR} ; done > > if that looks right, then

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Russell Senior
for i in BMRR_* ; do echo mv $i ${i##BMRR} ; done if that looks right, then remove the "echo" and re-run. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 1:07 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a directory with 30 files. Each filename begins with BMRR_ and I > want > to strip that off, leaving the rest of the name unchan

Re: [PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Robert Citek
$ ls -1 BMRR_Pits.cpg BMRR_Pits.dbf BMRR_Pits.prj BMRR_Pits.shp BMRR_Pits.shx $ rename 's/^BMRR_//' BMRR_* $ ls -1 Pits.cpg Pits.dbf Pits.prj Pits.shp Pits.shx Regards, - Robert On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 1:05 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a directory with 30 files. Each filename begins with BM

[PLUG] Removing initial characters from all file names in directory

2019-02-08 Thread Rich Shepard
I have a directory with 30 files. Each filename begins with BMRR_ and I want to strip that off, leaving the rest of the name unchanged. There are 5 different extensions on the files. I've used rename to change file extensions but not characters at the front or middle of filenames. My web searches

Re: [PLUG] Attempt to install jdk on Slackware Laptop

2019-02-08 Thread Dick Steffens
On 2/7/19 10:57 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: In the morning I'll try copying the slackbuild and the jdk from my desktop machine and try again. If that doesn't work, there's always the clinic a week from Sunday. That was successful. JDK is installed, as is LibreOffice. -- Regards, Dick Steffen