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+

De Gaulle - Two films

+

2026-06-04

+

De Gaulle is more popular than ever

+

+ People who choose a country to be their home are often patriotic as + it's their choice, not mere circumstance. +

+

Personally I'm patriotic but certainly not nationalist.

+
+ “The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the + patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the + nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the + first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a + feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.” + ― + Sydney J. Harris +
+

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+ +
+
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+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Filtering-the-web.html b/articles/2026/Filtering-the-web.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a94d16 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Filtering-the-web.html @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + + + + + + + + Filtering the web + + +
+

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+

Filtering the web

+

2026-06-20

+

A browser that says no

+

+ To me the problem with the smolweb is that there's isn't a browser + that applies these rules. Dillo comes close, even though it needs a + makeover. +

+

+ Dillo also has an rdrview plugin, but you have to manually write + rdrview: in front of the url in the url bar of every page to see the + results. +

+

+ A better solution would be a smolweb plugin that filters the entire + html page rejecting anything that doesn't + validate or pass to + rdrview . Degrees of acceptance could be set in settings. +

+

+ A dedicated browser wouldn't require searching for smolweb / smallweb + / indieweb blogs, sites, or articles. (There seems to be no such thing + as a smolweb search engine, although points for wiby, marginalia, kagi + and mojeek). +

+

+ Just point the browser to any web site and if it borks, display the + "errors" or ignore it with a + + 418 I'm a teapot error: after all it's the web site author's responsibility to provide + clean, readable web sites. +

+

+ Imagine a world where this plugin would be as ubiquitous as + ublock-origin, it could even change web site development. +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Freedos-thoughts.html b/articles/2026/Freedos-thoughts.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d16485e --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Freedos-thoughts.html @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + + + + + + + + Freedos thoughts + + +
+

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+

Freedos thoughts

+

2026-06-11

+

Maybe I have the best system already

+

+ I've been looking at Freedos for the retrocomputing nostalgia value + and the text-only goodness. +

+

+ I wound up using Qemu on my X270 as Freedos on bare metal means my 14 + year old Thinkpad X220 is way too modern. +

+

+ Yes there's some crazy good software, and it's fun. But using + fullscreen in Qemu means a fuzzy display, and I came to measure how + the terminal on Linux is truly light years ahead. +

+

+ In fact it pushes home that my Artix / DWM / Kitty setup is the + veritable retrocomputing bees knees +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/From-minimalist-to-smolweb.html b/articles/2026/From-minimalist-to-smolweb.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54de0bd --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/From-minimalist-to-smolweb.html @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + + + + + + + From minimalist to smolweb + + +
+

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+

From minimalist to smolweb

+

2026-05-06

+

When smarter people get things done

+

+ In 2023 + I wrote an article + about what I was feeling at the time on the sorry state of the web. +

+

+ I'm happy to say that the people at + smolweb.org have made a far better + statement than mine. +

+

+ As this blog is now a few years old, I'll be working on making it pass + the + smolweb validation test. +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Funeral-blues.html b/articles/2026/Funeral-blues.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31f4f9b --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Funeral-blues.html @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ + + + + + + + + Funeral blues + + +
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+

Funeral blues

+

2026-05-07

+

A poem by W.H.Auden (1907-1973)

+

This poem was read in the film "Four marriages and a funeral"

+ +

I just stumbled upon it and wanted to write it down.

+ + +Funeral Blues + +Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. +Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, + +Silence the pianos and with muffled drum +Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. + +Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead +Scribbling in the sky the message He is Dead, + +Put crêpe bows round the white necks of the public doves, +Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. + +He was my North, my South, my East and West, +My working week and my Sunday rest + +My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; +I thought that love would last forever, I was wrong. + +The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, +Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun. + +Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood; +For nothing now can ever come to any good. + +
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Ghostbsd-installation.html b/articles/2026/Ghostbsd-installation.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf3314e --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Ghostbsd-installation.html @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ + + + + + + + + Ghostbsd installation + + +
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+

2026-06-14

+

messing around on a sunday

+

+ So now we have Microsoft delivering Linux, and the Arch based AUR + getting wrecked by people who should be locked into a public pillory, + and I have some free time. Well in fact a lot of free time now that + I'm retired. +

+

+ So. I downloaded the latest #Ghostbsd Mate and cut a usb key, then + plugged it into my Thinkpad X220. +

+

+ The installation was simple and uneventful, and it booted without + problem. Everything worked out of the box. Mate seems pretty and + unobfuscated, just like me. +

+

So far I've done just two things:

+

+ (1) to get some thinkpad function keys to work I've added in + /boot/loader.conf +

+ 
+acpi_ibm_load="YES"
+
+

+ Printscreen works, brightness and volume controls work, vol mute + works, lid led works, but the MICMUTE button doesn't work.
+ For the X220 MICMUTE key, which is F20 or 0xBE (190), unfortunately + Ghostbsd's acpi_ibm doesn't pass on the event, so any script for it in + /etc/devd won't be fired. Checking the source code, acpi_ibm only accepts + a subset of events accepted by Linux's thinkpad_acpi, which appears to + cover them all. It's unfortunate as I'm a bit pedantic about keys but I + guess I'll have to live with it as the code is 20 years old and I + doubt it will change anytime soon. +

+ +

FYI, acpi_ibm accepts only these keyboard events:

+ 
+        LCD_BACKLIGHT
+        SUSPEND_TO_RAM
+        BLUETOOTH
+        SCREEN_EXPAND
+        SUSPEND_TO_DISK
+        BRIGHTNESS_UP
+        BRIGHTNESS_DOWN
+        THINKLIGHT
+        ZOOM
+        VOLUME_UP
+        VOLUME_DOWN
+        MUTE
+        ACCESS_IBM_BUTTON
+
+

(2) to enable the automounting of usb storage media:

+ 
+sudo pkg install automount
+
+

+ I've replaced the default Firefox with Librewolf, and I'm not too sure + about zsh instead of bash, and why not doas instead of sudo? +

+

+ Ghostbsd is a very nice BSD distribution that's been around since + 2010. +

+

https://www.ghostbsd.org

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Hebdogiciel.html b/articles/2026/Hebdogiciel.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fdc10e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Hebdogiciel.html @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + + + + + + + + Hebdogiciel + + +
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+

Hebdogiciel

+

2026-06-07

+

Flashback to the 80's

+

+ After my ZX81 I purchased an Amstrad CPC464, and oh joy I discovered + Hebdogiciel. Before the internet this magazine printed the code for + games and programs that you could painfully copy out. Today I + discovered that there's an online archive: +

+ +

+ abandonware-magazines +

+ +

A translation of the French abandonware-magazine article:

+

+ 1983–1987: Imagine a weekly magazine that, in addition to + providing us with a weekly program to type out and delivering + uncompromising hardware and software reviews (and that’s saying + something), also featured TV listings, movie, music, and comic book + releases, assembly language tutorials, a comic strip, a discount club, + walkthroughs... A tone that blew you away from the first page to the + last, Carali’s drawings filling in the gaps, lawsuits galore… Simply + extraordinary, unmatched. +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Installation-of-Snac2-on-Artix-Linux.html b/articles/2026/Installation-of-Snac2-on-Artix-Linux.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b752ea --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Installation-of-Snac2-on-Artix-Linux.html @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ + + + + + + + + Installation of Snac2 on Artix Linux + + +
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Installation of Snac2 on Artix Linux

+

2026-05-20

+

Installation of snac2 on Artix Linux +Nginx +Dinit

+
+useradd -m -s /bin/bash snac
+passwd snac
+usermod -aG wheel snac
+su - snac
+mkdir src
+cd src
+git clone https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2.git
+cd snac2
+make
+sudo make install
+snac init ~/data
+
+

snac init will ask these questions:

+
+Host name: your.server.domain
+Path prefix: leave empty
+Network address: 127.0.0.1
+Port: 8001
+
+

add user

+
+snac adduser ~/data
+
+

In /home/snac/data/server.json edit these settings:

+
+admin_email
+admin_account
+title
+short_description
+
+and add this line:
+
+"proxy_media: true
+
+

As root, create the dinit script: /etc/dinit.d/snac2

+
+type = process
+run-as = snac
+command = /usr/local/bin/snac httpd /home/snac/data
+depends-on = NetworkManager
+restart = true
+smooth-recovery = yes
+log-type = file
+logfile = /var/log/dinit/snac2.log
+
+

enable snac2

+
+dinitcl enable snac2
+
+

NGINX Media caching

+

+see it-notes.fragas.net +

+

Nginx configuration +

+see comam.es.
+Use $host not $http_host (gixy) +

+

in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf http section add:

+
+proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/snac_cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=snac:10m max_size=1g inactive=1440m use_temp_path=off;
+
+

make cache folder

+
+mkdir -p /var/cache/nginx/snac_cache
+
+

/etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com

+
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    listen [::]:443 ssl;
+    server_name example.com;
+
+    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/example.com/privkey.pem;
+    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+    ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
+    # openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 2048
+    ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;
+
+    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
+
+location / {
+    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8001;
+    proxy_set_header Host $host;
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/.+/s/ {
+    proxy_cache snac;
+    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8001;
+    proxy_set_header Host $host;
+    proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
+    proxy_cache_valid 404 1h;
+    proxy_ignore_headers "Cache-Control" "Expires";
+    proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
+    proxy_cache_lock on;
+    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
+    add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
+}
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+    server_name example.com;
+    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+}
+
+ +

add pleroma relay

+

see relaylist.com

+
+su - snac
+snac adduser ~/data relay
+snac follow ~/data relay https://relay.toot.io/actor
+
+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Ladybird-turns-into-a-squashed-bug.html b/articles/2026/Ladybird-turns-into-a-squashed-bug.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c6039f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Ladybird-turns-into-a-squashed-bug.html @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ + + + + + + + + Ladybird turns into a squashed bug + + +
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+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Living-on-Snac's-bleeding-edge.html b/articles/2026/Living-on-Snac's-bleeding-edge.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a17ffc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Living-on-Snac's-bleeding-edge.html @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ + + + + + + + + Living on Snac's bleeding edge + + +
+

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+

Living on Snac's bleeding edge

+

2026-05-25

+

Autoupdate script

+

+ I like living on the bleeding edge of + snac2, so I added + this (banal) script to /etc/cron.daily. +

+ 
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# snaceto
+# Social Networks Are Crap Except This One
+
+cd /home/snac/src/snac2 || exit
+
+sudo -u snac git remote update
+UPDATED="$(git status -uno | grep -c 'up to date')"
+
+if [ "$UPDATED" -ne "1" ] ; then
+    echo "Updating..."
+    systemctl stop snac.service
+	# backup data before update
+	TODAY=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%m")
+	BACKUPDIR="/opt/backups"
+	mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR"
+	FILENAME="$BACKUPDIR/pre-update-snac-$TODAY.tar.gz"
+	tar -zcf "$FILENAME" /home/snac/data
+	# pull latest
+	sudo -u snac git pull
+	sudo -u snac make
+	make install
+	sudo -u snac snac upgrade /home/snac/data
+	systemctl start snac.service
+	VERSION="$(snac | head -n2)"
+	toot post "My bleeding edge #snac2 server has been updated
$VERSION"
+fi
+
+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/More-on-Dillo.html b/articles/2026/More-on-Dillo.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..862574e --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/More-on-Dillo.html @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + + + + + + + + More on Dillo + + +
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+

More on Dillo

+

2026-06-21

+

update on yesterday's post

+

The git + version of dillo has a new option: page_action, which + enables running rdrview on the current page if the + setting:

+ 
page_action="Reader mode:dilloc dump | rdrview -H | dilloc load"
+
+

is set in dillorc.

+

When you right click on a page the menu will now include + the option "Reader Mode".

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/My-own-private-search-engine.html b/articles/2026/My-own-private-search-engine.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2c924e --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/My-own-private-search-engine.html @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ + + + + + + + + My own private search engine + + +
+

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+

My own private search engine

+

2026-06-02

+

Messing around with a bad back in stormy weather

+

+ I made a bad movement in the shower this morning and made my back + scream again, so no woodworking today. One of the benefits of + retirement is that I get to choose the days activities. +

+

+ I had installed + SearxNG previously + more than two years ago, but as I'm constantly fiddling it wound up in + the bin. +

+

+ Convalescing in the armchair I saw that my current vps is mostly idle + running just snac2, my blog, xmpp, gophernicus and other bits, so I + reinstalled SearxNG. +

+

+ It's fast, responsive, and private. I have it behind an Nginx reverse + proxy, and only accepting my own IP address for now. +

+

+ Another thing I did was to play around with the + Fresh editor. Like Micro, it can + be configured to use prettier, the code formatter. Ok, it's written in + Rust, but it is a nice editor with a retro computing vibe. It won't + replace Micro as my daily editor, but if I ever need a TUI IDE it + could be a good choice. +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Oops!-I-did-it-again.html b/articles/2026/Oops!-I-did-it-again.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd3bf4f --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Oops!-I-did-it-again.html @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ + + + + + + + + Oops! I did it again + + +
+

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+
+

Oops! I did it again

+

2026-05-31

+

More blog improvements

+

+ This blog now + sits in my git repository, so I made a few changes. +

+

+ One is the + blogsend + bash script which now does a git commit on my local machine, and a git + pull on the remote web server. The other is the git repos itself which + now has the web site in one repos, and the bash scripts in another. +

+

+ All this is probably of little interest to anyone other than myself, + but if you want to run a smol blog you might find it useful, after all + that's why I'm posting it. +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/This-blog-wasn't-so-bad-after-all.html b/articles/2026/This-blog-wasn't-so-bad-after-all.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f0392cd --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/This-blog-wasn't-so-bad-after-all.html @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ + + + + + + + This blog wasn't so bad after all + + +
+

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+
+

This blog wasn't so bad after all

+

2026-05-05

+

Smolweb, Fediverse and blogs

+

+ For several months I've been using Gopher exclusively, I find it's + minimalist raw text files appealing. +

+

+ It does have several drawbacks however. Recently I've been self + hosting my own fediverse instance at + social.wittamore.fr. +

+

+ Looking around for a fediverse blog, I realised that this html blog + wasn't so bad after all. +

+

+ It's work in progress, as I would like to have it + smolweb validated, and needs a + clean up. +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Updated-blogthis-script.html b/articles/2026/Updated-blogthis-script.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6bb2ad7 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Updated-blogthis-script.html @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + + + + + + + + Updated blogthis script + + +
+

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+
+
+

Updated blogthis script

+

2026-06-16

+

now with markdown

+

+ I've updated my blogthis script so I can write articles in markdown. +

+

+ It saves me having to write html in the articles and avoids errors. +

+

+ I've uploaded it to + my git server +

+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Updated-poem.html b/articles/2026/Updated-poem.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad2a02d --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Updated-poem.html @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ + + + + + + + + Updated poem + + +
+

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+
+

Updated poem

+

2026-06-01

+

Existance is the prize itself

+

+ Sadly a childhood friend of one of my nieces recently died at 36 of a + brain tumour. I gave this poem a re-write. +

+ 
+Life is but a long farewell
+While clawing at eternity's shell
+No rhyme nor reason, no justice in sight 
+A frantic push against entropy's might
+This fleeting hare 
+Brings grave dispair
+But pointless is a daily dread
+Of closing circuit in our bed
+Here then gone, a spark in the night?
+Our passing through is never trite
+Best keep your malaise on the shelf
+Existance is the prize itself
+
+
+
+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/Web-sites-that-work-well-in-Dillo.html b/articles/2026/Web-sites-that-work-well-in-Dillo.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42caa89 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/Web-sites-that-work-well-in-Dillo.html @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ + + + + + + + + Web sites that work well in Dillo + + +
+

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+
+

Web sites that work well in Dillo

+

2026-06-19

+

and other minimal browsers

+

+ I'm always looking for sane web sites. By sane I mean websites that + are not bloated with useless eye candy, nor have any ketamin fired + javascript. Sites that just want to display data in the form of easily + readable text with or without some images. +

+

+ There is an increasing number of web sites that do this, as it's a + normal backlash to the slop infested, obfuscated tar pit that the + internet has sadly become. I haven't found a single compendium of + sites, but I'll list some here. +

+

+ One of the things I find realy interesting are web proxies that render + sites into a saner version, like + Textise or + Textdot. I fact I'm wondering if I + could roll my own simple version using php and rdrview. +

+

+ This list incomplete list will be updated as I find them, or maybe you + dear reader might have suggestions? +

+

+ Directory of useful sites that work reasonably well on Dillo +

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displaying MATE on a 1366x768 screen

+

2026-06-15

+

xrandr to the rescue

+

+ Unfortunately several Ghostbsd MATE configuration windows are taller + than my Thinkpad X220's 768 pixels. I made both the top and bottom + panels autohide, but a better solution is to use xrandr: +

+ 
sudo pkg install xrandr
+

+ type xrandr to get the name of your display, in my case LVDS-1 on my + Thinkpad X220. +

+

To change 16:9 screen resolution, you can type:

+ 
+xrandr --output LVDS-1 --panning 1600x900  --scale 1.171x1.172
+

or

+ 
+xrandr --output LVDS-1 --panning 1920x1080 --scale 1.406x1.406
+

To get back to the original resolution type:

+ 
xrandr --output LVDS-1 --panning 1366x768 --scale 1x1
+

+ Here's a simple bash script that will rotate the screen resolution on + each call. I've added a MATE keyboard shortcut (CTRL+RIGHT) to run + this script. It is intended for my 1366x768 screen, so it will need + adapting for other screens. +

+ 
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+        
+RES="$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | sed -r 's/^[^0-9]*([0-9]+x[0-9]+).*$/\1/')"
+# xdpy results can vary by 1 or two pixels 
+# so take the first two characters
+RES="${RES:0:2}"
+        
+case "$RES" in
+  "13")
+  xrandr --output LVDS-1 --panning 1600x900  --scale 1.171x1.172
+  ;;
+  "16")
+  xrandr --output LVDS-1 --panning 1920x1080 --scale 1.406x1.406
+  ;;
+  *)
+  xrandr --output LVDS-1 --panning 1366x768 --scale 1x1
+  ;;
+esac
+
+

I doubt you can do that in Wayland.

+
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+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/semware-tse-editor.html b/articles/2026/semware-tse-editor.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..441df10 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/semware-tse-editor.html @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ + + + + + + + + semware-tse-editor + + +
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semware-tse-editor

+

2026-06-13

+

A very interesting editor for DOS, Linux and Windows

+

+ semware editor screenshot +

+

+ I stumbled upon the #Semware editor (TSE) for #Linux, Windows and #Dos + and thought I'd share it here. Originally named Qedit in 1985, the + latest version is dated May 2026. I don't know about Windows (as I + haven't used it in years), but the Linux version is a pleasant CLI app + with many features, including it's own application language. The more + I look at it, the more I realise that it is a profound piece of + software. +

+

+ www.semware.com
+ Knud Vaneeded YT videos +

+
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+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/smolweb-validation-in-Dillo.html b/articles/2026/smolweb-validation-in-Dillo.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38e543d --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/smolweb-validation-in-Dillo.html @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ + + + + + + + + smolweb validation in Dillo + + +
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smolweb validation in Dillo

+

2026-06-22

+

a simple page_action script

+

+ I added smolweb-validator as a page action in Dillo. It's a bit of a + pain as the validator is a java application. The action script is + brutal so far but it works. +

+

.dillo/actions/smolcheck.sh

+ 
#!/bin/sh
+
+#smolweb validator location
+smp="$HOME/src/smolweb-validator"
+
+# validate
+cd $smp
+output="$(java -cp "jsoup-1.21.2.jar:." SmolwebValidator $url --verbose)"
+echo "$output" | dilloc rawload
+
+

+ The action is added to ~/.dillo/dillorc and appears in Dillo's + right-click menu +

+ 
+page_action="Smolcheck:~/.dillo/actions/smolcheck.sh"
+
+

+ see + https://codeberg.org/smolweb/smolweb-validator +

+

 

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+ + + diff --git a/articles/2026/upgrade-to-dwm-6.8.html b/articles/2026/upgrade-to-dwm-6.8.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1637f7c --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2026/upgrade-to-dwm-6.8.html @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ + + + + + + + + upgrade to dwm 6.8 + + +
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upgrade to dwm 6.8

+

2026-06-29

+

dwm with some patches

+

+ I've been using dwm 6.5 for a while now, so I thought it was about + time I upgraded to dwm 6.8. +

+

+ Ideally I'd settle for a horizontal scrolling wm as my Thinkpad screen + is small, but after flirting with nwm I'm staying with dwm for now. +

+

+ I've added a few patches and shortcuts that make it easy for me to + circulate between windows and workspaces. I haven't added the xrdb + patch this time, instead I added the colorbar patch which nicely + colours the dwmblocks status bar and keeps things simple. Many of the + tiling patches I added to 6.5 have been left out as I just don't use + them. On a small 1366x768 screen splitting it renders it useless so + instead I use the monocle layout by default and switch workspaces with + super+right and left, and switch windows with super+up and down. +

+

+ It's up on my git server if you are interested. +

+
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