~mot's phlog RSS feed https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:17:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/10/07/ed-is-the-right-tool/ # ed is The Right Tool ## 2019-10-07 13:17 KatolaZ on ed: > In this series of phlogs we will use ed(1) to compile > and manage simple TODO lists. This will allow us to > explore almost all the ed(1) commands. - ed(1) is The Right Tool (I) [1] - ed(1) is The Right Tool (II) [2] - ed(1) is The Right Tool (III) [3] - ed(1) is The Right Tool (IV) [4] A tiny extra tip: specifying a command prompt makes it easier to tell which mode you're in. ed -p=" ~ " [1]: gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~katolaz/phlog/20190505_ed_lists.txt [2]: gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~katolaz/phlog/20190830_ed_lists_2.txt [3]: gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~katolaz/phlog/20190905_ed_lists_3.txt [4]: gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~katolaz/phlog/20190925_ed_lists_4.txt gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-10-07-ed-is-the-right-tool.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/10/07/ed-is-the-right-tool Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/10/04/untold/ # Untold ## 2019-10-04 11:00 I'm apparently the last person on earth to notice, but Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder[1] is fantastic: Deeivya Meir & Peter Jukes on the unsolved 1987 killing[2], spectacularly bent Met officers, shady private investigators, corrupt _News of the World_ hacks, &c.. [1]: https://www.untoldmurder.com [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Daniel_Morgan gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-10-04-untold.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/10/04/untold Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:47:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/10/02/phlogging-setup/ # Phlogging Setup ## 2019-10-02 15:47 I now have a working phlog. Exciting! It's also available via RSS[1], on the web[2] and, er, on the web via RSS[3]. The first version was all fancy, with a gophermap file for each entry. This looked good and allowed for handy stuff like navigation links, but it felt a bit off, as if I were trying to use gopher as a wonky version of the web. (Also, writing gophermaps is rather fiddly and I kept making mistakes.) So, I switched to a simple setup: each post is a text file, spiced up with some basic Markdown and footnote-style reference links. To make posts look pretty, I have vim's `formatprg` set to `par -w56 -j`. To ease the phlogging process, I wrote a little bash script called `whip`[4], which takes a post title as an argument, makes a new text file in the right place, opens it for editing, then adds a link to the post to the phlog's gophermap. (It can also set up a new phlog and at some point soon, it'll generate the alternate versions of the phlog too, like a rubbish relvokcor.xyz-specific version of burrow[5].) [1]: gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/rss.xml [2]: https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/ [3]: https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/index.xml [4]: gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/files/whip [5]: https://github.com/jamestomasino/burrow gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-10-02-phlogging-setup.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/10/02/phlogging-setup Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:32:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/29/vf-1/ # VF-1 ## 2019-09-29 19:32 VF-1[1] is a Gopher client 'built around an interactive command prompt'. - Introducing VF-1[2] - VF-1 Updates & Tips[3] - VF-1 bookmarking tips[4] #### Config [~/.vf1rc]: Open PDF and image files with Preview on macOS, open HTML files/HTTP URLs in lynx for browsing (as opposed to the default '--dump') and pipe everything textish (including menus) through `less`. set color_menus True handler application/pdf open %s handler image/* open %s handler text/html lynx -force_html %s handler text/plain less -FXR %s #### Commands: g url /term search last index v term search with veronica h show history ls, ls -l list contents of current index, `-l` shows URLs. l pipe current page through less !,shell cat last item through a shell pipleline n,p next/previous item in most recent gopher menu li show gopher urls in most recent file (for http &c. do `! urlview`) url of current document bm show bookmarks add title add a bookmark stored in `~/.vf1-bookmarks.txt` save path/file.txt [1]: https://github.com/solderpunk/VF-1 [2]: gopher://circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/introducing-vf1.txt [3]: gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/vf1-updates-and-tips.txt [4]: gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/1/~tfurrows/tips gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-09-29-vf-1-cheatsheet.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/29/vf-1 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:00:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/25/one-thing-well-returns/ # One Thing Well Returns ## 2019-09-25 09:00 I've started posting to One Thing Well[1] again, after a short break of 1154 days. I reckon I'll post a few times a week from now on, rather than three times a day like I used to (I honestly have no idea how I managed to maintain that pace for so many years). One slight problem: I haven't been following all the weblogs and forums that provided dme with posting fodder for about four years, so have no idea what to post. Oh well, time to scour the old RSS feeds. [1]: https://onethingwell.org gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-09-25-one-thing-well-returns.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/25/one-thing-well-returns Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:00:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/23/kakoune/ # Kakoune ## 2019-09-23 08:00 > Whereas vi's keystroke language follows verb-object > order, Kakoune inverts that by following object-verb > order. In real terms, that means you make a selection > (object) before deciding what to do (verb) with it. > > The object might be a character, word, sentence, > paragraph, parenthetical, regular expression, you name > it; the verb might be delete, yank (copy), change, > indent, or even transformative operations like lint, > format, uppercase, etc. > > In Kakoune, it is with this reversed grammar, this > postfix notation, that you interactively sweep up a > group or groups of characters before acting on them. > That way if your object isn’t quite right, you can > immediately correct it without having to undo and redo > your verb. > > -- Gregory Chamberlain[1] See also: - Kakoune, the Text Editor I Didn't Know I Needed[2] - Why Kakoune[3] [1]: https://cosine.blue/2019-09-06-kakoune.html [2]: https://medium.com/@Jernfrost/kakoune-the-text-editor-i-didnt-know-i-needed-23d5f1d6ad97 [3]: http://kakoune.org/why-kakoune/why-kakoune.html gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-09-23-kakoune.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/23/kakoune Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:56:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/23/configuration-files/ # Configuration Files ## 2019-09-23 17:56 I've been enjoying using vim and mutt on relvokcor.xyz without my usual config files, patches & plugins, but my fingers absolutely _insist_ on doing stuff that won't work without a wee bit of tweaking. Here's my relvokcor.xyz `~/.vimrc`: set number set showmode let g:netrw_banner = 0 let g:mapleader = "\" nnoremap s :w nnoremap f :Sexplore nnoremap l :buffers nnoremap :bn nnoremap :bp nnoremap nnoremap And here's my `~/.muttrc` (which is even simpler, as I'm only really using mutt as a relvokcor.xyz mailing list viewer): set sort = "threads" set sort_aux = "reverse-last-date-received" bind pager gg top bind index gg first-entry bind index collapse-thread gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-09-23-configuration-files.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/23/configuration-files Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:18:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/20/voice-control/ # Voice Control ## 2019-09-20 10:18 The new Voice Control features in iOS 13 are quite something. The various ways of interacting with apps and the OS are useful--especially if, like me, you have trouble holding an iPhone, let alone swiping and tapping--but Voice Control really shines when it comes to dictating and editing text. Essentially, using Voice Control with text is like using a verbal version of Vim. It's modal, so you can witter away in Dictation Mode, then switch to Command Mode to knock your text into shape. It works with what Vim calls 'text objects'--words, sentences and paragraphs, &c.. And commands like 'Select next three paragraphs' or 'Move forward seven words' are unlike anything you'd find in a GUI word processor, but have exact equivalents in Vim. Even if you don't have health problems or disabilities that make using an iPhone or iPad difficult, I'd recommend taking Voice Control for a spin. Its VUI beats the GUI hands down in some areas, from simple stuff like selecting, copying and pasting text to those complicated triple finger swipes that are impossible to get right. It's hard to get across how well the thing works in writing, see Apple's introductory videos[1] [2] for more info. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqoXFCCTfm4 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ykg3jZ9_k gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-09-20-voice-control.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/20/voice-control Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:27:00 +0000 https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/19/my-first-phlog-post/ # My First Phlog Post ## 2019-09-19 18:27 This post is just a test, really. Today I wrote a little bash script that creates a new phlog post file and adds a link to my phlog's gophermap. I should've just used burrow[1], of course, but fancied making something myself. I might share it--if only to amuse folk who can write code properly!--once I've worked out how to get the list of posts in reverse chronological order without faffing about with temporary files. Also, it wouldn't hurt to make posts look prettier, with underlined titles and justfied text and such. [1]: https://github.com/jamestomasino/burrow gopher://relvokcor.xyz:70/0/~mot/phlog/2019-09-19-the-first-phlog-post.txt ]]> https://relvokcor.xyz/~mot/2019/09/19/my-first-phlog-post