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Hello friends,
I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from
youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar
to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen
readers. Is there such an app?
The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I
tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I
am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui.
Cheers,
Ibrahim
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread* looking for two gui accessible applications looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` (3 subsequent siblings) 4 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) There's one that's CLI based that springs to mine yt-dlp As for GUI based, not sure at all, all the ones I've run across are CLI but work very well. IIRC the one you mentioned uses Youtube-DL. You want something that uses yt-dlp since youtube-dl hasn't been updated for a long, long time On 11/22/21 15:50, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hello friends, > > I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from > youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar > to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen > readers. Is there such an app? > > The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I > tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I > am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. > > Cheers, > > Ibrahim > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` (2 subsequent siblings) 4 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, I think you're using Mate desktop?? There is an available weather applet.? To add it to your panel, use 'ctrl+f10, anywhere on the panel, and choose "add to panel".? Search the menu and select Weather.? Once that's tone, do a right-click on the panel applet, and set its preferences. City is probably the one you're most interested in.? If you want to track the weather in multiple cities, just add more weather applets, and set each one for a different city. HTH, Dave? H. On 11/22/21 10:50, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list 4 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Ibrahim, youtube-dl is included in Slint. To know more type: youtube-dl --help man youtube-dl youtube-dl is somehow superseded by yt-dlp that I will package for Slint. Cheers, Didier Le 22/11/2021 ? 16:50, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > Hello friends, > > I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from > youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar > to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen > readers. Is there such an app? > > The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I > tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I > am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. > > Cheers, > > Ibrahim ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list ` (2 preceding siblings ...) ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab blinux-list ` looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list 4 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, I dont know of any gui programs, but you can try www.mp3-now.com Thanks, Rob On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hello friends, > > I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from > youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar > to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen > readers. Is there such an app? > > The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I > tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I > am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. > > Cheers, > > Ibrahim > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. So I checked and it is on Linux as well. www.clipgrab.org Its a app image, no installation needed. Use the flat review to click the download tab. paste the youtube link in the edit field. tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection spoken. Do the same for the quality combo box. then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. I hope this helps. Thanks, Rob On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: > Hi, > > I dont know of any gui programs, > > but you can try > > www.mp3-now.com > > > Thanks, > > Rob > > > On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> Hello friends, >> >> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >> screen readers. Is there such an app? >> >> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, >> I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ibrahim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 2 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) thanks a million for suggesting this application. From the description, this application sounds similar to Ponte's Media downloader. Unfortunately, I could not run this executable image on my slint desktop. Everytime I try to open it, I get a message that says there is no application installed to open executable files, or such thing. It gives me the option to search for one with yes or no, but the default choice is no. Since I am a beginner, I do not understand this message. I hit enter on yes, but nothing happened. Hoopefully someone who has experience with opening such files would help me figure it out. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/22/21 1:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. > > So I checked and it is on Linux as well. > > www.clipgrab.org > > Its a app image, no installation needed. > > > Use the flat review to click the download tab. > > paste the youtube link in the edit field. > > tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . > > pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after > pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection > spoken. > > Do the same for the quality combo box. > > then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. > > > I hope this helps. > > Thanks, > > Rob > > On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I dont know of any gui programs, >> >> but you can try >> >> www.mp3-now.com >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> >> On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Hello friends, >>> >>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >>> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >>> screen readers. Is there such an app? >>> >>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >>> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, >>> I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ibrahim >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi, You need to give it execute permission. press alt plus enter choose the permissions tab check the execute checkbox. Thanks, Rob On 11/23/21 11:31 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > thanks a million for suggesting this application. From the > description, this application sounds similar to Ponte's Media downloader. > > Unfortunately, I could not run this executable image on my slint > desktop. Everytime I try to open it, I get a message that says there > is no application installed to open executable files, or such thing. > It gives me the option to search for one with yes or no, but the > default choice is no. > > Since I am a beginner, I do not understand this message. I hit enter > on yes, but nothing happened. > > Hoopefully someone who has experience with opening such files would > help me figure it out. > > Cheers, > > Ibrahim > > On 11/22/21 1:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. >> >> So I checked and it is on Linux as well. >> >> www.clipgrab.org >> >> Its a app image, no installation needed. >> >> >> Use the flat review to click the download tab. >> >> paste the youtube link in the edit field. >> >> tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . >> >> pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after >> pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection >> spoken. >> >> Do the same for the quality combo box. >> >> then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. >> >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I dont know of any gui programs, >>> >>> but you can try >>> >>> www.mp3-now.com >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> Hello friends, >>>> >>>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >>>> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >>>> screen readers. Is there such an app? >>>> >>>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >>>> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. >>>> So, I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Ibrahim >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Thanks Rob, I tried your suggestion and selected the execute checkbox, but even after doing that it did not run. I think it is because I do not have snapped installed on my Slint as Didier suggested. Cheers, Ibrahim Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote: > > ?Hi, > > You need to give it execute permission. > > press alt plus enter > > choose the permissions tab > > check the execute checkbox. > > > Thanks, > > Rob > >> On 11/23/21 11:31 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> thanks a million for suggesting this application. From the description, this application sounds similar to Ponte's Media downloader. >> >> Unfortunately, I could not run this executable image on my slint desktop. Everytime I try to open it, I get a message that says there is no application installed to open executable files, or such thing. It gives me the option to search for one with yes or no, but the default choice is no. >> >> Since I am a beginner, I do not understand this message. I hit enter on yes, but nothing happened. >> >> Hoopefully someone who has experience with opening such files would help me figure it out. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ibrahim >> >>> On 11/22/21 1:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. >>> >>> So I checked and it is on Linux as well. >>> >>> www.clipgrab.org >>> >>> Its a app image, no installation needed. >>> >>> >>> Use the flat review to click the download tab. >>> >>> paste the youtube link in the edit field. >>> >>> tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . >>> >>> pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection spoken. >>> >>> Do the same for the quality combo box. >>> >>> then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. >>> >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I dont know of any gui programs, >>>> >>>> but you can try >>>> >>>> www.mp3-now.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>> Hello friends, >>>>> >>>>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen readers. Is there such an app? >>>>> >>>>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Ibrahim >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) As I understand it, snapt is one of those Ubuntu-only things that contribute to some long time Linux users disparaging Ubuntu as "too much like Windows". Sadly, best I can tell, the only options the clipgrab website seems to offer is a Binary that requires a 64-bit Ubuntu system or compiling from source... and if there's a package available for Debian, it must be in the contrib or non-free repositories(which I don't have enabled) since I can't find it in Aptitude. On 11/23/21, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote: > Thanks Rob, > I tried your suggestion and selected the execute checkbox, but even after > doing that it did not run. I think it is because I do not have snapped > installed on my Slint as Didier suggested. > Cheers, > Ibrahim > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 23, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Linux for blind general discussion >> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote: >> >> ?Hi, >> >> You need to give it execute permission. >> >> press alt plus enter >> >> choose the permissions tab >> >> check the execute checkbox. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >>> On 11/23/21 11:31 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> thanks a million for suggesting this application. From the description, >>> this application sounds similar to Ponte's Media downloader. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I could not run this executable image on my slint desktop. >>> Everytime I try to open it, I get a message that says there is no >>> application installed to open executable files, or such thing. It gives >>> me the option to search for one with yes or no, but the default choice is >>> no. >>> >>> Since I am a beginner, I do not understand this message. I hit enter on >>> yes, but nothing happened. >>> >>> Hoopefully someone who has experience with opening such files would help >>> me figure it out. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ibrahim >>> >>>> On 11/22/21 1:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. >>>> >>>> So I checked and it is on Linux as well. >>>> >>>> www.clipgrab.org >>>> >>>> Its a app image, no installation needed. >>>> >>>> >>>> Use the flat review to click the download tab. >>>> >>>> paste the youtube link in the edit field. >>>> >>>> tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . >>>> >>>> pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after >>>> pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection >>>> spoken. >>>> >>>> Do the same for the quality combo box. >>>> >>>> then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. >>>> >>>> >>>> I hope this helps. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I dont know of any gui programs, >>>>> >>>>> but you can try >>>>> >>>>> www.mp3-now.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Rob >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>>> Hello friends, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>>>>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar >>>>>> to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen >>>>>> readers. Is there such an app? >>>>>> >>>>>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >>>>>> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I >>>>>> am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Ibrahim >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Snapd isn't just an Ubuntu thing. I have it on Fedora, and it's also available from the AUR for Arch users. Flatpak is another similar type of cross-distro packaging system, and it's available from the Arch community repository, Fedora and Solus, and I think it's available for other distros as well. ~Kyle ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Just gonna chime in and say I have snaps on Solus out of the box as well. Really, I don't care if it's 'too much like SWindows', if I can get apps easier than having to install a bunch of packages I'll only ever use once...it's a win win for me really On 11/23/21 20:06, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Snapd isn't just an Ubuntu thing. I have it on Fedora, and it's also > available from the AUR for Arch users. Flatpak is another similar type > of cross-distro packaging system, and it's available from the Arch > community repository, Fedora and Solus, and I think it's available for > other distros as well. > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) so long as you don't download any broken snaps you should be good to go. I tried setting up weather in mate and couldn't get that done. On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Just gonna chime in and say I have snaps on Solus out of the box as well. > Really, I don't care if it's 'too much like SWindows', if I can get apps > easier than having to install a bunch of packages I'll only ever use > once...it's a win win for me really > > On 11/23/21 20:06, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Snapd isn't just an Ubuntu thing. I have it on Fedora, and it's also > > available from the AUR for Arch users. Flatpak is another similar type of > > cross-distro packaging system, and it's available from the Arch community > > repository, Fedora and Solus, and I think it's available for other distros > > as well. > > ~Kyle > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list at redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Setting up the weather on the top panel of my desktop was not a problem. The problem is that this weather application does not have my city listed.? So I had to choose a city fourty miles to the north of where I live, although my city is even bigger than the one listed. Very strange indeed. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/23/21 4:54 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > so long as you don't download any broken snaps you should be good to go. > I tried setting up weather in mate and couldn't get that done. > > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Just gonna chime in and say I have snaps on Solus out of the box as well. >> Really, I don't care if it's 'too much like SWindows', if I can get apps >> easier than having to install a bunch of packages I'll only ever use >> once...it's a win win for me really >> >> On 11/23/21 20:06, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Snapd isn't just an Ubuntu thing. I have it on Fedora, and it's also >>> available from the AUR for Arch users. Flatpak is another similar type of >>> cross-distro packaging system, and it's available from the Arch community >>> repository, Fedora and Solus, and I think it's available for other distros >>> as well. >>> ~Kyle >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Maybe it only shows cities with international arports? -Dave On 11/23/21 20:19, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > city listed.? So I had to choose a city fourty miles to the north of > where I live, although my city is even bigger than the one listed. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) I have no idea, I live in Rockville Maryland, in the United States. In Maryland they list 11 areas and each of them has a number of sub-areas. My county which is Montgomery county? was not listed at all. I also searched for Rrockville MD and I found nothing. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/23/21 8:22 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Maybe it only shows cities with international arports? > > > -Dave > > > > On 11/23/21 20:19, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> city listed.? So I had to choose a city fourty miles to the north of >> where I live, although my city is even bigger than the one listed. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Ibrahim, installing snap packages needs the software snapd that I don't and won't ship in Slint, sorry. On the the other hand I have failed to build ClipGrab from source on Slint because our compiler suite is too old. On a positive note Slackware-15RC2 is out, so hopefully Slackware 15 will be released in a a no-so-distant future (not-so-distant=a few months). Then I will rebase Slint on Slackware 15 and there will be no issue building ClipGrab as any other recent software version. Meanwhile as I wrote you can use youtube-dl on the command line. I also plan to provide its successor yt-dl no later that tomorrow, among a batch that will also upgrade ffmpeg, vlc, mpv, upgrading associated codecs and adding a few ones. Cheers, Didier Le 23/11/2021 ? 17:31, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > thanks a million for suggesting this application. From the description, > this application sounds similar to Ponte's Media downloader. > > Unfortunately, I could not run this executable image on my slint > desktop. Everytime I try to open it, I get a message that says there is > no application installed to open executable files, or such thing. It > gives me the option to search for one with yes or no, but the default > choice is no. > > Since I am a beginner, I do not understand this message. I hit enter on > yes, but nothing happened. > > Hoopefully someone who has experience with opening such files would help > me figure it out. > > Cheers, > > Ibrahim > > On 11/22/21 1:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. >> >> So I checked and it is on Linux as well. >> >> www.clipgrab.org >> >> Its a app image, no installation needed. >> >> >> Use the flat review to click the download tab. >> >> paste the youtube link in the edit field. >> >> tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . >> >> pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after >> pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection >> spoken. >> >> Do the same for the quality combo box. >> >> then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. >> >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I dont know of any gui programs, >>> >>> but you can try >>> >>> www.mp3-now.com >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> Hello friends, >>>> >>>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >>>> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >>>> screen readers. Is there such an app? >>>> >>>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >>>> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, >>>> I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Ibrahim >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ClipGrab ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Thanks Didier, I will wait for tomorrow until you update with the more advanced version. The problem is that I am not comfortable with command line applications. That is why I was hoping to find a GUI app. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/23/21 1:44 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi Ibrahim, > > installing snap packages needs the software snapd that I don't and > won't ship > in Slint, sorry. > > On the the other hand I have failed to build ClipGrab from source on > Slint > because our compiler suite is too old. > > On a positive note Slackware-15RC2 is out, so hopefully Slackware 15 > will be > released in a a no-so-distant future (not-so-distant=a few months). > Then I will > rebase Slint on Slackware 15 and there will be no issue building > ClipGrab as > any other recent software version. > > Meanwhile as I wrote you can use youtube-dl on the command line. > > I also plan to provide its successor yt-dl no later that tomorrow, > among a > batch that will also upgrade ffmpeg, vlc, mpv, upgrading associated > codecs and > adding a few ones. > > Cheers, > Didier > > Le 23/11/2021 ? 17:31, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >> thanks a million for suggesting this application. From the >> description, this application sounds similar to Ponte's Media >> downloader. >> >> Unfortunately, I could not run this executable image on my slint >> desktop. Everytime I try to open it, I get a message that says there >> is no application installed to open executable files, or such thing. >> It gives me the option to search for one with yes or no, but the >> default choice is no. >> >> Since I am a beginner, I do not understand this message. I hit enter >> on yes, but nothing happened. >> >> Hoopefully someone who has experience with opening such files would >> help me figure it out. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ibrahim >> >> On 11/22/21 1:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> I use ClipGrab on my Mac and Windows. >>> >>> So I checked and it is on Linux as well. >>> >>> www.clipgrab.org >>> >>> Its a app image, no installation needed. >>> >>> >>> Use the flat review to click the download tab. >>> >>> paste the youtube link in the edit field. >>> >>> tab to the combo box to choose origonal, or mp3 audio . >>> >>> pressing the down arrow in this combo box had no speech, so after >>> pressing down arrow, press tab, then shift tab to have the selection >>> spoken. >>> >>> Do the same for the quality combo box. >>> >>> then tab to the grab this clip button and press the space bar. >>> >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> On 11/22/21 11:59 AM, Robert Cole wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I dont know of any gui programs, >>>> >>>> but you can try >>>> >>>> www.mp3-now.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/22/21 10:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>> Hello friends, >>>>> >>>>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>>>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >>>>> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >>>>> screen readers. Is there such an app? >>>>> >>>>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. >>>>> I tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. >>>>> So, I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Ibrahim >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list at redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list at redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list ` (3 preceding siblings ...) ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 4 siblings, 2 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Ibrahim and All, yt-dlp is now provided for Slint. I am little late because I took this occasion to upgrade ffmpeg, mpv and vlc. mpv now uses yt-dlp as downloader if available. To know more: https://www.freelists.org/post/slint/audio-and-video-packages-upgraded Cheers, Didier Le 22/11/2021 ? 16:50, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > Hello friends, > > I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from > youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something similar > to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows screen > readers. Is there such an app? > > The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I > tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, I > am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. > > Cheers, > > Ibrahim ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Didier-and-All: Its interesting if I download the same youtube file with both youtube-dl and yt-dlp, the size-and-length it takes to grab it are quite different. I don't know whether I could point youtube-viewer to grab with yt-dlp? Thanks in advance Chime ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Chime, I think it will use yt-dlp if available (and maybe if youtube-dl is not?) But you made me find a better one, fork of straw-viewer: https://github.com/trizen/pipe-viewer I just followed the instructions tp try it on Slint, having yt-dlp installed and youtube-dl removed. It worked. And pipe-viewer doesn't need a Google API. Cheers, Didier Le 26/11/2021 ? 01:24, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > Hi Didier-and-All: Its interesting if I download the same youtube file > with both youtube-dl and yt-dlp, the size-and-length it takes to grab it > are quite different. I don't know whether I could point youtube-viewer > to grab with yt-dlp? Thanks in advance > Chime ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` looking for two gui accessible applications blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 1 sibling, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hello Didier, Is this command necessary:: dotnew?(or?dot-new-gtk?in?a?graphical?environment). I am under the impression that issuing this command would override my customized settings. Am I correct? Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/25/21 8:05 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi Ibrahim and All, > > yt-dlp is now provided for Slint. > > I am little late because I took this occasion to upgrade ffmpeg, mpv > and vlc. mpv now uses yt-dlp as downloader if available. > > To know more: > https://www.freelists.org/post/slint/audio-and-video-packages-upgraded > > Cheers, > Didier > > Le 22/11/2021 ? 16:50, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >> Hello friends, >> >> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >> screen readers. Is there such an app? >> >> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, >> I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ibrahim > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hello Ibrahim, these commands list each configuration file shipped in a newly installed package if a non identical file bearing the same name already exists, and let you decide what to do. Initially the new file has been installed alongside the old one, its name having with the .new extension instead of .conf Your choices are: 1. replace the old file by the new one. The old one will be backed up, the suffix being changed from .conf to .orig 2. delete the new configuration file. 3. display the differences between the ols and the new file 4. use the application vimdiff (or gvimdiff in graphical mode) to display the differences between the old and the new file and let you cherry-pick the ones you want to apply 5 Do nothing. Then you can deal with the differences otherwise or run dotnew or gtk-dotnew later. If you didn't customize the "old" configuration file, it is safe to replace it by the new one. I should probably include these explanation in the Slint HandBook... Cheers, Didier Le 26/11/2021 ? 03:01, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > Hello Didier, > Is this command necessary:: > dotnew?(or?dot-new-gtk?in?a?graphical?environment). > I am under the impression that issuing this command would override my > customized settings. Am I correct? > Cheers, > Ibrahim > > On 11/25/21 8:05 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> Hi Ibrahim and All, >> >> yt-dlp is now provided for Slint. >> >> I am little late because I took this occasion to upgrade ffmpeg, mpv >> and vlc. mpv now uses yt-dlp as downloader if available. >> >> To know more: >> https://www.freelists.org/post/slint/audio-and-video-packages-upgraded >> >> Cheers, >> Didier >> >> Le 22/11/2021 ? 16:50, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>> Hello friends, >>> >>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >>> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >>> screen readers. Is there such an app? >>> >>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >>> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. So, >>> I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ibrahim ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) hello Didier and all, Thanks a million for updating the youtube-dl to yt-dlp. It made a huge difference in terms of download speed. When I tried youtube-dl I was disappointed. It took almost 15 minutes to download a five minutes video. with yt-dlp it took half a minute to download the same video. I have a question though. What is the correct format to specify the folder where I want the downloaded tracks to go to? I tried -Folder, --Folder and /Folder/ but it did not work. It simply dumped the tracks on my desktop. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/26/21 5:02 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hello Ibrahim, > > these commands list each configuration file shipped in a newly installed > package if a non identical file bearing the same name already exists, > and let > you decide what to do. > Initially the new file has been installed alongside the old one, its > name having > with the .new extension instead of .conf > > Your choices are: > > 1. replace the old file by the new one. The old one will be backed up, > the > suffix being changed from .conf to .orig > 2. delete the new configuration file. > 3. display the differences between the ols and the new file > 4. use the application vimdiff (or gvimdiff in graphical mode) to > display the > differences between the old and the new file and let you cherry-pick > the ones > you want to apply > 5 Do nothing. Then you can deal with the differences otherwise or run > dotnew or > gtk-dotnew later. > > If you didn't customize the "old" configuration file, it is safe to > replace it > by the new one. > > I should probably include these explanation in the Slint HandBook... > > Cheers, > Didier > > > Le 26/11/2021 ? 03:01, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >> Hello Didier, >> Is this command necessary:: >> dotnew?(or?dot-new-gtk?in?a?graphical?environment). >> I am under the impression that issuing this command would override my >> customized settings. Am I correct? >> Cheers, >> Ibrahim >> >> On 11/25/21 8:05 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Hi Ibrahim and All, >>> >>> yt-dlp is now provided for Slint. >>> >>> I am little late because I took this occasion to upgrade ffmpeg, mpv >>> and vlc. mpv now uses yt-dlp as downloader if available. >>> >>> To know more: >>> https://www.freelists.org/post/slint/audio-and-video-packages-upgraded >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Didier >>> >>> Le 22/11/2021 ? 16:50, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>>> Hello friends, >>>> >>>> I am wondering if there are good applications for downloading from >>>> youtube that works well with linux! I am looking for something >>>> similar to Ponte's media downloader which works well with windows >>>> screen readers. Is there such an app? >>>> >>>> The second application I am hoping to find is a good weather app. I >>>> tried to the weather on the terminal and did not like it at all. >>>> So, I am hoping to find a better alternative that works on the gui. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Ibrahim > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Ibraham: Lacking any alterations in your config, I would just cd over to where you want to save those files, before running yt-dlp. And if your files come from links, such as an rss feed, then from L Y N X you can hit a capitol c to change directories. Chime ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Thanks Chime. I have not thought of this one. It is a great suggestion. What I hate the most about terminal apps and command lines is having to remember so many options and parameters with dashes and slashes and commas and such. Cheers, Ibrahim Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote: > > ?Hi Ibraham: Lacking any alterations in your config, I would just cd over to where you want to save those files, before running yt-dlp. And if your files come from links, such as an rss feed, then from L Y N X you can hit a capitol c to change directories. > Chime > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 12:25:31PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > What I hate the most about terminal apps and command lines is having to remember so many options and parameters with dashes and slashes and commas and such. just use tab completion no need to remember. > Cheers, > Ibrahim -- Sincerely, Alexander ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Thanks for your idea Alexander. I have not used the tab completion before and have no clear idea how it works. For example. I want to download a youtube track named drums, and store it in my music folder. I have the youtube link for it. I do not want any changes to the format of the track, so no need to use any particular options. How would the tab completion work with yt-dlp? Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/27/21 12:37 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 12:25:31PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> What I hate the most about terminal apps and command lines is having to remember so many options and parameters with dashes and slashes and commas and such. > just use tab completion no need to remember. > >> Cheers, >> Ibrahim ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Well Ibraham, tab-complete will only work with files on your hard-drive or in another remote shell. So you can use tab to complete a directory name or file, but if there are more than 1, it will read you all choices-and-you can fill in more letters to tab-complete to an exact name you want. But no, in most cases tab-complete will not work in web-sites or youtube cases. Also, please consider many files in Linux have capitalization, so that will affect your first letter in a tab-complete. Chime ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Thanks Chime. I will play a little more with Tab completion and see if I can find some use for it. For the time being I am very happy that yt-dlp is super fast in downloading compared to the youtube-dl which was slower than a turtle. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/27/21 6:29 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Well Ibraham, tab-complete will only work with files on your > hard-drive or in another remote shell. So you can use tab to complete > a directory name or file, but if there are more than 1, it will read > you all choices-and-you can fill in more letters to tab-complete to an > exact name you want. But no, in most cases tab-complete will not work > in web-sites or youtube cases. > Also, please consider many files in Linux have capitalization, so that > will affect your first letter in a tab-complete. > Chime > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) The two main places where tab completion comes into play are in not having to type full names of commands with long names and making specifying local files and directories as arguments to commands quicker and less error prone. For example, on my system, I have a directory of custom-made scripts I've added to my path(the list of directories the cli searches for executables matching the command provided). One of these scripts is titled uncompress.sh and automates extracting all the .zip and .rar files in the working directory to their own directory(so I don't end up with files vomited all over my working directory if the zip/rar lacks a single top level directory to contain everything else. Instead of typing uncompress.sh manually, I type unc (i need three litters because their are other commands begining with un). press tab to get uncompress(a standard alias of gunzip, the extract for gzip archives that is standard on most Linux(and probably other Unix-like systems) systems). type a dott and press tab again to get the sh. Another example is that I have rename.ul for batch renaming files, and while there are other commands on my system starting with ren, I only need to type rena and then tab to get the full command name... Admittedly, completing command names can be of limited use with how many of the most command commands are single, short words or abbreviated down to just two or three letters(e.g. the standard file management commands such as ls to list, rm to remove/delete, mv to move, cp to copy, du for disc usage, wc for word count, cd to change directory, mkdir to make directories and rmdir to remove directories(granted, those last two are five letters each, but style, very short command). Where tab completion really shines is in providing a quick, error resistent, means of not having to type out filenames and directories in their intirety when providing them as command line arguments. For example, say you have the following in your home directory: Books Desktop Documents Downloads Games Music Photos Except for the Ds, to change to any of those directories, you just need to type cd, the first letter of the directory name, tab, and prss enter, and at worse, you just need to type cd dow or cd doc before doing a tab enter. Or lets say the current directory contains somthing like: Chapter 01.txt Chapter 02.txt Chapter 03.txt ... Chapter 50.txt and you want to open a specific chapter in the nano text editor. You can type nano, a space, tab to get Chapter\ the number of the chapter you want, then tab again for the .txt... and the tab completion automatically adds the backslashes for spaces and any other characters in the filename that need to be escaped. And the keystroke savings can really stack up... if you had a folder with files like: absurdly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension bafflingly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension confusingly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension ludicrously absurdly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension ridiculous absurdly ludicrously long filename.extension for each, you'd just need to type the first letter and tab to get the rest, and all the backslashes would be added as needed. Or lets say you have a directory structure like: Documents -College --Biology ---Anatomy ---Metabolism --Chemistry ---Ionic ---Covalent ---organic --Math ---Calculus ---Statistics ---Linear Algebra -Personal --Letters --Fiction ---fantasy ---Sci-Fi --Essays As long as no two items in the same subdirectory start with the same letter, you could do something like type cd D tab C tab B tab A tab to produce cd Docuuments/College/Biology/Anatomy/ ANd if there is any point in that path where there's only one item at a given level, you don't even need to type anything before tabbing again(though, tab completion always pauses at a slash, but if you had a very deep, unbranched directory tree, you could just hold tab to get all the way to the bottom. I'm long past the point where using tab completion is second nature, but I hope these examples of how it works are helpful in understanding how to use it. But in general, it's most useful when either: A. Every file/directory in a directory starts with a different letter. B. Everything in a directory has the same beginning and the first deviation is something like a number. but even when the contents of a directory are more random, much of the time, by the time you type the first word worth of unique characters, a tab will take you, if not to the end, then two the point of entering a number because there are files whose name differ only in a number or an extension because you have files with names that are identical excapt for the extension. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 2 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) An interesting thing, if as an example, I begin a youtube url with an opening quote, I think an ending quote magicly appears? Also, there is a shell called "yash" which handles tab-complete a bit differently. Instead of playing a beep-and-showing all matching choices, YASH will just show 1 at a time. I think each tab will show the next one or maybe arrow down. Since I am in TCSH, I usually have fine luck with tab-complete. Chime ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list 2 siblings, 1 reply; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) One place where I find tab completion quite useful is in things like the program known as doctl, which interfaces to the DigitalOcean API, which I use to control DNS for my website domains. This saves me a little time in most cases, as I don't have to log into the website and find the necessary links, buttons and controls to change a dns record. These days, I do this rather infrequently, so going to the website is probably fine, but I still tend to use the doctl command when I need to make a small change here or there, especially if I need to add a temporary TXT record that I will be deleting in a short time. This doctl program has a completion command that generates tab completions for various shells. So even before I authorized doctl to connect to my account for the first time, I just ran doctl completion bash >> ~/.bashrc and I get tab completions for all the commands and flags available on the doctl command line. So for example, if I want to update an existing record, I would normally need to run this command doctl compute domain records update --record-id 123456789 --record-data 12.34.56.78 But with the completions in place, all I need to run is doctl c <tab> do <tab> r <tab> u <tab> --r <tab> i <tab> 123456789 --r <tab> d <tab> 12.34.56.78 Yes, I still have to get this record ID, which is in fact a 9-digit number in many cases, but I can pipe doctl c <tab> do <tab> r <tab> ls domain.ext into a file and paste the ID I want into the update command. It is certainly a roundabout way of doing things, but it can still be faster than logging into the website and finding the DNS controls there. It would be really good to have a zenity or yad interface to this program, and maybe I'll get around to scripting something like this at some point. For now though, tab completion works quite well here once the completion mappings are added, even if I'm just copying the doctl configuration from one machine to another so tha I don't have to reauthorize the program. ~Kyle ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 0 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Now that I think about it, don't some IDE offer tab completion on functions found in a support language's standard libraries and names of variables and functions defined within the source code file being edited? It's been a long time since I used an IDE and it's a use case that doesn't come up in an end user context, so it slipped my mind. On 11/28/21, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote: > One place where I find tab completion quite useful is in things like the > program > known as doctl, which interfaces to the DigitalOcean API, which I use to > control > DNS for my website domains. This saves me a little time in most cases, as I > > don't have to log into the website and find the necessary links, buttons and > > controls to change a dns record. These days, I do this rather infrequently, > so > going to the website is probably fine, but I still tend to use the doctl > command > when I need to make a small change here or there, especially if I need to > add a > temporary TXT record that I will be deleting in a short time. > > This doctl program has a completion command that generates tab completions > for > various shells. So even before I authorized doctl to connect to my account > for > the first time, I just ran > > doctl completion bash >> ~/.bashrc > > > and I get tab completions for all the commands and flags available on the > doctl > command line. So for example, if I want to update an existing record, I > would > normally need to run this command > > doctl compute domain records update --record-id 123456789 --record-data > 12.34.56.78 > > But with the completions in place, all I need to run is > > doctl c <tab> do <tab> r <tab> u <tab> --r <tab> i <tab> 123456789 --r <tab> > d > <tab> 12.34.56.78 > > Yes, I still have to get this record ID, which is in fact a 9-digit number > in > many cases, but I can pipe > > doctl c <tab> do <tab> r <tab> ls domain.ext > > into a file and paste the ID I want into the update command. It is certainly > a > roundabout way of doing things, but it can still be faster than logging into > the > website and finding the DNS controls there. It would be really good to have > a > zenity or yad interface to this program, and maybe I'll get around to > scripting > something like this at some point. For now though, tab completion works > quite > well here once the completion mappings are added, even if I'm just copying > the > doctl configuration from one machine to another so tha I don't have to > reauthorize the program. > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
* looking for two gui accessible applications ` blinux-list ` blinux-list ` blinux-list @ ` blinux-list 2 siblings, 0 replies; 35+ messages in thread From: blinux-list @ UTC (permalink / raw) Thanks a lot for this thorough explanation. It is extremely helpful. I will save this email for my future reference. Thanks a gain for this. Cheers, Ibrahim On 11/27/21 8:02 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > The two main places where tab completion comes into play are in not > having to type full names of commands with long names and making > specifying local files and directories as arguments to commands > quicker and less error prone. > > For example, on my system, I have a directory of custom-made scripts > I've added to my path(the list of directories the cli searches for > executables matching the command provided). One of these scripts is > titled uncompress.sh and automates extracting all the .zip and .rar > files in the working directory to their own directory(so I don't end > up with files vomited all over my working directory if the zip/rar > lacks a single top level directory to contain everything else. > > Instead of typing uncompress.sh manually, I > > type unc (i need three litters because their are other commands > begining with un). > press tab to get uncompress(a standard alias of gunzip, the extract > for gzip archives that is standard on most Linux(and probably other > Unix-like systems) systems). > type a dott and press tab again to get the sh. > > Another example is that I have rename.ul for batch renaming files, and > while there are other commands on my system starting with ren, I only > need to type rena and then tab to get the full command name... > > Admittedly, completing command names can be of limited use with how > many of the most command commands are single, short words or > abbreviated down to just two or three letters(e.g. the standard file > management commands such as ls to list, rm to remove/delete, mv to > move, cp to copy, du for disc usage, wc for word count, cd to change > directory, mkdir to make directories and rmdir to remove > directories(granted, those last two are five letters each, but style, > very short command). > > Where tab completion really shines is in providing a quick, error > resistent, means of not having to type out filenames and directories > in their intirety when providing them as command line arguments. > > For example, say you have the following in your home directory: > > Books > Desktop > Documents > Downloads > Games > Music > Photos > > Except for the Ds, to change to any of those directories, you just > need to type cd, the first letter of the directory name, tab, and prss > enter, and at worse, you just need to type cd dow or cd doc before > doing a tab enter. > > Or lets say the current directory contains somthing like: > > Chapter 01.txt > Chapter 02.txt > Chapter 03.txt > ... > Chapter 50.txt > > and you want to open a specific chapter in the nano text editor. You > can type nano, a space, tab to get Chapter\ the number of the chapter > you want, then tab again for the .txt... and the tab completion > automatically adds the backslashes for spaces and any other characters > in the filename that need to be escaped. > > And the keystroke savings can really stack up... > > if you had a folder with files like: > > absurdly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension > bafflingly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension > confusingly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension > ludicrously absurdly ridiculous ludicrously long filename.extension > ridiculous absurdly ludicrously long filename.extension > > for each, you'd just need to type the first letter and tab to get the > rest, and all the backslashes would be added as needed. > > Or lets say you have a directory structure like: > > Documents > -College > --Biology > ---Anatomy > ---Metabolism > --Chemistry > ---Ionic > ---Covalent > ---organic > --Math > ---Calculus > ---Statistics > ---Linear Algebra > -Personal > --Letters > --Fiction > ---fantasy > ---Sci-Fi > --Essays > > As long as no two items in the same subdirectory start with the same > letter, you could do something like type cd D tab C tab B tab A tab to > produce > > cd Docuuments/College/Biology/Anatomy/ > > ANd if there is any point in that path where there's only one item at > a given level, you don't even need to type anything before tabbing > again(though, tab completion always pauses at a slash, but if you had > a very deep, unbranched directory tree, you could just hold tab to get > all the way to the bottom. > > I'm long past the point where using tab completion is second nature, > but I hope these examples of how it works are helpful in understanding > how to use it. > > But in general, it's most useful when either: > > A. Every file/directory in a directory starts with a different letter. > B. Everything in a directory has the same beginning and the first > deviation is something like a number. > > but even when the contents of a directory are more random, much of the > time, by the time you type the first word worth of unique characters, > a tab will take you, if not to the end, then two the point of entering > a number because there are files whose name differ only in a number or > an extension because you have files with names that are identical > excapt for the extension. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list at redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 35+ messages in thread
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