Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I forgot to note why GROFF_NO_SGR needs to be set when starting xman on #FreeBSD:

During compiling, xman.c checks which OS it's being compiled on & hardwires `nroff -mandoc` as its page formatting aid if it detects the BSDs. However, nroff's mandoc macros output ANSI escape codes, while xman expects typewriter-style "back up & overstrike" codes.

@mpts Awesome! Thank you!

Related, xman relies on the MANPATH variable being set, but fresh installs don't set it (relying on /usr/bin/manpath as well instead). I recommend adding to the wiki page what I put in my ~/bin/xman script:

if [ -z "$MANPATH" ]; then export MANPATH=`manpath`; fi

Want to use xman on #FreeBSD? Start it this way to get manpages formatted right:

#!/bin/sh
export GROFF_NO_SGR=1
/usr/local/bin/xman

Before & after: https://computerfairi.es/media/4Ac1TAE-XvlGV9p_G0M https://computerfairi.es/media/9-5mWICKz0GBtbG1nXg

I am really digging the party hat on everyone's av today. :3

Happy birthday, ComputerFairi.es! :D 🎉

@softgoat Which tab did you close?

@squirrel :<

Maybe someday?

I'm kind of in awe at your putting together this site with its theme & favicon in a beautiful & usable way. This beauty is beyond my abilities today.

@squirrel You can. You just need motivation, patience, & that most precious of resources, time.

More encouragingly, when I'm done, I'm going to write up & show what I was thinking along the way. All of these are small & haphazard pieces, & it's almost accidental how I decided on this style.

More progress with my desktop theme. There's still some work left, but it's mostly usable & somewhat presentable.

4 xbiff mail boxes beside 3 mail action icons (read mail, write mail, use webmail), above "Netscape" (Firefox), Xpdf, Gimp (rockin' the Deluxe Paint I brush), canfield solitaire, & a drawer for pcmanfm. I still need a volume mixer & frequent Web bookmarks.

Wallpaper: "Chakat Newbeat" by Kacey Miyagami.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10233357/ https://computerfairi.es/media/GKMrrLbeF8KSewYLrSQ https://computerfairi.es/media/3XI6U8IP47PQ_KgHw50

Have I mentioned recently how much I like image bots that actually source their images? All image bots should, & no image bots that don't should ever be boosted or followed.

Fiber optic pronoun interface adapters for single-mode and multi-mode pronouns.

Fiber optic gender interface adapters for single-mode and multi-mode genders.

LB applies to any instance, not just vulpine-club (which afaik isn't going away) or witches-town (which is by 2018-04-30).

@Ulfra_Wolfe There's just something nice about happy L-shaped people, y'know?

I like chakats, just in case it's not obvious. I'm a furry, what can I say. :3c

Also, it looks cool to me & isn't as hard as it looks to maintain if I need to add or remove icons that do things, but I'd like to hear if it looks cool to you, too.

When I finish, I'll write up a huge post of what I did, how I did it, and why I did it this way.