Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

... I have 66 icons to manage so far, wow. :/

- 18 icons I configured to do nothing but look pretty (by running `true` if clicked)
- 48 icons that actually do things when clicked
- also, 5 programs running in windows that look like icons

I ended up writing a shellscript to help me manage them all (so much for not being as hard as it looks), because I'm definitely not done moving them around and adding more. https://computerfairi.es/media/FPgpo1AoVETrludsk38

I am so close to liking this icon theme I'm working on well enough to call it ready to write about. Whole screen, left-edge icons, and top-edge icons.

(Wallpaper: "Chakats on the Beach" by rickgriffin https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5271044/ )

(Also, I like sailorhg's fairyfloss editor theme too much: https://sailorhg.github.io/fairyfloss/ - https://github.com/sailorhg/fairyfloss/ - and that's why I turned my xterm pastel purple, which I also need to share.)

. https://computerfairi.es/media/kZoOszITrkVFQqYQnds https://computerfairi.es/media/eBqRzkim3uTTyykgsv0 https://computerfairi.es/media/3Q-HA6O69O5sSQnk4sE

@squirrel That looks so cool. :3

Plug a cheap bog-standard USB mouse into the PC.

Linux: It just works.
Unix: It just works.
Windows: https://computerfairi.es/media/OgwMZ2cgyNhoq-MlT-Q

@cwebber@octodon.social I love how the "long answer" opens by dismissing the very notion of filesystem stability.

That is, unless GROFF_NO_SGR is set. The only places I found it documented were on the Internet (for Linux-specific xman weirdness) and in the grotty(1) manpage.

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.