Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

On the fairyfloss tangent, I added the following X resources to my ~/.Xdefaults file to make my xterm match:

XTerm*background: #5a5475
XTerm*foreground: #f8f8f2
XTerm*cursorColor: #c2ffdf
XTerm*scrollbar.foreground: #ffb8d1
XTerm*scrollbar.background: #716799

(On some systems, the user's X resources file is ~/.Xresources or ~/.Xres instead. See manpages X(7) and xrdb(1).)

(Also also, there's a vim port, which is why I made xterm match: https://github.com/tssm/fairyfloss.vim )

... 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

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

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.

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 🎉

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).

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.