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Command Line Warriors is about taking control of your own technology, it looks at our experiences of computing; especially using GNU/Linux, the Python programming language, the command-line and issues such as techno-ethics, best practices and whatever is cool now. If you take control of your technology then you are a Warrior too!

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Latest Discussions

Daniel Black

September 3, 2008
Hey, sounds good already. There's another Python script for command-line 140-character-messaging (won't call it "tweeting" for obvious reasons), Tweety Py, that's currently languishing. Not, I think, because the developer's disinterested, ...
→ Using new social networking service Identi.ca from the command line

Antonio Araujo

September 2, 2008
Dear friends, has anyone built debian packages of db xml 2.4.13? Best regards Antonio
→ Native XML storage with Berkeley DB XML - part one

Zeth

September 1, 2008
Thanks everyone for your different solutions, absolutely fantastic. I have tried them all. The one from Ciaran McCreesh was the one I was subconsciously groping for.
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

andylockran

September 1, 2008
In ubuntu, I do ctrl, and the functions to the right of my keyboard for extra characters. Such as: alt gr + ; + e for é I'll post more ...
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

Jinks

September 1, 2008
I am from Germany but i use an US-layout keyboard since that's a lot easier for most my programming needs. Now, having to also write the occassional german letter or ...
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

Toni

September 1, 2008
Hi, You might want to add an xkb keymap. Make backups before you begin ;) And sorry about formatting. in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gb, after "intl", add this: partial alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "intl_fi" { ...
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

Ciaran McCreesh

September 1, 2008
On a UK keyboard you do alt-gr+[ followed by a to get ä. You don't need the control key at all.
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

name

September 1, 2008
Hi!,
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name

September 1, 2008
Hello!,
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Leif

September 1, 2008
On my Norwegian keyboard, the diaeresis is easily accessible, like on Jani's Finnish one. It's one of the few keys that doesn't advance the cursor, along with the tilde, circumflex ...
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

Lornix

September 1, 2008
ä <= compose, ", a ö <= compose, ", o å <= compose, o, a Ä <= compose, ", A Ö <= compose, ", O Å <= compose, o, A ...
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME

name

September 1, 2008
Good day!,
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Jani

September 1, 2008
Looks like typing letters with the umlaut (diaeresis) has been made particularly easy for those of us using a keyboard with Finnish keys and layout: compose isn't needed at all, ...
→ Sisu and typing unicode in GNOME