@april That was not a very helpful comment. You have not read and understood the post properly. Did I say there was a problem? Did I ask for guidance or help? I even provided a subject description to highlight the purpose of the thread. It is possible you did not read or understand the subject descr...

Imagine you have a very long list of links. Within that list are custom tags on every line, maybe 1000 lines. At the end of every link line, between each of the tags <dd> and <tn> is a two digit decimal number representing thumbnail width. <dd>76<tn> <dd>99<tn> <dd>45<tn> You originally used bash sc...

Thanks for the information don570. I knew there were other ways and that someone would probably post the details. I whole-heartedly agree that more efficient, safer or developer recommended methods are well worth the extra effort to learn. I seem to remember there was a thread somewhere talking abou...

Quick Tip Only trying to help newbies in a hurry. This is a useful solution and so I don't mind if nobody replies. Exact steps to execute an mtpaint copy and paste of a .png image with transparency, via the clipboard > system > clipboard. Boring for those who already know, invaluable for those who ...

@oui
That was not a very helpful comment.
Not in the spirit of christmas or as a useful addition to the thread.
I hope it gets removed by the moderator.
Thanks Moderator.

xsnow 1.42-9 (ubuntu trusty multiverse) in puppy package manager adds a moving santa sleigh, trees, wind, falling snow and drifting effects.
It is nice to have on the desktop . . . until the novelty wears off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xsnow

http://janswaal.home.xs4all.nl/Xsnow/

Pelo New version released august 2016 alpha2, click the blue . . . Slaxen 6.3.2 on test bench, give your opinion, Overseas citizens ! Thanks for this excellent Distro. I am using now using it on an ASUS 700 Eeepc 2G surf. The little netbook (years old and bought second hand) is nice and small and r...

I had a quick look in usr/bin at the script pmwget (gposil and Lobster). It is listed as pmirrorget in the puppy menus. It is a similar idea, I am not sure yet whether it can spoof the User Agent as it stands, so it might get a 403 'go away' response from some websites. Anyway I want to (after the s...

Intended for windows users but useful, educational and informative nevertheless. It might give you a false sense of security though, if the real threat is already sitting on your system factory fresh and well hidden. https://www.grc.com/ The online scan 'Shields Up' checks your open / closed / steal...

I invite comments on my proposal to write a simple bash YAD wget imagemagick script to ease the mundane daily task of thumbnailed links to other sites. I know I can easily do that, but I thought rather than keep it to myself, see what other's think. it is highly likely someone here has already done ...

That is extremely good news and you explain it very clearly. This thread will definitely be a useful resource for others. The internet is awash with clues on various technical tricks. I sometimes suspect that the people who write these things are assuming that a tiny clue is sufficient and everyone ...

For Thunderbird An update to the Thunderbird script considerably reduces the code for converting the date from an unusual format to a more usable format. This follows a suggestion by MochiMoppel that I try using busybox to do the date conversion. It reduces several lines of hacking down to a single...

Splendid, it worked and I have updated the Thunderbird topic posts regarding Sylpheed. Before I post it as a new topic for Sylpheed (instead of part of the Thunderbird thread) do you have any thoughts or ideas on automating the timezone (+0000), there must be a way to drop in a system variable that ...

For Sylpheed I updated the above code following a suggestion by MochiMoppel to try using busybox to convert the date. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=108061 This has reduced the script size considerably. #! /bin/bash # manually with mouse highlight sylpheed email date # # Date: Fri...

Come to think of it I don't really need to go as far as a multi line input. It will be a useful exercise for future reference though. So this is now what I want and thanks for showing me this useful tool. I already knew about busybox but had not thought of using it's various tools for everyday tasks...

After a 3 hour break. Took another look and got this to work using date info from PHP strftime() busybox date -D '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M' -d "Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:55" +%Y-%m-%d-%R-"$from" Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:55 2016-11-04-12:55- Getting closer to the goal, now I need to try the multi li...

I wrote my own custom keypad on the HTML page for a good reason. Usually on a tablet when you try to enter text anywhere a built-in keypad appears. That is okay but not ideal for my purposes. 1. The native keypad doesn't have the layout I require with the special foreign accented characters easily a...

Looks promising This works # Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:55:38 +0000 # 4/11/16 12:55:38 as experiment 1 v1=$(echo "4/11/16 12:55:38") # with 'busybox date' don't need to worry about day being 4 or 04 # %d/%m/%y %H:%M tried adding %S but didn't work (did not need seconds anyway) v6=$(busybox date -D...

Sorry not yet, I never got around to it, I will do it now. I read your comments about busybox which at the time I noted for future reference. I did consider it for a split second, but thought busybox might not be able to handle such a complicated string, I was wrong and should have gone and checked ...

Hello musher0 Thanks for tuning in to the thread. I do not think it is a lot of trouble, when it is a hobby and an enjoyable pastime, and I am applying one field of my interest to another, to solve a problem. I like to think for myself . . . too often today we are taught what to think . . . not how ...