Re: [dev] [sent] 0.1 release

From: <n_AT_koehr.in>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:45:29 +0100 (CET)

> Nick <suckless-dev_AT_njw.me.uk> hat am 19. November 2015 um 11:19 geschrieben:
>
>
> Quoth hiro:
> > >> presentations suck.
> > >> and this shit here is worse than powerpoint cause i can't display it
> > >> on someone else's computer.
> > >
> > > You can, even on Mac OS X and Windows. Sent should work there as well
> > > using XQuartz and other goodies.
> >
> > Some people don't like to have shit of dubious quality installed on
> > their machines by me. They trust me enough to open a powerpoint, but
> > not enough to exercise crazy wizard hacker skills in crazy hacker
> > terminal.
>
> Indeed, there are times where you can't connect your own equipment
> to a projector, and it's reasonable for other people to not want you
> to install stuff on their computer (and in the case of MacOSX or
> Windows, installing quite a bit of stuff to get to the point of
> being able to compile and run sent).

It's a pity! They don't let me even when I am wearing my stylish "trust me I'm a
programmer" shirt.

> I propose some masochist makes a little sent -> html convertor (with
> a light sprinkling of javascript to advance to the next slide with
> one keypress). It wouldn't be hard, but it also wouldn't be very
> satisfying. But it would be useful.

Good idea in my opinion. sent2html sounds like some reasonable fallback.


– koehr
Received on Thu Nov 19 2015 - 11:45:29 CET