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DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by perlpimp »

_8j50 wrote: post #50
clubdorothe wrote: post #10

I went back to China for a month in December 2019. It's crazy how Wechat payment is now used everywhere. Any shops in China (I believe 99% of them): in wechat, you have "wallet" that generates QR code. Go to any shop, at the counter, show the QR code generated, they have the machine (or wechat app) to scan it. done. Crazy efficient. Most of the people there don't bring wallets anymore. Most of the restaurants in Shen…

That sounds pretty scary,what a price to pay. Let's say you're blacklisted for something, that's it, you can't buy anything or get any services from anywhere. You can't even beg for money! I hope I never have to see that in my lifetime,a very rare thing where I would prefer wars before it came to this.

or suddenly being not a part of a desired ethnic group

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by ta999999171 »

ajiang wrote: post #11
rejschaap wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this probably sounds ridiculous to some, but you could also use the phone to make a phone call.

The overwhelming method of communication in China is WeChat, whether that is in messaging or voice call. WeChat is the absolute most important communication medium -- this is true for all age ranges. You statement doesn't sound ridiculous, just uninformed and lacking awareness of how people communicate in China.

Sounds like the Chinese people are uninformed.

Wonder why.

No different with Messenger in the US. Fools.

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by ubercow13 »

ta999999171 wrote: post #73
ubercow13 wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you send a picture by phone?

...MMS?

MMS is awful and barely works domestically, let alone internationally. As far as I can tell I can't even send MMS internationally from my phone network. Even for domestic MMS messages, they are charged at an effective rate of £1833/gigabyte.

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by zixia »

mstaoru wrote: post #25

Nice work! I can't make it switch DPI though, on HiDPI screen it looks miniscule.

Now you can use a new environment variable to control your DPI when starting DoChat. See: https://github.com/huan/docker-wechat#dochat_dpi

I hope this can work with your HiDPI screen! :)

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by longstation »

This is a docker image of the WeChat Windows client running on Wine. I think it would be reasonable for the author to at least put some credit to the Wine projet in his project page. Instead, I have to check the Dockerfile to see how it works.

Also, the screenshot in the project page shows people's conversation and name (probably the author's), but it would again be nice if we could blur the content so that people's privacy got respected (yes, you could argue that since you are already running WeChat, you don't care about privacy).

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by mstaoru »

zixia wrote: post #76
mstaoru wrote: post #25

Nice work! I can't make it switch DPI though, on HiDPI screen it looks miniscule.

Now you can use a new environment variable to control your DPI when starting DoChat. See: https://github.com/huan/docker-wechat#dochat_dpi I hope this can work with your HiDPI screen! :)

Works like a charm, thank you! Sorry I didn't have a moment to file a feature request.

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by zixia »

mstaoru wrote: post #78
zixia wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now you can use a new environment variable to control your DPI when starting DoChat. See: https://github.com/huan/docker-wechat#dochat_dpi I hope this can work with your HiDPI screen! :)

Works like a charm, thank you! Sorry I didn't have a moment to file a feature request.

You are welcome.
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