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Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by laweijfmvo »

cgriswald wrote: post #64
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

I went with paper and pen precisely because there was always more I wanted to do with my computer work flow.

how did you decide which pens to go with?

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by skydhash »

em-bee wrote: post #88
cyberpunk wrote: post #48

If anyone is considering using a computer like this, I'd recommend OpenBSD for it which genuinely has one of the prettiest console fonts. It just ... Looks nicer.. Yes, I'm sure you can configure the others to look nice too but shrug OOTB is pretty nice.

what are the names of the fonts are they using? i found something here, but i am not sure if these are the right ones: https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/share/misc/pcvtfonts?sort=Fil...

Those are fonts you can load with the vga driver. Anything recent will load with the drm driver (intel, amd) or framebuffer. This emulates a text mode (rasops) on a graphical surfaces (vga has dedicated text mode), and for that they use spleen.

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/dev/wsfont?sort=File

https://github.com/fcambus/spleen

And yes, it’s quite nice.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by luqtas »

iib wrote: post #56

If anyone wants to try this without the intricate setup, if you have a linux system, you most probably can just press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and drop into a tty console directly. To return, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F2. You also have multiple consoles, up until F12 probably. I used to use this a lot when trying for a less distracting desktop, just like in the original post.

even worse! you can start a Emacs client evaluate (menu-bar-mode -1) and (tool-bar-mode -1) and put it on full screen

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by dredmorbius »

daoboy wrote: post #6

I'm desperately awaiting the perfect eink device for this. I've got a great writing setup on Obsidian that really works for me, a royal kludge mechanical keyboard...just waiting on the next gen of eink The Boox One Note Max was sooo close, but they almost immediately discontinued the product and probably won't be supporting it long. Suggestions are welcome

Onyx iterates on its BOOX tablets fairly rapidly, but tends to continuously offer something in various size classifications. You'll find 13.3" tablets typically named as "Max" something or other.

I do see the Note Max as presently available, FWIW: https://shop.boox.com/products/notemax>

I've had a previous iteration of their 13.3" tablet, the Max Lumi. Slightly lower resolution, and has a frontlight. It is a very nice display, though with an Android OS which I see as a net negative.

I'd really like an e-ink display option for the Framework 12" or 13" laptop.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by coffeefirst »

vidarh wrote: post #12

I don't think I could go this far, because I'd have too many devices to switch between. But I like the overall idea. It also fits in well with something I used to think about a lot: Computers and the internet have caused a major shift toward hiding a lot of things that used to be much more apparent. E.g. your important papers would be in a physical file. Your books would be on the shelves. Your art on the walls. Visi…

I’ve started to undo it. Not everything, but I went back and bought used copies of every ebook that I wanted to keep forever.

It was pretty cheap (many used books are $1) and feels good to have my full library browsable and free from any platform or company.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by Shellban »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #69
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

It it reminds me of a lot of friends who wanted to "start blogging" and their first step was writing a new static site system from scratch.

*whistles innocently*

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by Shellban »

SubiculumCode wrote: post #65
iib wrote: post #56

If anyone wants to try this without the intricate setup, if you have a linux system, you most probably can just press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and drop into a tty console directly. To return, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F2. You also have multiple consoles, up until F12 probably. I used to use this a lot when trying for a less distracting desktop, just like in the original post.

Yes, and if you want it to boot directly into a tty mode run: sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target As an aside: on some of my computers it is Ctrl+Alt+F2 but on others it is Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to graphical mode.

I even added this as an option in my Grub menu.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by dv35z »

NathanielK wrote: post #106
cortesoft wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate handwriting with a passion. I have my whole life. I have horrible handwriting and my hand gets sore 5 seconds after I start writing. I am sure it is because I don't hold my pen/pencil correctly, but I think after 43 years I am not going to suddenly fix that.

I am similar. If I physically write a couple times a week, my hand adapts though. It's a skill like any other. Fountain pens are nice too since you don't need any pressure. My writing looks a lot better if I just force myself to slow down and be deliberate, but honestly it's a constant battle. I'd definitely benefit from practicing penmanship on it's own.

Worth mentioning - for a long time, I found my handwriting messy AND my hand would tire out. When I was about a teen-ager, I decided to write in call-caps, very clearly. I've been doing that for a long time now, and worth giving a try.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by kaashif »

akerl_ wrote: post #146
kaashif wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well if it's strangely hostile I'm sorry but "I need to focus on writing so I spent a few days stripping down a Linux distro" seems pretty disconnected. I mean it's a fun project! But it really reminds me of something I would do that isn't entirely positive.

Disconnected from what? The reason it feels hostile is because you led with a joke about the whole thing being a big mistake, but also that the author wrote about a thing they built to solve a problem they had and ended their post by saying that it worked, and you've popped up to pitch that it might not work.

There isn't any joke in my comment. Apologies for the confusion.
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