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| From | Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] |
| Date | 2017-05-25 02:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tKOP8-TD-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 05/24/2017 06:57 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 May 2017 at 17:28:52 (-0500), Michael Milliman wrote: > >> I installed and have been using feh as a stop-gap until the Debian >> repositories catch up to upstream and/or fix the problem in Stretch. >> Been working just fine, with its limitations. It's better than a black >> desktop. :) I had to read the man page a couple of times and try it >> another couple of times to make it work, but work it does. > > I prefer to keep feh off my systems; its description is a lie. > > feh - image viewer and cataloguer > > It's an editor that has no concept of a buffer, but just scribbles > over the original file. And, IIRC, the error message, when thwarted > by a read-only file, is incorrect: it blames the permissions of > the directory, not the file. > This is a real problem, and I have no intention of using it for any other reason than as a temporary fix to the MATE desktop background issue. There are much better applications for viewing/editing pictures (Eye of Gnome/MATE, and GIMP come to mind). I expect that as soon as the background issue is resolved, I'll probably remove feh from my system as well, as it has no other use for me. > Cheers, > David. > -- 73's, WB5VQX -- The Very Quick X-ray
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Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-19 12:00 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu> - 2017-05-20 20:50 +0200
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Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-05-20 04:20 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 07:10 +0200
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Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-05-22 10:00 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 22:30 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-23 01:50 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-25 13:40 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 01:10 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-21 01:30 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu> - 2017-05-20 21:00 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-21 01:40 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-21 04:40 +0200
Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-21 18:00 +0200
Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-24 19:30 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-25 00:30 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-25 02:00 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-25 02:30 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-25 13:20 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-25 17:40 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-25 20:30 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-25 13:00 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-05-25 13:10 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-25 13:30 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 01:10 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 16:50 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-26 17:20 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 01:10 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 01:00 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-27 13:40 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-27 17:00 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-05-27 17:20 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-27 20:20 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-29 20:20 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-30 06:00 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-30 11:20 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-30 11:40 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-05-30 14:30 +0200
Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-05-30 15:10 +0200
SOLVED? - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-06-10 23:00 +0200
Re: SOLVED - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 02:40 +0200
Re: SOLVED? - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-06-11 03:10 +0200
Re: SOLVED? - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust] Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 03:10 +0200
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