feisty_meow.git
6 days agoholy crowbar lots of callstack tracker changes
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:20:19 +0000 (10:20 -0500)]
holy crowbar lots of callstack tracker changes

this was an attempt to bring back in the callstack tracker feature, after maybe 15 years of it not being alive in the codebase.
lots of struggle with that, and it's not working yet, but is a bit better.  currently the feature is disabled in the codebase,
but hopefully it can be enabled soon...

7 days agotest timer driver is working again
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 20:43:44 +0000 (15:43 -0500)]
test timer driver is working again

had to bring back some old windoze code for it, in event_extensions.  this will not build for real yet on windows, but that's a task for another day.
the tester is working great on linux!

7 days agosystem values test is online
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 19:39:44 +0000 (14:39 -0500)]
system values test is online

and the code is building again...

7 days agobreaking change to add system values test
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 19:25:42 +0000 (14:25 -0500)]
breaking change to add system values test

working on it now.

7 days agotest registry config is in now
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 19:23:08 +0000 (14:23 -0500)]
test registry config is in now

not sure it does anything; it's intended for working on windows where there's a global system registry (also known as an operating system single point of failure).

7 days agogot test path config working
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 19:14:41 +0000 (14:14 -0500)]
got test path config working

more goodness!

7 days agoupdated progress note
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 18:57:28 +0000 (13:57 -0500)]
updated progress note

7 days agoadded finalization noise after test
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 18:51:03 +0000 (13:51 -0500)]
added finalization noise after test

8 days agomuch closer to working
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:19:23 +0000 (09:19 -0500)]
much closer to working

and more upgrade bits added.

8 days agocloser to working ini parser test
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:12:48 +0000 (09:12 -0500)]
closer to working ini parser test

8 days agoadding in another retro test
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:07:27 +0000 (09:07 -0500)]
adding in another retro test

test ini parser inna house.  also broken.  will work on it and the upgrader script in tandem.

8 days agodoc mod
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:03:48 +0000 (09:03 -0500)]
doc mod

8 days agotests for break signal and ini config working
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 13:58:33 +0000 (08:58 -0500)]
tests for break signal and ini config working

resolved the weird issue with double_plus.  added optional time parameter for break signal time out.

8 days agoini config test is working again
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 8 Feb 2026 05:06:07 +0000 (00:06 -0500)]
ini config test is working again

the test exposed an insufficient size when performing double_plus operations, since we shifted the number into an int as part of truncation operation.  changed this to a long long instead, which seems to have sufficient size for our purposes.  previous result was that it was garbling the number and turning it negative as it handily overflowed 32 bits.

8 days agoini config tester close to working
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 23:28:53 +0000 (18:28 -0500)]
ini config tester close to working

8 days agoadding in test for ini configurator
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 23:14:38 +0000 (18:14 -0500)]
adding in test for ini configurator

and some more fixes for the upgrader script

8 days agocloser to building test for dirtree fcopy
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 22:56:42 +0000 (17:56 -0500)]
closer to building test for dirtree fcopy

need one more fix in our upgrade script and that should do it.

8 days agofixations continue on upgrader
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 15:20:27 +0000 (10:20 -0500)]
fixations continue on upgrader

found it can fix old application shell constructor calls.

8 days agotest dirtree fcopy after one upgrade run
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 15:17:13 +0000 (10:17 -0500)]
test dirtree fcopy after one upgrade run

found a fix for __argv and __argc to add in upgrade script.  want to get this version in before running it again to see if any severe tire damage occurs.

8 days agobreaking change - adding test for dirtree fcopy
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 15:14:01 +0000 (10:14 -0500)]
breaking change - adding test for dirtree fcopy

getting this older test up to speed.

8 days agoworking towards easier porting
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 15:09:34 +0000 (10:09 -0500)]
working towards easier porting

updated the porting script, and now it mentions the actual product it's porting to (feisty meow).
got break signal test app compiling and working now too.

9 days agohoohah, test command line compiles now
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 7 Feb 2026 01:44:19 +0000 (20:44 -0500)]
hoohah, test command line compiles now

and it runs, and seems to yield the appropriate results.  we're on our way now..!

9 days agocloser to compiling...
Fred T. Hamster [Fri, 6 Feb 2026 21:49:01 +0000 (16:49 -0500)]
closer to compiling...

found that deadly_error became non_continuable_error, which i like better but still don't think is the perfect name.
fixed some other shifts also.

11 days agorevised name for 'apps' to be 'source'
Fred T. Hamster [Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:30:01 +0000 (07:30 -0500)]
revised name for 'apps' to be 'source'

makes a lot more sense, since we store source there and not built apps.
plus the 's' letter is no longer colliding with anything else in my standard names?  wheeee....

11 days agoclosing in on getting cmd line test working
Fred Hamster [Thu, 5 Feb 2026 02:56:17 +0000 (21:56 -0500)]
closing in on getting cmd line test working

the upgrade hoople to yeti script still does the mostly right stuff, despite neither of those being the current product name.
just a few errors left, i hope...

11 days agoadded notes on progress
Fred Hamster [Thu, 5 Feb 2026 02:46:56 +0000 (21:46 -0500)]
added notes on progress

11 days agobringing back in some tests
Fred Hamster [Thu, 5 Feb 2026 02:43:53 +0000 (21:43 -0500)]
bringing back in some tests

these have been pending for a while.  not at all ready yet though.

13 days agonew file listing the kona java dependencies
Fred T. Hamster [Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:38:45 +0000 (21:38 -0500)]
new file listing the kona java dependencies

seems like a handy thing, and i'd rather not have to re-learn this yet again...

13 days agoworkbench looking better
Fred T. Hamster [Tue, 3 Feb 2026 01:31:51 +0000 (20:31 -0500)]
workbench looking better

everything is building properly in eclipse now except the osgi junk.  ugh.

13 days agoworking on java jar dependencies for eclipse
Fred T. Hamster [Tue, 3 Feb 2026 01:12:03 +0000 (20:12 -0500)]
working on java jar dependencies for eclipse

this could take a while to get right, although i think i'm on the right track.

2 weeks agochanges due to internal feisty meow cloud
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 2 Feb 2026 03:46:30 +0000 (22:46 -0500)]
changes due to internal feisty meow cloud

the nuage has been modified and these related scripts had to change.
used to be a magic_cabinet folder under nuage, but now it is just cabinet.

2 weeks agotectonic shiftlets
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 2 Feb 2026 03:26:01 +0000 (22:26 -0500)]
tectonic shiftlets

moving the computer tasks into a conjoined pile.

2 months agocorrected error in seeking packages
Chris Koeritz [Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:11:21 +0000 (12:11 -0500)]
corrected error in seeking packages

was inadvertently using a grep character set match instead of the
literal thing in brackets.  oops.  dang.

2 months agoadded a guard to catch an unusual error
Chris Koeritz [Wed, 3 Dec 2025 16:25:20 +0000 (11:25 -0500)]
added a guard to catch an unusual error

ran this recently and seemed to think things were installed, but then xsecurelock wasn't really there.
this at least catches this situation; still need to fix deeper cause of problem.

2 months agocleanups after successful updates
Chris Koeritz [Mon, 1 Dec 2025 18:44:50 +0000 (13:44 -0500)]
cleanups after successful updates

start xwin screensaver is awesome now!  and seek package is very handy.

2 months agonew seek_package script for precise install checks
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:14:23 +0000 (12:14 -0500)]
new seek_package script for precise install checks

and removed yum case from list_package, which was redundant.
and fixed the screensaver setup script to use seek_package, so it's an exact check now. sweet.

2 months agonew fortune ish and reverted decision on saver
Fred Hamster [Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:39:02 +0000 (10:39 -0500)]
new fortune ish and reverted decision on saver

cannot have screensaver script trying to install stuff during our basic feisty meow startup.  duhhh.
that needs to be managed separately, perhaps as an x window auto-start item.

also a new fortune or two, although one is actually a bad joke.

2 months agodropped error noises for continuable ones
Chris Koeritz [Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:23:41 +0000 (10:23 -0500)]
dropped error noises for continuable ones

and fixed the seldom or never seen text greeting to feisty.

2 months agoadded assume yes on apt install line
Chris Koeritz [Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:12:05 +0000 (10:12 -0500)]
added assume yes on apt install line

2 months agoupdated with some helpful info
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 1 Dec 2025 14:55:24 +0000 (09:55 -0500)]
updated with some helpful info

2 months agoadded in the missing steps in xwin screensaver
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:46:33 +0000 (18:46 -0500)]
added in the missing steps in xwin screensaver

now installs the packages needed, although the code is not super beautiful for that, and kills off xscreensaver if it's running.

2 months agomade the xss startup not errorful
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:29:45 +0000 (18:29 -0500)]
made the xss startup not errorful

there are too many things that can seem to go wrong with the xss-lock startup,
but which leave it in a still functional state, so we made the error check after
running it allow continuation.

2 months agoadded code for modifying saver_xscreensaver
Fred Hamster [Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:36:54 +0000 (13:36 -0500)]
added code for modifying saver_xscreensaver

to update to latest location of xscreensaver, enabling xsecurelock to use it properly.
this code is not quite right yet.

2 months agoadded notes for next steps
Chris Koeritz [Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:29:01 +0000 (16:29 -0500)]
added notes for next steps

working on odd bugs on cuboid host now.

2 months agoadded a usb drive
Fred Hamster [Tue, 25 Nov 2025 02:42:01 +0000 (21:42 -0500)]
added a usb drive

2 months agoadded mpv as mp3 player when available
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:34:36 +0000 (15:34 -0500)]
added mpv as mp3 player when available

also added pavucontrol note for multimedia tools.

2 months agoadding debugging to track mp3 play issues
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:25:26 +0000 (10:25 -0500)]
adding debugging to track mp3 play issues

2 months agoadded support to start a screensaver for x windows
Fred Hamster [Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:25:10 +0000 (10:25 -0500)]
added support to start a screensaver for x windows

tries to be subtle by only hooking in if the xsecurelock software is installed, if x windows is running, and if there is no existing screensaver hooked.

2 months agoadded xsecurelock variable to fred custom scripts
Fred Hamster [Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:01:23 +0000 (12:01 -0500)]
added xsecurelock variable to fred custom scripts

this tells it to use xscreensaver as the display saver when locked.

3 months agoupdated naming for overload report
Fred Hamster [Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:16:58 +0000 (14:16 -0500)]
updated naming for overload report

3 months agoupdated logout script to clear console also
Fred Hamster [Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:07:57 +0000 (14:07 -0500)]
updated logout script to clear console also

3 months agofixed debug line
Fred T. Hamster [Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:38:16 +0000 (11:38 -0500)]
fixed debug line

3 months agosnorky
Fred T. Hamster [Tue, 4 Nov 2025 10:44:28 +0000 (05:44 -0500)]
snorky

9 months agoadded surprisingly missing net-tools for prep
fred t. hamster [Tue, 6 May 2025 01:02:25 +0000 (21:02 -0400)]
added surprisingly missing net-tools for prep

9 months agoprogressions
fred t. hamster [Tue, 6 May 2025 00:58:53 +0000 (20:58 -0400)]
progressions

9 months agoadded kgpg as os package for prep
Fred Hamster [Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:41:21 +0000 (14:41 -0400)]
added kgpg as os package for prep

9 months agochewing through canonicalize
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:43:44 +0000 (12:43 -0400)]
chewing through canonicalize

9 months agomore conversion on filename helper
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:29:52 +0000 (06:29 -0400)]
more conversion on filename helper

9 months agoremoved squish dirs code to squish current
Fred Hamster [Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:06:14 +0000 (07:06 -0400)]
removed squish dirs code to squish current

if there were no parameters, it happily started squishing every directory in the current dir.
i typed it accidentally with no parameters in my home directory, and it started squishing every freaking thing.  not right.
also, there was somehow data loss, even though this is supposed to zip first before removal.  how did that happen?

9 months agomore progress
Fred Hamster [Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:54:11 +0000 (14:54 -0400)]
more progress

9 months agomore progress
Fred Hamster [Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:15:40 +0000 (06:15 -0400)]
more progress

9 months agomore progress on filename helper in python
Fred Hamster [Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:46:20 +0000 (11:46 -0400)]
more progress on filename helper in python

and string slicing, wheee!

9 months agocleaned up debug wording a bit
Fred Hamster [Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:21:06 +0000 (09:21 -0400)]
cleaned up debug wording a bit

9 months agomore good converting
Fred Hamster [Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:05:22 +0000 (22:05 -0400)]
more good converting

9 months agoimplemented same file method in python
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:08:16 +0000 (17:08 -0400)]
implemented same file method in python

10 months agofixed host list for gruntose domain
Chris Koeritz [Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:51:14 +0000 (22:51 -0400)]
fixed host list for gruntose domain

10 months agonew pattern for vim edits
Chris Koeritz [Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:44:20 +0000 (20:44 -0400)]
new pattern for vim edits

this one fixes the old school bash line that looks like this:
  #!/bin/bash
to look like the more modern version:
  #!/usr/bin/env bash

also renamed the directory to be vim for uhh modernity.

10 months agosaving minor updates
Fred Hamster [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:46:30 +0000 (17:46 -0400)]
saving minor updates

10 months agomore tasty work in python
Fred Hamster [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:44:02 +0000 (17:44 -0400)]
more tasty work in python

10 months agocontinuing work on filename helper in python
Fred Hamster [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:20:25 +0000 (17:20 -0400)]
continuing work on filename helper in python

10 months agosplunge!
Fred Hamster [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:37:06 +0000 (13:37 -0400)]
splunge!

10 months agoconverted generate aliases to python
Fred Hamster [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:35:22 +0000 (13:35 -0400)]
converted generate aliases to python

now just need to work on the library files it uses.  filename helper is the first level down, but there may be others...

10 months agomore progress
Fred Hamster [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:52:14 +0000 (11:52 -0400)]
more progress

10 months agomade archive for older codes
Chris Koeritz [Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:24:26 +0000 (10:24 -0400)]
made archive for older codes

plus some good progress on the conversion of the alias generator.

10 months agogeneralized the syncthing conflict locator
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:41:37 +0000 (10:41 -0400)]
generalized the syncthing conflict locator

10 months agocloser to functional
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:24:09 +0000 (10:24 -0400)]
closer to functional

10 months agomore plowing through the python
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:02:22 +0000 (09:02 -0400)]
more plowing through the python

10 months agomore work on this
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:59:41 +0000 (00:59 -0400)]
more work on this

nowhere close to ready, but seeing what we need.

10 months agoitty bits of progress on new python code
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:35:36 +0000 (20:35 -0400)]
itty bits of progress on new python code

starting with the generator for aliases, found rapidly that we're plowing into our re-use libraries for perl, and needing to convert those to python also.  so be it, and an excellent example to work on.

10 months agostarting new python initiative in generate aliases
Fred Hamster [Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:05:18 +0000 (20:05 -0400)]
starting new python initiative in generate aliases

an old perl script and pretty simple, so this should work well as a first place to start supplanting our older (and unfortunately a little unreadable) perl code with python code instead.

10 months agoslight improvements and generality increases
Fred T. Hamster [Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:05:50 +0000 (21:05 -0400)]
slight improvements and generality increases

enabled checkin on files in cool permissionator, rather than just directories,
although the intended purpose of fixing the crontabs file for my user in one weird scenario (where my original uid had changed,
and then a new user was added with the old uid, meaning my crontab was inaccessible to me) did not work, since the permissions
on the crontabs directory keeps normal users from seeing things in there, including their own crontab file.

10 months agosimple example template for data import to gnucash
Fred Hamster [Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:12:01 +0000 (08:12 -0400)]
simple example template for data import to gnucash

10 months agoautomation script for getting simple df
Fred T. Hamster [Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:51:02 +0000 (12:51 -0400)]
automation script for getting simple df

10 months agoadded apt-file as requirement for prep
Fred Hamster [Mon, 7 Apr 2025 16:31:51 +0000 (12:31 -0400)]
added apt-file as requirement for prep

also added a readme with some useful automation commands.

10 months agofind syncthing conflict files
Fred Hamster [Mon, 7 Apr 2025 16:24:22 +0000 (12:24 -0400)]
find syncthing conflict files

simple script checks our storage hierarchy for syncthing conflict files

10 months agobetter name for the cleaner of redundant files
Fred Hamster [Mon, 7 Apr 2025 15:24:45 +0000 (11:24 -0400)]
better name for the cleaner of redundant files

10 months agogalculator now considered a requirement
Fred Hamster [Mon, 7 Apr 2025 13:58:10 +0000 (09:58 -0400)]
galculator now considered a requirement

10 months agoupdated hosts in gruntose list
Fred T. Hamster [Mon, 7 Apr 2025 03:53:58 +0000 (23:53 -0400)]
updated hosts in gruntose list

10 months agoadded mariadb client tools to prep
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:48:12 +0000 (14:48 -0400)]
added mariadb client tools to prep

10 months agocleans directories with different hierarchies
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 6 Apr 2025 18:08:07 +0000 (14:08 -0400)]
cleans directories with different hierarchies

this new tool compare_whacker is super handy.
i have a newer scheme for managing my digital pictures and an older scheme.
the two schemes are incompatible (old one used the camera name as the main index
and the new scheme just uses the data from the picture metadata).
the compare whacker was written so i could clean up a redundant copy of my pictures
that were stored in the old scheme.  i needed to find all the picture names that were
the same across the two.
NOTE: some pictures re-use the filenames on the pictures, and this creates havoc with
this script.  use more precise hierarchies if you have lots of identical file names!

10 months agoupdated help instructions
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 6 Apr 2025 13:12:10 +0000 (09:12 -0400)]
updated help instructions

needs to explicitly be passed the hostname:path style parameter now.

10 months agotasty updates for comparator
Fred T. Hamster [Sun, 6 Apr 2025 12:52:21 +0000 (08:52 -0400)]
tasty updates for comparator

now very much a reusable tool for others, since the hard-coded names for the comparator have
been cleaned up.  now these scripts just use the MAJOR_ARCHIVE_SOURCES and the command line
parameters to ferret out the proper locations to synch.
successfully used against both localhost, a remote host, and a local disk archive now.

10 months agotraced an issue with mirror mode
Fred T. Hamster [Thu, 3 Apr 2025 15:05:07 +0000 (11:05 -0400)]
traced an issue with mirror mode

we will only mirror, aka delete, when the hierarchy on the target is one that already exists on the source.
this is a consequence of the necessary scooping of the "*" under a hierarchy to be copied to the target,
rather than trying to copy at the same height for the directory trees (which will lead to a basement folder being
created under the remote target basement, i.e. /media/fred/archivedrive/basement/basement, rather than
copying direct contents.  so for now, we are limited by our use of rsync for this, unless there's a mode to
do a direct directory copy rather than its current behavior.

10 months agoadding safeguards to not overwrite same name files
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 2 Apr 2025 22:57:32 +0000 (18:57 -0400)]
adding safeguards to not overwrite same name files

there was a possibility that a file like ~blah.xlsx could overwrite blah.xlsx, which is a huge issue.  don't want to scrap any active files like that, so now we are checking at different stages in the rename process to ensure there are at least no overwrites.

10 months agoignoring tilde files now
Fred T. Hamster [Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:37:01 +0000 (09:37 -0400)]
ignoring tilde files now

we don't want to mess with these at all.

10 months agoadded epub to spacemall fixins list
Fred Hamster [Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:50:52 +0000 (10:50 -0400)]
added epub to spacemall fixins list

10 months agonew fortune
Fred Hamster [Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:01:31 +0000 (11:01 -0400)]
new fortune

10 months agoMerge branch 'release-2.140.189' into dev
Fred Hamster [Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:13:26 +0000 (10:13 -0400)]
Merge branch 'release-2.140.189' into dev

10 months agonew branch for upcoming release 2.140.189 release-2.140.189
Fred Hamster [Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:02:56 +0000 (10:02 -0400)]
new branch for upcoming release 2.140.189

10 months agoprep adds git+gitk and better help in quick git
Fred Hamster [Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:01:00 +0000 (10:01 -0400)]
prep adds git+gitk and better help in quick git