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gtsh: how to use Google Translate without touching a web browser

Posted 08-09-2011 at 05:49 PM by MrCode
Updated 08-09-2011 at 05:49 PM by MrCode ("Transhlate"? WTF? :p)

I present "gtsh" (Google Translate for the SHell), a tiny(!) shell script that acts as a frontend to Google Translate:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
if test -z $3; then
	echo "Usage: $0 \"<str>\" <lang1> <lang2>"
	echo "Translates string \"<str>\" from <lang1> to <lang2>"
	echo "(CLI frontend to Google Translate)"
else
	wget -qO- "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=$1&langpair=$2|${3:-$3}"

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hindi in terminal

Posted 08-09-2011 at 03:05 AM by sumeet inani
Updated 08-09-2011 at 03:51 AM by sumeet inani

SCIM works well in GNOME gui programs like openoffice,gedit etc.
I tried to write hindi in gnome-terminal.
Result is 'improper.jpg' attached.improper.jpg
In gvim it appears like this
gvim.jpg
The only terminal 'mlterm' supports hindi rendering.
Here is what I did with help of developer 'araki ken'

Code:

(1)installed mlterm-3.0.6post-20110807 using 

./configure --enable-fribidi --enable-ind --enable-m17nlib

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Book Collection

Posted 08-08-2011 at 11:12 AM by rocket357 (Musings on technology, philosophy, and life in the corporate world)
Updated 10-26-2013 at 09:26 PM by rocket357 (Update books I own)

I've been busy assembling a good library of computing books (stuff that directly interests me, of course...so you won't find Java or such in this list), and I would like to get some input (in the event I've overlooked critical "must-have" books). I don't own all of these (yet), but I've been buying them left and right as I can afford it (I usually buy one or two each payperiod, used on Amazon...as long as the book is readable and not too banged up, I'm game). The (not-yet-complete) list...

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(UNFINISHED)How to install Debian onto a USB stick

Posted 08-08-2011 at 04:05 AM by William (Dthdealer) (Whaling the FOSS)
Updated 08-08-2011 at 04:07 AM by William (Dthdealer)

This guide is in direct response to http://kpweb.homelinux.org/blog/index.php?id=17 - a guide that uses a rather roundabout and un-hacker like way to install Linux onto a USB stick using a virtual machine.

How to Install Debian onto a USB stick

Requirements

You will need the following: