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Makefile macros for converting between text formats

by Julian H. Stacey

Hi all, Thanks to Laura for mentioning various interesting tools. Anyone know of syntax suggestions for CLI (command line interpreters) for .groff .html .pdf to [various] .epub ? I would add rules to my Makefile macros to convert between various formats: http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/jhs/share/mk/berklix2… I made some notes on .epub a while back, http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/epub/ but so far only noticed manual driven GUI (grapical user interface tools), not seen any CLI to .epub yet. Cheers, -- Julian Stacey. Gmail & Googlemail Fail http://berklix.org/jhs/mail/#bad Brits abroad reclaim your http://StolenVotes.UK www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Arm Ukraine. Contraception to reduce global warming & resource wars.

March 28, 2024

Happy Document Freedom Day

by LM

Hope you have a productive and fruitful Document Freedom Day, today, March 27th, 2024. How are you celebrating Document Freedom Day? Here are some ideas on ways to get involved. Please share some of your own. 1, Check the Document Freedom Day web site for events in your area: https://digitalfreedoms.org/dfd 2, Use a word processor or office application that emphasizes Open Document formats and Free Software. Some examples: a. Libreoffice (ODT format) b. Calligra c. Lyx (LaTex) d. Scribus ( http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/Scribus ) e. Abiword f. Focuswriter (ODT format) g. FlWriter ( https://sourceforge.net/p/nanolinux/wiki/Home/ ) h. Sigil (EPUB format) i. Calibre (EPUB format) 3. Take a look at some of the Open Document platforms and Open Education Resources available: a. Open science and education platforms - https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/29187.html b. OER - https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/14440.html 4. Check out and make use of some of the utilities and libraries that support Open Document formats: a. CSV - https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/28870.html b. ical - https://github.com/libical/libical c. ical - https://github.com/stephaneagg/iCalendar-ics-filter d. tinyxml2 - https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2 e. XMLStarlet - https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/ 5. Check out plain text options such as: a. https://plaintextaccounting.org/ b. https://furius.ca/beancount/ c. https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt d. https://plaintextproject.online/articles/2021/07/07/todo.html e. https://github.com/mattheyan/time.txt f. https://alistapart.com/article/boom/ g. https://orgmode.org/ h. https://plaintext-productivity.net/ i. https://plaintextworld.com/ k. https://danlucraft.com/blog/2008/04/plain-text-organizer/ l. https://zapier.com/blog/plain-text-files-for-productivity/ m. https://journaltxt.github.io/ n. https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ o. https://johnhenrymuller.com/today 6. Let others know about the Free, Libre, Open Source Software you use that supports Open Document formats. Help out by advocating and informing people you know of the importance of using accessible formats and software with source code you can see. If you have a web site, social media account or some friends in need of useful software, please spread the word about Document Freedom Day, Open and accessible formats and the wonderful FLOSS tools that work with them. Enjoy exploring some of the wonderful Free and Open Document formats out there and the FLOSS applications that work well with them. Have a great Document Freedom Day. Sincerely, Laura

March 27, 2024

Document Freedom Day events

by LM

If you're involved with a Document Freedom Day event, please register it at the DFF web site: https://digitalfreedoms.org/ There's more information on Document Freedom day available here: https://digitalfreedoms.org/dfd Also, please let us know about your Document Freedom Day events on this mailing list.

March 9, 2024

Document Freedom Day

by LM

Twenty-five days and counting down to Document Freedom Day on March 27, 2024. Want to know how you can get involved? Help organize a local or virtual event on topics related to the theme of Document Freedom. Invite people to attend. You can post about it here and on other social media platforms. Check out our list of Free Social Media platforms if you need a few ideas for reaching out to people: https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/SFDMarketingSites Want to attend a Document Freedom Day event? A new web site and event map are coming soon. In the meantime, you can ask on this list if anyone's running an event in your area or hosting a virtual event.

March 2, 2024

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Marcos Marado

Hi there: Next in line in terms of events is Document Freedom Day 2024, March 27. You can register your events at https://digitalfreedoms.org/index.php/dfd . DFF has a mastodon presence at https://fosstodon.org/@dff . We have also been chatting and coordinating on Matrix, using https://matrix.to/#/#digitalfreedoms:matrix.org for general DFF topics, and #SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org specifically for SFD. On Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 14:08 Julian H. Stacey <jhs(a)berklix.com> wrote: > > How many of us are on Mastodon? - It looks like a perfect chat medium > > for SFD promo. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network) > > Might be useful for others building new social sites. > Not to promote SFD to the great unwashed on existing sites. > SFD struggled before with too few people to maintain its webs. > Email lists are platform independent for organisers, no one is coerced. > > Cheers, > -- > Julian Stacey. Gmail & Googlemail Fail http://berklix.org/jhs/mail/#bad > Brits abroad, recover your stolen vote > https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote > Arm Ukraine. Contraception V. Global heating & resource wars. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

Feb. 17, 2024

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Julian H. Stacey

> How many of us are on Mastodon? - It looks like a perfect chat medium > for SFD promo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network) Might be useful for others building new social sites. Not to promote SFD to the great unwashed on existing sites. SFD struggled before with too few people to maintain its webs. Email lists are platform independent for organisers, no one is coerced. Cheers, -- Julian Stacey. Gmail & Googlemail Fail http://berklix.org/jhs/mail/#bad Brits abroad, recover your stolen vote https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Arm Ukraine. Contraception V. Global heating & resource wars.

Feb. 17, 2024

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Rik Tindall

Hi Fred, DFF and SFD crews, Sorry to hear of your illness Fred. Thank you for all you do for the cause! Sorry too, to have missed SFD23 - otherwise engaged at the time. Just checking in again for 2024 - I am the "Rick (New-Zealand)" who was co-opted to DFF board / SFD admin in 2022. Thanks Fred. Looking forward to working with you all this year. Where to next please? How many of us are on Mastodon? - It looks like a perfect chat medium for SFD promo. Kind regards, Rik Christchurch NZ. On 14/06/23 18:16, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: > Hi Jurgen and everybody, > > Thank you all for the kind words. > > Documentation is ... non-existent. Well not really really but yes I'd > have to write something from almost scratch. Vps installation is very > well documented though. But the rest is really hacks here and there to > make everything look "integrated". > > We probably should have a dedicated group for server & website > administration. Those are not the same skill set but some people have > both and they need to interact. Historically the board used to do > that, and everything else. > > We once had a guy helping out only on Moinmoin though. So we (you as a > group I mean) could either have a technical team and the board, or the > new board could also be in charge of this. I believe at the start the > board will mainly do tech stuff and some marketing. But not my decision. > > If I remember correctly we have the following candidates to join the > board: > - Jurgen > - Marcos > > Then we have a few potential candidates to help out here and there: > - Mostafa > - Ruwan > > And we did work with Rick (New-Zealand) a bit last year but he then > had some health related issue in his family. So not sure if he would > still be available or interested. > > I'll set up admin accounts for Jurgen on our website and follow up > when done. > > Thank you again. > > Fred > > > On 13/06/2023 15:05, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >> Hi Fred, >> >> (other people - please read further down) >> >> thanks for replying. I feel your pain. And when hands are short to >> keep the boat afloat, communication is indeed the hardest one to keep >> going. >> >> I hope you're recovering well and the stress over SFD and the >> foundation around it doesn't harm you in that process. >> >> Is the VPS-administration well documented? That's a big one for me. >> >> Could you create an admin account for me on the SFD site? I'd like to >> see what that looks like and if I can do some quick updates to set >> the practical stuff straight. >> >> Given your health condition, are you (or someone else from the >> resigning board) in any shape to set up a meeting to talk through >> this list? >> >> >> *Hi everybody on the list:* >> >> This has become quite a beast to take over. Let's join forces and >> keep this great event alive! >> >> Let's see how these things can be split up or broken down into >> modular parts, and make a distinction between (essential) core parts >> and (nice to have) features. >> >> Let's figure out how to get things rolling first for the 2023 >> edition. After that we'll see what we can do, en where we end up. >> >> I've started with a cryptpad so we can work on the below list, and >> break it up into urgents, neededs and nice to haves: >> https://pad.libre.brussels/7P52HTKGRlOYHM4LWuu8fw# >> >> Please, also join the Matrix chat if you feel that it's important to >> keep SFD alive: https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >> >> >> Looking forward to get onto this. >> >> Grtz, >> Jurgen >> >> >> On 13/06/2023 04:42, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> Sorry I was in hospital for a week and it took me an extra week to >>> recover. And now the sky is falling over my head... >>> >>> Thank you for the prompt answers (some which I initially didn't >>> receive). Subscription to this list is done on this page: >>> https://lists.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/sfd-discuss.mailman3.com/ >>> >>> Websites needs to be updated I guess... >>> >>> ok so let me try to start with a short version: >>> >>> general maintenance tasks: >>> . VPS administration >>> . Website updates (Joomla! currently) >>> . Sponsors searching & securing >>> . Wiki cleanup >>> >>> Yearly tasks for each event: >>> . Slight updates to website to reflect the new date >>> . We used to create new yearly designs for SFD at least. We no >>> longer do. Not a must but if the team is big enough it's doable >>> . Registration script update >>> . Wiki updates >>> . Registration soft launch (to see if any problem) >>> . Registration launch >>> . Marketing for teams participation (FB, Mastodon, Twitter, >>> Slashdot,etc...) >>> . Sponsors communication (especially press which needs to be done >>> early) >>> . Schwag design and creation if there is budget, which there isn't >>> at the moment. >>> . Schwag packing shipping 2+ months prior to event >>> >>> Upgrades needed: >>> . SFD website >>> . HFD website remake >>> . DFD website >>> . Registration script probably needs to be rewritten as it's Python >>> 2.x and it could be much better >>> . Wiki migration as Moinmoin 2.x doesn't seem to be coming. We >>> thought of DokuWiki as a replacement but... we won't be here. >>> >>> So now whole DFF board is resigning and it's all DFF events (SFD, >>> DFD, HFD). There is no replacement but we did talk to a few people >>> in the past, with poor success I would say (we've become really bad >>> at communicating among other things). >>> >>> Hope it covers most of the things. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Fred >>> >>> >>> On 31/05/2023 15:59, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Where can one subscribe to this mailing list? I don't see any links >>>> in the footer for the mailman panel. >>>> >>>> Given the current board is resigning (who is on this board? is this >>>> the board of digitalfreedomfoundation - so all the events - or only >>>> SFD?), is there a new board that is starting? How many people do >>>> you realistically need? I'm willing to take up some responsibility >>>> (but not take over SFD completely). >>>> >>>> Is there some overview of what the current workload is? Just a >>>> matter of knowing what needs to be done, and what skills and time >>>> we need to take into account. >>>> >>>> I would like to invite everyone doing SFD locally to join the >>>> Matrix chat at https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >>>> >>>> From in there, we can look into what can be done with the website >>>> and the SFD ecosystem. >>>> >>>> For sure I want to thank you for the 20 years or so that you have >>>> been pulling the SFD wagon! You've inspired me with the initiative >>>> and I think you actually turned it into a global event. Now let's >>>> hope it stays one for the long run. I thing Software Freedom is >>>> more important than ever! >>>> >>>> Grtz, >>>> Jurgen >>>> >>>> >>>> On 30/05/2023 12:14, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> It seems my message didn't go out very well. So I am resending it. >>>>> >>>>> Mailing lists have moved to mailman3.com domain and is now: >>>>> sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >>>>> >>>>> The current board is also resigning. I'll stay around to help out >>>>> and ensure SFD runs again this year. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone wants to take over please let us know. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Fred >>>>> >>>>> On 05/05/2023 14:16, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> We're planning for Software Freedom Day 2023 in Hackerspace >>>>>> Brussels (hey... it's our 20th edition, we should celebrate!) We >>>>>> picked the topic "Freedom in education" >>>>>> >>>>>> Is anyone else doing SFD this year? I haven't seen a lot of >>>>>> activity on the mailinglist. Maybe we could meet in a Matrix >>>>>> channel? I created #SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org where we could >>>>>> coordinate and exchange ideas) >>>>>> >>>>>> Grtz, >>>>>> Jurgen >>>>>> > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

Feb. 16, 2024

Document Freedom Day 2024 - Save The Date!

by Marcos Marado

Hello! Time flies, and we're well into 2024 by now, time to start planning the events of the year! As you may know, "Document Freedom Day" is celebrated every year on the last Wednesday of March each year, and in 2024 it will be no different: Save the date, 27 March 2024! Document Freedom Day is an annual event to "celebrate and raise awareness of Open Standards". It has been celebrated since 2008, and, like with Software Freedom Day, we are looking forward to learning about your teams and planned events and filling up the map! We are still finalizing a new website where each of those events will be listed, but we hope you can start planning how you wish to celebrate the date in the meantime! In Freedom, -- Marcos Marado, Digital Freedom Foundation DFF: https://www.digitalfreedomfoundation.org DFD: https://documentfreedom.org

Jan. 22, 2024

FOSDEM 2024: Call for Participation - Translations Devroom 2024

by Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana

Hi all, Web version available here: https://gitlab.com/translations-devroom/cfp # FOSDEM 2024 In Person -- Translations DevRoom Call for Participation! FOSDEM 2024 [1] will take place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. ## Key dates / New updates * Conference dates: 3-4 February, 2024 In person. * Translations DevRoom [2] date: Sunday 4th February (half a day in the morning). * Submission deadline: Sunday 10th December. * Announcement of selected talks: Friday 15th December. * You must be available in person to present your talk. * Talk submissions should be 30 mins and this should include Q&A time. ## TALK TOPICS For the second year in a row, FOSDEM will hold a devroom on all things related to translating FLOSS projects. * Recruiting new people to translate your project. * How it works in your project to translate softwares, websites, packages, manuals, tools, and so on. * Which tools are used by translators. * Exchange experiences between FLOSS projects. * Rewarding volunteer contributors and keeping volunteers motivated. * Showing which languages your project has been translated to. Again, these are just suggestions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of translations! ## HOW TO SUBMIT A TALK * Visit the FOSDEM 2024 pretalx [3] website. This has replaced Pentabarf! * Follow the instructions to create an account. * Once logged in, select “submit a CFP”. * Your submission must include the following information: - Proposal title - Track - Select **Translations** from the drop down list - Abstract - Description - Add any other details as needed to the Submission notes. - Additional speaker - _Click Continue or you can save and come back to it_ - About your proposal: Which open source license do you use? - FOSDEM is an open-source software conference, please specify which OSI approved license [4] your proposal uses. - Extra review material, only shown to reviewers (not published when scheduled) - Extra Contact details (optional) - _Click Continue or you can save and come back to it_ - Finally tell us your name - Biography - Availability If you need to get in touch with the organiser of the Translations DevRoom, email us at <translations-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org> FOSDEM code of conduct [5]. Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana - Translations DevRoom Organiser [1] https://fosdem.org/2024 [2] https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/translations [3] https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp [4] https://opensource.org/licenses [5] https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct -- Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls) Belo Horizonte - Brasil Debian Developer Site: http://phls.com.br GPG ID: 0443C450

Nov. 19, 2023

Software Freedom Day - call for volunteers

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hello Friends, Software Freedom Day was a great event this year. We landed with 49 events on the map (and 18 more that were on the wiki but didn’t make it to the map)! In 2022 we had 33 events. For the first time since long, we had a growth again. As you all know, in July a new board started at the Digital Freedom Foundation. Fred and Pockey did a huge job keeping all existing systems updated and secure and responding to every single request that was sent towards the foundation. We’re currently still handing over the last technical aspects. The new board has found a shelter inside the Earth Cause Charity (earthcause.org <http://earthcause.org>), which gives us some legal foundation. We started the board with a team of 5 people: Laura Michaels (USA), Ruwan Ranganath (Germany), Mostafa Ahangarha (Iran), Marcos Marado (Portugal), Jan Husar (Slowakia) and myself, Jurgen Gaeremyn (Belgium). We also had a lot of great help from Roadarchie, a freelance graphics artist who is dedicating a lot of his time and skills to the project. None of us knew each other prior to joining the board but we all have a firm conviction that our digital freedoms (Software Freedom, Hardware Freedom, Document Freedom, …) need to be celebrated worldwide and that today this is more important than ever. The current websites were built in 2004 and gradually updated and upgraded. The workflow also dates from then - with a Joomla site as the public window to the event, including the world map, and a wiki as main documentation and event platform, with some custom integrations to merge the Joomla sites with Wiki pages. Entering an event was pretty complex and the wiki was the only part that couldn’t get nicely updated. Currently we’re working on building a new platform, ready for the next decade of celebrating digital freedoms. This is a big task, and there’s only so much a pair of hands can do. That’s why we need your help to get things going. These are things you can do: 1. *Beta testers* for a new and unified events platform. Are you planning to organize Hardware Freedom Day or Document Freedom Day? Or just an early bird who did Software Freedom Day? We’re looking for a group of people who can testdrive the new platform while the layout isn’t all there yet. 2. Volunteers to *transfer and update documentation* from the SFD wiki to the new website. This is basically copy/pasting and slight editing. No technical skills required. 3. *Translators* who are interested in setting up the website main content (menu items, main pages) to show up well in your native language. 4. Looking for a *frontend-developer* with an understanding of Joomla to work together with RoadArchie and the board to help create a nice template for the site 5. Help organize *Hardware Freedom Day 2024* in your area: If we want this event to grow, we’ll need events going on all over the world. 6. Help organize *Document Freedom Day 2024* in your area: If we want this event to grow, we’ll need events going on all over the world. If you feel like helping or have more questions, feel free to reply on the list or join us on the matrix channel <https://matrix.to/#/#digitalfreedoms:matrix.org>. The board and a bunch of active members are always lurking on this channel… Happy Freedoms! And hopefully we meet on Hardware Freedom Day, Document Freedom Day... or upcoming Software Freedom Day! Jurgen

Nov. 19, 2023