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Additional Badass Software

Created søndag 04 december 2016


# A list of some nice additions


Record My Desktop

# gtk-recordmydesktop allows you to record videos of your desktop
$ pacman -S gtk-recordmydesktop


# Later versions seems to flicker quite a lot - try recording with the following;
$ recordmydesktop --use-jack system:capture_1 --v_bitrate 2000000



PDF Reader

# MuPDF is a pretty simple/sweet reader
$ pacman -S mupdf


# Launched from the terminal
$ mupdf /path/to/pdf


# Passwords, append -p
$ mupdf -p <password> /path/to/pdf


# Start page 225 (etc)
$ mupdf -p 225 /path/to/pdf


# Binds;

# Ctrl+Scroll to zoom
# / = (slash) to start a search
# n = find next place for searched word
# N = find previous place for searched word
# [ ] = rotate clock/counter-clockwise
# < > = jump ten pages back/forth
# i = display document metadata
# m = save current page to bookmark
# t = go back in bookmarks
# T = go forward in bookmarks



Zim Desktop Wiki

# Amazing for keeping notes
$ pacman -S zim


# You can add additional plugins from the Edit > Preferences option.
# Noticeable might be Source View, Table Editor and Spell Checker


# Source View, which can display code snippets in the wiki, requires this package
$ pacman -S pygtksourceview2


# Spell Checker needs these packages from the official repository
$ pacman -S gtkspell python2-gtkspell aspell-en


# And the Danish language package from the AUR
$ yaourt -S aspell-da



Dropbox

$ yaourt -S dropbox


# and enable the service on a user level
$ systemctl --user enable dropbox.service


# To login to your dropbox account, run dropbox from your terminal/dmenu - whatevs.


# To have the Dropbox icon in the statusbar, edit the service file (empty)
$ systemctl --user edit dropbox


# Add these lines

[Service]
Environment=DISPLAY=:0



Notebook

# With #hashtags, search, calendar etc etc.
$ yaourt -S rednotebook



E-book Converter

# Convert E-books to .mobi format for, Kindle devices, with Calibre
$ pacman -S calibre


# Convert with their included script, ebook-converter
# Note that you give the path to the E-book in question (.epub ex), then give it what suffix it should convert to (.mobi)
$ ebook-convert /path/to/.epub .mobi


Virtual Richard Matthew Stallman

# Was RMS right? Probably. Check how many packages non-free packages is installed on your system.
$ cower -d vrms-arch


# And run with;
$ vrms


Youtube-dl

# Download youtube videos/sound (music)
$ pacman -S youtube-dl


# Download a video
$ youtube-dl URL


# Show all formats (best will be chosen by default)
$ youtube-dl -F URL


# Select a specific format
$ youtube-dl -f format URL


# Sound only
$ youtube-dl -x -f bestaudio URL


Jrnl

# Keep a daily journal with jrnl
$ cower -d jrnl


$ jrnl Today something something