Using copilot to create toml reader class

Still learning about these generative AI tools. My assessment is that it is a Hugh leap in Natural Language Processing.  And for programming, might enable us to weave generated pieces into a coherent product faster.  It will also allow program creation that might not otherwise happen. Here is a prompt that I gave Bing copilot – no thrills With the […]

Helix – no true color support for themes

I installed Helix code editor on my freebsd 14 system. When I tried to change the theme – I got “No True Color support” command is ‘:theme autumn-night’ Well, I am using putty and it has loads of color support so what gives.  So, after many searches found this gem to just tell you have true-color in  the $HOME/.config/helix/config.toml: theme=”edge_aura” […]

Fedora 37 server – cron email notification not working

So, you got email working.  However, when cronie or crond is running you see no email. journalctl -f shows the script executing, but nothing in email. answer is check that crond has “inotify” message.   If crond is started without an active mailserver MTA – it needs to be restarted. r 04 19:46:01 jons-bad-ass-fedora-server-37 CROND[3012]: (jon2allen) CMD (/home/jon2allen/every_two.sh) Apr 04 19:46:01 […]