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IRC log for #minetest, 2021-12-27

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01:01 MTDiscord <Warr1024> Pretend I'm Larry Tessler and sell it to me :-)
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06:14 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Imo, the best way to make screwdriver more efficient is to use node_replacer from replacer mod. Copying the node and* it's param2 is the bees knees and saves hours when working with more locks circular saw nodes
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12:05 MagmaMac Hi there, I was just wondering if there was a way to make clickable elements inside tables (or an alternative solution not using tables). I have a list of objects containing images and text that I would like to display scrollable with a scroll bar in a fixed sized formspec. If anyone could share their experiences of doing something similiar that
12:05 MagmaMac would also be appreciated. Thanks!
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12:21 MinetestBot [git] sfan5 -> minetest/minetestmapper: Update dependency list in README 9b26d94 https://git.io/Jy8sd (2021-12-27T12:19:12Z)
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13:17 celeron55 "...and you have only 11 minutes to answer!"
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15:16 Sokomine exe_virus: i've updated the screwdriver some time ago so that it works better when flying, saves a history and can be set to keep the shape and orientation while replacing the material (or vice versa)
15:18 Sokomine yes, some people are sadly a bit impatient. or he had a very unstable line?
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15:29 MTDiscord <exe_virus> The screwdriver keeps shape and orientation?? Or you mean replacer?
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18:13 Sokomine exe_virus: yes, ups, meant my replacer
18:15 MTDiscord <luatic> Now this is funny
18:15 MTDiscord <luatic> I have shift + druck configured in my desktop environment as shortcut for selection a screen area for screenshot
18:16 MTDiscord <luatic> when I do this with Minetest, Minetest registers the shift, but doesn't register the release of shift; I have to press shift again to stop me going downwards
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18:27 f-a hello friendly folks
18:27 f-a I have installed minetest from Debian 11 repos
18:27 f-a now I want to play this https://content.minetest.net/packages/yaman/alter/
18:27 f-a what do I have to do?
18:28 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> you'll need to get a newer version of minetest
18:30 f-a excellent
18:41 Krock hmm? I wonder where it would need newer features
18:41 Krock formspec ones?
18:48 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Probably doesn't require it honestly, but definitely upgrade your minetest version
18:49 f-a if it does not need it, then I would rather pick the one from my repos
18:49 f-a that should be common knowledge to devs :P not doing apt-get is pain :P
18:50 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> using debian is pain though so there's that
18:50 MTDiscord <luatic> to bad the ppt got shut down
18:50 MTDiscord <luatic> too*
18:50 MTDiscord <luatic> ppa*
18:50 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> wait it got shut down?
18:50 MTDiscord <luatic> well, it doesn't get updates AFAIK
18:51 MTDiscord <luatic> at least the minetestdevs nightly one
18:51 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> oh
18:51 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> well the minetest stable PPA is up to date at least
18:51 f-a I am make -j$(nproc) right now
18:51 MTDiscord <luatic> https://launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+archive/ubuntu/daily-builds this one
18:51 f-a what do I need to invoke once finished?
18:51 MTDiscord <luatic> ./bin/minetest usually
18:52 f-a to play this, lunatic https://content.minetest.net/packages/yaman/alter/
18:52 MTDiscord <luatic> still ./bin/minetest
18:52 MTDiscord <luatic> you just install it from the content tab
18:52 MTDiscord <luatic> then you select it in the menu bar
18:52 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> go to the content tab, do browse online content and search for it there
18:52 MTDiscord <luatic> then you create a world and join it
18:52 MTDiscord <luatic> and then you start playing!
18:52 Krock or git clone into ~/.minetest/games
18:53 MTDiscord <luatic> It depends, I suppose
18:53 MTDiscord <luatic> if you want to play it, do what Krock said
18:53 sfan5 maybe we should be directing people to the appimage or snap instead of letting them compile stuff
18:54 f-a I purposely eschewed appimage/snap
18:54 MTDiscord <luatic> if you want to play it and plan on leaving a game-jam-related review, you should install it from CDB
18:54 MTDiscord <luatic> both are bloat
18:55 MTDiscord <luatic> hmm wait
18:55 MTDiscord <luatic> the commits from GH have been released to CDB too
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19:55 Sokomine sfan5: snap is evil
19:56 Sokomine f-a: most of us here are more involved with the game and love playing the latest version. debians' is - as with most things - a bit older. the best way might be to compile mt for yourself as krock suggested
19:56 Krock I did not suggest to compile it yourself
19:57 Krock 5.3.0 is still okay-ish for most stuff
19:57 Sokomine oh. sorry
19:57 Sokomine yet...having latest git is so nice
19:57 sfan5 Sokomine: I know people have opinions on those things but most users just care about getting stuff working
19:57 Sokomine sfan5: probably, yes...
19:57 sfan5 and unfortunately installing the distro package often does not "get it working" because you end up with an older version
19:58 Sokomine sfan5: i started disliking snap when it thought it could update itself. it was the wrong time. i needed the bandwith. and i didn't need snap updates at the time. even killing the thing didn't work. of course there are ways to still stop it, but...
20:01 f-a this alter thing is pretty good btw
20:01 * Sokomine stares at an uncoopreative npc
20:02 Sokomine f-a: good to hear. i havn't checked it out yet. currently working on a mod
20:02 f-a can someone give me a tl;dr on controls? wasd + mouse?
20:02 f-a I frigging have a trackpad and hate to click
20:03 Sokomine it works quite well with a trackpoint if you're lucky enough to have one
20:04 Sokomine there's a lot of clicking involved in gameplay. perhaps an external mouse might be best?
20:04 f-a I had it on my x60s but not here
20:04 f-a yeah might do
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21:49 Krock Priority N°1 when modifying your Minetest client: https://pastebin.com/raw/cVmF5aPZ
21:50 sfan5 MTG should grant it by default
21:50 sfan5 only hard part is migration code that grants it to everyone
21:51 Krock it's not granted by default, no.
21:52 sfan5 but it should be
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23:23 MTDiscord <Jonathon> linux distros: we have package managers that make getting software nice easy and secure reality: outdated packages (majority of distros) unless you running rolling release distros and is a hassle to track down latest of packages
23:24 f-a as a user, for 95% of software I do not care about outdateness
23:25 f-a I am pretty happy for it not to change it under my feet
23:25 f-a there are alas some exceptions
23:25 MTDiscord <luatic> it is pretty frustrating if your distro makes you jump through hoops to get the latest version of a package; it should always be a simple option
23:25 MTDiscord <Jonathon> exactly
23:26 MTDiscord <Jonathon> for like 70 percent of software i use, as long as its within a few versions who cares, but when i need/want the latest it shouldnt be such a pain to do so
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23:28 f-a security considerations trumps that, imho
23:28 f-a (as you might have guessed right now, I use Debian stable)
23:28 MTDiscord <Jonathon> debains middle name is outdate as heck software
23:28 celeron55 if you're talking about debian, testing of packages is done by users of the... testing version of the distro
23:28 MTDiscord <Jonathon> . s/debain/debian
23:29 f-a I mean, I do not want to convince anyone, just to provide a data point
23:29 celeron55 5.4 is on testing
23:31 celeron55 i guess the thing about distros is that they can't trust anyone and have to test by themselves
23:31 MTDiscord <Jonathon> you shouldnt need to run a testing version of the distro just to get update to date packages
23:31 celeron55 and they have limited resources
23:32 celeron55 minetest doesn't publish a debian package that would have any warranty to suit the debian guidelines
23:32 MTDiscord <Jonathon> frankly, who cares, just dont make it especially a pita for users to get latest release if they desire
23:32 celeron55 thus the debian project has to test and possibly modify each version to suit them
23:32 celeron55 and it all takes time
23:32 celeron55 the same thing goes for all other distros, each on their own
23:33 f-a it is unfortunately a common pain point (distros vs. devs)
23:33 celeron55 small to medium sized upstream projects rarely are willing to support distributions on such a level that they would get their packages right in at release
23:34 f-a and I don’t see any Columbus’ egg in sight
23:39 celeron55 having quality control comes at a cost, and usually the cost is seen as a delay in software versions
23:39 f-a yeah
23:40 celeron55 the reason why people use debian is that it has quality control and you can be pretty sure it'll work perfectly every time as long as you're not doing anything too special
23:42 celeron55 personally i think stuff like snap and flatpak fill the niche of needing the absolute newest version of a program just fine
23:42 celeron55 altough it is lazy for projects to make compilation so difficult that you can't do it yourself in a hurry

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