J ⋯ K @jk@skyjake.fi

👋 I'm a Finnish dude born in 1980s who enjoys #programming, tech, and games. I work at #Nokia on #graphics research (#GPU).

My main hobby project is the Doomsday Engine: a portable, enhanced port of the original Doom/Heretic/Hexen.

I tend to prefer #Apple gadgets for my personal computing (fanboy since the iPod/2004).

I also play the piano and have dabbled in creating some electronic music using Logic Pro.

#introductions

A little write-up on version 0.11:

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/gemlog/2020-11_gemini-feeds-in-lagrange.gmi

#Lagrange v0.11 is a hefty update.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange

What's new?
- Subscribe to Gemini feeds!
- "about:feeds" shows a CAPCOM-like feed entry list.
- Scrolling preformatted blocks if too wide.
- Many UI refinements.
- Fixed downloading of large files.
- Improved stability.

ThreadSanitizer to the rescue. The download bug is now fixed in the dev branch.

In the grand tradition of breaking stuff with bug fixes, v0.7.2 appears to have broken downloading of large files (multiple megabytes). Looking into it...

#Lagrange v0.10 is out with many small improvements.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange

What's new?
- Inline image option: Space/↓ loads next image instead of scrolling, if an image link is visible.
- New link navigation mode for the home row keys.
- Erase/reset keybindings.
- Added Gemini proxy setting.
- Font update.
- Fixes for URI parsing.
- Small UI enhancements.

Felt inspired to write something, so here's a post on how I ended up working on a #Gemini client:

"An Origin Story"

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/gemlog/2020-11_an-origin-story.gmi

gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2020-11_an-origin-story.gmi

Here is #Lagrange v0.9.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

What's new?
- Option for monospace body text.
- Navigating to parent directory or site root.
- Gopher fixes: command line URLs, .desktop file.
- Various bug fixes.

My RasPi 400 mini-review: remarkable perf for $100 — X11 runs wo/hiccups — Power button! ❤️ — slippery feet — looks adorable — must improve my cable management

Although Lagrange is a #Gemini browser, it seems appropriate to support #Gopher as well.

I haven't used Gopher myself in years (decades?) but do have great nostalgia for it. It was a part of my first internet experiences back in the mid/late-90s.

Lagrange takes some liberties with applying a gemtext-like presentation for Gopher menus, and it mostly seems to work. There's a simple detector for ASCII art. My focus is very much on Gemini but some tweaks for Gopher could still be done, too.

#Lagrange v0.8 has been released.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

What's new?
- Support for Gopher.
- 8-bit ANSI foreground colors. (Previously only 16 colors.)
- More keybindings and an option to disable smooth scrolling.
- Bug fixes, and UI/HTTP improvements.

@epilys Finally merged your PR. I updated the Debian metadata and after adding a GPG signing key it seems to work. 👍 Haven't yet tested the built packages, though.

🔥 #Lagrange hotfixes:

v0.7.2: Fixed truncated pages on some servers; handling closing of TLS/SSL connection.

v0.7.1: Compiling on OpenBSD; with LibreSSL; fixed a number of crashes.

https://git.skyjake.fi/skyjake/lagrange/releases

A spooky #Lagrange v0.7 has escaped from its crypt!

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

What's new?
- Keybindings in Preferences (for scrolling; more to come later).
- "New Identity" button in sidebar.
- Faster UI drawing.
- Various bug fixes, e.g., window redrawing, reporting TLS errors.

The default theme is still Nunito + Colorful Dark, but my current favorite theme is:

- headings: Literata
- body text: Nunito
- dark UI with Gray theme

The gray text is easier on the eyes while headings and preformatted text pop with brighter colors. ✨

I've released #Lagrange v0.6.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

What's new?
- 7 color themes to choose from. You can go all black now, for example.
- Smoother scrolling with gentle, natural motion.
- Page load progress indicator.
- Icon/vertical line option for quotes.
- Bug fixes.