#flex-dev Logs

May 19 2025

04:44 AM Tom_L: morning
04:49 AM Tom_L: looks like you're getting the rain that missed us
04:49 AM Tom_L: they even flew out the tankers off base for it
04:53 AM JT-Cave: morning
04:56 AM JT-Cave: looks like a bit of rain just passed through
06:23 AM JT-Cave: interesting some of the questions about Flex makes me think that they have never even looked at the docs or tried Flex
06:57 AM Tom_L: probably so
06:58 AM rdtsc-w: a lot of noobs (especially coming from Windowz) may expect a plug-and-play experience, extreme hand-holding, and neither brain nor braun.
07:01 AM Tom_L: linuxcnc is not plug and play
07:01 AM Tom_L: but it and it's tools are damn sight better now than when i started
07:02 AM JT-Cave: yup
07:05 AM JT-Cave: https://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/flexgui/misc.html#speed-feed-calculators
07:06 AM JT-Cave: Flex has some of the old gcode generator stuff but not much
07:18 AM * rdtsc-w just can't yet this morning... not even first sip of coffee yet
07:21 AM JT-Cave: and seeing as we can edit the nc code file in flex we need a search function
07:21 AM Tom_L: oooo
07:21 AM * rdtsc-w has sipped the coffee... let the day commence
07:22 AM Tom_L: ok i'm off for a while then taking her to the doc this afternoon
08:12 AM * JT-Cave starts his chicken day
10:07 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> good morning
12:31 PM * JT-Shop 5 squirrels 0
12:31 PM Tom_L: they're gonna revolt here pretty soon
12:32 PM JT-Shop: mrs even set the trap this time she got so annoyed
12:32 PM Tom_L: i got a feelin we
12:32 PM Tom_L: re in for some weather this evening
12:32 PM Tom_L: was muggy this morning, now the sun is coming out getting hotter
12:33 PM JT-Shop: looks like we might get a bit of storms tonight
12:33 PM Tom_L: mother nature is stirring the pot
12:33 PM JT-Shop: nap time here
12:33 PM Tom_L: i got interrupted with mine
12:33 PM * Tom_L goes back to it
12:33 PM Tom_L: before i have to take her to the doc