Chris Bussard
concretedogHuh! I was today years old when I realised that the mighty @libreoffice has a great tool for generating QR. In a world where online QR code generators tend to re route via themselves this is an awesome tool to find! #opensource
jamesb (MW1CGG)@concretedog TIL! I'll have to have a play with that later.
@jamesb it's pretty robust... available from "Insert --> OLE Object" drop down.
@concretedog Thanks. I feel some shenanigans coming on...
Mehrad 
That was easy!! It can also do background color gradient and etc!
If I knew this few weeks earlier, it would have saved me some time.
Thanks for sharing.
Jörn Franke@concretedog @jamesb btw. in tabbed mode of Libreoffice you find the feature in a slightly different location: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/01/qrcode.html
Jörgi (chaos.social)@remindme monday at 9am
SlightlyCyberpunk@concretedog Good to know! I'll probably still use DuckDuckGo though tbh since I've always got a browser open lol...if you just type "QR Code [url]" into the search box it'll hand you a clean one.
@admin ha did not know this either! My QR cup runneth over today!
Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻
🇨🇦@admin @concretedog
Vivaldi will give you the code to the current url by clicking the button next to the it. But if I need something else, that's good to know too.
Vivaldi will give you the code to the current url by clicking the button next to the it. But if I need something else, that's good to know too.
Extreme ElectronicsKicad can too, but it does require the arranging of 143 transistors.
Max
Bonkers@concretedog @libreoffice awesome. Indeed it took a while last time I needed to generate one. I found a website that didn't ask for registration or anything.
@bonkers @libreoffice my partners company did a run of mugs using some random online generator to make the QR code... unbeknownst to them it ran through their website and actually made a custom url which timed out after 6 months... sneaky!
@concretedog @libreoffice well, I verified the images before using them :)
json singh@concretedog @libreoffice thanks for this one.
I used to think https://libreqr.com/ was open source. How naive I was!
I used to think https://libreqr.com/ was open source. How naive I was!
@jsonsingh @libreoffice glad it's useful.
Dan@jsonsingh I don't know about Libre QR, but LibreQR is open source.
mmu_man@concretedog @libreoffice Yep! Now, if only you could use it in Calc with a cell as source… 🤔
@mmu_man @libreoffice huh that sounds a very useful feature request. The insert OLE tools are available in the same format across all the Libreoffice suite which is a start.
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin
TelH90@concretedog this is actually a quite old function, but it's good you found it in @libreoffice yourself.
- There's also some #Firefox - #AddOn to enable code generation, which is handy when you want to share a URL quickly…
Ray McCarthy@kkarhan @concretedog @libreoffice
Bad idea. Simple share the URL.
Avoid plug-ins and non-web view use of browsers as much as possible. Security & privacy,
Bad idea. Simple share the URL.
Avoid plug-ins and non-web view use of browsers as much as possible. Security & privacy,
@raymaccarthy @concretedog @libreoffice I disagree.
Without half a dozen #PlugIns, the Modern #SlopWeb is unuseable!
- And #TorBriwser has those included already, so there I'd not do that!
@kkarhan @concretedog @libreoffice
I've two plug-ins
1st is Qwant search because you can't add it like the toxic ones already in Firefox's Search setting.
2nd is A script / resource blocker with fine grained rejection of 3rd party things. It's purely a side effect that it blocks ads not hosted on the domain. Scripts and frames deliver malware. Even on CNN. BBC & Gizmodo.
I've two plug-ins
1st is Qwant search because you can't add it like the toxic ones already in Firefox's Search setting.
2nd is A script / resource blocker with fine grained rejection of 3rd party things. It's purely a side effect that it blocks ads not hosted on the domain. Scripts and frames deliver malware. Even on CNN. BBC & Gizmodo.
Georg Ramer@georgramer @libreoffice awesome we have choices of opensource tools.
@concretedog @libreoffice indeed. There is no need to generate a QR code that redirects via some sketchy website.
@georgramer @concretedog @libreoffice
Nor should it use a short URL.
Inkscape also creates all kinds of bar & QR codes.
Nor should it use a short URL.
Inkscape also creates all kinds of bar & QR codes.
Kevin C. Smith🖖Gnome Decoder works well for me.
@smithkevinc another one I never knew! :)
Whidou@concretedog Inkscape also has a great one, crazy convenient to quickly add a QR to posters and flyers.
hnapel
poleguy looking for lost tools@hnapel @concretedog @libreoffice my android phone does not decode qr codes except in the camera app. I need to buy a second phone for this type of post.
Farhan Ahmed@concretedog TIL. My quota for learning is done for the day! Thank you for sharing this!
Stevez@concretedog @libreoffice yeah.... but QR code of what for what? 🤔
@theron29 @libreoffice the QR url is mention in the alt text.
derptron@concretedog @libreoffice There's a script called "passage" that is a command line password manager that uses git and age. I think it's age, but somewhere in there is a tool that puts qr codes in the terminal.
Looking up just now I found `qrencode` that'll generate png or even ascii, which I tried, and other printable output that I didn't. Some of those other ways might match what passage did that was way neater.
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@crazyeddie @concretedog @libreoffice
Installs a tool called qrencode. You run `qrencode [yourstringhere]` and it spits out a PNG. Done.
Stewart Tolhurst@concretedog @libreoffice You can do it in Word too, very useful for mailmerging individual WiFi codes for conference guests!
Rob@concretedog @libreoffice TIL that, from you. Thanks 👍
Seth Galitzer@concretedog @libreoffice I had no idea. Thanks for the tip!
dainis@concretedog @libreoffice use it for years :)
Steve Foerster 🌐
Aoi_X_Kaizaki@concretedog yes it's true. I found libreoffice after I can't use microsoft office. I use it for my writings.
I recently found it can make qr codes.
Snazzy
live long and prosper
Clement@concretedog @libreoffice Nice 👍 Make sure the quiet zone is big enough, avoid to change the background color, and share a readable link for people like me who would not trust QR Code and prefer typing the URL by hand. Last but not least, the QR Code may be more simple (hence easier to scan) by simply encoding with upper case (f.i. HTTPS://CSSSCRIPT.COM instead of https://cssscript.com) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Information_capacity https://www.cssscript.com/demo/flexible-client-side-qr-code-generator/
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Lambert@concretedog @libreoffice useful, but Linux command line tool qrencode does the same and is only a fraction of Libreoffice's size.
Carsten Franke@concretedog @libreoffice thank you! That is a cool feature!
Peter SommerladI use command-line qrencode on my mac for that. but also have libreoffice installed, so thank you for the tip.
enqueue@concretedog @libreoffice If you are using @kde you can generate QR code for any item in your clipboard very easily, see example here https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-plasma-kicks-windows-11s-butt-with-this-one-feature/ I personally use it for generating Code128 barcodes, but QR codes are possible, too.
Pixel Dunn@enqueue i don't even have that. not saying that clipboard manager doesn't catch all text i copied to this point i just use a notepad if i want to copy few things in order.
@hacknorris Sorry, I am not an expert in this. All that I know is that if I copy something into clipboard, the KDE clipboard manager will allow me to generate a barcode or QR code for the content, see little icon next to the URL in the screenshot attached.
@enqueue nvm. found it have but only for text. lol.
SrGesus@srgesus to pass it to phone to save it?
@srgesus instead of using imgbb every-single-time?
@hacknorris have you tried kdeconnect?