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    #16
    Originally posted by Pee Wee View Post
    You'd have to be insane to prefer a terminal to compose sms's instead of using a nice gui like Pushbullet, Air droid, MySms, list goes on...
    I used to be a big Air Droid fan, but the last time I used it I was disturbed by the apparent shady behaviour of the app. It was difficult for me to avoid using their servers to do stuff; I just wanted my computer to use the LAN to talk to my phone, as I had done for years.

    For an app that has access to my contacts, I want completely above board behaviour and guarantees. Or, the assurance of an open source project like KDE. If I have significant texts to send, I'll be checking out kdeconnect-cli.

    Pushbullet looks interesting, and more interesting to me in that it's "freemiumware" because maybe revenue from the premium version is how they make money, rather than selling my data.

    As for the insanity of using the CLI, IMO that's a little like a straw man argument. I wouldn't consider typing the message on the command line, I'd fire up my favourite editor, as GUI as I please. It can fully automate running the command if I want, and I'd get automatic filing of my messages, and version control even. I often use my editor for longish or tricky CLI commands anyway, it's one or two keystrokes away.
    Regards, John Little

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      #17
      Originally posted by Bings View Post
      You need the software that was linked in the first reply from https://github.com/Bajoja/indicator-kdeconnect/releases. The KDE "KDE connect" doesn't have all the features in the GUI that this one designed for regular ubuntu has.
      Thanks.

      I have tried almost every version from that link... all the same and useless. I don't understand the point of releasing a half built app. It's like releasing a new model vehicle without a steering wheel, side mirrors & radio player.
      Uninstalled.

      I will stick with Pushbullet for now.

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        #18
        Kreddit, the KDE Community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/new/
        --> I made a really crude gui for sending SMS via kde-connect:: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comment...nding_sms_via/
        ------> KDE-Connect-SMS-GUI: https://github.com/estradanic/KDE-Connect-SMS-GUI
        Before you edit, BACKUP !

        Why there are dead links ?
        1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
        2. Thread: Lost Information

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          #19
          Originally posted by Rog131 View Post
          Kreddit, the KDE Community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/new/
          --> I made a really crude gui for sending SMS via kde-connect:: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comment...nding_sms_via/
          ------> KDE-Connect-SMS-GUI: https://github.com/estradanic/KDE-Connect-SMS-GUI
          Thanks do you have a video on youtube perhaps illustrating this?
          I am yet to find a video of someone composing a new message to an existing contact using kde connect.

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            #20
            Originally posted by Pee Wee View Post
            Thanks do you have a video on youtube perhaps illustrating this?
            I am yet to find a video of someone composing a new message to an existing contact using kde connect.
            Hmm ??

            As the developer tells:

            "I whipped up a really quick and dirty gui...All it does is execute the bash command behind the scenes with arguments that you type in..."



            Basically, same as the

            Code:
            kdeconnect-cli --send-sms "<your message" --destination <mobile number> --device <mobile device ID>
            Earlier: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post407492
            Before you edit, BACKUP !

            Why there are dead links ?
            1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
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              #21
              Thanks, I will stick with Pushbullet.

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                #22
                If you want to send SMS messages free of charge, ICQ has always had this ability. https://icq,com

                Edit: actually forget ICQ, just found out that if you use uBlock origin it will block the web site to download icq from due to its privacy setting.
                Last edited by NickStone; Dec 02, 2017, 04:31 PM.
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                  #23
                  One more: KDEConnect SMS sender Plasmoid: https://store.kde.org/p/1202579/

                  It is using kdeconnect-cli:



                  Demo: https://youtu.be/DCGK2X_62-Y
                  Before you edit, BACKUP !

                  Why there are dead links ?
                  1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
                  2. Thread: Lost Information

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Rog131 View Post
                    Kreddit, the KDE Community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/new/
                    --> I made a really crude gui for sending SMS via kde-connect:: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comment...nding_sms_via/
                    ------> KDE-Connect-SMS-GUI: https://github.com/estradanic/KDE-Connect-SMS-GUI
                    Even though this thread is only a few months old, just highlighting that that github page is already gone. Perhaps it moved to Phabricator?
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                      #25
                      https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug...-0-5=%22SMS%22
                      "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                      – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                        #26
                        To paraphrase Dogberry:

                        If only the sexton were here to write me down amazed! :0
                        woodlikesDogberrysmoke

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                          #27
                          You can now set kde connect as your keyboard input on the phone and use the plasmoid in the taskbar to type text. Pretty useful for phone only messenger apps.

                          Details: https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/2...-of-the-union/

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