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General Discussion / More Developers...

« on: June 22, 2005, 11:12:16 am »

Newbie developers should start by checking the ZUG FAQs...

There's a Programming topic in the Unofficial Zaurus FAQ which provides some good high-level overviews:

  https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Programming

The HOWTO links in the FAQ are dead (referring to the defunct docs.zaurus.com) but all the HOWTOs are mirrored on the ZUG.  (Go to ZUG main page, look on left under "Zaurus Resources".)  Here's a direct link to the "Developing HOWTO" page with lots of good info including: how to set-up the cross compiler, how to develop for Qt, **how to create IPKGs**, etc....

  https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Developing

This was all I had (and needed, for the most part) when I started developing.  (Of course, I've been an SE for ~18 years and had familiarity with Linux and Unix, so YMMV.  

These FAQs and HOWTOs have essentially served as Zaurus Development 101 for quite some time now.  Apparently they've been forgotten by many.

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 21, 2005, 10:30:55 am »

Here's another one for you Ray. Is there a way to make KO wake up the Z when an appt. is due? I can't seem to find that.

Thanks,

gdog
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Hmmm... not sure about that one.  That should just work.  Maybe zautrix can suggest something?

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 18, 2005, 12:26:11 pm »

This might be a dumb question, but I've snagged myself on this one before so I'll throw it out there...

Have you selected a search field other than "All Fields"??  This is done using the drop-down at the far right of the tool bar, beside the search field and above the jump bar.  By default, after a restart, it comes up with "All Fields" and when that is selected the jump bar stays hidden.  This is because the jump bar requires a search field to work against and is therefore not usable when no search field is selected.

~ray
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ray,
The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.  You were right on the money, and that is exactly what the problem was.  I think that what's really behind some of the problems I am having with this app, as well as KO, beyond the lack of good documentation is that they are simply much more sophisticated than any other PIMs I've used on Palm, PPC, HPC, Linux on any of my many handhelds over the years, or even Outlook for that matter. Great apps, and I can't complain of the lack of documentation because after all they are free, but I can lament. Fortunately for folks like me, there're folks like you out there that are quicker on the uptake, and participate in boards like this one.

Thank you,

gdog
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dgod, you are quite welcome.  I'm glad I could help.  I doubt I'm any "quicker on the uptake" than you though; as I said, I got snagged on this one myself.  In fact, I found the answer by accident only just in time to stop myself from posting that a new release was broken.  I think I was actually on my way to the keyboard when it happened...

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 17, 2005, 11:54:59 am »

When I select "Show Jumpbar" under Settings, which I assume to be the alphabetized column on the right side that I used to see before I was forced to do a total software restore on my C1K, I can't get it to show up. Is that what the jumpbar is? If not can anyone tell me what it was that I was seeing?

This might be a dumb question, but I've snagged myself on this one before so I'll throw it out there...

Have you selected a search field other than "All Fields"??  This is done using the drop-down at the far right of the tool bar, beside the search field and above the jump bar.  By default, after a restart, it comes up with "All Fields" and when that is selected the jump bar stays hidden.  This is because the jump bar requires a search field to work against and is therefore not usable when no search field is selected.

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 15, 2005, 11:28:04 am »

That is strange.  So, you're saying that unzip IS installed at "/bin/unzip"?  Maybe I should switch from if [ -x "/bin/unzip"  ] to if [ -x "$(which unzip)" ], or something similar.

That'd be better, yes. Cacko decided it wouldn't handle wireless anymore, and combined with other problems I had, it made me want to reinstall, so I'm going to test again after that. I tried yesterday, and although the script seems correct, it still cannot find unzip. Very weird.

Have you actually run "which unzip" on your cacko box?  If so, what did it say ("/bin/unzip")?  If not, would you please run it and tell me what it says?  Also, it might be illuminating to run "ls -l" on it.

Thanks!

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 13, 2005, 10:57:49 am »

It's looking for unzip at "/bin/unzip".  I guess that may not work if you installed it to SD|CF though.  I should probably change that.  Do you have unzip on your Z and, if so, where is it installed to (what does "which unzip" say)?

The current version requires a ZIP file so it always checks for unzip.  If I change the script to support unzipped ipks then this check is unnecessary and I'll move it so it doesn't execute in that case.

~ray
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unzip's installed (by default on Cacko  )
I don't get what the problem was. Your script seems correct, but when I executed it with only the ipk's in the same directory, I got the no unzip error instead of no archive. weird.
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That is strange.  So, you're saying that unzip IS installed at "/bin/unzip"?  Maybe I should switch from if [ -x "/bin/unzip"  ] to if [ -x "$(which unzip)" ], or something similar.

~ray

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Software / Sftp Gui For Sharp Rom?

« on: June 09, 2005, 05:15:36 pm »

Is it possible that J-FTP could be compiled to run on the Zaurus?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/j-ftp/
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Well, it's java, so, theoretically at least, it doesn't need compiling.  It's possible that it could be made to work.  I'm not up-to-date on the state of Z java support though so I can't say off-hand.  It might need re-compiling to work around unsupported java features.

Another option, although I haven't tried it yet, is to use standard FTP with SSH Port Forwarding.  This would still require running an FTP server on the host machine, but the FTP port would not need to be accessible directly from the network (only SSH).  I'll have to give that a try.  Theoretically, it should even work with something like tkcFTP.  Ultimately, though, I'd like to eliminate my FTP servers altogether.

Another angle to this that I just thought of is Zaurus feeds.  I have one set-up on my home system.  They require FTP, I believe.  Since the Z SW installer lets you specify the connection parameters, I suspect the SSH Port Forwarding trick could work with that also.

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 09, 2005, 04:51:42 pm »

BTW, what is the error message that you referred to (and what were you expecting)?
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I got the "no unzip" message (instead of the no zip file). I may have been logged in as zaurus instead of root though.

It's looking for unzip at "/bin/unzip".  I guess that may not work if you installed it to SD|CF though.  I should probably change that.  Do you have unzip on your Z and, if so, where is it installed to (what does "which unzip" say)?

The current version requires a ZIP file so it always checks for unzip.  If I change the script to support unzipped ipks then this check is unnecessary and I'll move it so it doesn't execute in that case.

~ray

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Software / Sftp Gui For Sharp Rom?

« on: June 08, 2005, 11:07:30 am »

Does anyone know if there's a graphical SFTP client for the Sharp ROM?

I've been using tkcFTP for regular FTP and it works reasonably well for me.  I'm trying to close all my FTP and TELNET ports on all my systems though (better late than never, right?) and a Z GUI SFTP is the one hole in my coverage right now...

Thanks,

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: June 08, 2005, 10:56:15 am »

Raybert, your script fails with the wrong error if you put the uncompressed files in the directory instead of the one big archive.
As a separate matter, do you think it would help to have a build HOWTO for kdepim/pi?

The script was designed to work only with the ZIP file, as this seems the easier thing to do.  Why unzip and copy the individual files when you can just copy the ZIP?  OTOH, I have already thought about modifying it to support this anyway; it wouldn't be terribly hard and flexibility is always a good thing.   BTW, what is the error message that you referred to (and what were you expecting)?

As a separate matter, do you think it would help to have a build HOWTO for kdepim/pi?

Are you asking me?  I have never tried building it (although I've thought about it, and maybe submitting some patches).  From some recent comments though it does sound like a brief HOWTO would be helpful.

~ray

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General Discussion / Trolltech Gets Free Of Canopy, Sco Ownership

« on: May 25, 2005, 11:19:31 am »

<http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050524172943589>

Congrats to lpotter & crew!    

~ray

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Accessories / LinkSYS CF Wireless G card

« on: May 24, 2005, 02:33:20 pm »

I suspect the best reason for having a G card for the Z is so that you can run your G router in G-only mode for best overall performance of all connected systems.

~ray

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General Discussion / Enabling And Disabling Keyhelper From A Tray Icon

« on: May 13, 2005, 10:25:16 am »

What you'r suggessting shouldn't be hard to do as keyhelper has a control program to load,restart, stop etc

It's even easier than that: it has a qcop interface (look at the control script).

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: May 11, 2005, 03:30:21 pm »

If you have some better ideas for any part of it let me know what they are.  If it doesn't take too long, maybe I'll implement them.

Sure. Im stuck in bed right now (I hate you, fever!) but I'll let you know

Bummer.  Get better soon!!  (And you too, JoP!)

~ray

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: May 09, 2005, 11:05:50 am »

Hey raybert, thanks for the script. I'm running through it now, and there doesn't seem to be any problems with the code iteself. I can think of a couple of things I'd like done differently from a functional point of view, but it's not my prerogative anyway
In any case, i'll try it out and let you know.
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If you have some better ideas for any part of it let me know what they are.  If it doesn't take too long, maybe I'll implement them.

~ray