Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
Am 20.03.2013 um 06:41 schrieb Jiri Dolezal: The feature you requested (background update) was by the way done by me ;-) One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Should be 203 205 231 (PE, WMan, HotRext) Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say whether it fully works, however, I normally use SMSQ/E instead of the plain QL stuff. Tobias ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Timothy Swenson wrote, on 19/Mar/13 23:42 | Mar19: On 3/19/2013 4:13 PM, nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote: It is produced using the Scribus publishing package which is available for free,form Linux, Windows and Mac (as far as I know). I've been a user of Scribus for about 6 years. I did an e-zine for about three years. I have some problems with the work flow of Scribus, mostly updating older documents, but something like QL Today would be fairly easy. I'm willing to volunteer to do the layout if others are interested in writing the articles. The end result will be a full color PDF file that can them be e-mail or hosted (like Dave Park who has volunteered his website). For those who have little or no Internet access, a volunteer in the UK or in Europe can print out copies and charge for it and the mailing costs. I'm guessing that the print copies will mostly be in the UK. I don't know if there will be many in Europe. Am I missing something here? Any software under any system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac, can print to pdf. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Should be 203 205 231 (PE, WMan, HotRext) Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say whether it fully works, however, I normally use SMSQ/E instead of the plain QL stuff. Remember, though, that this version doesn't work across all QL ROM versions - Minerva being required to make full use of all facilities and absolute minimum JS ROM to work at all - it doesn't work properly on AH, JM etc. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 19/03/13 21:29, Lee Privett wrote: Norman can you write something for The SUN, loads more to follow. Aha! I sense a new direction coming on, Instead of killing off publications I like and subscribe to, I can write for the tabloids, and hopefully, kill them off as well. It troubles me a lot, that the best selling newspaper in the UK is the garbage known as The Sun. :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 19/03/13 22:06, Tobias Fröschle wrote: Well you still got the internet (And I'm sure you ain't going to break that ;) ). I really insist (please) do continue somewhere. Thanks Tobias, I appreciate the praise, and I shall attempt to get something finished. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Morning Tony, On 20/03/13 08:26, Tony Firshman wrote: Am I missing something here? Probably not. Any software under any system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac, can print to pdf. True these days. However, would you want to set up a magazine in Notepad for example? When I did my tests a while back, I used a number of different systems to generate a PDF - Libre Office (or Open Office as it was then) which is simple enough, but has Image problems. (Getting the damned things to sit correctly and sorting out the flow! Amongst others.) Scribus was the best utility I used. It has a decent enough interface and work flow for something as simple as QL Today format, it is best probably because it is a Desktop Publishing system. Templates are useful - and both Libre Office and Scribus can use these. I think Word can also? The problem with a lot of print to pdf utilities is size. QStripper, for example, outputs a Quill doc in pdf format. When I first introduced it, it printed bitmap pages - which are huge. I soon sorted that to print proper non-bitmap pages. The resulting files are far smaller. Scribus, by it's very nature does the latter. And the quality settings can be adjusted to give smaller but poorer quality files or larger high quality ones. Just my £0.02. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Op Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:26:31 +0100 schreef Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk: Timothy Swenson wrote, on 19/Mar/13 23:42 | Mar19: On 3/19/2013 4:13 PM, nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote: It is produced using the Scribus publishing package which is available for free,form Linux, Windows and Mac (as far as I know). I've been a user of Scribus for about 6 years. I did an e-zine for about three years. I have some problems with the work flow of Scribus, mostly updating older documents, but something like QL Today would be fairly easy. I'm willing to volunteer to do the layout if others are interested in writing the articles. The end result will be a full color PDF file that can them be e-mail or hosted (like Dave Park who has volunteered his website). For those who have little or no Internet access, a volunteer in the UK or in Europe can print out copies and charge for it and the mailing costs. I'm guessing that the print copies will mostly be in the UK. I don't know if there will be many in Europe. Am I missing something here? Any software under any system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac, can print to pdf. Tony Yes. Most Office text software thinks the content is more important than the layout. They will mess up the layout to make the text fit. Publishing software like Scribus is more layout oriented, stick to it tell you when the text needs more room. A big difference from a designers point of view. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
From: Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 10:33 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 19/03/13 21:29, Lee Privett wrote: Norman can you write something for The SUN, loads more to follow. Aha! I sense a new direction coming on, Instead of killing off publications I like and subscribe to, I can write for the tabloids, and hopefully, kill them off as well. It troubles me a lot, that the best selling newspaper in the UK is the garbage known as The Sun. :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 Well if everyone bought as many newspapers as I do the problem would no longer exist but then who would tell taxi drivers what to think (apologies to any free thinking taxi drivers). How did PDF become so popular anyway, I find it a bit Parish Newsletterish (apologies to Parish mag editors) The recent development of Cloud (Cloudii) interests me, good idea but pricey a pocketful of sticks would do similar, perhaps The Sun could become electronic and available from your preferred Cloud . There you have it, my idea of hell, The Sun behind a cloud and the country governed by Taxi drivers, come to think about it ... Haven't got my QL Today jet so can't make much in the way of constructive comment ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 20/Mar/13 10:45 | Mar20: Morning Tony, On 20/03/13 08:26, Tony Firshman wrote: Am I missing something here? Probably not. Any software under any system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac, can print to pdf. True these days. However, would you want to set up a magazine in Notepad for example? When I did my tests a while back, I used a number of different systems to generate a PDF - Libre Office (or Open Office as it was then) which is simple enough, but has Image problems. (Getting the damned things to sit correctly and sorting out the flow! Amongst others.) Scribus was the best utility I used. It has a decent enough interface and work flow for something as simple as QL Today format, it is best probably because it is a Desktop Publishing system. Templates are useful - and both Libre Office and Scribus can use these. I think Word can also? No no no - I mean no no no to using Word to design the document (8-)# I inherited the design of a magazine originally in Word. I struggled for a year or so. I then converted to M$ Publisher, and halved the compilation time. It was also a far better resulting publication. The problem with a lot of print to pdf utilities is size. QStripper, for example, outputs a Quill doc in pdf format. When I first introduced it, it printed bitmap pages - which are huge. I soon sorted that to print proper non-bitmap pages. The resulting files are far smaller. Scribus, by it's very nature does the latter. And the quality settings can be adjusted to give smaller but poorer quality files or larger high quality ones. Just my £0.02. He he not notepad. I am very familiar with Microsoft Publisher, and the PDFs I produce from that are pixel perfect. One can adjust the resultant pdf size easily. It was just that if anyone was to take on the task, then it would be far far better if they used a design package they were familiar with. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Bob Spelten wrote, on 20/Mar/13 10:58 | Mar20: Op Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:26:31 +0100 schreef Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk: Timothy Swenson wrote, on 19/Mar/13 23:42 | Mar19: On 3/19/2013 4:13 PM, nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk wrote: It is produced using the Scribus publishing package which is available for free,form Linux, Windows and Mac (as far as I know). I've been a user of Scribus for about 6 years. I did an e-zine for about three years. I have some problems with the work flow of Scribus, mostly updating older documents, but something like QL Today would be fairly easy. I'm willing to volunteer to do the layout if others are interested in writing the articles. The end result will be a full color PDF file that can them be e-mail or hosted (like Dave Park who has volunteered his website). For those who have little or no Internet access, a volunteer in the UK or in Europe can print out copies and charge for it and the mailing costs. I'm guessing that the print copies will mostly be in the UK. I don't know if there will be many in Europe. Am I missing something here? Any software under any system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac, can print to pdf. Tony Yes. Most Office text software thinks the content is more important than the layout. They will mess up the layout to make the text fit. Publishing software like Scribus is more layout oriented, stick to it tell you when the text needs more room. A big difference from a designers point of view. Ditto M$ Publisher. I have been using that since the 90s and it does everything one needs in an easy accurate way. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
WILLIAM WAUGH wrote, on 20/Mar/13 11:34 | Mar20: snip Well if everyone bought as many newspapers as I do the problem would no longer exist but then who would tell taxi drivers what to think (apologies to any free thinking taxi drivers). How did PDF become so popular anyway, I find it a bit Parish Newsletterish (apologies to Parish mag editors) PDF has *nothing* to do with the design. We are talking of making PDF output form another package. The reason it is popular is that a PDF can be viewed without change by anyone. Even if one opens an original non-PDF document with the same program, display is often corrupted. The usual villain is font size. Word is particularly bad, especially as it has many flavours. The recent development of Cloud (Cloudii) interests me, good idea but pricey a pocketful of sticks would do similar, perhaps The Sun could become electronic and available from your preferred Cloud . There you have it, my idea of hell, The Sun behind a cloud and the country governed by Taxi drivers, come to think about it ... Haven't got my QL Today jet so can't make much in the way of constructive comment ___ BTW you need to set your mailer to use quote characters. Without them the email you were replying to (snipped) looks part of what you were saying. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hi Tony, On 20/03/13 12:15, Tony Firshman wrote: No no no - I mean no no no to using Word to design the document (8-)# I inherited the design of a magazine originally in Word. I struggled for a year or so. I then converted to M$ Publisher, and halved the compilation time. It was also a far better resulting publication. Proper tool for the job! Always best. My wife uses my knives to open tins that the tin opener has managed to leave closed. Aaaragh! He he not notepad. :-) I was being slightly less than serious! I have to admit. I am very familiar with Microsoft Publisher, and the PDFs I produce from that are pixel perfect. One can adjust the resultant pdf size easily. It was just that if anyone was to take on the task, then it would be far far better if they used a design package they were familiar with. Ditto me and Scribus. So I agree, use the tool you are most familiar with - as Jochen did when he was publishing QL Today. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Why do we have to think in terms of a magazine? What's wrong with a (simple) rolling website? Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hi Geoff, On 20/03/13 12:26, Geoff Wicks wrote: Why do we have to think in terms of a magazine? Good point. Maybe because we are discussing a replacement for a magazine perhaps? What's wrong with a (simple) rolling website? I cannot read a web site when I'm on a train or a plane. Nor can I read it when I'm in the bath - which is actually where I do most of my reading these days! :-) Also, Dilwyn has complained many times about the speed of his broadband link, so people who have less than speedy internet connections may have a problem. I agree that that applies to downloading PDFs as well, obviously. I love books and magazines, paper will never die I'm afraid, no matter how much we think we might want it to. My DocBook stuff, a seriously bad way to create a magazine I admit, but it can be used to create a web site and a PDF (and may other formats including ePub) from the same source file. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 20/Mar/13 12:31 | Mar20: Hi Geoff, On 20/03/13 12:26, Geoff Wicks wrote: Why do we have to think in terms of a magazine? Good point. Maybe because we are discussing a replacement for a magazine perhaps? What's wrong with a (simple) rolling website? I cannot read a web site when I'm on a train or a plane. Nor can I read it when I'm in the bath - which is actually where I do most of my reading these days! :-) Also, Dilwyn has complained many times about the speed of his broadband link, so people who have less than speedy internet connections may have a problem. I agree that that applies to downloading PDFs as well, obviously. I love books and magazines, paper will never die I'm afraid, no matter how much we think we might want it to. The British Museum thought that digitising its collection would be the answer for historians. They now find they simply cannot keep the data up to date with changing technology. Paper although seemingly fragile, remains readable after centuries, and maybe millenia - floods, earthquakes and all. Not fire! Digital data is far too fragile and hardware specific. Microfilm and microfiche are better than digitising. The transcripts of Nelson Mandela's trial were only on a specialised recording roll. To play them, the recorder had to be re-manufactured. Paper is readable by anyone anytime anywhere. I am with Norman. I got a 'free' sub to the Sunday Times Ipad version when I subscribed for the paper copies. I have given up even downloading it. It is *much* easier and more relaxing to read paper. Digitized versions are best for reference only. My DocBook stuff, a seriously bad way to create a magazine I admit, but it can be used to create a web site and a PDF (and may other formats including ePub) from the same source file. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20/03/13 13:03, Tony Firshman wrote: Paper is readable by anyone anytime anywhere. In the foreword to one of his books, Arthur C Clarke explains the problems with being a writer. He apparently had a safe full of his old manuscripts, typed on various computers over the years and in numerous formats. None of them readable any more because there's nothing to load the tapes/discs/whatevers into and no software exists to read the files. Should have used Libre Office! :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Apologies to all firstly for duplicate posting and also for this top posting reply ( I'm of the old school on this although pretty sure I could get used to it) Tony I take your point re quoting, baffled me for a while, think I may have got it though. I have of late been replying to mails direct from Yahoo site (due to too many genuine mails being put in spam) , a quick look didn't find a setting but it does seem set up for top replying and as I replied at the bottom it probably just lumped my text in with Normans, will investigate further and return to Thunderbird. All the best - Bill BTW you need to set your mailer to use quote characters. Without them the email you were replying to (snipped) looks part of what you were saying. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.ukwrote: One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Should be 203 205 231 (PE, WMan, HotRext) Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say whether it fully works, however, I normally use SMSQ/E instead of the plain QL stuff. Remember, though, that this version doesn't work across all QL ROM versions - Minerva being required to make full use of all facilities and absolute minimum JS ROM to work at all - it doesn't work properly on AH, JM etc. Dilwyn __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm It does seem, in this day and age, as if Minerva should be considered a base system, and the use of QDOS should be deprecated. -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
I've done some checking around and I think I have a solution for everyone's problem :) I have a number of spare servers. I will install a small SSD in one of these and configure it with a LAMP stack and Joomla! I don't mean to sound overly excited; 'Joomla!' is the name of the package. It's an extremely powerful CMS that can do rolling article with comments websites, forums, etc. with long term data retention, good security, and it strikes a good balance between features and ease of use. I will be happy to let it sit there, keep it updated, and post for people who don't know how, or give people admin privileges so they can post their own articles, etc. For example, Norman can publish his entire set of articles, and they and the resulting conversations can be archived permanently. They can be grouped and linked. Code snippets and examples and also be held in a qxl.win or similar to be easily accessible. Finally, it solves the content problem because it automatically serves the news, article, conversation and distribution functions all in one. I'll cover the costs of running it so nobody ever has to pay a subscription or etc. I'll poke at it next week. I'm knee deep in MPlanes and battery holders and a few fun prototypes/samples right now! -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
- Original Message - From: Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 14:09 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today I've done some checking around and I think I have a solution for everyone's problem :) I have a number of spare servers. I will install a small SSD in one of these and configure it with a LAMP stack and Joomla! I don't mean to sound overly excited; 'Joomla!' is the name of the package. It's an extremely powerful CMS that can do rolling article with comments websites, forums, etc. with long term data retention, good security, and it strikes a good balance between features and ease of use. snip -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm I had a look at Joomla a while back. I found it awkward and not user friendly compared to wordpress which I later settled on using at work. Peter. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Dave, excellent proposition - thanks. Peet, I had a look at Joomla a while back. I found it awkward and not user friendly compared to wordpress which I later settled on using at work. I've got experience of both. A little with Joomla! and quite a bit with Wordpress. They are both good at what they do, but Joomla! is a bit better, I think, for magazine type stuff. As Tony mentioned earlier, use the tool you are most familiar with, maybe Dave's experience is with Joomla! over Wordpress. Or, we could all learn Typ03 and help Quant maintain its web site too! ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20/03/2013 14:21, peet vanpeebles wrote: - Original Message - From: Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 14:09 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today I've done some checking around and I think I have a solution for everyone's problem :) I have a number of spare servers. I will install a small SSD in one of these and configure it with a LAMP stack and Joomla! I don't mean to sound overly excited; 'Joomla!' is the name of the package. It's an extremely powerful CMS that can do rolling article with comments websites, forums, etc. with long term data retention, good security, and it strikes a good balance between features and ease of use. snip -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm I had a look at Joomla a while back. I found it awkward and not user friendly compared to wordpress which I later settled on using at work. Peter. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Snap, I looked at Joomla and Dupal before settling on Wordpress. Both were terrible to use and very unfriendly, producing thousands of files even for a simple site. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today CMS Today moral/other support
Hi Dave et al, I'm a moderate possibility for co-work on joomla today :-) having worked a smidgeon (only one :-) on CMS before retirement, if telework would be possible. Content mainly? Tech at a distance, arm waving at a distance, is problematical though. Doug L. 37830 USA Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Android phone Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com wrote: I've done some checking around and I think I have a solution for everyone's problem :) I have a number of spare servers. I will install a small SSD in one of these and configure it with a LAMP stack and Joomla! I don't mean to sound overly excited; 'Joomla!' is the name of the package. It's an extremely powerful CMS that can do rolling article with comments websites, forums, etc. with long term data retention, good security, and it strikes a good balance between features and ease of use. I will be happy to let it sit there, keep it updated, and post for people who don't know how, or give people admin privileges so they can post their own articles, etc. For example, Norman can publish his entire set of articles, and they and the resulting conversations can be archived permanently. They can be grouped and linked. Code snippets and examples and also be held in a qxl.win or similar to be easily accessible. Finally, it solves the content problem because it automatically serves the news, article, conversation and distribution functions all in one. I'll cover the costs of running it so nobody ever has to pay a subscription or etc. I'll poke at it next week. I'm knee deep in MPlanes and battery holders and a few fun prototypes/samples right now! -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Timothy Swenson swenso...@sbcglobal.netwrote: I'm willing to volunteer to do the layout if others are interested in writing the articles. The end result will be a full color PDF file that can them be e-mail or hosted (like Dave Park who has volunteered his website). I'm also willing to volunteer some limited editing, layout, admin, moderating, grunt, or authoring time. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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WILLIAM WAUGH wrote, on 20/Mar/13 13:46 | Mar20: Bill/ BTW you need to set your mailer to use quote characters. Without them the email you were replying to (snipped) looks part of what you were saying. Apologies to all firstly for duplicate posting and also for this top posting reply ( I'm of the old school on this although pretty sure I could get used to it) Tony I take your point re quoting, baffled me for a while, think I may have got it though. I have of late been replying to mails direct from Yahoo site (due to too many genuine mails being put in spam) , a quick look didn't find a setting but it does seem set up for top replying and as I replied at the bottom it probably just lumped my text in with Normans, will investigate further and return to Thunderbird. All the best - Bill That looks perfect. . bar the top posting (8-)# One can always defeat the systems by editing, as I have done here. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say whether it fully works, however, I normally use SMSQ/E instead of the plain QL stuff. Remember, though, that this version doesn't work across all QL ROM versions - Minerva being required to make full use of all facilities and absolute minimum JS ROM to work at all - it doesn't work properly on AH, JM etc. Ah, you remember that better than me! :-) The reason is that while previous PEs were completely separate from SMSQ/E's PE, my latest release shares 95% of the code. SMSQ/E's code relies on the sd_linel variable in the CON channel definition block, which is only defined from JS onwards. Unfortunately the space where it's located at is used differently on JM+AH, so it's impossible to use the same code there. To the reason why only Minerva got background updating I can only speculate, it was too long ago, but I guess that the QDOS CON driver probably does not use the sd_scrb variable consequently enough (back then it was never anything other than $2 anyway), which is also necessary for background updating. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
Dave Park wrote: It does seem, in this day and age, as if Minerva should be considered a base system, and the use of QDOS should be deprecated. Hear hear, that's what I've tried to sell for years now ;-) I cannot think of any single reason to not use Minerva, except perhaps the fear of killing the keyboard membrane when opening the QL. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE
It does seem, in this day and age, as if Minerva should be considered a base system, and the use of QDOS should be deprecated. Hear hear, that's what I've tried to sell for years now ;-) I cannot think of any single reason to not use Minerva, except perhaps the fear of killing the keyboard membrane when opening the QL. Surely Minerva (together with Hermes and new keyboard membrane), is a MUST HAVE upgrade for EVERY plain QL (maybe switcheable to MG ROM for better compatibility with old games not running on Minerva). Moreover, Minerva, Hermes and keyboard membrane are reproduceable and easily obtaineable. Not the Gold/SuperGold Card, which is needed for SMSQ/E. In the beginning, I was happy to see Pointer Environment running on a plain 68008 QL with Minerva. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20 Mar 2013, at 12:26, Geoff Wicks wrote: Why do we have to think in terms of a magazine? What's wrong with a (simple) rolling website? A website would cope with odd items of news and, mainly non varying lists of office bearers etc, but is not really suitable for the set of articles which also appear in QL Today (and QUANTA). In fact I now have the QUANTA magazine sent by email and find it in many ways more convenient than by post. It arrives sooner and it has clickable links. But I rarely look at the Quanta website. I would much prefer a PDF magazine to a website. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] QL Today
So let's move on to another problem that everyone has dodged so far. Where are the writers going to come from? One of the reasons QL Today is closing down is that we did not have sufficient writers to ensure its long term future. We were fortunately to have some very loyal writers but they were too few in number. I only had to lose one writer for me to be in serious editorial difficulties. The Quanta Magazine is in a less favourable position with only two permanent writers, the editor and the news editor. If I assassinate Dilwyn tonight who will fill the next Quanta Magazine? Best Wishes Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20 Mar 2013, at 16:02, Geoff Wicks wrote: So let's move on to another problem that everyone has dodged so far. Where are the writers going to come from? One of the reasons QL Today is closing down is that we did not have sufficient writers to ensure its long term future. We were fortunately to have some very loyal writers but they were too few in number. I only had to lose one writer for me to be in serious editorial difficulties. The Quanta Magazine is in a less favourable position with only two permanent writers, the editor and the news editor. If I assassinate Dilwyn tonight who will fill the next Quanta Magazine? Until recently the date for receiving copy was consistently earlier than the date the magazine reached me so I rather gave up trying to write for QUANTA. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hello, it makes me sad to read the QL Today thread - and so was I when I called Geoff and we discussed the situation. Fact is: the German postal rates make it impossible to continue. This time, all but the German issues were sent from Austria ... and the September issue will be sent from Austria too. All issues are already in the post. 54 pages this time. It was a hard decision - after 17 years of QL Today ... but a detailed explanation will be in the issue, as Geoff already wrote. A final issue will follow - can I expect feedback, please? :-) And no, I don't think this is the end. At least I don't hope so. I'm sure I will miss it at least as much as some of you do. Cheers Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hi Jochen, On 20/03/13 16:16, Jochen Merz wrote: All issues are already in the post. 54 pages this time. A bumper issue then! Nice. Can't wait. It was a hard decision - after 17 years of QL Today ... but a detailed explanation will be in the issue, as Geoff already wrote. 17 years is a great time. I think I've been there most if it. I'd like to say thanks to everyone involved, past and present, for keeping us informed all these years. I think QL Today has to be the longest lasting QL Magazine of them all? (That's as opposed to Quanta, of course!) A final issue will follow - can I expect feedback, please? :-) Yes. And no, I don't think this is the end. At least I don't hope so. I'm sure I will miss it at least as much as some of you do. Well, if the problem is postage, a pdf is the way to go I expect. With a download, there's no postage. How many of us readers cannot download a PDF every now and again I wonder? Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hi Jochen much has been said for sure, perhaps most important is what has not been said and that is I'm sure everyone's gratitude to you and all concerned in your efforts over the past 17 years, don't we all sometimes forget what we already have in an ever changing world all the best - Bill From: Jochen Merz jm...@j-m-s.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 16:16 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Hello, it makes me sad to read the QL Today thread - and so was I when I called Geoff and we discussed the situation. Fact is: the German postal rates make it impossible to continue. This time, all but the German issues were sent from Austria ... and the September issue will be sent from Austria too. All issues are already in the post. 54 pages this time. It was a hard decision - after 17 years of QL Today ... but a detailed explanation will be in the issue, as Geoff already wrote. A final issue will follow - can I expect feedback, please? :-) And no, I don't think this is the end. At least I don't hope so. I'm sure I will miss it at least as much as some of you do. Cheers Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.comwrote: So let's move on to another problem that everyone has dodged so far. Where are the writers going to come from? One of the reasons QL Today is closing down is that we did not have sufficient writers to ensure its long term future. We were fortunately to have some very loyal writers but they were too few in number. I only had to lose one writer for me to be in serious editorial difficulties. The Quanta Magazine is in a less favourable position with only two permanent writers, the editor and the news editor. If I assassinate Dilwyn tonight who will fill the next Quanta Magazine? If you offer a free one issue extension with every article of X length published, you'd get a lot of articles in short order, for a modest reduction in revenue. Also, the regular contributors would do quite well out of it - as they should ;) Fact is: the German postal rates make it impossible to continue. This time, all but the German issues were sent from Austria ... and the September issue will be sent from Austria too. Do any European countries have the equivalent of the US book rate for printed materials, which is typically less than half the cost? -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
got it sussed, for the UK send an advanced copy to -- Evening Standard be out before you know it (:-) From: Dave Park d...@sinclairql.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 17:02 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.comwrote: snip Do any European countries have the equivalent of the US book rate for printed materials, which is typically less than half the cost? -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hi Bill, thanks a lot :-) Cheers Jochen WILLIAM WAUGH schrieb: Hi Jochen much has been said for sure, perhaps most important is what has not been said and that is I'm sure everyone's gratitude to you and all concerned in your efforts over the past 17 years, don't we all sometimes forget what we already have in an ever changing world all the best - Bill From: Jochen Merz jm...@j-m-s.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 16:16 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Hello, it makes me sad to read the QL Today thread - and so was I when I called Geoff and we discussed the situation. Fact is: the German postal rates make it impossible to continue. This time, all but the German issues were sent from Austria ... and the September issue will be sent from Austria too. All issues are already in the post. 54 pages this time. It was a hard decision - after 17 years of QL Today ... but a detailed explanation will be in the issue, as Geoff already wrote. A final issue will follow - can I expect feedback, please? :-) And no, I don't think this is the end. At least I don't hope so. I'm sure I will miss it at least as much as some of you do. Cheers Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hi Norman, All issues are already in the post. 54 pages this time. A bumper issue then! Nice. Can't wait. ;-) It was a hard decision - after 17 years of QL Today ... but a detailed explanation will be in the issue, as Geoff already wrote. 17 years is a great time. I think I've been there most if it. I'd like to say thanks to everyone involved, past and present, for keeping us informed all these years. I think QL Today has to be the longest lasting QL Magazine of them all? (That's as opposed to Quanta, of course!) A final issue will follow - can I expect feedback, please? :-) Yes. FINE! And no, I don't think this is the end. At least I don't hope so. I'm sure I will miss it at least as much as some of you do. Well, if the problem is postage, a pdf is the way to go I expect. With a download, there's no postage. How many of us readers cannot download a PDF every now and again I wonder? No, it is a combination of many things. Postage is only one of them. Cheers Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Look at Christmas cards, card pennies, post 40p, just out of step. I bet we have all cut back on Christmas cards, for this reason. Many professional producted magazines are going down the same road to electronic, to keep costs under control. So we are not alone with this issue. I have also to say writing for QLToday spured me on to write my hardware articals. It was a focal point as a publication and deadlines. Without deadlines we all go I will do that next week, then is two weeks and so it goes on and it never gets done. As to Quanta magazine, it is not the same. The Quanta magazine format does not lend itself to 2,500 word with pictures articals. It is what it is a club magazine. However I do have some idea's for relativly short articals, that was I was going to write for QLToday. So they may appear in the Quanta magazine. Back to a QLToday replacement, my personal prefence would be a pdf based publication. Since it would still offer the focus, that to me web sites don't give. The only issue with pdf or any other electronic format, is are we casting asside people who still use QL's and are just not interested in the internet, or have connection (slow) problems. The Raspberry PI has a pdf magazine, worth looking at to see what they do. http://www.themagpi.com/ Ian - Original Message - From: George Gwilt grggw...@gmail.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 20 Mar 2013, at 16:02, Geoff Wicks wrote: So let's move on to another problem that everyone has dodged so far. Where are the writers going to come from? One of the reasons QL Today is closing down is that we did not have sufficient writers to ensure its long term future. We were fortunately to have some very loyal writers but they were too few in number. I only had to lose one writer for me to be in serious editorial difficulties. The Quanta Magazine is in a less favourable position with only two permanent writers, the editor and the news editor. If I assassinate Dilwyn tonight who will fill the next Quanta Magazine? Until recently the date for receiving copy was consistently earlier than the date the magazine reached me so I rather gave up trying to write for QUANTA. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Dave Park wrote, on 20/Mar/13 17:02 | Mar20: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Geoff Wicks gtwi...@btinternet.comwrote: So let's move on to another problem that everyone has dodged so far. Where are the writers going to come from? One of the reasons QL Today is closing down is that we did not have sufficient writers to ensure its long term future. We were fortunately to have some very loyal writers but they were too few in number. I only had to lose one writer for me to be in serious editorial difficulties. The Quanta Magazine is in a less favourable position with only two permanent writers, the editor and the news editor. If I assassinate Dilwyn tonight who will fill the next Quanta Magazine? If you offer a free one issue extension with every article of X length published, you'd get a lot of articles in short order, for a modest reduction in revenue. Also, the regular contributors would do quite well out of it - as they should ;) Fact is: the German postal rates make it impossible to continue. This time, all but the German issues were sent from Austria ... and the September issue will be sent from Austria too. Do any European countries have the equivalent of the US book rate for printed materials, which is typically less than half the cost? Yes - small packet. However the price difference in Europe is not high. I reckon though the main reason must be writers, and production time/cost. I suspect most readers would be prepared to pay extra postage. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Yes - small packet. However the price difference in Europe is not high. Small packet is anything up to 2kg. No steps. Costs 8,20 EUR ... not an optional at all. I reckon though the main reason must be writers, and production time/cost. And the always decreasing number of readers - time was unpaid, anyway. I suspect most readers would be prepared to pay extra postage. No, adding 8 or 10 EUR will be an increase we never had before ... and we lost many readers when there were smaller increases. Also, direct debit will have to be re-done for German readers thanks to new EU rules - they will have to send a signed mandate back - which will lead to losses in readership again. Anyway, let's see if something new comes out of all this - maybe it's a chance. Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Ian Burkinshaw schrieb: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Look at Christmas cards, card pennies, post 40p, just out of step. I bet we have all cut back on Christmas cards, for this reason. Many professional producted magazines are going down the same road to electronic, to keep costs under control. So we are not alone with this issue. Yes, very true. I have also to say writing for QLToday spured me on to write my hardware articals. It was a focal point as a publication and deadlines. Without deadlines we all go I will do that next week, then is two weeks and so it goes on and it never gets done. Very true as well ... :-) Cheers Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Really - so one leg is sending letters (8-)# You mean 'fewer' of course. the less people send means the same number of people send less in total. The other meaning would presumably be written as the smaller the number of people who send Anyway postage is rather high now and certainly to be avoided if possible. The small newsletter produced by the Scottish group SQLUG is now emailed to members. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
George Gwilt wrote, on 20/Mar/13 18:07 | Mar20: On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Really - so one leg is sending letters (8-)# You mean 'fewer' of course. the less people send means the same number of people send less in total. Not at all, but maybe it is different in Glasgow (8-)# 'Less' and 'Fewer' are referring to 'people' not the letters. Fewer - when the noun can be counted. People, marbles Less - when it cannot. Flour, petrol. The other meaning would presumably be written as the smaller the number of people who send Anyway postage is rather high now and certainly to be avoided if possible. The small newsletter produced by the Scottish group SQLUG is now emailed to members. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Hence my request :) On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.ukwrote: On 19/03/13 21:29, Lee Privett wrote: Norman can you write something for The SUN, loads more to follow. Aha! I sense a new direction coming on, Instead of killing off publications I like and subscribe to, I can write for the tabloids, and hopefully, kill them off as well. It troubles me a lot, that the best selling newspaper in the UK is the garbage known as The Sun. :-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Regards Lee Privett ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:18, Tony Firshman wrote: George Gwilt wrote, on 20/Mar/13 18:07 | Mar20: On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Really - so one leg is sending letters (8-)# You mean 'fewer' of course. the less people send means the same number of people send less in total. Not at all, but maybe it is different in Glasgow (8-)# 'Less' and 'Fewer' are referring to 'people' not the letters. Fewer - when the noun can be counted. People, marbles Less - when it cannot. Flour, petrol. Why say there is less sand on the beach when you could, if you had time, count the grains? The other meaning would presumably be written as the smaller the number of people who send Anyway postage is rather high now and certainly to be avoided if possible. The small newsletter produced by the Scottish group SQLUG is now emailed to members. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
-- From: peet vanpeebles peetvanpeeb...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:27 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Gah I feel guilty for not doing more game reviews now! Short term wise I've been very quiet on the QL front this year while I sort out and sell vast collections of other consoles/computers/games junk to make room to have my QLs and QL things setup properly for use rather than stashed away in boxes. Nothing to be guilty about. You qualify as one of my regular writers because you have written two articles in the last year. I have done some research. In the last year only 7 people have written for either the Quanta Magazine or QL Today at least twice. Another 4 have contributed once. (I've excluded Quanta committee members writing on Quanta matters for the AGM etc from these calculations.) 11 people out of a QL community of about 1,000. Is it enough for a magazine?, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
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Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. Back to QLToday. Question, how do we get more people to write stuff ? It is clear from the posts on here, that there is still a good following and lots of good stuff going on. But it does not all get written up for the wider audience. Seems to me, down to a very small number that contribute. One item from every QL user would keep us going for years. But we have all seen the appeals for material, and nothing seems to come. To use the buzz word from my own industry (Broadcast TV), it's all down to content. We need content. Ian - Original Message - From: George Gwilt grggw...@gmail.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:18, Tony Firshman wrote: George Gwilt wrote, on 20/Mar/13 18:07 | Mar20: On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Really - so one leg is sending letters (8-)# You mean 'fewer' of course. the less people send means the same number of people send less in total. Not at all, but maybe it is different in Glasgow (8-)# 'Less' and 'Fewer' are referring to 'people' not the letters. Fewer - when the noun can be counted. People, marbles Less - when it cannot. Flour, petrol. Why say there is less sand on the beach when you could, if you had time, count the grains? The other meaning would presumably be written as the smaller the number of people who send Anyway postage is rather high now and certainly to be avoided if possible. The small newsletter produced by the Scottish group SQLUG is now emailed to members. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
- Original Message - From: Ian Burkinshaw ian.burkins...@btopenworld.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 19:19 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. Back to QLToday. Question, how do we get more people to write stuff ? It is clear from the posts on here, that there is still a good following and lots of good stuff going on. But it does not all get written up for the wider audience. Seems to me, down to a very small number that contribute. One item from every QL user would keep us going for years. But we have all seen the appeals for material, and nothing seems to come. To use the buzz word from my own industry (Broadcast TV), it's all down to content. We need content. Ian snip On a personal note I'm terrible at thinking of things to write about so maybe people thinking up topics would be good. The hardest bit for me is just to start typing out something. Or what would people like to see reviewed etc? We have lots of interesting characters in the QL scene with a long history so maybe regular interview columns or old tales etc? Peter. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Small packet is anything up to 2kg. No steps. Costs 8,20 EUR ... not an optional at all. Weird. We have steps for international shipments in the Czech Republic: Plain shipment (EU, outside EU / priority, economy) upto 20, 50, 10, 250, 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg. Recommended shipment (EU, outside EU / priority, economy) upto 20, 50, 10, 250, 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg. Registered letter (EU, outside EU / priority, economy) upto 20, 50, 10, 250, 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg. Weight of usual QL Today issue is unknown to me, so I cannot calculate the price. E.g. European country, priority recommended shipment, 100 g, is about 2.8 EUR. Non-european country, economy recommended shipment, 50 g, is about 2.4 EUR. European country, priority registered letter, 100 g, is about 3,8 EUR. See tables at http://www.ceskaposta.cz/assets/nastroje/kompletni_cenik.pdf page 43 - plain shipment (first table), page 44 - recommended shipment (first table), registered letter (last table) 24 Kč being 1 EUR, no V.A.T. There is also press bag, but this applies to whole bag of magazines, not for single sheets. But I understand, that the postage is not the main problem. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] A computer in a keyboard - Now there's a new idea?
Hi Thought you might be interested in this oddity (in between the ads): CoolShip Android all-in-keyboard computer - LinuxBSDos.com http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2013/02/22/coolship-android-computer-in-a-keyboard / Best wishes Richard Howe (Tech) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:06, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, Ian Burkinshaw wrote: Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. so I had better not tell you of for your spelling of 'grammar' then (8-)# Now then Tony, you talk of people, or you tell them off. John. Tony Back to QLToday. Question, how do we get more people to write stuff ? It is clear from the posts on here, that there is still a good following and lots of good stuff going on. But it does not all get written up for the wider audience. Seems to me, down to a very small number that contribute. One item from every QL user would keep us going for years. But we have all seen the appeals for material, and nothing seems to come. To use the buzz word from my own industry (Broadcast TV), it's all down to content. We need content. Ian - Original Message - From: George Gwilt grggw...@gmail.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:18, Tony Firshman wrote: George Gwilt wrote, on 20/Mar/13 18:07 | Mar20: On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Really - so one leg is sending letters (8-)# You mean 'fewer' of course. the less people send means the same number of people send less in total. Not at all, but maybe it is different in Glasgow (8-)# 'Less' and 'Fewer' are referring to 'people' not the letters. Fewer - when the noun can be counted. People, marbles Less - when it cannot. Flour, petrol. Why say there is less sand on the beach when you could, if you had time, count the grains? The other meaning would presumably be written as the smaller the number of people who send Anyway postage is rather high now and certainly to be avoided if possible. The small newsletter produced by the Scottish group SQLUG is now emailed to members. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, Tring, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Tony, that was a definite lol () moment. Sent from my iPhone On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:06, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, Ian Burkinshaw wrote: Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. so I had better not tell you of for your spelling of 'grammar' then (8-)# Tony Back to QLToday. Question, how do we get more people to write stuff ? It is clear from the posts on here, that there is still a good following and lots of good stuff going on. But it does not all get written up for the wider audience. Seems to me, down to a very small number that contribute. One item from every QL user would keep us going for years. But we have all seen the appeals for material, and nothing seems to come. To use the buzz word from my own industry (Broadcast TV), it's all down to content. We need content. Ian - Original Message - From: George Gwilt grggw...@gmail.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:18, Tony Firshman wrote: George Gwilt wrote, on 20/Mar/13 18:07 | Mar20: On 20 Mar 2013, at 18:00, Tony Firshman wrote: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: Sad though this is, I have to say it seems me inevitable this was going to happen sooner or later. The constant increase in postal rates is self defeating, the more they go up, the less poeple send. Really - so one leg is sending letters (8-)# You mean 'fewer' of course. the less people send means the same number of people send less in total. Not at all, but maybe it is different in Glasgow (8-)# 'Less' and 'Fewer' are referring to 'people' not the letters. Fewer - when the noun can be counted. People, marbles Less - when it cannot. Flour, petrol. Why say there is less sand on the beach when you could, if you had time, count the grains? The other meaning would presumably be written as the smaller the number of people who send Anyway postage is rather high now and certainly to be avoided if possible. The small newsletter produced by the Scottish group SQLUG is now emailed to members. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm __**_ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/**smsqe.htmhttp://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, Tring, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Sadly QL Today and QUANTA have both suffered from a lack of copy and Geoff is quite right about the small number of contributors and reliance on them. I would like to spend more time on QL projects but my spare time is all taken up with editorialising (Norman have fun with that word). In response to vanpeebles comment about not knowing what to write about, the next issue of QUANTA will have such a list to give would be contributors that very start. Geoff would probably welcome in QL Today as well as I do for QUANTA, and regularly stated in the magazine, no contribution is to small. Sent from my iPhone On 20 Mar 2013, at 20:02, peet vanpeebles peetvanpeeb...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: - Original Message - From: Ian Burkinshaw ian.burkins...@btopenworld.com To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 19:19 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. Back to QLToday. Question, how do we get more people to write stuff ? It is clear from the posts on here, that there is still a good following and lots of good stuff going on. But it does not all get written up for the wider audience. Seems to me, down to a very small number that contribute. One item from every QL user would keep us going for years. But we have all seen the appeals for material, and nothing seems to come. To use the buzz word from my own industry (Broadcast TV), it's all down to content. We need content. Ian snip On a personal note I'm terrible at thinking of things to write about so maybe people thinking up topics would be good. The hardest bit for me is just to start typing out something. Or what would people like to see reviewed etc? We have lots of interesting characters in the QL scene with a long history so maybe regular interview columns or old tales etc? Peter. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
John Taylor wrote, on 20/Mar/13 21:27 | Mar20: John/ On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:06, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, Ian Burkinshaw wrote: Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. so I had better not tell you of for your spelling of 'grammar' then (8-)# Now then Tony, you talk of people, or you tell them off. He he - it is hard typing on an Iphone at the best of times, but I was typing during a Brahm's Requiem rehearsal! You are lucky it did not come out in German (8-)# Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: I have just noticed you are in the future! You need to give your computer clock a kick. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today
Tony Firshman wrote, on 21/Mar/13 00:11 | Mar21: Ian Burkinshaw wrote, on 27/Mar/13 17:46 | Mar27: I have just noticed you are in the future! You need to give your computer clock a kick. . or if you are really in next week, please tell me Saturday's lottery numbers (privately!). Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today CMS Today moral/other support
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:56 AM, DougL externa...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Dave et al, I'm a moderate possibility for co-work on joomla today :-) having worked a smidgeon (only one :-) on CMS before retirement, if telework would be possible. Content mainly? Tech at a distance, arm waving at a distance, is problematical though. Yes, that would be great :) Since this 'server' will be around for a long time, running 24/7/365, I decided to not use one of my clunking 8-core beasts which would be very OTT. I have a cute little Mac Mini around here. I will install an SSD, max out the RAM, and install Scientific Linux and Joomla, then spend a week or so picking at it to theme and shape the site to something I suspect will appeal to most users. I'm guessing the mini server will draw a far smaller amount of power, and therefore minimise long-term costs. For the interested: It'll have 4GB RAM, a T7200 Core 2 Duo @ 2GHz, and a 120GB Samsung 440 Pro SSD. I'll remove the Combo drive to reduce power draw just a little more. It's already been modified to run headless,and gone from 1,1 to 2,1 EFI. It will be virtually silent, and perfectly adequate for our foreseeable needs. I also offer to create a bi-monthly or quarterly digest in PDF magazine form, and can create a mailing list for those who would just like the digest PDF. I'll post again when it's up and will happily take any and all feedback. *Additionally, I'd like to say that although I am not a subscriber, I am very sad to see QL Today go. If you read QL Today and you're not a member of Quanta, use the subscription money to join before we lose yet another essential yet diminishing resource.* -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] SMSQmulator 1.13
Hi A small bug: on start-up, the new warning sub-menu item is always ticked, regardless of the setting in the .INI file... Thanks, fixed in 1.14 Shift+Tab doesn't work Thanks, fixed in 1.14 This is up on the website. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
