Hi Mirko,

this is really a good news.
Hope to see a tar.gz soon to test on my computer.

Regards
Emmanuel

 Le mer 03/02/10 10:06, "Mirko Lindner" [email protected] a écrit:
> Hey there,
> 
> I just wanted to give you a little progress report on vido [1].
> 
> After the openzim developer-meeting [2] quite a few changes were made
> to the format to allow the usage of zim files even on limited devices
> such as the Ben NanoNote.
> 
> Last night, after finally finding the right file, I managed to get
> the full german wikipedia (without images) to run nicely. The file is
> on the openzim server in their download section[3].
> 
> There are quite a few neat functions in vido. Please be patient with
> it, responses are not instant, but it does what you ask it after 1-2s
> at the most. There are still a few quirks here and there. Scrolling is
> not optimal, the way links can be selected deserves another look etc
> etc. But the foundation works.
> 
> One word abotu the zim files. Currently there are only german wiki
> files that have been tested. I will dive into the mechanism of
> creating other zim files as soon as I get back from FOSDEM. I have
> been told there is a process for that already, but it is not well
> documented. We are also in talks with the Wikimedia Foundation and
> other wikis to get them to publish wiki files themselves.
> 
> If anyones feels like diving into the code to make it better, faster,
> nicer please go ahead. Just contact me for git access and such. 
> 
> Once again a big yay for the openzim project!
> 
> Ok, here a small list of what vido can do:
> 
> - open and display contents of a zim file (on the console):
> vido [PATH TO FILE]
> 
> - get a random article (in vido):
> 
> ctrl + r
> 
> - search for an article (in vido):
> 
> ctrl + s
> 
> - go back to last article (in vido):
> 
> ctrl + b
> 
> - go to next article (if you went back before) (in vido):
> 
> ctrl + f
> 
> - display your history (in vido):
> 
> ctrl + h
> 
> - go to top (in vido):
> 
> ctrl + t
> 
> To move through links in an article use TAB. If you only want to
> scroll use the arrow keys.
> 
> Note: If you scroll the cursor doesnt move, which means that if you
> tab after you scrolled for a while the display will go back to the
> last link you selected.
> 
> /mirko
> 
> [1] http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/vido/ [1]
> [2] http://openzim.org/Developer_Meetings/2009-2 [2]
> [3] http://openzim.org/ZIM_File_Archive [3]
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/vido/
> [2] http://openzim.org/Developer_Meetings/2009-2
> [3] http://openzim.org/ZIM_File_Archive
> 
> 

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