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Sourceforge
Video4Linux Grab 0.2.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246947
The v4lgrab project is a realtime capturing software for a Video4Linux
device into an AVI file. This release fixes the errors and problems
reported (audio/video sync problems) from the old version 0.2.1. This
release also includes feature enhancements.
Gimp-Print 4.2.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246974
Gimp-Print 4.2.5, released January 24, 2003, is a stable release in the
Gimp-Print 4.2 series. Gimp-Print is a suite of printer drivers that
may be used with most common UNIX print spooling systems, including
CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others. These drivers provide high quality
printing for UNIX (including Macintosh OS X 10.2 and newer) and Linux
systems in many cases equal to or better than proprietary
vendor-supplied drivers, and can be used for many of the most demanding
printing tasks. This software includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp,
and GhostScript and CUPS drivers, including Foomatic data. The Print
plug-in for the GIMP requires the Gimp 1.2. The CUPS driver requires
CUPS 1.1.9 or higher. 1.1.14 or above is highly recommended, as certain
translation-related bugs are fixed and it is possible to print true
CMYK. The Ghostscript driver requires GNU Ghostscript 5.10, 5.50, 6.51,
or any later GNU Ghostscript release based on 6.51 (e. g. 6.52). It may
also be used with GNU Ghostscript 7.05, or with ESP Ghostscript 7.05.
The IJS GhostScript plugin driver requires GNU Ghostscript 6.53 or
later, ESP Ghostscript 7.05 or later, or APFL GhostScript 7.04 or
later. Users of Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above can use this package, as
the printing system is based on CUPS, which is supported by Gimp-print.
Note that Macintosh OS X 10.0 and 10.1 (including 10.1.5) cannot use
this package. We recommend that Macintosh OS X users download the
precompiled installer package from
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3 rather than attempt to
build this package from source, as using the installer is much simpler.
We further recommend that Macintosh OS X users install ESP GhostScript,
to permit printing from Carbon applications (such as most Adobe
applications) that generate PostScript rather than PDF output.
Directions for that are also available at
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3. Please read the README
file for full instructions on installing this package from source code.
Gimp-Print 4.2.5 contains the following major changes over Gimp-Print
4.2.4: * Major bugs fixed: 1) (bug 625780) The Epson Stylus Pro 5000
now prints. 2) (bug 645895) The Epson Stylus Color 640 now prints
properly at all resolutions in color, grayscale, and monochrome. 3)
(bug 639356) The version of libtool used in building the release
package has been upgraded to 1.4.3, which fixes compile problems on a
few platforms (this is primarily of interest to packagers). 4) (bug
659543) escputil now reports the ink levels correctly on the Stylus
Photo 950/960 and 2100/2200. 5) (bug 672692) A buffer overflow in
escputil, which permitted a local privilege escalation if it is
installed setuid, has been fixed. Note that Gimp-print does not install
escputil setuid, and we do not recommend explicitly setting the setuid
bit. 6) (bug 672846) A problem compiling rastertoprinter on Solaris
with the gcc compiler has been fixed. 7) (bug 672850) The Epson back
end in CUPS will no longer hang attempting to read back ink levels
under some circumstances, and it will also compute the ink levels
correctly. 8) (bug 646158) DESTDIR now works correctly with make
install (this is primarily of interest to packagers). * New
Functionality: 1) If Foomatic 2.9.x is installed, the Foomatic data
will be generated with additional features: Once the options are put
into groups ("General", "PrintoutMode", "Adjustment") and a new
"PrintoutMode" option will be added, which lets the user choose
pre-configurations for common printing tasks, but still adjust the
individual options. If an older version of Foomatic is installed, the
Foomatic data will stay as before. 2) (bug 596538) The automatic paper
cutter is now functional on the Epson Stylus Photo 925, 950/960, and
2100/2200. * Quality Improvements: 1) The Epson Stylus Photo
950/960/PM-950C and 2100/2200 are now tuned. The 950 and 960 are fully
tuned, while the 2100 and 2200 are fully tuned with Photographic Black
ink. Matte Black ink on the 2100/2200, and dark yellow ink on the
PM-950C, are not tuned at this point. 2) The Epson Stylus Photo
950/960/PM-950C and 2100/2200 now support double speed printing at 360
DPI in Four Color Standard mode (in color, grayscale, and monochrome).
For this reason, we recommend use of Four Color Standard for printing
text and low-resolution graphics on plain paper with these printers. 3)
Translations for Danish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, and UK English
have been updated. * Exceptions and Workarounds: 1) There have been a
number of reports that printing to a Windows-hosted printer from
Macintosh OS X results in only the first page of the job being printed
(see bugs 668342 and 672692). In at least some cases, connecting the
printer directly to the Macintosh results in correct prints. There is
no known workaround short of connecting the printer directly to the
Macintosh. Investigation is continuing on this problem. 2) There are
longstanding reports of problems printing with certain USB-parallel
adapters on Macintosh OS X. In particular, many users have reported
problems with the Keyspan adapter; we recommend that users having
problems try different brands of adapters, and avoid using USB hubs.
Please check our web site
(http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3) for a link to a user
feedback forum regarding these cables. 3) Mac OS X users who use the
Epson Printer Utility (provided by Epson with their standard driver
set) to check ink levels and perform maintenance tasks, such as head
cleaning or head alignment, may encounter print job failures when
attempting to print with the Gimp-Print driver after using the Epson
utility. The cause for this failure is currently unknown, but the
workaround is to completely power-cycle the printer, after which the
Gimp-Print driver should again print normally. Another option is to
disable the Epson Printer Utility. 4) The Mac OS X print dialog may
offer an "Autoselect" option as the default media source (input slot)
on some printers. This option may not be valid and can result in
nothing being printed. The workaround is to choose a different setting
(explicitly select the input slot you wish to use). 5) The new HP
DesignJets have not been fully tuned. In particular, there are reports
that they print too light. This can be corrected with the Density
adjustment (try 1.5~1.7 or thereabouts). 6) The list of compatible and
potentially compatible Hewlett-Packard printers has been updated with
the latest available information. If a particular printer does not work
with the recommended driver, we recommend that you try other similar
drivers, check the Feature Requests at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=101537&group_id=1537&func=browse,
and if the printer is not listed please file a feature request (via the
Submit New button). 7) Borderless (full-bleed) printing is not quite
correct on the Epson Stylus Photo printers that support it (see bug
621668). Typically, the left or right margin is off by 1 mm or less,
resulting in a very fine white strip on that edge. This will not be
fixed in 4.2; it is expected to be fixed in 4.3 and beyond. There is no
workaround other than trimming the page. 8) Many Canon printers do not
print correctly at 720x360 DPI. The workaround is to use 360 or 720
DPI. The following bugs have been fixed in Gimp-Print 4.2.5: 596538
Epson Stylus Photo 925 etc. paper cutter is not functional 599029
Epson: Maximum speed printing not supported on 950, 960 625780 Epson
Stylus Pro 5000 does not print 639356 Build system: libtool 1.4.2 does
not work on all platforms 641628 QUALITY: Epson Stylus 2200 print
quality is low in 7-color 645895 Epson stc640 does not print at 720dpi
and above 646158 Build:DESTDIR broken in make install in print plugin
649253 QUALITY - Epson 950/960 problems in all resolutions 659543
escputil Epson Photo 950 Ink level wrong 672845 Buffer overflow in
escputil 672846 rastertoprinter does not compile on Solaris with gcc
672850 Epson back end in CUPS driver can lock up The following bugs are
currently open: 409612 Epson: Minor positioning problem on 4x6 glossy
470049 CUPS PPD files not translated on all systems 538097
QUALITY-Canon S400 dark and yellow cast 549677 Canon BJC-1000 functions
incorrectly at 720x360 DPI 557868 QUALITY-HP DeskJet 560 is washed out
581168 Canon BJC 250 just spits out pages 601767 Mac OS X: Canon BJC
2100 does not print multiple pages 602933 QUALITY-Canon S800 dark and
grainy 613054 Mac OS X: Printing from InDesign 2.0 on OS 10.2.1 614882
QUALITY - Canon BJC-55 is too pale and desaturated 621668 Epson Stylus
full bleed prints have slight margin 627266 Mac OS X: Autoselect option
incorrectly offered 627978 QUALITY: Canon BJC-6500 has magenta cast.
631937 HP DesignJet Sheet Cutter Problem 641981 QUALITY: HP DesignJet
455 too light 645116 QUALITY: HP DeskJet regression from 4.1.7 647035
QUALITY: Colors don't match OEM drivers 662988 HP DeskJet 970Cxi page
horizontally squeezed 668342 Canon S-450 prints only one page of a job
672692 Epson photo 700 single page of multi page job
New release 0.5.5 of tn5250j is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244952
tn5250J is an AS400 Telnet 5250 written in java. This will provide some
of the more advance functions of the 5250 datastream such as edit
masks, graphical windows, continued editing fields, etc. This release
includes numerous feature enhancements, including improved file
transfer capability, Jython scripting support, and the ability to
export spool files to PDF or text file. Changes - wow where to start.
There have been a lot since the last release. I will try to put a
release out sooner from now on as there are so many changes it is
impossible to keep up. This release features the following new
functionality/fixes: 1. Scripting support via jython. See web page for
details There is a script running indicator as well. You can define a
script to run on connection This uses the jython project from
http://www.jython.org 2. Reworked file transfer from host screen with
the following: - Main screen has been reworked to make it less
confusing - New filters have been added - Delimited and Fixed Width -
Interaction with the Java Toolbox for AS400. See website for more
details under file transfers. - A new sql query wizard has been
implemented so you can graphically select and form your sql point and
click with mouse. - E-mail your transferred file directly from the
transfer screen 3. New SpoolFile export function to PDF or Text. You
can also e-mail the exported file directly from the screen. This uses
the itext project from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/itext When
you download the itext-0xxx.jar make sure you rename it to itext.jar or
it will not work 4. SSL socket support for users of JDK 1.4 and
greater. 5. New applet support. Take the test drive with the live
applet test from the website 6. Keyboard buffering fixes 7. New
interaction of the popup menu with short cut keys automatically defined
from you remapping. 8. Able to map keys to macros and scripts. See
website for more information on macros and scripting in jython. 9.
Printing fixes. 10. Better performance Lots and Lots of bug fixes.
Thanks to all for helping with the testing of this release Enjoy
Kenneth
Open For Business 2.0.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=245533
The Open For Business Project released version 2.0.0 of its business
automation tools, components, and applications on Monday the 20th of
January 2003. This is the first stable release of the project and
offers a new option for organizations of all types that have asked the
question of Build vs. Buy. More information about Open For Business can
be found on the web site at http://www.ofbiz.org Organizations using
OFBiz can shorten enterprise information project cycles by months
through a well designed architecture and corresponding framework and
through pre-built components and applications. The goal of the Open For
Business project is to provide useful, standards compliant tools and
applications. These standards will include: XML; J2EE; WfMC; BPML;
ebXML; UNSPSC; GAAP & FASB; OMG's GL, Party, Workflow, etc;
ArapXML; OAGIS; and many others. The OFBiz Core Framework consists of
the following tools: Entity Engine, Service Engine, Workflow Engine,
Rule Engine, XML Mini-Languages, and a web application framework.
Applications and application components (including entities and
services) in the project cover the following business areas:
e-commerce, products, orders, parties, facilities, work efforts,
content, marketing, accounting, human resources, and so forth. The most
mature and deployed application in the suite is the e-commerce
application with functionality that measures up to the largest
available commercial alternatives and many live sites, including the
award-winning ReturnBuy.com site (see
http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=8137 ) Other OFBiz
applications and components are stable and being used by various
organizations and in various commercial products. More details are
available on the website. OFBiz has received great attention in the
open source and IT communities. The project has been featured on
SourceForge and release notices have appeared on FreshMeat.net,
TheServerSide.com, and JavaLobby.org. The SourceForge project site
shows around 100,000 downloads and 700,000 page views. Dozens of users
of the project have contributed feedback, new ideas and even code and
designs. Special thanks to the many users who have contributed to the
project. Without user contributions the project could not be what it is
today. QUESTION: What is the scope of the OFBiz applications, and how
will vertical markets be targeted? ANSWER: We realize that we cannot
target all functionality that will be needed by all organizations, or
even all markets or industries. Our goal for the applications and
application components is to include as much generic functionality as
possible. This will allow many medium and large size organizations to
get something useful running quickly and make it possible to
concentrate resources on organization specific customizations. Software
companies will be able to affordably create products for narrowly
targeted markets or industries and spend time and effort on the needs
of that market or industry instead of all of the generic functionality
and framework components that can be generalized among all users of the
software. QUESTION: If there are no licensing fees or corporate backing
for OFBiz, how is the development and support of the project financed?
ANSWER: The project is financed by providing for the needs of users of
the project. This is done by offering services such as analysis,
design, implementation, customization, training, mentoring, support and
even prioritization of planned features. Much of the functionality in
the project has been paid for by commercial adopters of the project and
the rest has been contributed by generous developers from their own
personal time. For more information on services offered, see the
OFBiz.org Services Page at http://www.ofbiz.org/services.html QUESTION:
This seems like a pretty big project, how much of it is actually done,
or rather how far along are the various components and applications?
ANSWER: At this point all of the framework components are very stable,
and many of the applications are too. This is why we have chosen to do
the 2.0.0 final release. From here on out releases will be done more
incrementally as the current framework and applications are improved.
The e-commerce and related applications such as the Party, Order, and
Catalog managers are the most stable and mature. Following close behind
is the Facility Manager which handles all aspects of warehouse and
inventory management. The Work Effort Manager has many useful pieces in
place, but there is still a lot of work to do there. Other applications
such as Accounting and Content Management have only recently been
started. The Data Model is very complete and mature. It has been
reviewed and improved dozens of times and by many different people. It
is cleaner in the areas where corresponding applications and components
are implemented, but we have put a great deal of effort into making
sure that there was a master plan for the data model that would not
have to change much as applications are added or improved.
Vorbis Encoder Plugin for LameFE released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246410
A new OGG/Vorbis Encoder plugin for use with LameFE 2.2 RC 1 has been
released. This plugin features Ogg/Vorbis 1.0 support, Quality based
encoding, ABR / VBR / CBR encoding, and support for standard Ogg Tags.
You can download both LameFE and the plugin at
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download Thees Winkler
- Project Administrator
DWSII 1.2 Beta Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246417
DelphiWebScript is a scripting language for use in Borland Delphi(tm)
projects. The programming language is similar to Delphi. It's HTML
features are optimal for web applications and report modules. A beta
release of DWSII is available. Most important new feature: Garbage
collector for DWSII objects. See forum messages for more information.
Streamsicle 1.2Beta+
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246437
The Streamsicle is a stand-alone webserver and streaming MP3 server.
You can request songs, view what the server has to play, etc. New
installer version released with later JVM support, should allow much
larger MP3 collections to be loaded.
pmd-1.02 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246108
PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty
catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and so forth. This release
includes a number of new rules and bugfixes. ...with a slew of new
rules (ImportFromSamePackageRule, SwitchDensityRule,
NullAssignmentRule, UnusedModifierRule, ForLoopShouldBeWhileLoopRule)
and plenty o' bug fixes and new features. See the changelog -
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=135420 - for
all the details. Thanks to the many folks who contributed, most of whom
are listed here: http://pmd.sourceforge.net/credits.html Thanks, Tom
RCSoccerSim 9.2.2 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=245751
The RoboCup Soccer Simulator is a research and educational tool for
multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence. It enables for two
teams of 11 simulated autonomous robotic players to play soccer
(football). RoboCup Soccer Simulator is licensed under a combination of
the GNU GPL and GNU LGPL. The latest stable release adds goal posts
with "real" collision detection and modelling as well the remaining
official changes requested for the new RoboCup World Cup. But that's
not all, to make your life easier (and mine more difficult), the
various rcsoccersim modules are now available as RPMs for i386. If
anyone else is willing to provide RPMs for other architectures, let us
(sserver-admin at users.sf.net) know and we'll tell you how.
tinyproxy 1.5.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246109
After a month of being in the "Release Candidate" state, tinyproxy
1.5.2 has been released. There have been a bunch of usability
improvements since 1.5.1. Anyone using 1.5.1 or previous is recommended
to upgrade. tinyproxy is a GPLed, lightweight HTTP proxy. Designed from
the ground up to be fast and yet small, it is an ideal solution for
sites where a full featured HTTP proxy is required, but the system
resources for a larger proxy are unavailable.
Slashdot
Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/1316204
ceejayoz writes "MSNBC has an [0]interesting article about the [1]Mono
project, saying that the 'volunteer effort could oblige Microsoft to
work with Linux'."
Links
0. http://www.msnbc.com/news/864039.asp
1. http://www.go-mono.com/
KDE 3.1 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/125216
[0]Ashcrow writes "KDE 3.1 was released early this morning and boasts
[1]new usability enhancements, [2]VNC-compatible [3]desktop sharing,
[4]tabbed browsing, and a new [4]download manager, among other
[5]enhancements. You can read the [6]release anouncement here and start
downloading from the closest [7]mirror. Kudos to the [8]KDE Team!"
Links
0. http://www.gnulinux.net
1. http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php?page=7
2. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
3. http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php?page=3
4. http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php?page=4
5. http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php
6. http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.1.html
7. http://www.kde.org/ftpmirrors.html
8. http://www.kde.org/people.html
OpenBSD (Still) Seeks UltraSparc III Docs From Sun
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/0329254
An anonymous reader writes "There is a very interesting article on
kerneltrap regarding OpenBSD's lingering [0]battle with Sun over
UltraSparc III documentation (that's right ... it still hasn't been
resolved). Jeremy Andrews relates his efforts to get a position from
Sun on the matter. In summary, he was completely stonewalled ... and
that is exactly what makes the article so noteworthy."
Links
0. http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568
Australia May Adopt DMCA-Style Copyright Regime
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/0021222
beaver1024 writes "Australia, desperate to garner more U.S. trade, has
[0]indicated that it is willing to follow a more stringent regime for
protecting copyright. This follows [1]attempts by MediaForce to force
Australian ISPs to comply with U.S. DMCA provisions. I fear that due to
the current Australian government's weak spineless nature, the harsh
provisions of the DMCA will soon arrive in the land down under."
Links
0. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5896759%255E15306,00html
1. http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1055
Kazaa Fights Back
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/0556245
[0]Cracula writes "CNET [1]is reporting that tonight Kazaa filed a
lawsuit against the major record labels and Hollywood studios,
asserting that they are attempting to stifle a legitimate and
potentially profit-cutting business model. Sharman Networks (owner of
Kazaa) says that their model is fundmentally different than Napster
because their major goal is to make money off their companion program
Altnet that delivers authorized, paid content. While this may sound
like a shot in the dark, last year a federal judge actually ruled that
the record labels' current efforts to provide online access to their
music may run afoul of anti-trust laws. Kazaa may actually have a
hope."
Links
0. http://www.benandbarb.com
1. http://rss.com.com/2100-1023-982344.html
Why We Refactored JUnit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/237245
Bill Venners writes "In [0]this article, three programmers tell the
story of how their frustration with [1]JUnit's API led to the creation
of [2]Artima SuiteRunner, a free, open source test toolkit and JUnit
runner. These programmers simply wanted to create a small add-on tool
to JUnit, but found JUnit's design non-intuitive and API documention
poor. After spending time reading through JUnit's source code and
attempting to guess at the API contracts, they gave up and rewrote it."
Links
0. http://www.artima.com/suiterunner/why.html
1. http://www.junit.org/
2. http://www.artima.com/suiterunner/index.html
P2P File Sharing Could Cost You A Bundle
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/0142209
geekee writes "CNET posted an article claiming [0]you could be liable
for $250,000 in fines and up to 3 years in prison for p2p file sharing.
This is due to an obscure law called the No Electronic Theft ([1]NET)
act passed in 1997 (signed by Bill Clinton). Although the Justice
Department has not prosecuted anyone under this new law, some members
of congress have asked John Ashcroft to begin prosecuting. In response
to the request, John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, said
to expect some NET Act prosecutions."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2010-1071-982121.html?tag=fd_nc_1
1. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2265.ENR:
Preserving the Sound of America
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/0030228
[0]jonerik writes "The Associated Press (by way of MSNBC) has [1]this
article on [2]the Library of Congress' [3]National Recording Registry,
which 'seeks to ensure even greater protection for some of the most
notable songs, speeches and other utterances.' To that end, the
library's extensive collection of recordings and photos will soon be
moved to a massive 41-acre complex built into the side of a mountain in
Culpeper, Virginia. When construction on the site is completed - in
about three years - anything stored in Culpeper should be available via
computer at the library's Madison Building on Capitol Hill. The Library
of Congress has been collecting recordings for almost 100 years, the
first being a recording of a speech by German Emperor Wilhelm II. Since
then the library has collected recorded speeches by every American
President since Theodore Roosevelt, oral histories, music, radio
broadcasts, and other examples of recorded sound." This sounds like a
collection which will become more valuable as more people have access
to the actual content of the collections.
Links
0. mailto:jonerik@@gis.net
1. http://www.msnbc.com/news/864552.asp?0cv=CB10
2. http://www.loc.gov/
3. http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-nrr.html
Red Hat Announces Product EOL Calendar
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/239231
[0]BrunoC writes "Looks like Red Hat is getting a little Microsoftish
and is quietly introducing its brand new 12-month-only [1]Errata.
Quoting The Reg: 'Red Hat's current death list EOLs RH 7.1-8.0 at the
end of this year, while 6.2 and 7.0 get theirs as of the end of March.'
You can read the [2]whole article here." I don't see how this is
"Microsoftish" -- the code Red Hat creates or includes is still GPL,
and you can pay anyone willing to fix it. They're not required to
support it forever :)
Links
0. http://brunoc&easynet,com,br
1. https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29053.html
Google vs. Boilerplate Activism
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/2147246
[0]ArmorFiend writes with this [1] NYTimes article which "details the
efforts of journalists to discern real reader-written letters from
boilerplate form letters. Seems like there should be a centralized
searchable DB of letters to the editor."
Links
0. http://www.speakeasy.org/~morse/email.jpg
1. http://nytimes.com/2003/01/27/technology/27LETT.html
Freshmeat
abcm2ps 3.3.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110810/
abcm2ps is a package that converts music tunes from ABC format to
PostScript. Based on abc2ps version 1.2.5, it was developed mainly to
print baroque organ scores that have independant voices played on one
or more keyboards, and a pedal-board. It introduces many extensions to
the ABC language that make it suitable for classical music.
Abstract Enigma 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110778/
Abstract Enigma is a clean looking theme. It is designed for Openbox,
and should work in [Flux|Black]box, but the menu bullets may not
display correctly.
AllTasks.net 2.00 alpha (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110769/
AllTasks.net allows a company to manage all parts of a task from idea
to execution and evaluation. Work together on big projects and/or
gather daily tasks into one common system.
Aranha 0.0.276
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110826/
Aranha is a piece of software written to allow Web applications to be
written more cleanly and more easily. It is a Local FastCGI Responder,
although work is in progress to allow it to work as a FastCGI
Authoriser and a FastCGI Filter. It is based on the programming
language Lua, and contains many extensions to enable easy Web site
development and maintenance.
Biaroza 0.5 (Biaroza)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110874/
Biaroza is a multi-dictionary system for human languages which aims to
set a standard on such type of software. It works internally (and
externally if you want so) in UTF-8. The software itself supports
querying by particles, customizable in/out filtering, and interface
mode (for using with another software) among other features.
CASM 0.2.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110690/
CASM is an offline content management tool. It is ideal for creating
and maintaining dynamic or static Web, WAP, or XML sites. CASM is
implemented as an integrated command-line application which contains
the Content Assembling Language compiler, an optimizer for HTML, CSS,
and XML, HTML tidy integration, a powerful site file structure builder,
and more. Content Assmebling Language (CAL) is a markup language
designed to separate site content from display properties. CAL has a
comfortable templating mechanism, if-then-else structure, variable
substitution, file including, recordset handling, looping functions,
and more.
cgi-exec 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110792/
cgi-exec preprocesses data from an HTML form and redirects the data to
a CGI script specified in a database located next to cgi-exec. It
acquires the input from the browser, regardless of method; decodes the
input into plain text; places that input into environmental variables
corresponding to the fieldnames designated in the HTML form; searches a
database to determine the name of the script to be executed to process
the form data; spawns the script, after appropriate headers are
emitted; and prints out footers after the return of the script. The
environment is protected by disallowing the overwriting of existing
variables.
Cherokee 0.4.0 Beta7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110890/
Cherokee is a tiny, ultrafast, lightweight Web server. It is
implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C
library. It provides only the most basic HTTP functionality, but is
extremely fast and small.
cvsdelta 1.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110865/
cvsdelta helps manage a CVS project, identifying the local files that
have been added, changed, or deleted. The relevant files can be
automatically added to and removed from CVS. A list of files is
produced, with a summary of content differences, i.e. the number of
lines of code that have been added, changed, and deleted.
Damascus 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110791/
Damascus is a GTK+ 2.x client for the Gale communication protocol. It
is somewhat modelled after IM/ICQ-style interfaces. If you don't know
what Gale is, this client probably won't be very useful; you need a
valid Gale key to send anything, and Damascus can't generate them
(yet). Gale is also scary and confusing.
Dav 0.7.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110799/
Dav (Dav Ain't Vi) is meant to provide a stable text editor that is
efficient in both memory and processor usage. Its user interface is
designed to be intuitive and to increase productivity.
Deadman's Redirect 7.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110873/
Deadman's Redirect is designed to replace whatever is loaded when you
click on the Home button in your browser. It is a Web surfer's power
tool that can be completely customized, using HTML, to fit the needs of
the user. It allows for URL redirection as well as an interface to
various search engines through its aliasing system. It also supports
user-set aliases with functional arguments, RSS headlines, and a
history of all the URLs that pass through it.
Downloader for X 2.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110851/
Downloader for X is a tool for downloading files from the Internet via
both HTTP and FTP with a powerful but userfriendly interface. It
supports reconnecting and resuming on connection timeouts, has a
download queue for multiple files, support for simultaneous downloads,
and many other features for powerful downloading.
dvd::rip 0.49.9 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110847/
dvd::rip is a full featured DVD copy program written in Perl. It
provides an easy-to-use but feature-rich GTK+ GUI to control almost all
aspects of the ripping and transcoding process. It uses the widely
known video processing swissknife, transcode, and many other Open
Source tools.
E-Xoops Beta 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110825/
E-Xoops is a content management system written mainly in object
oriented PHP. It includes everything you'd expect from a portal system,
including downloads, links, sections, polls, forum, news, a FAQ, RSS
feeds, members lists, and customizable blocks and themes. It also
integrates XMLRPC and the ability to manage users as groups with
module- or block-specific access permissions.
Easta 1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110817/
Easta is a Napster-inspired peer to peer filesharing system, built to
operate entirely over email (POP/IMAP+SMTP). More people have access to
email than any other service, and in addition it gives easy access to
file-sharing for the 90% of the planet stuck behind a firewall without
a SOCKS connection. There's some nice side-effects too, such as
asynchronous downloading, even when you're offline.
edit-on Pro 3.0.168 (3.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110829/
edit-on Pro is a cross-platform, in-browser, WYSIWYG editor Java applet
which enables XHTML content authoring with XML markup. The editor is
compact, powerful and requires no special libraries or client plugins.
It includes CSS support, table editing, a spelling checker,
multi-language support, and features an API that allows full
customisation and seamless integration into Web-based applications. It
perfectly complements content management systems, e-learning, knowledge
management systems, and CRM. A free trial version is available for
download and includes complete developer samples and a comprehensive
integration manual.
Emergency CD 2 2.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110807/
Emergency CD 2 is a is console-only mini live Linux CD distribution
based on RedHat 7.3. It features kernel 2.4.19-xfs(i586), and many
console tools and utilities.
EnderUNIX spamGuard 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110850/
spamGuard is a collection of small applications that automagically
monitors spammer activity in mail server logs. The program supports
qmail (multilog/syslog), sendmail, and postfix.
EOS Image Manager 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110785/
EOS Image Manager is a pure Cocoa application that enables users to
quickly view, rename (add and remove chars, change case), and manage
(move, copy, and rename) all of their images from a single, uncluttered
interface. With this application users can organize thousands of
downloaded images and digital photos in minutes.
EvilEntity Linux DR-0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110846/
EvilEntity Linux is a multimedia-focused desktop OS designed for
desktop home computers and professional multimedia productivity.
EvilEntity Linux flaunts high performance, and a "Nothing Like
Windows" philosophy. EvilEntity uses a simplified method of
installation and deployment. The installation is designed to be easy,
fast, stable, and simple.
EXT2IFS 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110805/
EXT2IFS is an Installable File System for Windows NT4, Windows 2000,
and Windows XP. The driver can read both the EXT2 and EXT3 filesystems.
A simple installation program makes using the driver easy.
FreeMarker 2.2pre2 (Lazarus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110831/
FreeMarker allows Java servlets to keep graphic design separate from
application logic, by encapsulating HTML in templates. Templates
generate HTML dynamically, using data provided by the servlet. The
template language is powerful and intuitive, the compiler is fast, and
the output approaches the speed of static HTML pages.
gimp-print 4.3.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110794/
Gimp-Print is a collection of very high quality printer drivers for
UNIX/Linux. The goal of this project is uncompromising print quality
and robustness. Included with this package is the Print plugin for the
GIMP (hence the name), a CUPS driver, and two drivers (traditional and
IJS-based) for Ghostscript that may be compiled into that package. This
driver package is Foomatic-compatible and provides Foomatic data to
enable plug and play with many print spoolers. In addition, various
printer maintenance utilities are included. Many users report that the
quality of Gimp-Print on high end Epson Stylus printers matches or
exceeds the quality of the drivers supplied for Windows and Macintosh.
GiNaC 1.0.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110872/
GiNaC (GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)) is a C++ library
for symbolic calculations. It is designed to allow the creation of
integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together with more
established areas of computer science (like computation-intense numeric
applications, graphical interfaces, etc.). Contrary to other CASes it
does not try to provide extensive algebraic capabilities and a simple
programming language but instead accepts a given language (C++) and
extends it by a set of algebraic capabilities.
GNU Simple Authentication and Security Layer 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110802/
GNU SASL is a library that implements the IETF Simple Authentication
and Security Layer (SASL) framework and some SASL mechanisms. SASL is
used in servers (e.g. IMAP, SMTP, etc.) to request authentication from
clients, and in clients to authenticate against servers.
GNU Transport Layer Security Library 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110820/
GNU Transport Layer Security Library is a library which implements a
secure layer over a reliable transport layer such as TCP/IP. It
implements the TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols. GnuTLS is available for
beta testing.
gPHPEdit 0.0.24 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110822/
gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and
other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down
function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting.
gpsdrive 1.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110833/
Gpsdrive is a map-based navigation system. It displays your position on
a zoomable map provided from a NMEA-capable GPS receiver. The maps are
autoselected for the best resolution, depending of your position, and
the displayed image can be zoomed. Maps can be downloaded from the
Internet with one mouse click. The program provides information about
speed, direction, bearing, arrival time, actual position, and target
position. Speech output is also available.
hk_classes 0.5.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110800/
hk_classes is a set of C++ libraries for rapid development of database
applications with all features a modern database application should
have, like forms and reports. hk_classes is database and GUI
independent. It also includes command line tools to use hk_classes in
scripts.
IMAP Proxy 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110875/
The IMAP Proxy server is a caching IMAP proxy server. It was written to
reduce the load that Webmail clients put on an IMAP server by keeping
server connections alive for reuse, thus avoiding a new server
connection for each Webmail transaction.
isp4you 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110824/
isp4you is a Webmin module that creates a virtual Apache Web server and
a user (with a random password). It automatically creates DNS entries,
up to 100 mail accounts, a MySQL database, quotas, etc. You can also
create a new Webmin user that will only have access to its own new
account. The supported languages are English, Dutch, Spanish, German,
Turkish, and French.
Jess 6.1b1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110867/
Jess is a fast, light rule engine and scripting environment written
entirely in Java. You can build Java software that has the capacity to
"reason" using knowledge you supply in the form of
declarative rules. It is supplied as a programmer's library, making it
ideal for embedding in larger applications. It is free for academic use
and can be licensed for commercial use.
Kismet 2.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110795/
Kismet is an 802.11b network sniffer and network dissector. It is
capable of sniffing using most wireless cards, automatic network IP
block detection via UDP, ARP, and DHCP packets, Cisco equipment lists
via Cisco Discovery Protocol, weak cryptographic packet logging, and
Ethereal and tcpdump compatible packet dump files. It also includes the
ability to plot detected networks and estimated network ranges on
downloaded maps or user supplied image files.
KVocabulary 0.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110819/
KVocabulary is a vocabulary trainer for one or more foreign languages.
Lessons are comprised of questions, which can be presented according to
different criteria and edited.
latex4jed 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110809/
latex4jed is an S-Lang file for the Jed editor which provides a greatly
enhanced LaTeX mode, similar to AUC TeX. It features menus, shortcuts,
templates, syntax highlighting, document outlines, integrated
debugging, symbol completion, full integration with external programs,
and more. It was designed with both the beginner and the advanced LaTeX
user in mind.
mminstance 1.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110857/
The mminstance package creates instances of PostScript Type1 multiple
master fonts. (An instance is a version of the font as it looks at one
point in its design space.) Mminstance lets you use multiple master
fonts with programs that don't handle them directly, such as afm2tfm,
ps2pdf, ps2pk, and X Type1 font servers. Mminstance contains two
programs. Mmafm creates AFM font metrics from multiple master AMFM and
AFM files, and Mmpfb creates a single-master font outline file (PFA or
PFB) from the multiple master font itself.
MRTS 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110793/
MRTG RRDtool Total Statistics is a PHP script that uses MRTG and
RRDtool to sum up traffic monthly and yearly.
MuseScore 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110838/
MuseScore is a WYSIWYG musical score typesetter for Linux. It uses
TrueType fonts for display and printing.
Mutella 0.4.3 RC3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110852/
Mutella supports all the functionality required to participate as a
full-featured node in the Gnutella network (which implies support for
file search, download, and sharing). It is optimized for a
high-bandwidth connection where it sets standards for the server
performance and stability, but it can also run on a modest-speed line.
It features real multiple search support, passive search (all
query-reply packets are checked against local search list), automatic
re-submission of the queries, unlimited download retry, automatic
search for alternative locations when download fails to start
immediately, auto-get function for broken downloads, and much more.
myBeasties 0.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110864/
myBeasties is a highly flexible evolutionary programming module. It is
designed to be extendable and customisable for maximum use by the Perl
developer. Many species of genotypes can be evolved, and these can be
used to build phenotypes of any size or complexity. These can be as
simple as a list or as large as a whole class of objects.
nALFS 1.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110860/
nALFS is interactive, ncurses-based application used for parsing the
ALFS profiles (simple instructions in XML) and doing various things
(like executing commands), one by one, to compile some packages from
source.
Network Dumper 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110789/
Network Dumper is a multi-platform socket sniffer, creating a local
socket and dumping whatever it is pointed at to disk.
Nive 3d 0.1.2pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110801/
Nive 3d is an object oriented portable 3D engine. The library is built
in C++ and uses OpenGL for 3D rendering. Its main features include
terrain rendering, character animation (via its bones system), some
special effects, and an OO design. The engine is shipped with a custom
3ds Max 4 exporter which can also handles Character Studio models.
Presenting XML 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110804/
Presenting XML is an extendible component-based framework for XML/XSLT
applications that aims to achieve a complete separation of content and
presentation. It supports various kinds of content including XML files,
dynamic content, and flat files, and can perform XSLT transformations
in a SAX pipeline. It also supports filtering a stream of XML content
in a pipeline without requiring the construction of a tree
representation of the document, serialization to PDF using the Apache
fop processor, user defined serializers and instructions, and different
kinds of media with different flavors of markup (such as HTML and WML).
pwdutils 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110848/
pwdutils is a collection of utilities to manage the passwd and shadow
user information. The difference to the shadow suite is that these
utilities can also modify the information stored in NIS, NIS+, or LDAP.
PAM is used for user authentication and changing the pasword. It
contains passwd, chfn, chsh, and a daemon for changing the password on
a remote machine over a secure SSL connection. The daemon also uses PAM
so that it can change passwords independent of where they are stored.
RealizationEngine Desktop Status Checker 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110868/
A stand alone desktop client to alert you to new messages in one or
more RealizationEngine accounts.
Retro Native Forth Development Release 2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110866/
RetroForth is a clean, usable Forth-based operating system for
computers using 80386 and higher CPUs. It provides a small, functional
core and several tools to aid in programming.
ripMIME 1.2-dev (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110837/
ripMIME extracts attachment files out of a MIME-encoded email pack.
RPL/2 4.00pre6b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110827/
RPL/2 (Reverse Polish Lisp/2) is a langage derived from the RPL made by
Hewlett-Packard for its HP-28S. It has some extensions (preprocessor,
compilated libraries, new functions), a TeX output, and can draw
graphics.
RTF to HTML convertor 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110856/
The RTF to HTML convertor converts RTF files (in Windows-1250 encoding)
to HTML file (in ISO-8859-2 encoding).
runit 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110828/
runit is a daemontools alike replacement for SysV-init and other init
schemes. It currently runs on GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and can
easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems. runit implements a
simple three-stage concept. Stage 1 performs the system's one-time
initialization tasks. Stage 2 starts the system's uptime services (via
the runsvdir program). Stage 3 handles the tasks necessary to shutdown
and halt or reboot.
SDBA Revolution 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110834/
SDBA Revolution is an open-source server written in Perl which provides
an architecture to simplify and streamline the process of writing
applications that run on an instant messaging network. It features easy
scripting of IM responses, session variables which are consistent
across messages, session time limits, support for multiple
"apps" from one bot, basic security, and the ability to use
multiple access lists of password files. It makes writing IM apps very
much like writing mod_perl or PHP pages. The homepage has full
tutorials and documentation.
Siag Office 3.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110849/
Siag Office is a free office package which consists of the spreadsheet
Siag, the word processor PW, the animation program Egon, the text
editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu. Siag is
easy to use, yet infinitely flexible through multiple embedded
interpreters and a plugin mechanism that allows other programs to run
inside the main document. The supported interpreters are SIOD, Guile,
Tcl, and Python.
SILC 0.9.12 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110818/
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides
secure conferencing services in the Internet. It can be used to send
any kind of messages, in addition to normal text messages. This
includes multimedia messages like images, video, and audio stream. All
messages in the SILC network are encrypted and authenticated, and
messages can also be digitally signed. SILC protocol supports AES,
SHA-1, PKCS#1, PKCS#3, X.509, OpenPGP, and is being developed in the
IETF. The software is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC
Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application
developers.
SNARE 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110813/
SNARE (System iNtrusion Analysis and Reporting Environment) is a
dynamically loadable kernel module and daemon that provide a host
intrusion detection facility and C2-style auditing/event logging
capability for Linux similar to the Basic Security Module (BSM) for
Solaris, or the Windows Event Log.
swiggle 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110854/
swiggle is le's simple web image gallery generator. It is a small
commandline tool that generates HTML pages, including thumbnail
indexes, for given images. It's intended to be easy to use, and since
it is written in C, it's quite speedy. It uses libjpeg for
decompression and compression of images, libexif for getting EXIF
information contained in the images, and it caches scaled images so
that subsequent runs don't need to scale images again and are faster.
Of course, the original images aren't changed. Currently, it processes
only JPEG images, and it's thought to be used primarily with images
taken with digital cameras.
System Configurator 2.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110871/
System Configurator is a configuration API for Linux. It will setup
hardware, networking, and bootstrapping in a unified way. It is
primarily designed to be the configuration engine for System
Installation Suite, though is modular enough to be used in other
environments.
The Tamber Project 1.2pre.3 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110861/
The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses
open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in
separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business
functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is
controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over
multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can
deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce
shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services,
and advanced session management.
Trackballs 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110844/
Trackballs is a simple game similar to the classic game Marble Madness.
By steering a marble through a track filled with vicious hammers, pools
of acid, and other obstacles the player collects points. When the ball
reaches the destination, the player continue to the next, more
difficult track - unless, of course, time runs out first.
TTY-Grin 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110811/
TTY-Grin is a screen-orientated interactive news and email client with
support for MIME and other message format extensions, multiple news
servers, IMAP, PGP/MIME, and Maildir.
Turbo Vision 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110840/
Turbo Vision is a C++ library that provides a very nice user interface
for console applications. This UNIX port is based on Borland's version
2.0 with fixes. It was made to create RHIDE, a nice IDE for gcc and
other GNU compilers. The library supports /dev/vcsa devices for fast
access to local consoles, and it uses ncurses to run from telnet and
xterm. This port, in contrast to the Sigala's port, doesn't have
"100% compatibility with the original library" as goal.
Instead, many modifications were made for the sake of security
(especially buffer overflows). This port is also available for the
original platform (DOS).
Tux Paint 0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110806/
Tux Paint is a simple and entertaining drawing program geared towards
young children. It has a simple interface, sound effects, and a cartoon
character (Tux, the Linux penguin). Along with drawing brush strokes,
lines and shapes, you can also enter text and place "rubber
stamp" (or "sticker") images on the picture. Tux Paint
is extensible, and could be useful in an educational environment (such
as a grammar, elementary, or grade school). It's portable across
numerous platforms, and runs well even on slower systems like the
Pentium 133MHz.
U.S. Cavalry 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110832/
U.S. Cavalry is a Velocity to FreeMarker template conversion tool. It
only converts the templates, not the underlying Java code, which still
must be adjusted by hand. Also, certain constructs cannot be translated
automatically because of different semantics between FreeMarker and
Velocity. Still, the tool is very useful for anyone with a large body
of Velocity templates who wants to switch to FreeMarker.
Verlof 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110839/
Verlof is a Web application for registering and viewing leave
information. It records hours of leave rights and hours of leave within
categories like normal leave, special leave, reduced working-hours
(ADV), and the begin and end dates for the leave's period. The few
rules imposed on the entries are mainly sanity checks like "begin
date is in the weekend". The act of entering a new leave entry
sends an email to the group manager and a copy to the employee. The
advantages of this electronic version over the paper version are: there
is a single information location (no employee-card and mother-card
discrepancies), questionable entries immediately draw the manager's
attention (with email), and various up-to-date views of the leave
history are available (total, year, and list). Verlof is a Dutch-only
application and a little specific to Leiden University.
Vupdate 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110812/
Vupdate is a Tcl script which will download the latest virus dats from
the McAfee FTP site. After downloading, it can also inform you of its
status by sending an email or SMB message.
WindowMaker Menu Builder 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110790/
WindowMaker Menu Builder converts RedHat 8.0 .desktop files into a
functional WindowMaker menu file.
XML Security Library 0.0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110863/
XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2 and OpenSSL. It
provides an implementation for major XML security standards: XML
Digital Signature and XML Encryption.
XSLTUnit 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110815/
XSLTUnit is a test unit framework for XSLT, itself implemented as a
XSLT transformation. With XSLTUnit, developers can easily perform unit
tests on each of their XSLT templates (named or not). The home page
includes the documentation and a link to "xsltunit.xsl",
which is the actual implementation.
Zorum 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110836/
Zorum is an easy-to-install Web-based forum, message board, or bulletin
board. It requires a MySQL database, and the PHP4 script module.
Features include an easy Web-based install, embedded administration, a
style manager, personalization, threaded and linear views, moderators,
password reminder, post blocking rules, bb code, mark unread messages,
and much more.
Slashcode
Commentcount field in stories table always zero
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1924237
I just installed Slash onto my box and I'm doing some testing and
poking around. One thing I can't figure out is how I enable the
comments counter next to the 'Read More...' link. I'm adding comments,
but my index page refuses to show the number of comments for each
article. I first thought it's one of the vars or maybe it's part of the
template. Now, looking at the 'stories' table in my slash database, I
notice that the 'commentcount' field in each row is zero, although I
added a few comments from various accounts. How can that be? Otherwise,
Slash is working just fine and I have experienced no trouble, but I
really want that comment counter for my articles. Help would be greatly
appreciated.
Can't locate object method - install-slashsite
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/186232
I'm getting the following error trying to move our slashsite from my
devel box over to production. I decided the easist way to do this would
be to do a clean slashcode install on the production box, then dump the
DB and assorted config files over. I've gotten the slashcode,
Bundle::Slash installed (MySQL, Perl, Apache w/ mod_perl were already
there), and then ran install-slashsite: $ sudo ./install-slashsite What
is hostname of your Slash site (e.g., www.slashdot.org)? []
my.hiddenservername.com What user would you like to run your Slash site
as? [nobody] slash What group would you like to run your Slash site
under? [slash] OK, I am planning on user my.hiddenservername.com as the
unique name for the Slash site. If this is not ok, you need to fill in
something else here. [my.hiddenservername.com] Which theme do you want
to use? (*)1. slashcode "Slashcode.com theme" Skipping theme select
since you only have one theme! Theme selected: slashcode Please select
which plugins you would like ('*' marks default). (*) 1. Admin - "Admin
Interface" ( ) 2. BunchaBlocks - This is a bunch of portald blocks you
can add ( ) 3. CheesyPortal - CheesyPortal is a script to get an
overall look at portal boxes ( ) 4. ForumZilla - "ForumZilla support"
(*) 5. Hof - "High score stuff" (*) 6. Journal - "Journal system for
users" (*) 7. Messages - "Messaging system" (*) 8. PubKey - "Just
allows a user's pubkey to be displayed" (*) 9. Search - Slash Search is
the default search engine for Slash. Hit 'a' to select all, otherwise
select comma separated numbers or 'q' to quit a Plugins selected: Admin
BunchaBlocks CheesyPortal ForumZilla Hof Journal Messages PubKey Search
Would you like to install all the files as symlinks to the original?
(If not, each file will be copied to your Slash directories). [Y] N
Create a name for the site's admin account (8 characters or less).
[slash] Create a password for the site's admin account. ('QUIT'
exits):hiddenpasswd What is the email address of the account?
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Can't locate object method "prepare"
via package "BunchaBlocks" (perhaps you forgot to load "BunchaBlocks"?)
at /path/to/perl/modules/Utility.pm line 334. $ Does anybody have any
insight into that "Can't locate object method "prepare" via package
"BunchaBlocks" (perhaps you forgot to load "BunchaBlocks"?) at
/path/to/perl/modules/Utility.pm line 334." error??? Thanks!
Background Image
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/184247
Is it possible to get a background image into the site rather than the
dull grey?
Universal Slash Login
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1140217
I've been posting to a number of slash sites for a rather long time,
and I've had a thought (although it will probably be proven to be
crazy). Would it be at all possible to some how create a universal
login for a group of Slash sites? I'm looking at this from the point of
convenience, as one log in to rule them all would be great. YASS could
pop up and existing members of the (perhaps distributed) slash members
DB could start posting right away, taking their Karma and preferences
with them. Or perhaps not trying to be as fancy, even a centralised
user database from which user details could be imported - for example,
when signing up for a new site, you could have an option saying "import
my user deatils from site x", at which time you enter your username and
password for site x. I realise that this may require quite a bit of
planning in terms of compatibility across different versions of Slash,
but just how tricky would it be to do such a thing? What draw backs
would there be to such a scheme, and would anyone actually want
something like this?
Slash site dies, slashd running, apache running
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/23/0549234
I have a regular web site running at port 81 and slash running at port
82. I have a default page at port 81 that lets people know that
something is wrong (since the only reason they should ever see it is if
they go to the wrong port OR slash has died). About once a week the
slash site disappears and apache displays the default page for port 81.
Checking the logs, the last traffic was at 4:48 this morning (it gets
an hourly check for news). Given the 5 hour offset from GMT (since
slash wants GMT), it probably died at midnight. Slashd and httpd are
still running, and giving apachectl a restart returns the site to
working. I've checked the system logs in /var/log (mainly messages),
the apache logs in /usr/local/apache/logs, and the slash logs in
/var/local/slash/site/SITENAME/logs and nothing complains about a
problem at that time. Crontab doesn't appear to do anything special at
that time. Any ideas what could cause this? I'm on using redhat 7.1 and
nothing else strange happens at that time.
How to "remove" authors?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/1753256
In our website, we have a long list of users marked as authors for
historical reasons (we imported tons of articles from a legacy system).
Most of them are not active anymore and we downgraded seclev to 1, but
still they are flagged as authors, show up in the author listing and,
most important, have unlimited moderation power. I don't want to remove
the username, but is it possible to remove the author flag without
messing up the display of older stories?
Installing Slash on OSX (make install)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0025233
I get the following error trying install slash on Mac OS X Server 10.2:
cp -rv plugins/* /usr/local/slash/plugins/ cp: illegal option -- v
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src target cp [-R [-H | -L
| -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src1 ... srcN directory make: *** [install] Error
1 what is the v option? --Jeffrey Kunzelman
New Zoo Code
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1950206
New Zoo code in CVS (and running on Slashcode.com right now). Leave me
a note if you see anything strange with your friends of friends or foes
of friends.
Can slash email authors when comments posted?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1947214
Is there a way to have slash email the author when one of his stories
is commented on? I'm using slash as a personal journal, no article
submissions just the author writing stories. Is there a way to modify
it so I get an email whenever there's a comment made on one of my
entries?
Are there ways to integrate Drupal based sites int
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/2342231
Is slash and drupal close enough in architecture so that they can pull
stories from each other or comingle successfully? I've enclosed the URL
and for anyone who doesn't know what it can do. It can be seen at
http://www.debianplanet.org/ The main page for Drupal is
http://www.drupal.org/
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