Downloads are available for Plucker Desktop assessment.
GTK RPM, GTK binary zip: http://www.clinicalexam.com/pluckerdesktop/downloads/linux/ Microsoft windows installer: http://www.clinicalexam.com/pluckerdesktop/downloads/msw/ (This has the plucker_1_2 parser from yesterday's CVS, Michael's last release of viewer. A hi- res viewer is not included as Adam advises it is no yet ready for public consumption. There is 2 downloads: one with the new parser/viewer and one with the old ones from June (in case you want to track down some change in your parsing behaviour). Source code zip: http://www.clinicalexam.com/pluckerdesktop/downloads/source/ There is both a zip of the sourcecode for the application, as well as a library snapshot with all features put in, which has been tested on GTK and MSW compilation. Some of the changes: All platforms: ----------------------------------- -Source code reformatted. -Source code interfaces documented with Doxygen. An example: http://www.clinicalexam.com/pluckerdesktop/docs/developer/classes.html -All features are now a 'fuse box' type of approach: can turn off a set of code by zeroing it out in the setup.h file. -Makefiles now share a common list of files. -Modules replaced former global varialbes: online help, plucker controller, image list and others now automatically load themselves before application starts and remove themselves after it ends. -Modifications for full localization. -French translation included. -Tip of the days now are translated at rutime. -Tip of the day is now HTML formatted for better bolding of the important parts (and possible graphics of icons if later desired). -About dialog redone to be more informative. -Section names in the config file now have extended ASCII characters removed that would prevent distiller parsing the config file. -Process dialog rewritten as 3-step inheritence: a generic details dialog > a process dialog > the specific plucker-biuld dialog. -Help now uses wxArtProvider to manipulate the stock art. Help icons updated to match the high res toolset. -Autodetection of resolution on first startup to high res if display is set to high res. -Commandline mode added. Run Plucker Desktop actions from the commandline. See online help for details under "Commandline Mode" -All Plucker Desktop plucker.ini/.pluckerrc keys now documented in the help (Appendix > Configuration keys). -Credits added to About dialog. -Splashscreen has more modern icons along the bottom row. -The full Plucker manual is now included in the online help for easier searching across books. -Double radiobutton selection problem on stayonhost/stayondomain resolved. -XML resource macros updated to their new version, accelerators changed from $ to _ [to allow future variable expansion], version and namespaces added to XML. -Splashscreen is freed from memory (another module). -Message pages in wizards (start and end) are now HTML-based. Gives a nicer title, and panel background looks properly on GTK. -The details pane on the showcase is now native system fonts and colors. -Wizards now have a 'Help' button that goes to the direct page in the online help. If just the start or end message of a wizard, it goes to that wizard's section in the help. -Better building documentation. Files split down by platform. Each file sectioned into a task that developer wants to do. -Rest of docs other than readme expunged from source code, and put into docs. -Main frame is now loaded from XML resources. -Spacing of widgets reorganized. -Closing Plucker Desktop now closes the help if it is open. GTK: -------- -It works and looks nice. -Console execution isn't hidden. -If no .pluckerrc exists yet in the users home dir, it is created. -Main menu on GTK version can be torn off, as is consistent with GNOME as a whole. -Max scroll length implemented to GTK listbox, since upper limit on GTK widget. -Application icon is now properly transparent instead of a black background. -Generic wxFileDialog unwelcomely saving settings in .pluckerrc resolved. MSW: ---- -No more overwriting of plucker.ini on install. -Process killing customized if NT/200O/XP is detected. It takes the best killing automatically by default. You can override if for some reason you think it should be done differently (an appendix in the online help shows what keys you can use, though not all are going to give an expected result--it is recommended to leave these as their defaults. The keys start with 'process'). -Dependencies on user having IE5 and a .CHM reader installed in order to read Plucker's help have been expunged. -Kill is SIGKILL instead of SIGTERM for plucker-build, as the SIGTERM was only calling WM_CLOSE (close a window) which is meaningless on a windowless application. -Improved HotSync users management (--Thanks to the people that sent over some users.dat files). -If choose to install internationalization components, on first start there is a dialog to ask which language to use. _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
