On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 23:45 +0000, mightyjackservo4000 wrote:
> 1) I can run Quackle without any apparent problems if I execute it
> from the shell, but for some reason it doesn't run correctly if I try
> to run it by clicking on a shortcut icon that I placed on my desktop
> and linked to quacker. If I try to run the program through that
> shortcut, "Generate Moves" only gives me a list of various possible
> exchanges and clicking "Commit" closes the program without a visible
> error message. I don't know enough about the in-depth workings of
> Linux to know whether this has something to do with a bug in the
> Quackle program. So does this indicate a bug or just that Quackle is
> programmed to only work through the shell at this point?
Right now you need to run quacker from the quacker/ directory. So if you
write a script that does 'cd blah/blah/quacker; ./quacker' you can run
that from clicking a button.
>
> 2) I've seen mentions of an open-source word study program called
> Letterbox that Jason and John collaborated on. I haven't been able to
> find it through a Google search. Is it available somewhere? Is it
> usable?
It's in the CVS of the project anabot on sourceforge, in the CVS module
'letterbox'. It requires Qt 3. It's usable ... for us ;-)
>
> 3) Why is it that the Quackle Yahoo group doesn't provide an
> announcement on its home page or on the My Groups page when there are
> new messages or new members?
dunno :-/ I can look into that at some point.
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