Re: [Ql-Users] QaLendar 2012
Dilwyn, on your original message about the calendar you said that the .docx file would be 10M; however the 2011 one on your website is 1.3M. This 2011 one loaded into OO perfectly, with the pictures at the top. The 2012 pdf has pictures at the bottom. Your good intentions have put you to all this trouble and I apologise for this. Trouble was, I used a different calendar wizard in Word last year and I can't find it this year or I'd try to redo it. Not quite sure why the two .docx files have such different file sizes. It might be just the different sized pictures. What you might like to try is whether if you delete the picture placeholders, leaving just the basic calendar tables, whether you can then add pictures or text yourself in Open Office to straighten it out a little. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: A runtime version of QPC2?
On 08/12/2011 16:43, Malcolm Lear wrote: Where's the like button :-) . I really can't believe we are still stuck with this out of date ridiculous licence that's killing any chance of a future for SMSQ/E. Surely it can be renegotiated? On 08/12/2011 13:19, Marcos Cruz wrote: En/Je/On 2011-12-07 10:48, Daniele Terdina escribió / skribis / wrote : You can use SMSQ/E with Q-emuLator, I know, but you have to purchase it (the Gold Card version). Am I right? That's what I meant. Thanks to the QLPAK format, currently Q-emuLator is more suitable than QPC2 for distributing QL software for non-QLers, but with almost all limitations of the original machine (speed, screen, QDOS...); well, you can use a Minerva ROM, what is an improvement. there would be at least three clauses in the current SMSQ/E license preventing users from redistributing SMSQ/E for free with their SBASIC code:The SMSQ/E binary can only be distributed by resellersResellers need to provide support for SMSQ/EResellers need to pay 10 euros for each copy to Tony Tebby In other words, to distribute a free SMSQ/E runtime with your program, you would need to first register as a reseller (the easy part), cover for the 10 euros for each copy out of your pocket, and be on the hook to provide SMSQ/E support even though you are giving it away for free. Thank you. I didn't rememeber the precise details, but I read about all this some time ago... ...and it still sounds plain Midle-Age to me :) In my opinion, such arrangement could work in the early 1980s (before the Internet and before the free documentation and software licenses) but today it's impossible to promote a software platform that way -- on even keep it alive! No new users will ever come, no matter how potentially useful for certain tasks (or for developing certain software projects) a modern QL can be. Wind up QUANTA and split any remaining money between the (two?) top most important items needed to be liberated to gain the max impact for the "QL"? Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: A runtime version of QPC2?
Where's the like button :-) . I really can't believe we are still stuck with this out of date ridiculous licence that's killing any chance of a future for SMSQ/E. Surely it can be renegotiated? On 08/12/2011 13:19, Marcos Cruz wrote: En/Je/On 2011-12-07 10:48, Daniele Terdina escribió / skribis / wrote : You can use SMSQ/E with Q-emuLator, I know, but you have to purchase it (the Gold Card version). Am I right? That's what I meant. Thanks to the QLPAK format, currently Q-emuLator is more suitable than QPC2 for distributing QL software for non-QLers, but with almost all limitations of the original machine (speed, screen, QDOS...); well, you can use a Minerva ROM, what is an improvement. there would be at least three clauses in the current SMSQ/E license preventing users from redistributing SMSQ/E for free with their SBASIC code:The SMSQ/E binary can only be distributed by resellersResellers need to provide support for SMSQ/EResellers need to pay 10 euros for each copy to Tony Tebby In other words, to distribute a free SMSQ/E runtime with your program, you would need to first register as a reseller (the easy part), cover for the 10 euros for each copy out of your pocket, and be on the hook to provide SMSQ/E support even though you are giving it away for free. Thank you. I didn't rememeber the precise details, but I read about all this some time ago... ...and it still sounds plain Midle-Age to me :) In my opinion, such arrangement could work in the early 1980s (before the Internet and before the free documentation and software licenses) but today it's impossible to promote a software platform that way -- on even keep it alive! No new users will ever come, no matter how potentially useful for certain tasks (or for developing certain software projects) a modern QL can be. Marcos ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: A runtime version of QPC2?
If the License is too restrictive and doesn't carry with today's fast paced information age, then what is there stopping people to go back to the current license holder and ask it it could be changed? On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Marcos Cruz wrote: > En/Je/On 2011-12-07 10:48, Daniele Terdina escribió / skribis / wrote : > > > You can use SMSQ/E with Q-emuLator, > > I know, but you have to purchase it (the Gold Card version). Am I right? > That's what I meant. Thanks to the QLPAK format, currently Q-emuLator is > more > suitable than QPC2 for distributing QL software for non-QLers, but with > almost > all limitations of the original machine (speed, screen, QDOS...); well, you > can use a Minerva ROM, what is an improvement. > > > there would be at least three clauses in the current SMSQ/E license > > preventing users from redistributing SMSQ/E for free with their SBASIC > > code:The SMSQ/E binary can only be distributed by resellersResellers > need to > > provide support for SMSQ/EResellers need to pay 10 euros for each copy to > > Tony Tebby In other words, to distribute a free SMSQ/E runtime with your > > program, you would need to first register as a reseller (the easy part), > > cover for the 10 euros for each copy out of your pocket, and be on the > hook > > to provide SMSQ/E support even though you are giving it away for free. > > Thank you. I didn't rememeber the precise details, but I read about all > this > some time ago... > > ...and it still sounds plain Midle-Age to me :) > > In my opinion, such arrangement could work in the early 1980s (before the > Internet and before the free documentation and software licenses) but today > it's impossible to promote a software platform that way -- on even keep it > alive! No new users will ever come, no matter how potentially useful for > certain tasks (or for developing certain software projects) a modern QL can > be. > > Marcos > > -- > http://programandala.net > ___ > 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] Fw: A runtime version of QPC2?
En/Je/On 2011-12-07 10:48, Daniele Terdina escribió / skribis / wrote : > You can use SMSQ/E with Q-emuLator, I know, but you have to purchase it (the Gold Card version). Am I right? That's what I meant. Thanks to the QLPAK format, currently Q-emuLator is more suitable than QPC2 for distributing QL software for non-QLers, but with almost all limitations of the original machine (speed, screen, QDOS...); well, you can use a Minerva ROM, what is an improvement. > there would be at least three clauses in the current SMSQ/E license > preventing users from redistributing SMSQ/E for free with their SBASIC > code:The SMSQ/E binary can only be distributed by resellersResellers need to > provide support for SMSQ/EResellers need to pay 10 euros for each copy to > Tony Tebby In other words, to distribute a free SMSQ/E runtime with your > program, you would need to first register as a reseller (the easy part), > cover for the 10 euros for each copy out of your pocket, and be on the hook > to provide SMSQ/E support even though you are giving it away for free. Thank you. I didn't rememeber the precise details, but I read about all this some time ago... ...and it still sounds plain Midle-Age to me :) In my opinion, such arrangement could work in the early 1980s (before the Internet and before the free documentation and software licenses) but today it's impossible to promote a software platform that way -- on even keep it alive! No new users will ever come, no matter how potentially useful for certain tasks (or for developing certain software projects) a modern QL can be. Marcos -- http://programandala.net ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QaLendar 2012
On 08/12/2011 07:53, Dilwyn Jones wrote: This proved to be a harder nut to crack than I thought. All my efforts so far have yielded similar results. I don't have Open Office installed, but whatever I do with M$ Works causes the same "scrambled layout". I'm wondering if it is the docx extension/format that is causing you grief. Does your version of Office allow you to save files as old-style doc? Yes, the file concerned is a .doc (which seems to load OK in M$ Office 2003). The problem comes when other programs which claim Office compatibility try to load it. Albeit the original was a .docx file, which I saved as a .doc file. Problem was I think that the calendar was created using a Calendar wizard so I have no real control over how it generates the layout. I'm sure I'll find a way to simplify it, but I have had the odd problem like this in the past which took me a while to sort out. Anyway, too much non-QL talk (even though the QaLendar is something for QL users). Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Dilwyn, on your original message about the calendar you said that the .docx file would be 10M; however the 2011 one on your website is 1.3M. This 2011 one loaded into OO perfectly, with the pictures at the top. The 2012 pdf has pictures at the bottom. Your good intentions have put you to all this trouble and I apologise for this. Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
