Re: [Zim-wiki] I'm stepping down as Windows package maintainer. Manual install instructions included here!
Thank you for all your past efforts, Brendan! Much appreciated. On 17 Jul 2019 06:55, Brendan Kidwell wrote: Hi all, I had another go at updating my Windows package building workflow, for Zim 0.70+ using Python 3 and GTK 3. It does not go well. The only good way I could come up with to install GTK 3 for Python 3 in Windows is using the MSYS2 system, and this much does work -- see below! Unfortunately, moving forward from there I could not get any of the installer builder systems for Python to work. These installer builder tools do the hard work of putting your source code into some kind of bundle and copying the Python interpreter and all the libraries and resource files you depend on into your build folder. I got the furthest with Pyinstaller, but it does not work. Pyinstaller created a 'dist' folder corrupted filenames/paths for "_struct_python-37m" and "zlib-cpython-37m". I copies those in from the installed files in MSYS2, but then when I ran the result, Python says it can't find 'math'. That sounds bad. Issue 4125 on pyinstaller has been open for a few months about this. https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/4125 I have decided that personally I do not have the time and energy to deal with this anymore. Building a Windows VM to work in is a pain, and my personal netbook can't possibly even do this job so I have to use something else when I'm working on the Windows installer for Zim. So I am officially no longer the maintainer of the Windows installer for Zim. Going forward, please use my manual install instructions reference below, or use the installer for Zim 0.69, which still works fine and its payload is relatively bug-free. I will keep my Zim web site about the IRC chat room and about the old Windows installer online indefinitely. I am eager to help anyone else take over the role of building a new installer for Zim on Windows. I can explain the work I did on the old GTK 2-compatiable installer, and I'm happy to host any builds the new maintainer can get working, if they do not host it themselves. I spent a couple of hours documenting how to install Zim manaully, from source, on Windows 7 or later, using the MSYS2 software catalog and package manager. Unfortuantely, you will need 1GB of space to do it! If this doesn't sound like a good idea for you or if the howto below is too complicated, please continue using Zim 0.69 for Windows found on my web site at https://zim.glump.net/windows/ . Here are my instructions for installing Zim 0.70 or later under MSYS2: https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-wiki/wiki/Install-Zim-0.70-or-Later-in-Windows ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] Win XP
0.60 is the last version to work on XP. Hilmar On 24/09/14 00:48, inigo wrote: Hey, Is there a version of Zim, that works on Windows XP? I tried the 0.61, from here: http://www.glump.net/software/zim-windows And there, almost nothing happens after the launch. Only a splash screen with the portable version. Thanks, Inigo ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] Firefox addon - Zim-clip 0.5.2 : alternative location for Zim
Thanks Rui, works beautifully now :-) Hilmar On 05/04/13 21:24, Rui Nibau wrote: Hi all. Here's a new version of Zim-clip. As jaap and Hilmar pointed out, it can be difficult to detect automatically where Zim is installed on Windows, except maybe reading the registry (but I don't know if it could be possible from an firefox addon). So, I change the option 'run from source' into an option 'run from alternative location'. So, if the location is provided, the addon search for 'zim.py' if it's the sources dir or for 'zim.exe' if we are on Windows. Tested under Windows Seven. Hope this one will work in (almost) all cases. xpi: http://omacronides.com/lab/ff-zim-clip/build/zim-clip-0.5.2.xpi If an error occurred while capturing or marking a page, you can always see the error message in the Firefox error console (tools - Web Developer - error console). It seems that my log messages don't appear here - I have to find out why. Regards, ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] Firefox addon - zim-clip 0.5.1 : now working on Windows
Can't get it to work on my Win XP SP3. 'Can't find path to Zim.' (I don't run from source on Windows - is that the problem?) Works beautifully on Linux :-) Thanks for your work - much appreciated. Hilmar von Fintel On 03/04/2013 22:11, Rui Nibau wrote: Hi all. A quick update for zim-clip : the add-on now works On Windows. Keep in mind that I can't test it under Windows as much as it should. I don't have Windows at home and at work, well, I have to produce code for my boss :-). However, I found time at lunch time those past 2 days to install python and addon-sdk on Windows and to change the add-on code to be able to run it under Windows. Tested with the Zim 0.58 Windows version - http://www.glump.net/software/zim, under Windows Seven. If you use the add-on under Windows and find some strange behaviors, please report the logs / errors printed in Firefox console. Thanks. xpi: http://omacronides.com/lab/ff-zim-clip/build/zim-clip-0.5.1.xpi I have submitted zim-clip to the Firefox add-on website ; waiting for the preliminary code review. It will be available soon and updates will be easier then. Regards, ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] Favicons for pages in index
+1 On 26/02/2013 11:15, Marco Cevoli wrote: Hi, Personally, I don't see much use for icons. If someone really needs them, please consider developing a special plugin for it, so that uninterested users can keep Zim as easy and light as it is now. Kind regards Marco Cevoli Traduttore tecnico. Grafico. Congiungitore di punti. --- http://www.marcocevoli.com ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Monte Vista Presbyterian and Reformed Church Cnr Camoens Avenue Barrow Street, Monte Vista. PO Box 12002, N1 City, 7463, South Africa Tel.: +27 21 558 1326 Website: http://mvprchurch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mvprchurch Twitter: http://twitter.com/mvprchurch ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] Zim version 0.59 released
Correction - now sorted. Closed tray icon - did the trick. Shows new version. Thanks again for all your work Jaap! Hilmar On 24/01/2013 15:10, Hilmar wrote: I have the same occurring. In the About box it still says v0.58, but in the package list it says 0.59. Thanks Hilmar On 24/01/2013 13:23, Mark Hughes (Zim mailing list) wrote: I did the upgrade shortly after a reboot so there were no instances running. Will investigate a bit more later. Thanks, Mark On 24/01/2013 11:15, Jaap Karssenberg wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Mark Hughes (Zim mailing list) m...@happybeing.com wrote: This is the first time I upgraded Zim on Linux and it still shows v0.58 not v0.59 in the About box. I just ran "dpgk -i" on the download, which said there were errors (no python-support) so I ran "apt-get install python-support" and re-did the "dpkg -i". The /usr/bin/zim file shows yesterday's date, but when I run Zim the old version is displayed. Did you forget to update the version number or have I got to do something else to upgrade Zim? The version in the code is correct, see: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jaap.karssenberg/zim/pyzim/view/head:/zim/__init__.py So probably you are not yet running the latest code. Did you make sure to quit all instances, including the tray icon ? Regards, Jaap ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Monte Vista Presbyterian and Reformed Church Cnr Camoens Avenue Barrow Street, Monte Vista. PO Box 12002, N1 City, 7463, South Africa Tel.: +27 21 558 1326 Website: http://mvprchurch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mvprchurch Twitter: http://twitter.com/mvprchurch ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] Zim .54 on Windows Vista Doesn't Start
Thanks, working now. Hilmar von Fintel Win XP Professional SP3 On 18/02/12 03:00, Brendan Kidwell wrote: Okay, second try... web page: http://www.glump.net/software/zim desktop install: http://www.glump.net/content/zim/Zim-setup-0.54win2_2012-02-17.exe portable install: http://www.glump.net/content/zim/ZimDesktopWikiPortable_0.54win2.paf.exe My build from last month that's giving some of you trouble was done with Windows 2008. I suspect some magic is preventing me from making a stable build in Windows 2008 which will run on Windows 7 and Windows XP in some cases. I found an clean Windows XP SP3 VM from last September which had only IE 8 installed. I Windows Updated it, backed it up, and cloned it. Virtual Machine A: I downloaded the exact source code I used last month ( lp:~bkidwell/zim/pyzim-win-installer rev 470 -- which has since been merged into the trunk). I ran the build. I copied the installers out of this VM. Virtual Machine B: (Has no Python or GTK or anything on it.) I tried each of the two builds I just made. I rolled back to a clean snapshot before each try. Both installers worked and I was able to open and edit notebooks. If you had trouble with my first Zim 0.54 for Windows build, please try the following: * Download your preferred installer from the URLs above -- portable or desktop -- and run it, replacing what you have. * If that doesn't run, try running Windows Update until you have no more required updates to install including all available Service Packs. * If it still doesn't work, are you using an older version of Internet Explorer on Windows XP? If this is a problem, I have no idea why it's a problem, but I had Windows XP SP3 and IE 8, and it worked. I hope this helps. Brendan Kidwell On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Brendan Kidwellsn...@glump.net wrote: All, it's going to take me another few days to track down this problem. I suspect it's a missing DLL -- not sure if it's a system library you ought to have, or a missing inclusion from the GTK distribution into Zim. I haven't had a chance to look into it yet. Thanks for your patience. On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:56 PM, mowestusamowest...@yahoo.com wrote: Sorry that it took me a few days to run the debug of Zim .54. Below, you will find the information. I hope that it helps diagnose the issue that I'm having with Zim .54 on Vista 32bit. Thanks for your help. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Zim-wiki] Zim 0.53
To both Jaap and Brendan - thanks for your outstanding work! (I use both Linux Windows so need them both.) Hilmar On 21/09/2011 00:53, Colin Henderson wrote: Brendan thanks for all your diligence in taking care of this conversion to Windows once again for this new release. Many thanks, and greatly appreciated. Colin -- Colin Henderson On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 18:34, Brendan Kidwell sn...@glump.net wrote: The Windows builds of Zim 0.53 are ready to download. Thanks to Jaap and all other contributors for their hard work. http://www.glump.net/software/zim The Desktop Installer creates Start Menu shortcuts and shell launch integration for .zim files. The new Portable Installer based on PortableApps.com's toolchain creates no system-wide footprint and runs entirely from its installed folder. If you want to keep the executable on a thumbdrive or a network share, use the Portable version. If you installed a prerelease build of 0.53 for Windows, please reinstall from one of the installers published today! A note about the PortableApps.com tools: While I did use PortableApps.com's toolchain to build the portable installer (and save myself a lot of experimentation), I have not yet submitted the application to PortableApps.com. Surprisingly, there is no simple "submit a new application" form. You're expected to join the community, do the usual lurking, post a forum message in the "Beta releases" forum, and then hope that one of the catalog maintainers will pick up your project after people post positive comments. I suppose I can understand why they'd do it this way, but I expected something more like Freshmeat's workflow. Oh well. I'll be starting that process this week and if it ever goes anywhere I'll let you all know. Brendan Kidwell ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
