Hi Andre, WINE has come along in leaps and bounds. I run Lotus Notes under WINE on my netbook.
I'm pleased to hear that a Rev app runs under WINE. I'd be interested to see if you could run the Rev IDE under WINE too. I tried 6 months ago and it wouldn't work (lots of the button icons were blacked out, for example). Bernard On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Andre Garzia <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter, > > thanks for the software. Just to let you know, it actually runs fine > on Linux under WINE. I downloaded the windows versions, launched it > and it worked surprisingly well under WINE, I never thought WINE had > hit such maturity. > > Check your main screen here: > > http://andregarzia.com/shots/screenshot_03.png > > And text viewing here: > > http://andregarzia.com/shots/screenshot_04.png > > I guess you're using RevBrowser for the Project Gutenberg website > display, I was amazed to see RevBrowser working under linux thru > WINE... > > Interesting times indeed. For those that doesn't know WINE is a > compatibility layer that allows linux to run unmodified windows > software, WINE is not an emulator, it translates win32 calls into > something linux like. > > Cheers > andre > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Peter Brigham MD <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've uploaded a stack to my userspace at RevOnline (user name pmbrig) > called > > The Gutenberg Reader. Bug reports, comments, and feedback are > appreciated. > > > > From the help text: > > > > "The Gutenberg Reader is literally an entire library of over 30,000 > volumes, > > right on your desktop. Well, almost literally. The Reader is designed to > > import and display etexts generated by Project Gutenberg™. These are free > > public domain texts available online — the Gutenberg catalog has over > 30,000 > > books (and growing), and with their partners and affiliates makes over > > 100,000 titles available to anyone with internet access. Any of the > > Gutenberg texts are accessible within a couple minutes from within the > > Reader. > > > > "The Gutenberg pages are actually designed to be viewed with any web > > browser, without any additional application or software required, and you > > don't really have to use the Reader to access them. However, the Reader > > downloads a Gutenberg text and replaces simple quotes with curly > quotation > > marks, double dashes with m-dashes, gets rid of the end-of-line > characters > > within paragraphs, and presents the text in a book-like layout, using the > > fontface of your choice. You can navigate easily through the book with > > mouseclicks or using the arrowkeys, set a bookmark, and make notes on any > > passage. The result is a completely different reading experience from > what > > you are probably used to on a computer screen." > > > > The Reader is also available in a standalone application at > > > > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html > > > > Many thanks to all on this list who have helped me (mostly unknowingly) > over > > the years I have been (mostly) lurking in the background. I have picked > up > > countless tips on the vicissitudes of Rev without which I'd have been > lost. > > Some of us benefit quietly from all the amazing information shared here, > and > > we may not always speak up about it. > > > > a grateful amateur, > > > > Peter M. Brigham > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > > preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
