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PyXML 0.8.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247639
Version 0.8.2 of the Python/XML distribution is now available. It
should be considered a beta release. The Python/XML distribution
contains the basic tools required for processing XML data using the
Python programming language, assembled into one easy-to-install
package. The distribution includes parsers and standard interfaces such
as SAX and DOM, along with various other useful modules. PyXML can be
downloaded from the following URLs:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.8.2.tar.gz
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.8.2.win32-py2.2.exe
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.8.2-2.2.Suse81.i386.rp
m Changes in this version, compared to 0.8.1: * Updated to Expat 1.95.6
(almost; one last minute bugfix snuck into the Expat release after
PyXML 0.8.2 was released). * Support more DOM L3 features in minidom:
isWhitespaceInElementContent, schemaType, isId, DOMImplementationSource
* Various bug fixes, including - 609641: minidom nodes not pickleable -
618156: Use character references in XMLGenerator if necessary - 622286:
marshal.wddx: 'recordset' element typo - 624420: Can't create 2nd
Sax2.Reader - 665486: Implement SAX skippedEntity for Expat The
Python/XML distribution contains the basic tools required for
processing XML data using the Python programming language, assembled
into one easy-to-install package. The distribution includes parsers and
standard interfaces such as SAX and DOM, along with various other
useful modules. The package currently contains: * XML parsers: Pyexpat
(Jack Jansen), xmlproc (Lars Marius Garshol), sgmlop (Fredrik Lundh). *
SAX interface (Lars Marius Garshol) * minidom DOM implementation (Paul
Prescod, others) * 4DOM and 4XPath from Fourthought (Uche Ogbuji, Mike
Olson) * Schema implementations: TREX (James Tauber) * Various utility
modules and functions (various people) * Documentation and example
programs (various people) The code is being developed bazaar-style by
contributors from the Python XML Special Interest Group, so please send
comments and questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug reports may be filed
on SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?group_id=6473&atid=106473 For
more information about Python and XML, see:
http://www.python.org/topics/xml/
New Mailing List for Tcl Threads Discussion
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247015
There's now a new mailing list available for people wanting to talk
about threading issues in Tcl and its extensions (especially the Thread
extension, of course.) It's called Tcl-Threads, and to subscribe you
should visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/tcl-threads
and follow the instructions there.
Super Sunday Licq 1.2.4
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247122
At the Super Bowl Halftime show, Licq 1.2.4 was released. The ChangeLog
has been updated, so check it out. Licq is an ICQ clone written fully
in C++. It uses an extensive plugin system to manage many different
functions. The main GUI is written using the Qt widget set.
Unfortunately, the Licq Project was $1,999,994.31 short of purchasing a
commercial to announce the release during the Super Bowl. Perhaps next
year..
syscalltrack 0.81 "Cruel Ducky" released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=247577
Well, at long last, here's 0.81, "Cruel Ducky". It has several kernel
bug fixes, and support for matching void pointers and support for
strace's follow forks mode. syscalltrack is a linux kernel module and
supporting user space environment which allow interception and
modifying system calls that match user defined criteria. Think of it as
strace on steroids.
Video4Linux Grab 0.2.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246947
The v4lgrab project is a realtime capturing software for a Video4Linux
device into an AVI file. This release fixes the errors and problems
reported (audio/video sync problems) from the old version 0.2.1. This
release also includes feature enhancements.
Gimp-Print 4.2.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246974
Gimp-Print 4.2.5, released January 24, 2003, is a stable release in the
Gimp-Print 4.2 series. Gimp-Print is a suite of printer drivers that
may be used with most common UNIX print spooling systems, including
CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others. These drivers provide high quality
printing for UNIX (including Macintosh OS X 10.2 and newer) and Linux
systems in many cases equal to or better than proprietary
vendor-supplied drivers, and can be used for many of the most demanding
printing tasks. This software includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp,
and GhostScript and CUPS drivers, including Foomatic data. The Print
plug-in for the GIMP requires the Gimp 1.2. The CUPS driver requires
CUPS 1.1.9 or higher. 1.1.14 or above is highly recommended, as certain
translation-related bugs are fixed and it is possible to print true
CMYK. The Ghostscript driver requires GNU Ghostscript 5.10, 5.50, 6.51,
or any later GNU Ghostscript release based on 6.51 (e. g. 6.52). It may
also be used with GNU Ghostscript 7.05, or with ESP Ghostscript 7.05.
The IJS GhostScript plugin driver requires GNU Ghostscript 6.53 or
later, ESP Ghostscript 7.05 or later, or APFL GhostScript 7.04 or
later. Users of Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above can use this package, as
the printing system is based on CUPS, which is supported by Gimp-print.
Note that Macintosh OS X 10.0 and 10.1 (including 10.1.5) cannot use
this package. We recommend that Macintosh OS X users download the
precompiled installer package from
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3 rather than attempt to
build this package from source, as using the installer is much simpler.
We further recommend that Macintosh OS X users install ESP GhostScript,
to permit printing from Carbon applications (such as most Adobe
applications) that generate PostScript rather than PDF output.
Directions for that are also available at
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3. Please read the README
file for full instructions on installing this package from source code.
Gimp-Print 4.2.5 contains the following major changes over Gimp-Print
4.2.4: * Major bugs fixed: 1) (bug 625780) The Epson Stylus Pro 5000
now prints. 2) (bug 645895) The Epson Stylus Color 640 now prints
properly at all resolutions in color, grayscale, and monochrome. 3)
(bug 639356) The version of libtool used in building the release
package has been upgraded to 1.4.3, which fixes compile problems on a
few platforms (this is primarily of interest to packagers). 4) (bug
659543) escputil now reports the ink levels correctly on the Stylus
Photo 950/960 and 2100/2200. 5) (bug 672692) A buffer overflow in
escputil, which permitted a local privilege escalation if it is
installed setuid, has been fixed. Note that Gimp-print does not install
escputil setuid, and we do not recommend explicitly setting the setuid
bit. 6) (bug 672846) A problem compiling rastertoprinter on Solaris
with the gcc compiler has been fixed. 7) (bug 672850) The Epson back
end in CUPS will no longer hang attempting to read back ink levels
under some circumstances, and it will also compute the ink levels
correctly. 8) (bug 646158) DESTDIR now works correctly with make
install (this is primarily of interest to packagers). * New
Functionality: 1) If Foomatic 2.9.x is installed, the Foomatic data
will be generated with additional features: Once the options are put
into groups ("General", "PrintoutMode", "Adjustment") and a new
"PrintoutMode" option will be added, which lets the user choose
pre-configurations for common printing tasks, but still adjust the
individual options. If an older version of Foomatic is installed, the
Foomatic data will stay as before. 2) (bug 596538) The automatic paper
cutter is now functional on the Epson Stylus Photo 925, 950/960, and
2100/2200. * Quality Improvements: 1) The Epson Stylus Photo
950/960/PM-950C and 2100/2200 are now tuned. The 950 and 960 are fully
tuned, while the 2100 and 2200 are fully tuned with Photographic Black
ink. Matte Black ink on the 2100/2200, and dark yellow ink on the
PM-950C, are not tuned at this point. 2) The Epson Stylus Photo
950/960/PM-950C and 2100/2200 now support double speed printing at 360
DPI in Four Color Standard mode (in color, grayscale, and monochrome).
For this reason, we recommend use of Four Color Standard for printing
text and low-resolution graphics on plain paper with these printers. 3)
Translations for Danish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, and UK English
have been updated. * Exceptions and Workarounds: 1) There have been a
number of reports that printing to a Windows-hosted printer from
Macintosh OS X results in only the first page of the job being printed
(see bugs 668342 and 672692). In at least some cases, connecting the
printer directly to the Macintosh results in correct prints. There is
no known workaround short of connecting the printer directly to the
Macintosh. Investigation is continuing on this problem. 2) There are
longstanding reports of problems printing with certain USB-parallel
adapters on Macintosh OS X. In particular, many users have reported
problems with the Keyspan adapter; we recommend that users having
problems try different brands of adapters, and avoid using USB hubs.
Please check our web site
(http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3) for a link to a user
feedback forum regarding these cables. 3) Mac OS X users who use the
Epson Printer Utility (provided by Epson with their standard driver
set) to check ink levels and perform maintenance tasks, such as head
cleaning or head alignment, may encounter print job failures when
attempting to print with the Gimp-Print driver after using the Epson
utility. The cause for this failure is currently unknown, but the
workaround is to completely power-cycle the printer, after which the
Gimp-Print driver should again print normally. Another option is to
disable the Epson Printer Utility. 4) The Mac OS X print dialog may
offer an "Autoselect" option as the default media source (input slot)
on some printers. This option may not be valid and can result in
nothing being printed. The workaround is to choose a different setting
(explicitly select the input slot you wish to use). 5) The new HP
DesignJets have not been fully tuned. In particular, there are reports
that they print too light. This can be corrected with the Density
adjustment (try 1.5~1.7 or thereabouts). 6) The list of compatible and
potentially compatible Hewlett-Packard printers has been updated with
the latest available information. If a particular printer does not work
with the recommended driver, we recommend that you try other similar
drivers, check the Feature Requests at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=101537&group_id=1537&func=browse,
and if the printer is not listed please file a feature request (via the
Submit New button). 7) Borderless (full-bleed) printing is not quite
correct on the Epson Stylus Photo printers that support it (see bug
621668). Typically, the left or right margin is off by 1 mm or less,
resulting in a very fine white strip on that edge. This will not be
fixed in 4.2; it is expected to be fixed in 4.3 and beyond. There is no
workaround other than trimming the page. 8) Many Canon printers do not
print correctly at 720x360 DPI. The workaround is to use 360 or 720
DPI. The following bugs have been fixed in Gimp-Print 4.2.5: 596538
Epson Stylus Photo 925 etc. paper cutter is not functional 599029
Epson: Maximum speed printing not supported on 950, 960 625780 Epson
Stylus Pro 5000 does not print 639356 Build system: libtool 1.4.2 does
not work on all platforms 641628 QUALITY: Epson Stylus 2200 print
quality is low in 7-color 645895 Epson stc640 does not print at 720dpi
and above 646158 Build:DESTDIR broken in make install in print plugin
649253 QUALITY - Epson 950/960 problems in all resolutions 659543
escputil Epson Photo 950 Ink level wrong 672845 Buffer overflow in
escputil 672846 rastertoprinter does not compile on Solaris with gcc
672850 Epson back end in CUPS driver can lock up The following bugs are
currently open: 409612 Epson: Minor positioning problem on 4x6 glossy
470049 CUPS PPD files not translated on all systems 538097
QUALITY-Canon S400 dark and yellow cast 549677 Canon BJC-1000 functions
incorrectly at 720x360 DPI 557868 QUALITY-HP DeskJet 560 is washed out
581168 Canon BJC 250 just spits out pages 601767 Mac OS X: Canon BJC
2100 does not print multiple pages 602933 QUALITY-Canon S800 dark and
grainy 613054 Mac OS X: Printing from InDesign 2.0 on OS 10.2.1 614882
QUALITY - Canon BJC-55 is too pale and desaturated 621668 Epson Stylus
full bleed prints have slight margin 627266 Mac OS X: Autoselect option
incorrectly offered 627978 QUALITY: Canon BJC-6500 has magenta cast.
631937 HP DesignJet Sheet Cutter Problem 641981 QUALITY: HP DesignJet
455 too light 645116 QUALITY: HP DeskJet regression from 4.1.7 647035
QUALITY: Colors don't match OEM drivers 662988 HP DeskJet 970Cxi page
horizontally squeezed 668342 Canon S-450 prints only one page of a job
672692 Epson photo 700 single page of multi page job
New release 0.5.5 of tn5250j is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244952
tn5250J is an AS400 Telnet 5250 written in java. This will provide some
of the more advance functions of the 5250 datastream such as edit
masks, graphical windows, continued editing fields, etc. This release
includes numerous feature enhancements, including improved file
transfer capability, Jython scripting support, and the ability to
export spool files to PDF or text file. Changes - wow where to start.
There have been a lot since the last release. I will try to put a
release out sooner from now on as there are so many changes it is
impossible to keep up. This release features the following new
functionality/fixes: 1. Scripting support via jython. See web page for
details There is a script running indicator as well. You can define a
script to run on connection This uses the jython project from
http://www.jython.org 2. Reworked file transfer from host screen with
the following: - Main screen has been reworked to make it less
confusing - New filters have been added - Delimited and Fixed Width -
Interaction with the Java Toolbox for AS400. See website for more
details under file transfers. - A new sql query wizard has been
implemented so you can graphically select and form your sql point and
click with mouse. - E-mail your transferred file directly from the
transfer screen 3. New SpoolFile export function to PDF or Text. You
can also e-mail the exported file directly from the screen. This uses
the itext project from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/itext When
you download the itext-0xxx.jar make sure you rename it to itext.jar or
it will not work 4. SSL socket support for users of JDK 1.4 and
greater. 5. New applet support. Take the test drive with the live
applet test from the website 6. Keyboard buffering fixes 7. New
interaction of the popup menu with short cut keys automatically defined
from you remapping. 8. Able to map keys to macros and scripts. See
website for more information on macros and scripting in jython. 9.
Printing fixes. 10. Better performance Lots and Lots of bug fixes.
Thanks to all for helping with the testing of this release Enjoy
Kenneth
Open For Business 2.0.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=245533
The Open For Business Project released version 2.0.0 of its business
automation tools, components, and applications on Monday the 20th of
January 2003. This is the first stable release of the project and
offers a new option for organizations of all types that have asked the
question of Build vs. Buy. More information about Open For Business can
be found on the web site at http://www.ofbiz.org Organizations using
OFBiz can shorten enterprise information project cycles by months
through a well designed architecture and corresponding framework and
through pre-built components and applications. The goal of the Open For
Business project is to provide useful, standards compliant tools and
applications. These standards will include: XML; J2EE; WfMC; BPML;
ebXML; UNSPSC; GAAP & FASB; OMG's GL, Party, Workflow, etc;
ArapXML; OAGIS; and many others. The OFBiz Core Framework consists of
the following tools: Entity Engine, Service Engine, Workflow Engine,
Rule Engine, XML Mini-Languages, and a web application framework.
Applications and application components (including entities and
services) in the project cover the following business areas:
e-commerce, products, orders, parties, facilities, work efforts,
content, marketing, accounting, human resources, and so forth. The most
mature and deployed application in the suite is the e-commerce
application with functionality that measures up to the largest
available commercial alternatives and many live sites, including the
award-winning ReturnBuy.com site (see
http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=8137 ) Other OFBiz
applications and components are stable and being used by various
organizations and in various commercial products. More details are
available on the website. OFBiz has received great attention in the
open source and IT communities. The project has been featured on
SourceForge and release notices have appeared on FreshMeat.net,
TheServerSide.com, and JavaLobby.org. The SourceForge project site
shows around 100,000 downloads and 700,000 page views. Dozens of users
of the project have contributed feedback, new ideas and even code and
designs. Special thanks to the many users who have contributed to the
project. Without user contributions the project could not be what it is
today. QUESTION: What is the scope of the OFBiz applications, and how
will vertical markets be targeted? ANSWER: We realize that we cannot
target all functionality that will be needed by all organizations, or
even all markets or industries. Our goal for the applications and
application components is to include as much generic functionality as
possible. This will allow many medium and large size organizations to
get something useful running quickly and make it possible to
concentrate resources on organization specific customizations. Software
companies will be able to affordably create products for narrowly
targeted markets or industries and spend time and effort on the needs
of that market or industry instead of all of the generic functionality
and framework components that can be generalized among all users of the
software. QUESTION: If there are no licensing fees or corporate backing
for OFBiz, how is the development and support of the project financed?
ANSWER: The project is financed by providing for the needs of users of
the project. This is done by offering services such as analysis,
design, implementation, customization, training, mentoring, support and
even prioritization of planned features. Much of the functionality in
the project has been paid for by commercial adopters of the project and
the rest has been contributed by generous developers from their own
personal time. For more information on services offered, see the
OFBiz.org Services Page at http://www.ofbiz.org/services.html QUESTION:
This seems like a pretty big project, how much of it is actually done,
or rather how far along are the various components and applications?
ANSWER: At this point all of the framework components are very stable,
and many of the applications are too. This is why we have chosen to do
the 2.0.0 final release. From here on out releases will be done more
incrementally as the current framework and applications are improved.
The e-commerce and related applications such as the Party, Order, and
Catalog managers are the most stable and mature. Following close behind
is the Facility Manager which handles all aspects of warehouse and
inventory management. The Work Effort Manager has many useful pieces in
place, but there is still a lot of work to do there. Other applications
such as Accounting and Content Management have only recently been
started. The Data Model is very complete and mature. It has been
reviewed and improved dozens of times and by many different people. It
is cleaner in the areas where corresponding applications and components
are implemented, but we have put a great deal of effort into making
sure that there was a master plan for the data model that would not
have to change much as applications are added or improved.
Vorbis Encoder Plugin for LameFE released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246410
A new OGG/Vorbis Encoder plugin for use with LameFE 2.2 RC 1 has been
released. This plugin features Ogg/Vorbis 1.0 support, Quality based
encoding, ABR / VBR / CBR encoding, and support for standard Ogg Tags.
You can download both LameFE and the plugin at
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download Thees Winkler
- Project Administrator
DWSII 1.2 Beta Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246417
DelphiWebScript is a scripting language for use in Borland Delphi(tm)
projects. The programming language is similar to Delphi. It's HTML
features are optimal for web applications and report modules. A beta
release of DWSII is available. Most important new feature: Garbage
collector for DWSII objects. See forum messages for more information.
Slashdot
Finally: PC-to-Phone Calling from Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/080221
[0]Greg Herlein writes "There is finally a way to do direct PC to Phone
calling from linux: [1]GnomeMeeting now supports decent quality,
low-cost VoIP calls to any real phone in the world. It's about time."
The calls are through a company called MicroTelco; read this [2]FAQ
page to learn more about it. (And don't forget TheKompany's approach to
IP-telephony-with-Linux, using a Sharp [3]Zaurus plus Net2Phone.)
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
2. http://www.gnomemeeting.org/index.php?rub=3&pos=0&faqpage=x153html
3. http://www.thekompany.com/embedded/tkcphone/
Bluetooth, GSM, and Gameboy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/0528209
[0]brnsurgon1 writes ""The aim of the [1]project was to investigate
mobile gaming over GSM- and Bluetooth- networks, by developing a
concept prototype, connecting a Gameboy to a mobile phone over
Bluetooth. The results show that it is possible to connect two Gameboy
Color over a GSM network by connecting to the phone using the Bluetooth
plugin we developed for the Gameboy."" A couple other have submitted
this story - it looks interesting. But, heck, I'm still trying to
finish Golden Sun on my GBA.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.it.lth.se/it/msprojects/ita/past/playmobile/
War(ship) Driving For 802.11b Controlled Destroyers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/023259
Jason Straight writes "There's a [0]story at pcworld, that describes
how navy warships will be equipped with 802.11b networking to allow the
captain to control the ship from anywhere on the ship. " The point of
the article also gets into the issue of cutting manpower for the ships
- going from 300 people on each to destroyer to 90, and makes the point
that the only way to do is through automation.
Links
0. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109053,00.asp
Long Computer Sessions Could Cause Blood Clots
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/0434254
kac5 writes "[0]The Australian reports that extended stints in front of
the computer [1]can cause blood clots to form such as those that occur
from Deep Vein Thrombosis. Researchers have named it e-thrombosis (what
is it with naming everything to do with computers e something?). So
/.'s get up out of your chair, slowly so not to make your body go into
shock, and walk to the other side of the room and back. Now do that
every hour and you should be right according to this article!"
Links
0. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/
1.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5907075%255E1702,00.html
Why VHS Was Better Than Betamax
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/037258
[0]Vladimir Kornea writes "This article argues that 'when someone buys
and uses a product, the technological aspects are a [1]small and often
uninteresting part of the decision' and that the when the 'whole
product' (a term commonly used among marketing people) is considered,
VHS was better than Betamax, and that the Wintel PC is better than the
alternatives." Update: 01/29 04:26 GMT by [2]T: [3]Apologies for the
dupe.
Links
0. http://www.typetango.com
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,881780,00.html
2. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/028207&tid=126
Parsec To Be Released As Open Source
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/0247213
Mark Bainter writes "The Parsec creators have announced today that they
are [0]going to release the Parsec project source code early next
month. From the site: 'The source release will include platform support
for Win32, MacOS X, and Linux, and contain both OpenGL and Glide
rendering code. It will include almost everything that has been part of
the earlier LAN-Test releases, as well as our new client/server code
that is already far along in development. However, it is our hope that
this release will be picked up by the Parsec community for further
development, supported by members of the original Parsec Project. This
release will be the last official release of the original Parsec
Project. It had been our intention to achieve a full-featured release
including Internet game play in 2002. However, we were always doing
this in our spare time, and since it is taking us too long to reach our
original goal, we do not want to keep the Parsec community waiting any
longer and have thus decided that it is time to change Parsec's
development model to an open source approach.'"
Links
0. http://parsec.org/
Why Project Gutenberg Isn't There Yet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/0017228
[0]option8 writes "[1]This wired article ('Any Text. Anytime. Anywhere.
(Any Volunteers?)'), goes into good detail on why Project Gutenberg,
and similar efforts, are far from creating a complete, free electronic
library. A quote: "The mechanics of a universal library are simple. The
tricky part: harnessing the free labor." Though it doesn't go into
technology much, I expect there's a lot of potential in mass OCR tech
and good speech recognition (faster to read a book aloud than to
transcribe it correctly)."
Links
0. http://clickheredammit.com
1. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/view.html?pg=5
Slashback: Intentia, Ephemera, Restoration
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1420245
Slashback tonight brings you updates on Red Hat's EOL timetable, NASA's
tutorial on creating your very own spooky UFO images, the status (back
up!) of the PCI Vendor and Device lists, and more -- read on below for
the details.
Lifetime Careers in IT?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/2144213
[0]CyPlasm asks: "[1]MSN Careers had [2]this article posted the other
day that asked about a "Lifetime Career in IT: Is It Possible?" Does
the average Slashdot reader think they will retire (with a pension,
benefits, etc) after a long and successful career in IT?"
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~CyPlasm
1. http://careers.msn.com/
2. http://editorial.careers.msn.com/articles/itlifetime/
Nicotine-Free Cigs, Genetically Engineered
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/2052200
jim.b0b writes "Wired has an interesting article about [0]nicotine-free
cigarettes, made from genetically engineered tobacco grown by Amish
farmers. [1]Vector Tobacco is hoping that their Quest cigarettes will
make them a viable competitor to RJR and Phillip Morris. Don't worry,
they are nicotine-free, not carcinogen-free."
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/smoking.html
1. http://www.vectortobacco.com/
Freshmeat
Aapje Messenger 0.0.1 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111031/
Aapje Messenger aims to be an open, feature-filled MSN messenger clone.
It features multiple user chats, file transfers, storing of contact
lists, status and nick changing, adding/deleting/blocking of buddies,
themeing, and more.
Ariadne 2.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110961/
Ariadne is a multi-language Web Application Server and Content
Management System built with PHP. It has a rich user interface which
includes wizards, pulldown menus, and a WYSIWYG HTML editor. Data is
stored in a structured object store and can be accessed via
filesystem-like calls (ls, find, get). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL,
and MSSQL.
Astaro Security Linux 3.390 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111014/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates) and PPTP, and
much more. With its Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the
ability to pull updates via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage.
It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most
daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by kernel
capabilities.
AutoPKG 0.5.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111010/
AutoPKG lets you keep your Slackware system up to date. It functions
similarly to apt-get, the Debian package manager.
buildpkg 0.0.2r28-rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110974/
Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to
create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def)
which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be
also used to track installations and create packages of the installed
files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this
mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable)
list of programs and the installation will be done here. Besides Linux,
Solaris/SunOS, and FreeBSD packages are also supported.
ccIRCRelay 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110953/
ccIRCRelay is a fast, small IRC relay tool that uses Tk, Python, and
sockets. It is designed to facilitate conversations spanning multiple
IRC servers, and relays all messages (including modes, kicks, parts,
joins, bans, quits, notices, and actions) from one channel to another
on a different server (and vice- versa).
Cflow2VCG 0.1 (draw_cflow)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110983/
Cflow2vcg converts the result of the cflow utility to a VCG format. It
offers the ability to view graphically the call-graph of sources, and
import it into documentation.
CHM decompiler 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110966/
CHM decompiler is a program that converts the internal files of CHM
files back into the HHP, HHC, and HHK, etc. used to compile the
documentation.
Courier-IMAP 1.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110929/
Courier-IMAP is a lightweight server that provides IMAP access to
maildir mailboxes. It supports folders, custom authentication modules,
and virtual mailboxes. A compatible POP3 server is also provided. The
source code is based on the IMAP module in the Courier Mail Server, but
this build is independently repackaged to work with any other MTA that
delivers to maildir format mailboxes.
Cream for Vim 0.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111002/
Cream is a configuration of the famous Vim text editor that makes it
easier to use, like an Apple- or Windows-style text editor. It uses
Vim's own extensibility to improve menus, keyboard shortcuts, and
editing behavior. Cream seamlessly maintains Vim's insertmode to access
all the power of the original Vim plus many custom Cream extensions.
dccserver 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110963/
dccserver is a standalone program that aims to provide the
functionality of MIRC's /dccserver command. Currently, Chat and Send
(including resume) modes are supported. Fserve and Get mode are not yet
supported.
eBayAgent 0.9.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110945/
eBayAgent aims to help users who are bidding in an eBay auction by
giving them an automated way of bidding in the dying moments of an
auction.
Enca 0.10.7 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110939/
Enca detects the encoding of text files, on the basis of knowledge of
their language. Then it can convert them to other encodings, allowing
you to recode files without knowing their current encoding. It can
currently detect encoding of Belarussian, Czech, Polish, Russian,
Slovak, and Ukrainian texts, and a few Unicode variants, independently
on language.
Evolvotron 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110980/
Evolvotron is an interactive "generative art" software to
evolve images/textures/patterns through an iterative process of random
mutation and user-selection driven evolution. If you like lava lamps,
and never got tired of the Mandelbrot set, this could be the software
for you.
fBuilder Plus 2.4.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110997/
fBuilder Plus is a Web-based utility for building and configuring your
ipchains/iptables-based Linux firewall. There are two versions of
fBuilder: fBuilder Lite, a free version that includes a standard set of
features, and fBuilder Plus, which includes edit, insert, and delete
capabilities for firewall rules, rule shifting, support for DHCP
clients, DMZ creation through firewall wizard, NAT capabilities,
support for IP aliases, automatic log rule creation, state checking,
log reporting, email alerts, and export capabilities.
Forest Web Application Builder 0.3-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111020/
Forest is a Web-based IDE for Web applications. It's in the alpha
stage, but you can use it to create your XML files already. For now, it
has four frames: the "Add Component" frame which allows you
to add a new component to your page, the "Object Inspector"
which allows you to add/edit properties and delete components, the
"Preview" which will show how your XML is looking, and the
"Component Tree" frame that show the hierarchy of components
in your page.
FreeCoins 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110927/
FreeCoins is an accounting program written in C++ for PalmOS. It
features multiple accounts in multiple categories, scheduled/recurring
transactions, split transactions, a proper (collapsable) account tree,
double entry bookkeeping (similar to GnuCash), cleared/uncleared
transactions, separate cleared/uncleared balances totals for the
current account, current category, and all accounts in all categories,
and the ability to add/delete/modify accounts and transactions to suit
your needs.
FreeLords CVS-SDL-20030128 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110956/
FreeLords is a turn-based strategy game similiar to W*rl*rds. It can be
played with friends on one computer or via a network.
ftpcopy 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110965/
ftpcopy is a small mirror-like utility to copy files or directory trees
with FTP. ftpcopy understands EPLF and traditional listing formats.
fwtrends 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110981/
fwtrends is a project to ease firewall log monitoring via a Web GUI. It
imports log files from various firewall software and can easily
generate graph statistics from alert events. It allows you to
investigate single remote source addresses and what alerts they
generated.
Genuts Framework 0.5b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110959/
The Genuts project provides a consistent Java framework for game
development. It contains a library with classes primarily intended for
sprite-based games, including functions for sprite manipulation and
collision detection.
GnomeMeeting 0.96
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110967/
GnomeMeeting is an H.323 compatible videoconferencing and VoIP/IP
telephony application that allows you to make audio and video calls to
remote users with H.323 hardware or software (such as Microsoft
Netmeeting). It supports all modern videoconferencing features, such as
registering to an ILS directory, gatekeeper support, making multi-user
conference calls using an external MCU, using modern Quicknet telephony
cards, and making PC-to-phone calls.
IlohaMail 0.7.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111023/
IlohaMail is a lightweight, multilingual Webmail client that is easy to
use and install. It runs on a stock build of PHP, and does not require
databases (although database support is available) or the IMAP library
(it is powered by a custom IMAP/POP3 library). It supports all
essential functionality, including a full contacts list and a user
customizable interface. Other features include support for multiple
domains (virtual hosts), built-in spam prevention, and activity
logging.
jmame 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110942/
jmame is a Java-based frontend to XMAME. It uses the Swing toolkit and
uses XML to store all settings.
JSch 0.0.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111004/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to
an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer,
etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
Konstruct 20030128
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110946/
Konstruct is a build system which helps you install KDE releases and
applications on your system. It downloads defined source tarballs,
checks their integrity, decompresses, patches, configures, builds, and
installs them. A complete KDE installation should be as easy as
"cd meta/kde;make install". Optionally, you can install
additional applications like KOffice, KDevelop, or Quanta (for example,
"cd apps/koffice;make install").
linphone 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111000/
Linphone is a Web phone with a GNOME interface. It let you make
two-party calls over IP networks such as the Internet. It uses the IETF
protocols SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and RTP (Realtime Transport
Protocol) to make calls, so it should be able to communicate with other
SIP-based Web phones. With several codecs available, it can be used
with high speed connections as well as 28k modems.
Linux Progress Patch 2.4.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110964/
The Linux Progress Patch is a kernel patch which displays a full-screen
logo with a progress bar and some informational text while booting. It
hides the normal startup messages printed by the kernel, and is meant
for people that don't care about complicated and possibly confusing
boot messages.
logintop10 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111028/
LoginTop10 creates several "Top 10" lists from wtmp (usally
in /var/log/) statistics. Lists include login frequency, login
duration, busiest day of the week, busiest day of the month, and
busiest month. It outputs a formatted HTML file.
LogScanner 1.78
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110971/
LogScanner reads messages from syslog or any other logging program via
a pipe, analyzes the messages with the PCRE library, and sends email to
the administrator about any errors or violations.
Meld 0.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110940/
Meld is a GNOME 2 diff and merge tool. It lets you edit files in place
(diffs update dynamically), and a middle column shows detailed changes
and allows merges. It has user-friendly diff-browsing. The margins show
location of changes, and it also features a tabbed interface that
allows you to open many diffs at once.
Motiontrack 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111016/
Motiontrack is a set of tools that detect motion between two PNG or JPG
images.
Mr Commander 0.1a-preview3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111003/
Mr Commander is a file manager based on GTK+ 2.0. It behaves like the
Total Commander program, which is available on MS Windows. It features
SMB and FTP support.
ncc 1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110969/
ncc is a C source code analyzer which generates program flow and
variable usage information. Using it should be as easy as changing
CC=gcc to CC=ncc in makefiles, and effort has been made to support most
common gcc extensions. ncc has been tested with the sources of the
Linux kernel, gtk, gcc, gdb, bind, mpg123, ncftp, and many other famous
projects.
nntp//rss 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110950/
nntp//rss is a Java RSS feed aggregator for NNTP clients. It allows RSS
feeds to be read through any standard GUI or text-based NNTP
newsreader.
Nogger 0.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110998/
Nogger is a bloat-free Ogg Vorbis player using GTK 2.
OBM 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110970/
OBM is an Intranet application written to help manage a company. It can
also be used as a contact and customer database or as a shared
calendar. It is written with PHP and requires MySQL to work (although
support for other databases is possible). It supports
internationalization and themes, and it includes: sales force, help
desk, time tracking, user, and administration modules.
openbechede 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110919/
openbechede is a fast and simple way to install OpenBSD packages and
their dependencies. With openbechede you can keep your obsd packages
updated. Also, you can install packages (and automatically, their
dependencies), remove them, fetch new lists of packages, and upgrade
your system to the latest snapshot/to -stable. openbechede logs its
activity to a file you can specify.
OpenSceneGraph Editor 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111008/
OpenSceneGraph Editor (OSGEdit) is used to compose complex scenes based
on individual models using the OSG library. It is focused on making
scenes for use in OSG-based programs.
ora2html 1.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110973/
Ora2html generates HTML or plain ASCII reports of installed Oracle
databases running on a server. It includes information about config
files, layout, objects, schemas, etc., and supports Oracle versions
8-9i, running on Linux, Solaris, and Tru64.
OSSP fsl 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110989/
OSSP fsl offers the syslog API otherwise provided by libc. Instead of
writing to the syslogd process, it uses the powerful OSSP l2 logging
capabilities. It is a drop-in link-time replacement which enables any
syslog consumer to take advantage of OSSP l2 by just linking this
library in before libc. The program is intended to apply OSSP l2
functionality to existing syslog-based third-party programs without the
requirement to change the source code of the program.
OSSP sa 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111005/
OSSP sa is an abstraction library for the Unix socket application
programming interface (API). It features stream and datagram oriented
communication over Unix Domain and Internet Domain (TCP and UDP)
sockets. It provides the following key features: address abstraction
(local, IPv4, and IPv6), type abstraction, I/O timeouts, I/O stream
buffering, and convenience I/O functions.
Perl Oak Component Tree 1.4-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111019/
The Perl Oak Component Tree is a set of objects designed to provide the
maximum reusability to software development. Oak can be used in any
development platform, but just the Web platform is implemented. In Oak,
you define an XML file to each page and you will implement just the
events.
PHP Accelerator 1.3.4r1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110968/
PHP Accelerator is a plugin PHP Zend engine extension that provides a
PHP script cache and is capable of delivering a substantial
acceleration of PHP scripts without requiring any script changes, loss
of dynamic content, or other application compromises.
phpCodeGenie 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110948/
phpCodeGenie is a code generator for PHP/MySQL applications. Just
design your database tables and phpCodeGenie can write the PHP scripts
and programs for you. It will build data entry forms, insert scripts,
database lister scripts, edit record forms, update record scripts,
delete confirmation scripts, delete scripts, search forms, search
scripts and other frontend/database interaction code. Basically, it
provides a core basic code from which you can build on.
phpIntranet 2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111021/
phpIntranet is a PHP/SQL intranet application. It includes a front end
for managing a staff database, an inventory database, modular
calendars, a tournament engine (round robin, single elimination),
SpamAssassin configuration integration, birthdays, image storing, etc.
phpIntranet also includes a session -> SQL based shopping cart and
an orders database to integrate into an e-commerce Web site.
phpQLAdmin 2.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110999/
phpQLAdmin was designed to administrate a Qmail-LDAP server with an
easy-to-use Web interface. It allows you to control the server with the
Qmail-LDAP/Controls patch, add/remove domains, add/remove/edit users,
change attributes for all domain members, and set passwords, quotas,
mailhosts, mail addresses, alias addresses, forwarders, and more. The
application's language is configurable (except for the control part)
and contains translations for English, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, and Japanese. It supports Ezmlm mailing lists.
phpQLAdmin 2.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110951/
phpQLAdmin was designed to administrate a Qmail-LDAP server with an
easy-to-use Web interface. It allows you to control the server with the
Qmail-LDAP/Controls patch, add/remove domains, add/remove/edit users,
change attributes for all domain members, and set passwords, quotas,
mailhosts, mail addresses, alias addresses, forwarders, and more. The
application's language is configurable (except for the control part)
and contains translations for English, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, and Japanese. It supports Ezmlm mailing lists.
Qastrocam 3.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110987/
Qastrocam is a capture program that can work with any video4linux
device. Its main purpose is to do astrophotography. It can control a
telescope to do guiding with the images received from the video device.
It can also control the extended features of a webcam modified to do
long exposure (several seconds) captures.
Report Magic 2.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111024/
Report Magic is an add-on for Analog, a Web site logfile analysis
program. Generated reports include a description with tabulated,
graphed, and summarized results. All colors, fonts, and background
images are completely customizable to help make resulting reports fit
the theme of your Web site. Report Magic has translations for several
languages. It runs on any platform that will run Perl and pre-compiled
versions are available for Win32 and Mac.
ReZound 0.6.0beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111018/
ReZound is graphical audio file editor primarily for (but not limited
to) the Linux operating system.
rsmirror 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110936/
rsmirror is a shell script for automatically keeping a local software
(or other data) mirror up to date from a variety of rsync servers. It
is easy to configure, test and use.
sinstall 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110944/
Sinstall is a source package installer that is able to install and
manage any kind of source package. It creates a makefile using CVS or a
configure script, build targets, and save an uninstall log. It is also
able to download files, check installations, and much more. It is
entirely written in Perl 5.
SMELT 0.2.12b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110985/
SMELT (Simple Monitoring Evaluating and Logging Tool) is a tool created
to monitor the disks in a single host or an entire network. It's
totally written in BASH script. This way this tool can be installed and
used normally in every distribution of Linux or Solaris operating
systems. When a single host is monitored, the results can be sent via
e-mail to the host's administrator. When an entire network is
monitored, SMELT can work in client/server model. The results can be
sent to the server via FTP and, using a Web server, be published in a
frame-based HTML page, as well via email.
SnipSnap 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110972/
SnipSnap is an easy to install and use Web log and Wiki engine written
in Java. It has no external dependency on Web servers or databases, as
both are built-in.
Sodipodi 0.29
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111011/
Sodipodi is a general purpose vector drawing application which uses a
subset of W3C SVG as its file format. It uses an advanced imaging
engine, with antialised display, apha transparency, and vector fonts.
Spinner 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111009/
Spinner is useful for keeping telnet and ssh links from dropping due to
inactivity. Many firewalls and some ISPs drop connections when they are
perceived as idle. By having spinner running the server is constantly
sending a tiny amount of data over the link, preserving the connection.
Spinner acts as a keep-alive. It displays a little "spinning"
ASCII character in the top left corner of your terminal. It supports
any terminal capable of handling VT100-style escape codes. It also has
a mode called "Ghost in the Machine" mode. In this mode you
can use Spinner to write the spinner character to ANY tty, not just
your own.
SQLObject 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110958/
SQLObject is an object-relational mapper that acts as a database and
SQL wrapper for Python 2.2 and MySQL or PostgreSQL. It allows you to
translate RDBMS table rows into Python objects, and manipulate those
objects to transparently manipulate the database.
Squirrel Jukebox 0.3.2rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111027/
Squirrel Jukebox plays all your local MP3 files via its own
libmad-based decoder. It allows the tracks to be ranked and grouped in
the user-preferred way. It also supports text searches by any ID3 tags
or filenames. It is a commandline application. Currently only Linux is
supported (OSS).
system call tracker 0.81
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110984/
The system call tracker is a Linux kernel module and supporting user
space applications which allow interception of and possibly taking
action upon system calls that match user-defined criteria. It allows
you to set such rules as "tell me when someone tries to open
/etc/passwd" and "if user '500' tries to connect to the
network, fail the system call". It can also be thought of as
strace on steroids.
TopologiLinux 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110962/
TopologiLinux is an easy to install Linux distribution that is designed
to be run from any Windows computer without requiring repartitioning.
It mounts itself using a loop-back device and can be run from a DOS,
Windows 9x, or Windows 2000/XP system with an NTFS or FAT partition. It
is based on the upcoming Slackware 9 and contains some extra and some
improved packages.
Trickster Streaming Server 0.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111022/
Trickster Streaming Server is a pure Perl MP3 streaming server with a
simple Web interface that allows you to manipulate and browse the
queue. The queue management API is done in a fairly simple UNIX manner,
and can be easily extended.
Virtual Drum Machine 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110982/
Virtual Drum Machine takes a rhythm file, translates it into C code,
and compiles the C code. You then can replay the rhythm or save it to a
file.
Website for Content and Community 0.02 (For phpnuke)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110859/
Website for Content and Community (w2c for short) is an open standard
and a set of utilities for exchanging data between Web sites in a
manner similar to the NNTP network news system. The W2C project will
support many famous CMS (Content Management Systems), BBS (Bulliten
Board Systems), and community Web sites. Each w2c program is an
adapter.
WireFusion 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110975/
WireFusion allows interactive, plug-in free, and very compact Java
presentations and product simulations to be created for the Web.
Development involves visually connecting preprogrammed objects or by
coding in Java. Several add-ons are available, including a real-time 3D
engine where textures can be replaced with interactive 2D
presentations, an MPEG video player, a slide show viewer, and an MP3
player.
wmweather+ 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111025/
wmweather+ will download the National Weather Serivce METAR bulletins,
ANV, ETA, and MRF forecasts, and any weather map for display in a
WindowMaker dockapp. It includes forecasts, a weather map, and a sky
condition display.
yaws 1.0 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111030/
Yaws is a high performance, light-weight, threaded HTTP 1.1 Web server
targeted for the generation of dynamic content. It is written in
Erlang, and the server side dynamic content is generated by Erlang code
embedded in the HTML code.
Zoe Intertwingle 0.3.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111026/
Zoe is a Web based email client with a built in SMTP and POP3 server
and Google-like search functionality that lives on your desktop. It is
written in Java and uses Lucene technology to provided instant
searching and threading of your email messages.
zphoto 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110957/
zphoto is a Web/Flash-based zooming photo album generator.
Slashcode
Why does "reply" block appear 2 miles sout
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/0018216
Thanks to a grant from the Markle Foundation, and the good offices of
Openflows, we've converted ICANNWatch.org to Slash from PHP-Nuke
version 4.2... preserving our archives, and also forwarding from links
to our old content. (We'll be open sourcing the conversion script in
due course.) Mostly everything is great, but we have a few problems.
The most immediate problem, which is producing lots of complaints, is
that for some reason the "reply" button is appearing several screens
below the end of the story text. You can see an example of the problem
here and here and here. This happens in both Mozilla and Explorer, so I
don't think it's a simple browser issue... [We also can't get
meta-moderation to wake up despite having many comments in the system
and several high-karma users, but that's a less immediate worry...]
Commentcount field in stories table always zero
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/27/1924237
I just installed Slash onto my box and I'm doing some testing and
poking around. One thing I can't figure out is how I enable the
comments counter next to the 'Read More...' link. I'm adding comments,
but my index page refuses to show the number of comments for each
article. I first thought it's one of the vars or maybe it's part of the
template. Now, looking at the 'stories' table in my slash database, I
notice that the 'commentcount' field in each row is zero, although I
added a few comments from various accounts. How can that be? Otherwise,
Slash is working just fine and I have experienced no trouble, but I
really want that comment counter for my articles. Help would be greatly
appreciated.
Can't locate object method - install-slashsite
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/186232
I'm getting the following error trying to move our slashsite from my
devel box over to production. I decided the easist way to do this would
be to do a clean slashcode install on the production box, then dump the
DB and assorted config files over. I've gotten the slashcode,
Bundle::Slash installed (MySQL, Perl, Apache w/ mod_perl were already
there), and then ran install-slashsite: $ sudo ./install-slashsite What
is hostname of your Slash site (e.g., www.slashdot.org)? []
my.hiddenservername.com What user would you like to run your Slash site
as? [nobody] slash What group would you like to run your Slash site
under? [slash] OK, I am planning on user my.hiddenservername.com as the
unique name for the Slash site. If this is not ok, you need to fill in
something else here. [my.hiddenservername.com] Which theme do you want
to use? (*)1. slashcode "Slashcode.com theme" Skipping theme select
since you only have one theme! Theme selected: slashcode Please select
which plugins you would like ('*' marks default). (*) 1. Admin - "Admin
Interface" ( ) 2. BunchaBlocks - This is a bunch of portald blocks you
can add ( ) 3. CheesyPortal - CheesyPortal is a script to get an
overall look at portal boxes ( ) 4. ForumZilla - "ForumZilla support"
(*) 5. Hof - "High score stuff" (*) 6. Journal - "Journal system for
users" (*) 7. Messages - "Messaging system" (*) 8. PubKey - "Just
allows a user's pubkey to be displayed" (*) 9. Search - Slash Search is
the default search engine for Slash. Hit 'a' to select all, otherwise
select comma separated numbers or 'q' to quit a Plugins selected: Admin
BunchaBlocks CheesyPortal ForumZilla Hof Journal Messages PubKey Search
Would you like to install all the files as symlinks to the original?
(If not, each file will be copied to your Slash directories). [Y] N
Create a name for the site's admin account (8 characters or less).
[slash] Create a password for the site's admin account. ('QUIT'
exits):hiddenpasswd What is the email address of the account?
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Can't locate object method "prepare"
via package "BunchaBlocks" (perhaps you forgot to load "BunchaBlocks"?)
at /path/to/perl/modules/Utility.pm line 334. $ Does anybody have any
insight into that "Can't locate object method "prepare" via package
"BunchaBlocks" (perhaps you forgot to load "BunchaBlocks"?) at
/path/to/perl/modules/Utility.pm line 334." error??? Thanks!
Background Image
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/184247
Is it possible to get a background image into the site rather than the
dull grey?
Universal Slash Login
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1140217
I've been posting to a number of slash sites for a rather long time,
and I've had a thought (although it will probably be proven to be
crazy). Would it be at all possible to some how create a universal
login for a group of Slash sites? I'm looking at this from the point of
convenience, as one log in to rule them all would be great. YASS could
pop up and existing members of the (perhaps distributed) slash members
DB could start posting right away, taking their Karma and preferences
with them. Or perhaps not trying to be as fancy, even a centralised
user database from which user details could be imported - for example,
when signing up for a new site, you could have an option saying "import
my user deatils from site x", at which time you enter your username and
password for site x. I realise that this may require quite a bit of
planning in terms of compatibility across different versions of Slash,
but just how tricky would it be to do such a thing? What draw backs
would there be to such a scheme, and would anyone actually want
something like this?
Slash site dies, slashd running, apache running
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/23/0549234
I have a regular web site running at port 81 and slash running at port
82. I have a default page at port 81 that lets people know that
something is wrong (since the only reason they should ever see it is if
they go to the wrong port OR slash has died). About once a week the
slash site disappears and apache displays the default page for port 81.
Checking the logs, the last traffic was at 4:48 this morning (it gets
an hourly check for news). Given the 5 hour offset from GMT (since
slash wants GMT), it probably died at midnight. Slashd and httpd are
still running, and giving apachectl a restart returns the site to
working. I've checked the system logs in /var/log (mainly messages),
the apache logs in /usr/local/apache/logs, and the slash logs in
/var/local/slash/site/SITENAME/logs and nothing complains about a
problem at that time. Crontab doesn't appear to do anything special at
that time. Any ideas what could cause this? I'm on using redhat 7.1 and
nothing else strange happens at that time.
How to "remove" authors?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/1753256
In our website, we have a long list of users marked as authors for
historical reasons (we imported tons of articles from a legacy system).
Most of them are not active anymore and we downgraded seclev to 1, but
still they are flagged as authors, show up in the author listing and,
most important, have unlimited moderation power. I don't want to remove
the username, but is it possible to remove the author flag without
messing up the display of older stories?
Installing Slash on OSX (make install)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/22/0025233
I get the following error trying install slash on Mac OS X Server 10.2:
cp -rv plugins/* /usr/local/slash/plugins/ cp: illegal option -- v
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src target cp [-R [-H | -L
| -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src1 ... srcN directory make: *** [install] Error
1 what is the v option? --Jeffrey Kunzelman
New Zoo Code
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1950206
New Zoo code in CVS (and running on Slashcode.com right now). Leave me
a note if you see anything strange with your friends of friends or foes
of friends.
Can slash email authors when comments posted?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1947214
Is there a way to have slash email the author when one of his stories
is commented on? I'm using slash as a personal journal, no article
submissions just the author writing stories. Is there a way to modify
it so I get an email whenever there's a comment made on one of my
entries?
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