O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER June 09, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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OpenEJB 0.9.0 marked are first release with special Tomcat embedded support. Thanks to all the user feedback that support has just gotten better and better. The 0.9.2 release contains a neat surprise for OpenEJB/Tomcat users -- TOOLS! The new integration features a webapp with a setup verifier, JNDI browser, EJB viewer, Class browser, and even an Object invoker! You can browse the OpenEJB namespace and know right away exactly where the ejb is and what it is called. When you find one you like, just click it and it will open up into the EJB viewer. While there you can check out it's home, remote and bean classes in the class browser. The Object invoker allows you to actually create and invoke your EJBs without writing a single line of code. OpenEJB 0.9.2 also contains a new openejb.base variable to complement the openejb.home variable. The openejb.base variable allows you to have several configurations of OpenEJB all running against the same OpenEJB install. This makes using OpenEJB in IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans even easier. Move the openejb_loader-0.9.2.jar into your project's lib directory, set the openejb.base, and you'll be debugging your EJB apps front-to-back without the need for remote debugging support or special editor plug-ins. Thanks to all the OpenEJB users for all the great ideas! You speak, we listen. http://openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html LTI-Lib Version Beta 1.9.3 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282700 LTI-Lib is an object oriented computer vision library written in C++ for Windows/MS-VC++ and Linux/gcc. It provides lots of functionality to solve mathematical problems, many image processing algorithms, some classification tools and much more. This release provides new functors and features, many bug fixes and more documentation. Download -------- You can get this and previous releases from: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45767 Homepage -------- For more information please visit our homepage: http://ltilib.sourceforge.net ChangeLog --------- For more details about the changes in this release please visit the ChangeLog page at: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=163728 Acknowledgments --------------- Thanks to all developers at the Chair of Computer Science: Suat Akyol, Pablo Alvarado, Daniel Beier, Axel Berner, Ulrich Canzler, Peter Doerfler, Thomas Erger, Holger Fillbrandt, Peter Gerber, Claudia, Goenner, Xin Gu, Michael Haehnel, Christian Harte, Bastian Ibach, Torsten Kaemper, Thomas Krueger, Frederik Lange, Henning Luepschen, Peter Mathes, Alexandros Matsikis, Bernd Mussman, Jens Paustenbach, Norman Pfeil, Jens Rietzschel, Daniel Ruijters, Thomas Rusert, Stefan Syberichs, Guy Wafo Moudhe, Ruediger Weiler, Jochen Wickel , Benni Winkler, Xinghan Yu, Marius Wolf, Joerg Zieren Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 available http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282686 Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 - This is the second (and, we fully expect, final) *release candidate* for Gallery v.1.3.4. Changes from RC1 essentially amount to small fixes for errors discovered since the first release candidate in the backup_albums.php script and the new "custom fields" code. Gallery is slick, intuitive web based photo gallery with authenticated users and privileged albums. Easy to install, configure and use. Photo management includes automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, etc. User privileges make this great for communities. Download it: http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130 Read more about this release candidate: http://gallery.sf.net/article.php?sid=75 phpwsBB 0.1.0 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282990 phpwsBB is a native bulletin board module for the phpWebSite content management system, version 0.9.2 or later. Today we release version 0.1.0 of phpwsBB. Features include anonymous posting, message editing and deletion for registered users, thread locking and message forking for admins, and ... well that's probably it. Be sure you have the latest version of phpWebSite installed: http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu and then download phpwsbb from: http://phpwsbb.sourceforge.net. Aleph One 2003-05-30 Mac OS X Carbon and Windows releases http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282073 Aleph One plays Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, and third-party content on a wide array of platforms with numerous enhancements. The new Mac OS X Carbon and Windows SDL 2003-05-30 releases add significantly improved Internet play, Lua scripting, Speex compression for realtime network audio (making it much more practical in Internet games), an anisotropic filtering option on video cards that support it, and more. Slashdot 43 Million Americans Use P2P Software http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/0248242 robl writes "If the [0]NYTimes article is correct then somewhere around 1 in 6 Americans apparently are [1]unindicted felons. In the eyes of the public file swapping is as morally wrong as speeding on the NJ Turnpike. The rest of the article talks about the RIAA's carrot/stick/education approach and how they may find themselves entering into negotiations for some forms of file sharing. Also the EFF will be running ads in Rolling Stone next month asking if enthusiasts are tired of being treated like criminals." Links 0. http://nytimes.com/2003/06/08/technology/08TUNE.html 1. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/17-18red.htm Four-Dimensional Rubik's Cube Craziness http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2344218 [0]roice writes "Rubik's junkies and puzzlers will be interested in this software rendered [1]four-dimensional analog of Rubik's Cube. With over 1.75E120 possible combinations, it's a mind bender. Free versions are available for both Windows and Linux, and they even publish their source code for download. Solving it will get your name listed in their [2]Hall Of Fame, and there is also a running competition for the most efficient solution. To help get you started, you can check out [3]a solution algorithm based on techniques used to solve the popular three-dimensional version." Links 0. http://www.gravitation3d.com 1. http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm 2. http://www.superliminal.com/cube/halloffame.htm 3. http://www.superliminal.com/cube/solution/solution.htm Running Linux On Acer's C100 Tablet PC http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/0019236 Christopher Coulter writes submitted a link to this detailed guide to [0]putting Debian GNU/Linux on an Acer Tablet PC. That most manufacturers aren't leaping to provide Linux support on their tablet PCs doesn't mean it isn't possible ;) Links 0. http://prometheus.physics.ucsb.edu/~dean/TmC100/AcerTmC100.html Bruce Sterling On Total Information Awareness http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2242250 [0]securitas writes "Declan McCullagh [1]interviews Bruce Sterling about Total Information Awareness ([2]renamed [3]Terrorist Information Awareness and [4]raising concerns) or 'Poindexter's nutty scheme' as Sterling thinks of it. He predicts TIA will destabilize the government and lead to internal KGB-style coups. Whether you agree with him or not it makes for thought-provoking reading." Links 0. http://geartest.com 1. http://zdnet.com.com/2102-1105_2-1013033.html?tag=printthis 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17121-2003May20.html 3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A19272-2003May21 4. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,249950,00.html Java/Script Alert: Cross-Platform Browser Vulnerability http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/239237 [0]Ant writes "Synopsis: Opera, Mozilla & Netscape with javascript enabled are [1]vulnerable to remote command execution. This has been tested on Microsoft, and many many Unices. Macintosh may also be vuln. Ironically enough, IE is unaffected." Update: 06/08 23:56 GMT by [2]H: The problem seems to be one in the Java security model itself; but the evidence seems to be that if you turn off JavaScript, you turn off the vulnerability. Update: 06/09 00:56 GMT by [3]T: According to this followup message from Mozilla security group member Daniel Veditz, the problem is actually one that's [4]already been fixed in Mozilla 1.3, and not a remote command execution vulnerability at all. (Thanks to reader Jared Klett and others.) Links 0. http://antfarm.ma.cx 1. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/324266 2. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=322 3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/ 4. http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/010200.html The Death of Bluetooth? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2244234 [0]Aaron Cherrington writes "[1]Bob Frankston has written an article in which he declares that [2]Bluetooth has failed. The article states that despite the fact it is wireless, it still has all of the limitations of wires. Is it too early to declare [3]the death of Bluetooth, or can we can expect more out of it?" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.frankston.com/public/Bob_Frankston_Bio.asp 2. http://www.bluetooth.com/ 3. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0%2C14179%2C2913885%2C00.html False Positives, Few Matches Plague 'No-Fly' List http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2042247 [0]lindner writes "According to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, the United States No-Fly List uses a soundex algorithm to match names. Designed 'to quickly summon passenger names or to catch deal-hunting passengers making duplicate bookings.' The system has only managed to rack up [1]a slew of false-positives, including everyone matching soundex ("J. Adams") at one point in time. The problem has gotten so bad that there is now a "Fly List" for chronically misidentified passengers." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/08/MN253740.DTL Novak Loses petswarehouse.com, Files For Bankruptcy http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1848257 An anonymous reader writes "Remember Robert Novak, the person who has filed several [0]frivolous [1]lawsuits in order to silence people who criticize his business. Well, Robert Novak has [2]lost his domain ([3]see here)in a countersuit filed against him, and has just filed for [4]bankruptcy ." Links 0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/04/1459235&tid=153 1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/03/1239211&tid=153 2. http://www.petsforum.com/psw/Writ/WritOrd.htm 3. http://www.petswarehouse.com/ 4. http://www.petsforum.com/psw/Default.html Is Linksys Violating The GPL? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1749217 [0]jap writes "According to [1]this post on [2]LKML, [3]Linksys is shipping firmware for (at least their) 802.11g access-points based on Linux - without any sourcecode available or mentioning of it on their site. This could be interesting: it might provide the possibility of building an ueber-cool accesspoint firmware with IPsec and native ipv6 support etc etc, using this information!" Links 0. http://jsp.vs19.net 1. http://lkml.org/archive/2003/6/7/164/index.html 2. http://lkml.org/ 3. http://www.linksys.com/ New AIM Offering "end to end" Encryption http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1547215 [0]MankyD writes "The current [1]AIM beta is now offering message encryption. They don't offer a lot of [2]details but it's nice to see they are offering some extra privacy. Will the new AIM be [3]illegal in Michigan?" Links 0. http://mankyd.project-y.net 1. http://www.aim.com/get_aim/win/win_beta.adp 2. http://enterprise.aim.com/products/aim/personalcerts/ 3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/1436207&tid=123 Freshmeat ALE 0.4.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125378/ ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device (such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This may have the effect of producing a relatively alias-free image (sometimes called "anti-aliasing"). Arbitrary Command Output Colourer 0.1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125333/ acoc is a regular-expression based colour formatter for programs that display output on the command-line. It works as a wrapper around the target program, executing it and capturing the stdout stream. Optionally, stderr can be redirected to stdout, so that it, too, can be manipulated. acoc then applies matching rules to patterns in the output and applies colours to those matches. BBStatus 2.0RC12 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125361/ BBStatus is an IP accounting package, and an SNMP and IP monitoring tool for Linux. It collects, summarizes, and displays the values from its database. It can be used for IP accounting (using iptables, you can design various kinds of accounting filters), SNMP monitoring (collects data making SNMP requests), IP monitoring (using ping, it stores and summarizes values like min, avg, max reply time, and packet loss), and client traffic filtering (using various types of filters). It also provides user based access so that every user can log in and check the traffic from/through his/her IP addresses. It requires PostgreSQL, Apache with mod_auth_pgsql, Perl(Net::SNMP), and RRDTool. Byline 0.5beta http://freshmeat.net/releases/125332/ Byline is a command-line multi-protocol Weblog client. It manipulates the content of weblogs using XML-RPC interfaces, and can be used with your favorite text editor. It supports Blogger, Movable Type, and Nucleus, and should work with any other CMS that uses the Blogger or MetaWeblog API. It also features category and template editing (when supported by the CMS), drafts, support for multiple accounts, and can be used as a Python library. Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools 3.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125331/ The Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools are software for the Catweasel MK1 ISA and Catweasel MK3 PCI universal floppy disk controllers. cw2dmk will read several kinds of floppy disk, some of which ordinary PC controllers have trouble with, and save them in the DMK disk image format (used by the Unix TRS-80 emulator xtrs and David Keil's TRS-80 emulator for MS-DOS). cw2dmk can also handle (at least) any disk written using a Western Digital 177x/179x floppy disk controller, a PC-style NEC765-compatible controller, or a Digital Equipment Corporation RX02 controller. dmk2cw will write any DMK image back to a floppy, handling the same kinds of disks as cw2dmk. jv2dmk and dmk2jv3 convert images between DMK and the older JV1 and JV3 formats without requiring Catweasel hardware. It runs on Linux and MS-DOS. cvsd 0.9.19 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125346/ cvsd is a wrapper program for CVS in pserver mode. It will run 'cvs pserver' under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail. cvsd is run as a daemon and is controlled through a configuration file. It is easy to configure and provides tools for setting up a rootjail and managing repositories. Enigmail 0.76.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125376/ Enigmail is a "plugin" for the mail client of Mozilla and Netscape 7.x which allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided by the popular GnuPG software. Enigmail can encrypt/sign mail when sending, and can decrypt/authenticate received mail. It can also import/export public keys. Enigmail supports both the inline PGP format and the PGP/MIME format, which can be used to encrypt attachments. Enigmail is cross-platform, although binaries are supplied only for a limited number of platforms. Enigmail uses inter-process communication to execute GPG to carry out encryption/authentication. Eternal Lands 0.7.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125384/ Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D graphical online world that will evolve into a fully-featured MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2. FreeLords CVS-SDL-20030608 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125363/ 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. Fury 0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125348/ Fury is another dark blue theme with some flames for flavor. Gnumeric 1.1.19 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125371/ Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet using GNOME. Its goal is to provide a full featured spreadsheet and a smooth migration path for people and organizations currently using proprietary applications. It provides more sheet functions and greatly improved accuracy when compared to Microsoft's Excel. A plugin system lets you extend Gnumeric, adding functions, I/O formats, and real time data capabilities. The existing Python, Guile, and Perl plugins let you define complex functions. Gnumeric is capable of reading and writing MS Excel, and reading Lotus, Applix, Quattro Pro, OpenCalc, XBase, DIF, SYLK, HTML, Psion, MPS, oleo, sc, misc. text formats, and its native XML. It can also generate Latex, HTML, and others. gPHPEdit 0.3.1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125345/ gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting. gtk-xfce-engine 2.1.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125381/ gtk-xfce-engine is an XFCE engine for GTK 2.0. hdup 1.6.16 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125366/ hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of the archive (with mcrypt), compression of the archive (bzip/gzip/none), the ability to transfer the archive to a remote host or restoring from a remote host (with ssh), the ability to split up archives, and no obscure archive format (it is a normal compressed tar file). Hibernate 2.0 (2.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125356/ Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects following common Java idiom, including composition, association, inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL, Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL. Interactive Bandwidth Monitor 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125341/ ibmonitor is an interactive Linux console application which shows bandwidth consumed and total data transferred on all interfaces. It shows received, transmitted, and total bandwidth, calculates and displays the combined value of all interfaces; can display values in Kbits/sec(Kbps) and/or KBytes/sec(KBps), can show the maximum bandwidth consumed, can show average bandwidth consumption, and can interactively change its output display format. JaxMe 1.61 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125344/ JaxMe is a Java/XML binding framework based on SAX2. It consists of a set of code generators that read an XML schema and generate code for parsing conformant XML documents into corresponding Java objects, saving those objects into a database or, vice versa, reading such Java objects from a database and converting them into XML. JaxMe supports namespaces, relational databases, and Tamino. JaxMe comes with an integrated application framework and a generator for EJB entity beans with BMP (bean managed persistence). jMoule 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125357/ jMoule is a frontend for mlDonkey. It is coded in Java and is inspired by well known clients like eDonkey and eMule. Logcheck 1.2.14 (Debian) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125252/ Logcheck parses system logs and generates email reports based on anomalies. Anomolies can be defined by users with 'violations' files. It differentiates between 'Active System Attacks', 'Security Violations', and 'Unusual Activity', and is smart enough to remember where in the log it stopped processing to improve efficiency. It can also warn when log files shrink, and does not report errors when they are rotated. Mamory 0.2.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125351/ Mamory is a library for ROM management in emulator-related projects. It also has a CLI client. MC4J 1.2b1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125337/ MC4J provides a rich management interface to Java Management Extensions (JMX) based servers. It displays a tree structure of the managed components and provides the ability to view, alter, and graph attributes of live state. It currently supports JBoss and WebLogic application servers as well as those based on MX4J or JMX Reference Implementation services. Megamek.NET 0.318 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125370/ Megamek.NET allows you to enter the World of Battletech and become commander of a subsection of the forces of one of the 5 big houses or a minor faction. You then use your lances (groups of Meks) to fight against other players online. The game's community is already quite large, and there are 2 major servers set up. One is using the 3025 timeline and the other one is set in the year 3060. Mobicq 0.1b4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125365/ Mobicq is a native ICQ client for mobile devices, such as mobile phones. It is written in Java 2 Micro Edition (CLDC/MIDP 1.0.3). msnlib 2.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125383/ msnlib is an MSN Messenger protocol library and text mode client written in Python. MultiMail 0.45 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125358/ MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for UNIX and other systems. It currently supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN, and SOUP formats. It has a full screen, color user interface, built with the curses library. Features include auto-decompression of packets with external compress program, user-friendly menus to select packet, area, letter, etc., save whole area or one letter in a text file, enter mail in any area (using an external editor), insert tagline from a tagline file, reply mail with quote, write netmail, and netmail addressbook. Music Library 1.1.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125368/ Music Library is a music-on-demand system for phpGroupware. It searches recursively through a directory full of files for audio formats you specify and dumps their artist, album, and track names into a database. You can then browse, search, or listen over HTTP. It features custom playlists, and comes with an MP3 renaming script to ease the task of administration as well as an Applescript for using XMMS via X11 on OS X. nylon 1.2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125334/ nylon is a Unix SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy server. It is compatible with BSD, Solaris, HP-UX and Linux 2.2 & 2.4. Perl Webmail 3.0.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125353/ Perl Webmail is a CGI/mod_perl application that interfaces with external POP3 and SMTP services. It provides all the expected functionality of a mail client, such as read, reply, forward, delete, as well as sending and receiving attachments, storage for mail folders, contacts, and calendar notes. phpMyFAQ 1.3.3-beta (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125362/ phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation script. Physics 3D 1.0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125369/ Physics 3D is a simple physics simulation program in 3D. It simulates gravitational attraction, momentum, and collisions of rigid bodies. It is written using Java and the Java3D API. plconfig 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125342/ plconfig allows setting up of an encryption key on the Intellon chipset-based HomePlug powerline bridges. It can also request and display statistics from the bridges. Project Penguin Database 1.0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125335/ Project Penguin Database (PPD) is a centralized databases of Linux boxes all around the world that is designed to report detailed statistics including processor information, software, network device statistics, filesystem information, uptime, load average, etc. This program is a client that uploads information to the server with statistics about the user's machine. RPM Finder 1.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125347/ RPM Finder is a utility that works much like the rpmfind.net Web site. It currently only supports Red Hat. RSA implementation in Haskell 2.0.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125329/ RSA implementation in Haskell (rsa-haskell) contains the Simple and Strong Cryptography program set and Haskell libraries of several cryptographic standards. The libraries include Haskell implementations of SHA1, EME-OAEP, EMSA-PSS, MGF, RSAES-OAEP, and RSA-PSS. These standards implement signature/verification, strong cryptography, and hashing. Also included in the library is a general number theory library. The Simple and Strong Cryptography program set contains simple programs for encrypting and decrypting files as well as signature verification with public key cryptography. The TT Web Site Manager 0.32 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125373/ The TT Web Site Manager is a general purpose database driven Web site management system written in PHP, featuring support for multiple database servers (MySQL is the default). It allows multiple Web sites to be built and managed entirely on the fly from dynamic content stored in a database. Pages can be assembled in any order from a library of code items which can include a mixture of static HTML, SQL, and PHP. There is no framework of templates or forms to constrain the coder, and there is no limitation on content type, meaning that almost any content can be served. This means that it can be used to quickly put together content managed Web sites without the need for the limitations imposed by a dedicated content management system. Tickletankle 0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125375/ Tickletankle is a 2 player real-time tank game with fractal terrain that can be played locally or over the Internet or a LAN. The game is based on Giovanni Tummarello's game "Fractal Fighters". vimdrop 0.8 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125354/ vimdrop is an Applescript droplet that allows you to open up and edit files in your favorite editor by dragging them to the vimdrop icon. The dropped file will be opened in a new Terminal window with the text editor defined in the $EDITOR environment variable. A binary compiled under 10.2.6 and the Project Builder files are included in the distribution. WPP 2.13.1.33 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125343/ WPP is a small perl5 script that allows preprocessing of HTML files. It allows you to define "variables", which are brief abbreviations for longer constructs, and include common HTML fragments. It's useful for giving a uniform layout to different HTML pages. It can be used in cgi-bin programs for automatic generation of pages. With less HTML code inside you can make more flexible cgi-scripts. Slashcode Handling logging issues http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0533218 I'm using cronolog for my apache logs, and I really, really like it. I'd like to be able to use it on the slash logs as well, which become large and cumbersome over time with many sites running on a server. How do you all handle your logs? What do you use for log rotation? How long do you keep logs? Is anyone using cronolog, or something like it with slash? RSS to Story? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1727241 Hi, I'm looking for a way to grab remote RDF and post them as stories. portald seems only to handle blocks. I'm aware of the elixus.org, and the RSS2Story plugin in their patch of slashcode, but I can't get the plugin installed, and it seems to be left unfinished. So is there any other way to do this? launch of slash site "stupidsecurity.com" http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/2133212 Announcing the opening of StupidSecurity.com. The site is meant to be a chronicle of idiotic and deceptive "security" measures. From the "three questions" that the airlines finally stopped asking to the closing of Meigs Airport in Chicago supposedly for security reasons, we want YOUR gripes about security measures that are just plain dumb! I'd welcome submissions (the stupider the better!), comments, complaints, and praise! MySQL 4.1+ http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1639224 I want to start using MySQL 4.1 to take advantage of the new Spatial extensions in MySQL to further enhance my plugin. I saw the recent story referring to using MySQL 4, but no direct mention of experience with versions 4+. Any tips or recommendations? Should I make the upgrade only on my development box, or is using 4+ okay. Any experience with 4.1, which is alpha? Section-specific Quick Links http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1540217 I'm in the process of setting up a intranet Slash 2 site for a company. With the aid of the Crow Book I've got everything installed and with the L'n'F that they want, and we are in the process of adding some initial content and getting the blocks running the way they want. However, we're having problems getting section-specific quick links blocks to work. Example: I have a section called legal, and a block called legal_qlinks which has different links to index_qlinks. index_qlinks shows up on the homepage as I expect, but nothing is displayed in the right "frame" if I click no the section title under an article. What am I doing wrong? The Crow Book (page 127) suggests that this should work. Need help building Slash templates http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/1634251 I have comps for a site I want built in Slash. While I have worked with Movable Type, building Slash templates is a whole different beast. I need someone to help me convert my comps into a functioning Slash site. If you have these skills, please drop me a line with your rates and scheduling availability. You can see what the site will look like here. --Markos Preventing duplicates from being posted http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/2021250 I'm getting sick of seeing duplicate posts all the time on Slashdot. I have a feature-request/enhancement that I would like to request for slashcode. It would be nice if before a moderator submits a story to check all of the URLS in that post and match it with the previous weeks/months stories for the same URL. If there is a match, throw up a warning saying that this story is a possible duplicate. This will help the moderator out too, since they wouldn't have to read every story on slashdot in the past two weeks. What do you think? Is this doable? --Min Idzelis Vorlonspace Is Back http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0415234 Announced back in October last year, Vorlonspace was launched as a Babylon 5 discussions site. In late January, the site went down and was taken off the YASS list. It is now back up and the premise has changed from Babylon 5 to a general sci-fi discussion site which has generated more interest. Adding ispell after slash is installed http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0414234 Hi, I read the (archived) thread at: http://ask.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/1 724238&mode=thread and I have "Running Weblogs with Slash", so I know that "... Slash 2.2 has added an ispell compatibility mode. If the ispell program exists and points to an ispell binary, the Edit Story page will include a list of potentially misspelled words.)" (thanks blagger), but I don't know how exactly what to add, and into what directory,. I installed freebsd 5.0, then built and installed the slashcode port, and now I've installed ispell. I then tried adding symlinks to ispell into various directories, including /usr/local/slash/bin, and restarting my browser and the freebsd box. Nothing obvious changes. Can someone tell me exactly which file to put where to enable spell-checking? I'm running slash-2.2.6 on Freebsd 5.0. Thanks... P.S. Sorry if I misspelled anything, but... Shouldn't Slash Be Represented at OSCOM 3? http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/171253 I found out that OSCOM 3, The Open Source Content Management Conference, is taking place in Cambridge, MA, from May 28-30. I was surprised to see that Slash does not appear to be represented in any way. I posted a story to CTDATA suggesting that our community try to represent itself in some fashion. If anyone wants to discuss how we can influence the organizers of this conference to include a Slash presentation, please email me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com. 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