On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Sean Buckley wrote: > I have made a draft of my new version of the PalmOS-HOWTO available at: > > http://www.redbug.uklinux.net/palm/index.html > > The sgml source is also available: > > http://www.redbug.uklinux.net/palm/PalmOS-HOWTO.sgml > > This is very much a rough draft, and I haven't tried to do too much at this > stage. I've linked to other howtos, including David's IR and network > connection howtos. I think they should probably remain in a separate > document, but I'd be happy to take on the docbook conversion task (perhaps > the "Advanced Palm HOWTO"?). > > Let me know what you think of the HOWTO (remembering it's a rough draft, > but all criticism welcome). > For a rought draft, it looks quite nice to me. There are a few things I'd suggest adding, which I'll mention to you, Sean, offline.
For general discussion, though: --Network connections. Well, someone thinks this is important, since there have been a few articles about using a Palm OS device with a PPP connection: ;login had an article in the July 2001 issue, & I remember seeing a web article about this functionality (Nick Peterley on Linux Planet???). This section probably needs fleshing out. --Desktop applications. Two you didn't mention: 1. Ical/Syncal. Currently unsupported, but might be useful to someone needing Tcl/tk code for talking to a Palm OS device. 2. Wmsync. A docapp for WindowMaker/AfterStep that ``starts your favourite sync program for your palm(TM) PDA. It displays a small animation when syncing. Thatīs all." Personally, althoguh I run AS, I don't find it very useful, since I can launch jpilot from wharf with a simple text entry. --Other software. Plucker, Angus Anslie's PalmPix decoder, & sitescooper need entries here. I'll be sending my submission for a sitescooper FAQ to Sean offline. --History of Palm OS devices. This is perhaps more important now than it was before, since there are so many Palm OS devices with different levels of the OS & made by different manufacturers. (I remember David publishing a rant about a year ago about proprietary extensions Sony added to the OS.) Geoff _______________________________________________ Pilot-unix mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix
