( I sent this message earlier, but I think it got lost - apologies if another copy turns up later).
On Monday 07 January 2002 6:35 pm, Geoff Burling wrote: > 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. I may have been a bit dismissive of the idea, and will happily flesh the section out. I'm still not sure where it would be useful - if you want to store the synched information on another machine, wouldn't it be easer to synch to a Samba or NFS shared directory? > --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. Thanks for the pointers, I'll follow them up and include in the next update. > --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.) Perhaps rather than a narrative history, I should make this section a list of Palm OS devices with their (approximate) date of introduction, OS level and any particular quirks. I will definitely need more input on this one, as I can't test all the available devices. Incidentally, my updated HOWTO is now on the linuxdoc.org website. Sean. _______________________________________________ Pilot-unix mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix
