On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 06:09:51 -0800 (PST) Susan Macchia wrote:
Mike,
There are a bunch of tools written, do a man of pilot-link. I use pilot-xfer
to simply sync/backup my pilot w/ no GUI (again, man pilot-xfer).
Go to jpilot.org to see a really sweet GUI. They have a great user list. The
GUI also uses the pilot-link tools.
This is much in line with many linux tools, like cdrtools for cdwriters, and so
on.
I love my palm - couldn't live w/o it and have been using it with the
aformentioned tools since September, with no probs.
Mike Andrew wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 05:00, Susan Macchia wrote:
I second the motion on that. I use Jpilot with my palm as well, but have
yet to figure out how to get address labels from the address book.
Santa Klaus gave me a palm for Xmas, even though I didn't ask for one in the
letter I wrote him. So,, I'm hoping someone can provide a quick write up to
save me the effort, as I'd like to see what it can do under Linux.
Well, before we get a writeup done, here's some stuff to keep you busy.
Use jpilot as opposed to kpilot. I don't remember why, but I think kpilot
had problems or limitations.
I have a cryptic note that I assume is related to setting up jpilot :
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/pilot
chmod 777 /dev/pilot
chmod 777 /dev/ttyS1
so I must have done that to get the hot-synching to work.
A few general Pilot tips from a friend who is an organization consultant
(she helps people get organized)
- build memos for birthdays (put in everyone's birthday and add gift ideas
as they occur to you)
- build a memo for books/CD's you have loaned out
- In my address book, I use one of the custom fields to store keywords about
a person. For example, Xmas in that field designates Xmas card list, Bad
Address indicates that I know the person has moved, but I don't have a good
address, whatever. I use these later in perl code to do simple db querys.
- I use another custom field for building a family address. For eaxmple,
I have a normal entry for John Doe. In custom1 I put John and Jane, Jim,
Joyce, and Julia, so that when I address Xmas cards they will go to
John and Jane Doe, but I have also stored the names of their kids as
well. This really wants a fairly complex database, but you gotta use what
you got.
- You can use your Palm for a travel-alarm and leave the clock at home. 8-)
- If you change the batteries within about 60 seconds, you won't lose
anything.
- Build a memo for your car(s), store license plate #, windshield wiper
replacement blade #, insurance tele and policy number, etc.
My high-schooler got a Palm for Christmas, so I'm having him write the
SxS. He had to install jpilot and the whole deal, so it's fresh in his mind.
I'll write a separate SxS on cool stuff like building a webpage of
names and addresses from the pilot database with 100 lines of perl code.
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