[SLUG] SyPy this thursday 3rd dec Gerald the half a schema - Andy Todd + lightning talks
Note: Change of Venue + inclusion of free beer Gerald is a general purpose database schema toolkit written in Python. It can be used for cataloguing, managing and deploying database schemas. Its major current use is to identify the differences between various versions of a schema. A schema is a single logical grouping of database objects usually made up of tables, views and stored code objects (functions and procedures). We will also have 2 slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. About Andy: Andy has spent far too long working as a consultant for Oracle Corporation and then a number of associated consulting companies. Which means that he knows a lot about databases. Far too much some would say. He's used them to build OLTP systems, as well as Data Warehouses and assorted BI solutions. He's done everything from make the tea to run the whole shooting match.. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/yn1jqsfj9d Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub for beer and/or food after) Date Time: Thursday, December 3 at 6:30 PM Location: Anchor Systems Pty Ltd - Level 4, 81 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Getting There: It's a 8min walk from Town Hall station (directions http://bit.ly/5duZe1) Go to level 4. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Anchor Systems has kindly offered free beer because they know and understand python developers :) --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Weird Word docs
Hi, Every now and then I get sent a Word document that I can't just ignore, or ask the sender to resend as plain text or PDF or something. Most of the time wvMime can translate the doc so I can read it and convert to LaTeX or something sensible. /usr/bin/strings doesa a reasonable job where formatting isn't important. Sometimes however, I get sent documents (usually full of tables) that purport to be in portrait orientation, but are actually Landscape --- wvMime (and abiWord on my one box with Gnome on it) attempt to display the doc on a portrait oriented a4 page, with all the text truncated at the right margin. How do other people deal with these weird documents? Is there an easy way to view or convert them (NOT using Gnome or OpenOffice or other heavyweight GUI tools)? -- Dr Peter Chubbwww.nicta.com.au peter DOT chubb AT nicta.com.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia From Imagination to Impact Imagining the (ICT) Future -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Weird Word docs
On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 09:09 +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: How do other people deal with these weird documents? Is there an easy way to view or convert them (NOT using Gnome or OpenOffice or other heavyweight GUI tools)? Unfortunately Word is not a specification just a jungle of data that has grown from the first version till today. This means that it is really hard to import these documents. OOo hired the expert who reverse engineered the format for other FOSS tools and therefore it is a really robust strong product. Tables are a major problem, even for OOo, I cannot import the Scouts forms because of their tables cleanly and they keep changing them every 3 months lately, total pain. OOo is your only real choice. Ken (Ex OOo developer) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Weird Word docs
Ken Foskey kfos...@tpg.com.au writes: On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 09:09 +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: How do other people deal with these weird documents? Is there an easy way to view or convert them (NOT using Gnome or OpenOffice or other heavyweight GUI tools)? Unfortunately Word is not a specification just a jungle of data that has grown from the first version till today. This means that it is really hard to import these documents. OOo hired the expert who reverse engineered the format for other FOSS tools and therefore it is a really robust strong product. Tables are a major problem, even for OOo, I cannot import the Scouts forms because of their tables cleanly and they keep changing them every 3 months lately, total pain. OOo is your only real choice. *nod* I have the same issue, and the same preference to avoid OOo for just reading the documents. I never did find a solution that didn't require it, though, which was sad. OTOH, the 'unoconv' tool makes it a bit nicer: it wraps up the automation required to use OOo to convert documents /without/ needing to show a GUI or whatever, driven from the command-line. http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/ From the original README: Since OpenOffice 2.3 you do not need an X display for starting ooffice. However you may need the openoffice.org-headless package from your distribution. Since OpenOffice 2.4 nothing special is needed, running in headless mode does not require X. Regards, Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman✉ dan...@rimspace.net☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Weird Word docs
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 09:00:04 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: Every now and then I get sent a Word document that I can't just ignore, or ask the sender to resend as plain text or PDF or something. Most of the time wvMime can translate the doc so I can read it and convert to LaTeX or something sensible. /usr/bin/strings doesa a reasonable job where formatting isn't important. Sometimes however, I get sent documents (usually full of tables) that purport to be in portrait orientation, but are actually Landscape --- wvMime (and abiWord on my one box with Gnome on it) attempt to display the doc on a portrait oriented a4 page, with all the text truncated at the right margin. How do other people deal with these weird documents? Is there an easy way to view or convert them (NOT using Gnome or OpenOffice or other heavyweight GUI tools)? Although the borg is utterly evil and to be shunned, he does produce some good software. crossover office and office 2007 work so nicely that she-who-must- be-obeyed uses it for her committee work every day with nary a glitch of any sort. And, as emotionally challanged as I am to say it, (thinks of Cleese, the window and a Fish Called Wanda) as she was an utter neophyte (with office tools) who has never used winders in any shape or form (so much hand holding was needed) it has been very much easier to teach her word than OO. (I too have never neen a winders user and have used OO since it was li'l) H. The problem with OO is that it often screwed doc or docx documents so they look nothing like the orriginal. Not good when you're doing the minutes or agenda from templates. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Cisco Expertise
Hi folks, does anyone have any Cisco 2811 .w VLAN Trunking expertise. Friend of mine has what he thinks might be about a day's work for the right person. -- Kind Regards Kyle -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
