Gutenberg Reader
I've uploaded a stack to my userspace at RevOnline (user name pmbrig) called The Gutenberg Reader. Bug reports, comments, and feedback are appreciated. From the help text: "The Gutenberg Reader is literally an entire library of over 30,000 volumes, right on your desktop. Well, almost literally. The Reader is designed to import and display etexts generated by Project Gutenberg™. These are free public domain texts available online — the Gutenberg catalog has over 30,000 books (and growing), and with their partners and affiliates makes over 100,000 titles available to anyone with internet access. Any of the Gutenberg texts are accessible within a couple minutes from within the Reader. "The Gutenberg pages are actually designed to be viewed with any web browser, without any additional application or software required, and you don't really have to use the Reader to access them. However, the Reader downloads a Gutenberg text and replaces simple quotes with curly quotation marks, double dashes with m-dashes, gets rid of the end-of-line characters within paragraphs, and presents the text in a book-like layout, using the fontface of your choice. You can navigate easily through the book with mouseclicks or using the arrowkeys, set a bookmark, and make notes on any passage. The result is a completely different reading experience from what you are probably used to on a computer screen." The Reader is also available in a standalone application at http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Many thanks to all on this list who have helped me (mostly unknowingly) over the years I have been (mostly) lurking in the background. I have picked up countless tips on the vicissitudes of Rev without which I'd have been lost. Some of us benefit quietly from all the amazing information shared here, and we may not always speak up about it. a grateful amateur, Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Gutenberg Reader
On Mac: downloaded, uncompressed, opened and ... nothing happens Am I missing anything? Cheeres Tob ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Gutenberg Reader
Peter wrote: OK, I manually replaced the three .rev stacks inside the package. Try downloading it again: I was able to view and search the Gutenberg list and "download" an eBook. Nice work Peter. Thanx, Mark Stuart ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Peter, Great stack to parse and save the Gutemberg's books without having to download them ! Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with all of us ! The Mac OS X standalone don't start there for yet but the stack is running OK in the Rev 3.0 IDE. (Mac OS X 10.5.6 / MacBook Pro Core Duo 2 Go RAM). The Win32 standalone start and run fine under VirtualBox 2.14 / Win XP Pro. Again, thanks for this great piece of Rev ! Best Regards, -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com Le 22 févr. 09 à 18:41, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : I've uploaded a stack to my userspace at RevOnline (user name pmbrig) called The Gutenberg Reader. Bug reports, comments, and feedback are appreciated. From the help text: "The Gutenberg Reader is literally an entire library of over 30,000 volumes, right on your desktop. Well, almost literally. The Reader is designed to import and display etexts generated by Project Gutenberg™. These are free public domain texts available online — the Gutenberg catalog has over 30,000 books (and growing), and with their partners and affiliates makes over 100,000 titles available to anyone with internet access. Any of the Gutenberg texts are accessible within a couple minutes from within the Reader. "The Gutenberg pages are actually designed to be viewed with any web browser, without any additional application or software required, and you don't really have to use the Reader to access them. However, the Reader downloads a Gutenberg text and replaces simple quotes with curly quotation marks, double dashes with m-dashes, gets rid of the end-of-line characters within paragraphs, and presents the text in a book-like layout, using the fontface of your choice. You can navigate easily through the book with mouseclicks or using the arrowkeys, set a bookmark, and make notes on any passage. The result is a completely different reading experience from what you are probably used to on a computer screen." The Reader is also available in a standalone application at http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Many thanks to all on this list who have helped me (mostly unknowingly) over the years I have been (mostly) lurking in the background. I have picked up countless tips on the vicissitudes of Rev without which I'd have been lost. Some of us benefit quietly from all the amazing information shared here, and we may not always speak up about it. a grateful amateur, Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Hi Peter, I am very interested in the Gutenberg texts, so I downloaded your application and gave it a try. Unfortunately, I'm the impatient sort and never figured out how to display one of the texts within your application. So, my one bit of [hopefully constructive] criticism then is that you make it very easy to browse and search for available texts, such that one is immediately presented with a list and only has to click a title they are interested in to jump right into reading it. - Bill ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Hi Peter, I just wanted to say that I downloaded the app & it won't start on OS X 10.4.11 PPC. It just seems to immediately quit. Let me know if there's anything you want me to do to help diagnose the fault. Bernard On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Bill Marriott wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I am very interested in the Gutenberg texts, so I downloaded your > application and gave it a try. Unfortunately, I'm the impatient sort and > never figured out how to display one of the texts within your application. > So, my one bit of [hopefully constructive] criticism then is that you make > it very easy to browse and search for available texts, such that one is > immediately presented with a list and only has to click a title they are > interested in to jump right into reading it. > > - Bill > > > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Peter, thanks for the software. Just to let you know, it actually runs fine on Linux under WINE. I downloaded the windows versions, launched it and it worked surprisingly well under WINE, I never thought WINE had hit such maturity. Check your main screen here: http://andregarzia.com/shots/screenshot_03.png And text viewing here: http://andregarzia.com/shots/screenshot_04.png I guess you're using RevBrowser for the Project Gutenberg website display, I was amazed to see RevBrowser working under linux thru WINE... Interesting times indeed. For those that doesn't know WINE is a compatibility layer that allows linux to run unmodified windows software, WINE is not an emulator, it translates win32 calls into something linux like. Cheers andre On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: > I've uploaded a stack to my userspace at RevOnline (user name pmbrig) called > The Gutenberg Reader. Bug reports, comments, and feedback are appreciated. > > From the help text: > > "The Gutenberg Reader is literally an entire library of over 30,000 volumes, > right on your desktop. Well, almost literally. The Reader is designed to > import and display etexts generated by Project Gutenberg™. These are free > public domain texts available online — the Gutenberg catalog has over 30,000 > books (and growing), and with their partners and affiliates makes over > 100,000 titles available to anyone with internet access. Any of the > Gutenberg texts are accessible within a couple minutes from within the > Reader. > > "The Gutenberg pages are actually designed to be viewed with any web > browser, without any additional application or software required, and you > don't really have to use the Reader to access them. However, the Reader > downloads a Gutenberg text and replaces simple quotes with curly quotation > marks, double dashes with m-dashes, gets rid of the end-of-line characters > within paragraphs, and presents the text in a book-like layout, using the > fontface of your choice. You can navigate easily through the book with > mouseclicks or using the arrowkeys, set a bookmark, and make notes on any > passage. The result is a completely different reading experience from what > you are probably used to on a computer screen." > > The Reader is also available in a standalone application at > > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html > > Many thanks to all on this list who have helped me (mostly unknowingly) over > the years I have been (mostly) lurking in the background. I have picked up > countless tips on the vicissitudes of Rev without which I'd have been lost. > Some of us benefit quietly from all the amazing information shared here, and > we may not always speak up about it. > > a grateful amateur, > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Hi Andre, WINE has come along in leaps and bounds. I run Lotus Notes under WINE on my netbook. I'm pleased to hear that a Rev app runs under WINE. I'd be interested to see if you could run the Rev IDE under WINE too. I tried 6 months ago and it wouldn't work (lots of the button icons were blacked out, for example). Bernard On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Peter, > > thanks for the software. Just to let you know, it actually runs fine > on Linux under WINE. I downloaded the windows versions, launched it > and it worked surprisingly well under WINE, I never thought WINE had > hit such maturity. > > Check your main screen here: > > http://andregarzia.com/shots/screenshot_03.png > > And text viewing here: > > http://andregarzia.com/shots/screenshot_04.png > > I guess you're using RevBrowser for the Project Gutenberg website > display, I was amazed to see RevBrowser working under linux thru > WINE... > > Interesting times indeed. For those that doesn't know WINE is a > compatibility layer that allows linux to run unmodified windows > software, WINE is not an emulator, it translates win32 calls into > something linux like. > > Cheers > andre > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Peter Brigham MD > wrote: > > I've uploaded a stack to my userspace at RevOnline (user name pmbrig) > called > > The Gutenberg Reader. Bug reports, comments, and feedback are > appreciated. > > > > From the help text: > > > > "The Gutenberg Reader is literally an entire library of over 30,000 > volumes, > > right on your desktop. Well, almost literally. The Reader is designed to > > import and display etexts generated by Project Gutenberg™. These are free > > public domain texts available online — the Gutenberg catalog has over > 30,000 > > books (and growing), and with their partners and affiliates makes over > > 100,000 titles available to anyone with internet access. Any of the > > Gutenberg texts are accessible within a couple minutes from within the > > Reader. > > > > "The Gutenberg pages are actually designed to be viewed with any web > > browser, without any additional application or software required, and you > > don't really have to use the Reader to access them. However, the Reader > > downloads a Gutenberg text and replaces simple quotes with curly > quotation > > marks, double dashes with m-dashes, gets rid of the end-of-line > characters > > within paragraphs, and presents the text in a book-like layout, using the > > fontface of your choice. You can navigate easily through the book with > > mouseclicks or using the arrowkeys, set a bookmark, and make notes on any > > passage. The result is a completely different reading experience from > what > > you are probably used to on a computer screen." > > > > The Reader is also available in a standalone application at > > > > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html > > > > Many thanks to all on this list who have helped me (mostly unknowingly) > over > > the years I have been (mostly) lurking in the background. I have picked > up > > countless tips on the vicissitudes of Rev without which I'd have been > lost. > > Some of us benefit quietly from all the amazing information shared here, > and > > we may not always speak up about it. > > > > a grateful amateur, > > > > Peter M. Brigham > > pmb...@gmail.com > > > > ___ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > > preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:36:27, Bernard Devlin Hi Peter, I just wanted to say that I downloaded the app & it won't start on OS X 10.4.11 PPC. It just seems to immediately quit. Let me know if there's anything you want me to do to help diagnose the fault. Bernard On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Bill Marriott wrote: Hi Peter, I am very interested in the Gutenberg texts, so I downloaded your application and gave it a try. Unfortunately, I'm the impatient sort and never figured out how to display one of the texts within your application. So, my one bit of [hopefully constructive] criticism then is that you make it very easy to browse and search for available texts, such that one is immediately presented with a list and only has to click a title they are interested in to jump right into reading it. - Bill and Meliton Cardona Torres (I think it's "Meliton", in my email it came through as "Melit?n") wrote; On Mac: downloaded, uncompressed, opened and ... nothing happens Am I missing anything? Cheeres Tob and Pierre Sahores wrote: Peter, Great stack to parse and save the Gutemberg's books without having to download them ! Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with all of us ! The Mac OS X standalone don't start there for yet but the stack is running OK in the Rev 3.0 IDE. (Mac OS X 10.5.6 / MacBook Pro Core Duo 2 Go RAM). The Win32 standalone start and run fine under VirtualBox 2.14 / Win XP Pro. Re: Bill Marriott's suggestion, I am reluctant to limit the user by presenting a pre-selected list of texts. I suppose I could build in an "example" button of some kind. I don't think there's any way of making the stack operation much simpler for those who are "impatient" but I'm open to suggestions. It's just a matter of clicking the "go Gutenberg" button, selecting a text, and clicking "import this page..." I am puzzled by the standalone not starting up on a couple Macs. For Bernard it's on a PPC using 10.4.11, and for Pierre is on a Pro Core Duo using 10.5.6. Don't know what happening, but something goes awry in the standalone build process. I have had a couple of other standalones I built and shared with friends fail to open as well, with no apparent pattern. Shouldn't the standalone builder handle everything for whatever system/architecture/platform? I don't know the first thing about how to solve this. Any ideas, anyone, on what could be going wrong here? Meliton, were you downloading the app or the stack? Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
> I am puzzled by the standalone not starting up on a couple Macs. For > Bernard it's on a PPC using 10.4.11, and for Pierre is on a Pro Core > Duo using 10.5.6. Don't know what happening, but something goes awry > in the standalone build process. I have had a couple of other > standalones I built and shared with friends fail to open as well, with > no apparent pattern. Shouldn't the standalone builder handle > everything for whatever system/architecture/platform? I don't know the > first thing about how to solve this. Any ideas, anyone, on what could > be going wrong here? If you try opening the rev stacks inside the package Rev reports that they are corrupted. Perhaps you could manually replace those stacks. Terry... ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Peter, The Rev 3.0 application builder works fine, there, under Mac OS X. Are you building your app under OS X or under Windows ? Best Regards, -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com Le 23 févr. 09 à 23:07, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:36:27, Bernard Devlin Hi Peter, I just wanted to say that I downloaded the app & it won't start on OS X 10.4.11 PPC. It just seems to immediately quit. Let me know if there's anything you want me to do to help diagnose the fault. Bernard On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Bill Marriott wrote: Hi Peter, I am very interested in the Gutenberg texts, so I downloaded your application and gave it a try. Unfortunately, I'm the impatient sort and never figured out how to display one of the texts within your application. So, my one bit of [hopefully constructive] criticism then is that you make it very easy to browse and search for available texts, such that one is immediately presented with a list and only has to click a title they are interested in to jump right into reading it. - Bill and Meliton Cardona Torres (I think it's "Meliton", in my email it came through as "Melit?n") wrote; On Mac: downloaded, uncompressed, opened and ... nothing happens Am I missing anything? Cheeres Tob and Pierre Sahores wrote: Peter, Great stack to parse and save the Gutemberg's books without having to download them ! Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with all of us ! The Mac OS X standalone don't start there for yet but the stack is running OK in the Rev 3.0 IDE. (Mac OS X 10.5.6 / MacBook Pro Core Duo 2 Go RAM). The Win32 standalone start and run fine under VirtualBox 2.14 / Win XP Pro. Re: Bill Marriott's suggestion, I am reluctant to limit the user by presenting a pre-selected list of texts. I suppose I could build in an "example" button of some kind. I don't think there's any way of making the stack operation much simpler for those who are "impatient" but I'm open to suggestions. It's just a matter of clicking the "go Gutenberg" button, selecting a text, and clicking "import this page..." I am puzzled by the standalone not starting up on a couple Macs. For Bernard it's on a PPC using 10.4.11, and for Pierre is on a Pro Core Duo using 10.5.6. Don't know what happening, but something goes awry in the standalone build process. I have had a couple of other standalones I built and shared with friends fail to open as well, with no apparent pattern. Shouldn't the standalone builder handle everything for whatever system/architecture/platform? I don't know the first thing about how to solve this. Any ideas, anyone, on what could be going wrong here? Meliton, were you downloading the app or the stack? Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
OK, I manually replaced the three .rev stacks inside the package. Try downloading it again: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html and let me know if this version opens for you. On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:22:46, Terry Judd wrote: I am puzzled by the standalone not starting up on a couple Macs. For Bernard it's on a PPC using 10.4.11, and for Pierre is on a Pro Core Duo using 10.5.6. Don't know what happening, but something goes awry in the standalone build process. I have had a couple of other standalones I built and shared with friends fail to open as well, with no apparent pattern. Shouldn't the standalone builder handle everything for whatever system/architecture/platform? I don't know the first thing about how to solve this. Any ideas, anyone, on what could be going wrong here? If you try opening the rev stacks inside the package Rev reports that they are corrupted. Perhaps you could manually replace those stacks. Terry... ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Still just see the zooming from the os then nothing ... Leopard .6 G5 dual Stephen Barncard - San Francisco http://barncard.com 2009/2/24 Peter Brigham MD > OK, I manually replaced the three .rev stacks inside the package. Try > downloading it again: > > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html > > and let me know if this version opens for you. > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:22:46, Terry Judd wrote: > > I am puzzled by the standalone not starting up on a couple Macs. For >>> Bernard it's on a PPC using 10.4.11, and for Pierre is on a Pro Core >>> Duo using 10.5.6. Don't know what happening, but something goes awry >>> in the standalone build process. I have had a couple of other >>> standalones I built and shared with friends fail to open as well, with >>> no apparent pattern. Shouldn't the standalone builder handle >>> everything for whatever system/architecture/platform? I don't know the >>> first thing about how to solve this. Any ideas, anyone, on what could >>> be going wrong here? >>> >> >> If you try opening the rev stacks inside the package Rev reports that they >> are corrupted. Perhaps you could manually replace those stacks. >> >> Terry... >> > > ___ > > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Hey Peter, This one does exactly the same thing. Looks like it's going to open but does nothing. Back to the drawing board. Joe Wilkins On Feb 24, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: OK, I manually replaced the three .rev stacks inside the package. Try downloading it again: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html and let me know if this version opens for you. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:16:5, Pierre Sahores wrote Peter, The Rev 3.0 application builder works fine, there, under Mac OS X. Are you building your app under OS X or under Windows ? Best Regards, -- Pierre Sahores MacBook 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OSX 10.5.6, Rev Studio 3.0.0 build 750 I'm assuming you mean that you built a Reader standalone successfully on your system from the Reader stack. What hardware/system version are you using? Anyone have ideas on why the standalone builder won't build a Mac standalone for me that works on all CPUs/OSX versions? Or what a workaround might look like? I don't want to try to distribute a standalone widely under these conditions, so this is a deal-breaker for me if I can't solve it. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Le 24 févr. 09 à 20:41, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:16:5, Pierre Sahores wrote Peter, The Rev 3.0 application builder works fine, there, under Mac OS X. Are you building your app under OS X or under Windows ? Best Regards, -- Pierre Sahores MacBook 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OSX 10.5.6, Rev Studio 3.0.0 build 750 I'm assuming you mean that you built a Reader standalone successfully on your system from the Reader stack. What hardware/ system version are you using? MacBook Pro 2 GHz Intel Core 2 2 Go RAM, OSX 10.5.6, Rev Entreprise 3.0.0 build 750 Anyone have ideas on why the standalone builder won't build a Mac standalone for me that works on all CPUs/OSX versions? Or what a workaround might look like? I don't want to try to distribute a standalone widely under these conditions, so this is a deal-breaker for me if I can't solve it. I remember yet that i went in such problems the first time i tried to use the Rev 3 standalone builder. The standalone application's original config was the responsable of this (default settings corrupted). I solved the problem in resetting each option (one after an other) of the standalone application's setting and all went then OK. Best, -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: > > MacBook 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OSX 10.5.6, Rev Studio 3.0.0 build 750 > > Peter, I have MacBook Pro 17" 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OSX 10.5.6, Rev Studio 3.0.0 build 750, and it's no go. If I open the package contents and open each of the three .rev files they basically open OK - some minor problem with stacks not finding one another. I did though have a problem with the file "Gutenberg Reader" which has no file extension. In the Finder it is reported as plain text, but when I opened it in BBEdit it was gibberish - maybe encrypted? I have BBEdit set up for Western (Mac OS Roman) so I tried a few of the other formats like UTF-8, UTF-16 etc, but still gibberish. I then closed the file, BBEdit asked if I wanted to save the changes I made, I clicked "Don't Save", I then got a dialog about some unprintable characters, which I dismissed, BBEdit then crashed! BBEdit is the most rock solid program I've ever used, it is the yardstick by which I measure all others. If BBEdit is having trouble with the file "Gutenberg Reader" maybe it's a lead. HTH ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > > BBEdit then crashed! > > On a slightly different note, quick as a flash Bare Bones were emailing me wanting more details of what made BBEdit crash. I can reproduce the crash simply by opening the Gutenberg Reader file that resides in the Mac OS folder in the app bundle, change it's text encoding from Western (Mac OS Roman) to Western (Windows Latin 1), I then close the document, I then choose 'Dont Save' from the dialog box, I am then presented with a window that says: Unmappable character(s) detected. This document contains one or more... There are three buttons, Show Unmappable Characters, Cancel or Save as UTF-8. If I click on Cancel the dialog box disappears, the document sits there for a couple of seconds, then disappears along with the entire BBEdit app, I then get the Crash Reporter dialog. I can definitely repeat this every single time. Bare Bones have asked if I could forward them the file? Peter would you mind if I did? If not, could you let me know some more details of what the file is so I can pass it on to the Bare Bones team. Thanks. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
I am using a Mac with OS X 10.4.11 and it does not open. -=>JB<=- On Feb 24, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Mark Stuart wrote: Peter wrote: OK, I manually replaced the three .rev stacks inside the package. Try downloading it again: I was able to view and search the Gutenberg list and "download" an eBook. Nice work Peter. Thanx, Mark Stuart ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:23:27, Pierre Sahores wrote: Anyone have ideas on why the standalone builder won't build a Mac standalone for me that works on all CPUs/OSX versions? Or what a workaround might look like? I don't want to try to distribute a standalone widely under these conditions, so this is a deal-breaker for me if I can't solve it. I remember yet that i went in such problems the first time i tried to use the Rev 3 standalone builder. The standalone application's original config was the responsable of this (default settings corrupted). I solved the problem in resetting each option (one after an other) of the standalone application's setting and all went then OK. Best, -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com OK, did this. Would appreciate it if those for whom the application didn't open would try the current version now. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:50:46, Kay C Lan wrote: On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: BBEdit then crashed! On a slightly different note, quick as a flash Bare Bones were emailing me wanting more details of what made BBEdit crash. I can reproduce the crash simply by opening the Gutenberg Reader file that resides in the Mac OS folder in the app bundle, change it's text encoding from Western (Mac OS Roman) to Western (Windows Latin 1), I then close the document, I then choose 'Dont Save' from the dialog box, I am then presented with a window that says: Unmappable character(s) detected. This document contains one or more... There are three buttons, Show Unmappable Characters, Cancel or Save as UTF-8. If I click on Cancel the dialog box disappears, the document sits there for a couple of seconds, then disappears along with the entire BBEdit app, I then get the Crash Reporter dialog. I can definitely repeat this every single time. Bare Bones have asked if I could forward them the file? Peter would you mind if I did? If not, could you let me know some more details of what the file is so I can pass it on to the Bare Bones team. Thanks. Please, be my guest, send it off to them. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
Where do we get it, Peter? Joe Wilkins On Feb 26, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: OK, did this. Would appreciate it if those for whom the application didn't open would try the current version now. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Fwd: Gutenberg Reader
> Anyone have ideas on why the standalone builder won't build a Mac standalone
> for me that works on all CPUs/OSX versions? Or what a workaround might look
> like? I don't want to try to distribute a standalone widely under these
> conditions, so this is a deal-breaker for me if I can't solve it.
I downloaded the Mac app and had the same problem as everyone else -
it bounces in the Dock once and then goes away. Checking the Console
log, I see:
27/02/2009 9:01:53 AM com.apple.launchd[143]
([0x0-0x302302].com..Gutenberg Reader[8747])
posix_spawnp("/Users/sarah/Desktop/Gutenberg
Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Gutenberg Reader", ...): Permission denied
27/02/2009 9:01:53 AM com.apple.launchd[143]
([0x0-0x302302].com..Gutenberg Reader[8747]) Exited with exit code: 1
So it is a permissions error. Mac apps are really folders, they just
don't look like it, but as such, they don't like being distributed in
their standard format. You have used zip, which usually works but in
this case, it seems to be having problems. Are you creating the zip
file on a Mac or on another system? If you have access to a Mac, I
suggest you try creating a disk image (.dmg) instead as that is the
more usual method for Mac distribution. Disk Utility can make a basic
image and Drop DMG allows more options.
I re-compiled the stack I downloaded from Rev Online and the
standalone works fine. If you like, I can send it to you in a disk
image.
Regards,
Sarah
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Re: Gutenberg Reader
Where do we get it, Peter? Joe Wilkins On Feb 26, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: OK, did this. Would appreciate it if those for whom the application didn't open would try the current version now. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com The stack is available under my userspace in RevOnline: username pmbrig The app is available at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:15:1, Sarah Reichelt
wrote:
Anyone have ideas on why the standalone builder won't build a Mac
standalone
for me that works on all CPUs/OSX versions? Or what a workaround
might look
like? I don't want to try to distribute a standalone widely under
these
conditions, so this is a deal-breaker for me if I can't solve it.
I downloaded the Mac app and had the same problem as everyone else -
it bounces in the Dock once and then goes away. Checking the Console
log, I see:
27/02/2009 9:01:53 AM com.apple.launchd[143]
([0x0-0x302302].com..Gutenberg Reader[8747])
posix_spawnp("/Users/sarah/Desktop/Gutenberg
Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Gutenberg Reader", ...): Permission denied
27/02/2009 9:01:53 AM com.apple.launchd[143]
([0x0-0x302302].com..Gutenberg Reader[8747]) Exited with exit code: 1
So it is a permissions error. Mac apps are really folders, they just
don't look like it, but as such, they don't like being distributed in
their standard format. You have used zip, which usually works but in
this case, it seems to be having problems. Are you creating the zip
file on a Mac or on another system? If you have access to a Mac, I
suggest you try creating a disk image (.dmg) instead as that is the
more usual method for Mac distribution. Disk Utility can make a basic
image and Drop DMG allows more options.
I re-compiled the stack I downloaded from Rev Online and the
standalone works fine. If you like, I can send it to you in a disk
image.
Regards,
Sarah
Aha! Done. The Mac version of the app is now in .dmg form at:
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html
Hope this solves the problems people have been having. Let me know!
And many thanks to all those who have been helping me test this out.
Much appreciated! This list is invaluable.
Peter M. Brigham
pmb...@gmail.com
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Re: Gutenberg Reader
Thanks, Peter. This is a marvelous resource. Now to read them all! (huge smile) I just wish everything were much larger. I'll see what I can do with the stack one day. Joe Wilkins OSX Leopard, MacPro On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:12 AM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: The stack is available under my userspace in RevOnline: username pmbrig The app is available at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
> Aha! Done. The Mac version of the app is now in .dmg form at: > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html > > Hope this solves the problems people have been having. Let me know! Thanks Peter. The app works perfectly from the dmg. Cheers, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Aha! Done. The Mac version of the app is now in .dmg form at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Hope this solves the problems people have been having. Let me know! Works here also. The "Quit" from menubar and "command Q" that we discussed also work fine if I am out of the Reader (I assume - if the revBrowser is closed). Maybe you need to add a step (closing down the revBrowser) to the quit script. I'm going to go get that damn White Whale now!! sims s...@ezpzapps.com Skype: sims.jim iChat: techietours __ Opportunity by Design ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009, Jim Sims wrote: On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Aha! Done. The Mac version of the app is now in .dmg form at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Hope this solves the problems people have been having. Let me know! Works here also. The "Quit" from menubar and "command Q" that we discussed also work fine if I am out of the Reader (I assume - if the revBrowser is closed). Maybe you need to add a step (closing down the revBrowser) to the quit script. I'm going to go get that damn White Whale now!! sims I'm working on a revision, based on a suggestion from Robert Brenstein, that will open both the help field and the browser object in windows of their own, allowing you to keep the browser open if you want while going back to the content window, and to peruse the help text while being able to examine the content window and its controls. Closing the browser window will first quit the browser. I'll be sure to insert a command to quit the browser before quitting the app, to make sure the browser being open doesn't interfere with quitting the app. A work in progress. Good luck with that whale. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
I just downloaded the .dmg file and attempted to read a book using the Reader. However, the arrow key at the top right does not seem to work--does not take me to the next page. iMac core 2 duo running OS X 10.5.6. On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: On Sat, 28 Feb 2009, Jim Sims wrote: On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Aha! Done. The Mac version of the app is now in .dmg form at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Hope this solves the problems people have been having. Let me know! Works here also. The "Quit" from menubar and "command Q" that we discussed also work fine if I am out of the Reader (I assume - if the revBrowser is closed). Maybe you need to add a step (closing down the revBrowser) to the quit script. I'm going to go get that damn White Whale now!! sims I'm working on a revision, based on a suggestion from Robert Brenstein, that will open both the help field and the browser object in windows of their own, allowing you to keep the browser open if you want while going back to the content window, and to peruse the help text while being able to examine the content window and its controls. Closing the browser window will first quit the browser. I'll be sure to insert a command to quit the browser before quitting the app, to make sure the browser being open doesn't interfere with quitting the app. A work in progress. Good luck with that whale. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
I revised the stack to put the help field and the browser object each into their own window, so the main content window is available at all times. The stack is available at RevOnline, username pmbrig. The standalone is available at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Thanks for the help and the feedback, everybody. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Gutenberg Reader
My apologies. Forgot to take out a couple of lines of script that were based on the old integrated help field. Now things should work -- revised stack at RevOnline:pmbrig, app available at http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html . -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/ ++ The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions. ++ On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:05:11, "Petrides, M.D. Marian" > wrote: I just downloaded the .dmg file and attempted to read a book using the Reader. However, the arrow key at the top right does not seem to work--does not take me to the next page. iMac core 2 duo running OS X 10.5.6. On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote: On Sat, 28 Feb 2009, Jim Sims wrote: On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: Aha! Done. The Mac version of the app is now in .dmg form at: http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig/Gutenberg.html Hope this solves the problems people have been having. Let me know! Works here also. The "Quit" from menubar and "command Q" that we discussed also work fine if I am out of the Reader (I assume - if the revBrowser is closed). Maybe you need to add a step (closing down the revBrowser) to the quit script. I'm going to go get that damn White Whale now!! sims I'm working on a revision, based on a suggestion from Robert Brenstein, that will open both the help field and the browser object in windows of their own, allowing you to keep the browser open if you want while going back to the content window, and to peruse the help text while being able to examine the content window and its controls. Closing the browser window will first quit the browser. I'll be sure to insert a command to quit the browser before quitting the app, to make sure the browser being open doesn't interfere with quitting the app. A work in progress. Good luck with that whale. Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
