[Lxr-dev] Hello to all...also some news & Qs

[Nadeem H. <nh...@na...>]

Hi all,

This message is long so here is the summary:

1. Changes were necessary in 0.3 to make it run under mod_perl.
2. Added the image preview/info functionality to LXR. It supports
   PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP, XPM file formats.
3. Added some more niceties.
4. Found C++ handling to be a bit buggy.

I just joined the list and wanted to say hello. I am using LXR to
run the http://lxr.kde.org/ site, the KDE Cross Reference. I started
out with 0.3 code and got it working under CGI after some usual
configuration and set up gotchas :).

When I decided to move to mod_perl, I found out that the code was
not written with mod_perl in mind. so I had to make a few changes
to fix that. That mainly meant initializing the variables before
they are used.

KDE has a lot of image files and LXR was not image friendly. It
just returned the image data which got displayed as junk. So I
went ahead and wrote two scripts to add image preview capability.
Check it out here:

http://kdelxr.nadmm.com/imageinfo/kdegraphics/kiconedit/pics/hi48-app-kiconedit.png

I also made some more minor enhancements like using appropriate
icons for image & README files in the index listing.

I want to contribute these back to LXR project if there is an 
interest in it. How can I do that? Just post a patch here?
I gues I may have to apply the changes first to the latest CVS
version and post it here.

I also found that C++ cross reference is a bit buggy and returns
too many false hits. I want to know if there is any improvement
in it after the 0.3 version. I am depending on it. Anyway, I'll
try the CVS code soon and try to forward port my changes to it.

Thanks for the patience.

Cheers,
--
Nadeem Hasan
nh...@na...
http://www.nadmm.com/