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[myhdl-list] MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

Hi all:

MyHDL 0.5 will be released shortly.

I would like to take some actions to promote it to potential
new users. I'm convinced the best promotion is examples
of real users doing real projects.

Therefore, if you're doing a project in which MyHDL is
used, and if you're not there yet, please consider adding
it to the Users & Projects page (or even create a
separate page). Of course, you can also simply mail the
info to me and I'll add it, no problem.

Thanks!

Jan

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Losbergenlaan 16, B-3010 Leuven, Belgium
     From Python to silicon:
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Re: [myhdl-list] MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[George P. <ge...@ga...>]

> MyHDL 0.5 will be released shortly.
>
> I would like to take some actions to promote it to potential
> new users. I'm convinced the best promotion is examples
> of real users doing real projects.
>
> Therefore, if you're doing a project in which MyHDL is
> used, and if you're not there yet, please consider adding
> it to the Users & Projects page (or even create a
> separate page). Of course, you can also simply mail the
> info to me and I'll add it, no problem.
>
> Thanks!
>
Nice! How would I go uploading pictures to the wiki? Does it do 
thumbnail previews?

George

[myhdl-list] Re: MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

George Pantazopoulos wrote:
> 
>> MyHDL 0.5 will be released shortly.
>>
>> I would like to take some actions to promote it to potential
>> new users. I'm convinced the best promotion is examples
>> of real users doing real projects.
>>
>> Therefore, if you're doing a project in which MyHDL is
>> used, and if you're not there yet, please consider adding
>> it to the Users & Projects page (or even create a
>> separate page). Of course, you can also simply mail the
>> info to me and I'll add it, no problem.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> Nice! How would I go uploading pictures to the wiki? 

There is an media file upload button (with balloon text)
from the editor.

> Does it do thumbnail previews?

You can resize images from a link, see the wiki:syntax page.

Jan


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Jan Decaluwe - Resources bvba - http://www.jandecaluwe.com
Losbergenlaan 16, B-3010 Leuven, Belgium
     From Python to silicon:
     http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com

Re: [myhdl-list] Re: MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[George P. <ge...@ga...>]

Nice! How would I go uploading pictures to the wiki?

>
> There is an media file upload button (with balloon text)
> from the editor.
>

The button "Add images or other files" opens a pop-up window that only 
lets me select from some existing files. This document says you probably 
have to add permission to upload files:

http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:acl

Thanks,
George

[myhdl-list] Re: MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

George Pantazopoulos wrote:
> Nice! How would I go uploading pictures to the wiki?
> 
>>
>> There is an media file upload button (with balloon text)
>> from the editor.
>>
> 
> The button "Add images or other files" opens a pop-up window that only 
> lets me select from some existing files. This document says you probably 
> have to add permission to upload files:

Yes - it seems uploading is disabled by default for users.
I have now turned it on - does it work now?


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Jan Decaluwe - Resources bvba - http://www.jandecaluwe.com
Losbergenlaan 16, B-3010 Leuven, Belgium
     From Python to silicon:
     http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com

Re: [myhdl-list] Re: MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[George P. <ge...@ga...>]

> Yes - it seems uploading is disabled by default for users.
> I have now turned it on - does it work now?
>
Yup, I took some pictures of my setup and put them up!
http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com/doku.php/projects:phoenixsid_65x81

I haven't yet figured out how to delete files :)

George

Re: [myhdl-list] MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[George P. <ge...@ga...>]

> which MyHDL is
> used, and if you're not there yet, please consider adding
> it to the Users & Projects page (or even create a
> separate page). Of course, you can also simply mail the
> info to me and I'll add it, no problem.

Speaking of wiki's I think MoinMoin is a much better (looking and 
functioning) wiki than docuwiki. Just a thought, since you've been 
putting more work into promotion :) It's also easy to install

George

[myhdl-list] Re: MyHDL 0.5 promotion

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

George Pantazopoulos wrote:

> Speaking of wiki's I think MoinMoin is a much better (looking and 
> functioning) wiki than docuwiki. Just a thought, since you've been 
> putting more work into promotion :) It's also easy to install

Even though the "looks" are "just" a stylesheet, not directly related
to the wiki engine itself, I find that quite surprizing. When I was
looking for a suitable wiki engine, dokuwiki was one of the very few
with a default look that seemed attractive and "professional" to me.
(It seems the default stylesheet borrows a lot from a Python CMS
tool, Plone, btw). MoinMoin's look I didn't like, certainly not
the incarnation on the python website.

More importantly, most wiki engines, including dokuwiki, seemed to
miss some features that I consider essential, such as a sidebar
for navigation (but not only that). I have put in quite some
work to add those missing features to dokuwiki myself. For the
details, see:

     http://www.jandecaluwe.com/testwiki/doku.php/navigation:intro

Of course I would have preferred a Python tool instead of php. But,
dare I admit it, my websites are on yahoo. No Python there. Yahoo
hosting may have been a bad decision in the past, but on the other
hand, php is (unfortunately) the lingua franca of the net, so I'm
confident it will be a nobrainer to rehost the websites if necessary.

Personally I'm quite happy with the current solution - it is now
what I looked for. Therefore, in the near future I have no plans for
more wiki-related or website-related efforts or changes. (Maintaining
content and keeping the tools current is enough work.) Also, next year
I will probably have less "open-source" time available, and I plan to
devote it to MyHDL itself.

Jan

-- 
Jan Decaluwe - Resources bvba - http://www.jandecaluwe.com
Losbergenlaan 16, B-3010 Leuven, Belgium
     From Python to silicon:
     http://myhdl.jandecaluwe.com