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[Syllable-developer] libsylph - Whisper and archiver

[Rui C. <wai...@ya...>]

While i was looking for ways to add imap support to Whisper,the easy way, i came across this lib - http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/download.html#libsylph .
It supports imap, pop3, smtp and its only dependencies are glib and openssl. My question does it dependency on glib mean Whisper be rewritten to use this lib as a backend? It would mean a big boost in terms of funcionality.
Can glib be included in the Syllable cd?
One other thing i've been looking at is archiver source, it has some bugs under 0.6.5 like not supporting blank spaces and some others with pipes (sometimes if i don't close the application it doesn't open files correctly). So i started looking to alternatives :) Like i said on the forum i've ported avfs which gives us support for most of the formats , through command line wrappers. Is avfs ok, or would be a C++ rewrite of the code , present on archiver, giving us a nice API to handle this kind of formats?
Something like:

using namespace archiver;

archive my_compressed_file = new archive("some file.zip");

namescpace archiver {

class archive{    
        public:    
            virtual void listFiles()=0;
            virtual void extractFiles(,string pathToExtract)=0;
            virtual void extractSelectedFile(string pathToExtract)=0;
            virtual void addNewFile(string file_to_add)=0;
            virtual void compress_dir(string dir)=0;
            string getCurrentFormat();
        private:
            void findArchiveFormat(string path);
            string current_format;        
            string filepath;
}

}
My idea would be to create an abstract datatype archive , which could be subclassed to add new types. I'm not a C++ expert so if u have comments,corrections, please let me know.


      

[Syllable-developer] AGP Aperture

[<dem...@ne...>]

I think I misspoke in the forum.? The address returned from the BAR is the physical address that the aperture is supposed to reside at.? The chipset knows that any time there is a read or write to one of the addresses that's within the aperture range, then the request needs to be looked up in the GATT (or GART if you prefer).? The GATT gives the correct address for the corresponding aperture address.? This is because the aperture address is intentionally above all actual physical memory that's installed in the system.? The actual memory that's occupying that space lays within the normal physical memory, but it's not laid out linearly.? The GATT makes the addresses appear to be linear.? With that in mind, if the address has already been accessed, then it's data lies within a cache that's inside of the chipset itself.? That's why the area has to be created with the address that's given to you from the BAR.? I was trying to side-step using the create_area()/remap_area() combo by using the feature of create_area() that allows you to tell it up front where the physical memory is.? I think earlier that I said (in the forum) that the BAR gave us a virtual address.? I'm not sure, but if I said that, then I want to correct that right now.

Dee Sharpe

Re: [Syllable-developer] Forums

[<dem...@ne...>]

 Oh, ok.? Well, I'm still trying to figure how to navigate mouseless.

Dee Sharpe


 


 

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On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 18:58 -0400, dem...@ne... wrote:
> Hmmmm.....please tell me that this isn't another Syllable site going
> down all over again.........

No, it happens occasionally when it goes over the bandwidth limit.

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Re: [Syllable-developer] Forums

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 18:58 -0400, dem...@ne... wrote:
> Hmmmm.....please tell me that this isn't another Syllable site going
> down all over again.........

No, it happens occasionally when it goes over the bandwidth limit.

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[Syllable-developer] Forums

[<dem...@ne...>]

Hmmmm.....please tell me that this isn't another Syllable site going down all over again.........

Dee Sharpe

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Bill S. <bil...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 2:28 AM, bill <bil...@gm...> wrote:
>> Could I be a pain and ask you to just check that the device select
>> jumpers on the hard drive & CD-ROM are set correctly I.e. they are both
>> "Master" or "Cable Select"?
>
> Sure thing.  It's a work machine so I'll check it tomorrow when I get in.
> You're about 8 hours ahead of me (UK, right?) so it might seem like a whole
> day, heh.

OK, I checked and both the CD and the HDD were set to Cable Select.
And as I just mentioned in my previous email, I tried it with a
different drive and cable as well, and still got the same problem.

Bill

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Bill S. <bil...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Daniel Gryniewicz <da...@fp...> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 16:27 -0700, Bill Sanders wrote:
>
>>
>> 1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
>> Status 0x24 Devstatus 0x50!
>> 1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
>> Status 0x20 Devstatus 0x58!
>>
>
> Just a word of warning:  This kind of error is frequently indicative of
> a dying hard drive, or bad cabling.  Does the drive work correctly on
> another OS?  Does the BIOS report SMART errors, and if not, can you run
> a SMART check on it from another OS?
>
> It could also be a bug in the DMA engine in Syllable, but it's nice to
> rule out hardware first...
>
> Dan

Swapped out the drive and cable with another (a Western Digital) -
same problem.  And the drive does work in Fedora.

Bill

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Daniel G. <da...@fp...>]

On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 16:27 -0700, Bill Sanders wrote:

> 
> 1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
> Status 0x24 Devstatus 0x50!
> 1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
> Status 0x20 Devstatus 0x58!
> 

Just a word of warning:  This kind of error is frequently indicative of
a dying hard drive, or bad cabling.  Does the drive work correctly on
another OS?  Does the BIOS report SMART errors, and if not, can you run
a SMART check on it from another OS?

It could also be a bug in the DMA engine in Syllable, but it's nice to
rule out hardware first...

Dan

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 02:28 -0700, bill wrote:
> > Could I be a pain and ask you to just check that the device select
> > jumpers on the hard drive & CD-ROM are set correctly I.e. they are both
> > "Master" or "Cable Select"?
> 
> Sure thing.  It's a work machine so I'll check it tomorrow when I get in.  
> You're about 8 hours ahead of me (UK, right?) so it might seem like a whole 
> day, heh.

Thanks. Yes you're right, I am in the UK. Don't worry, I'm used to
timezone issues :)

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Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[bill <bil...@gm...>]

> Could I be a pain and ask you to just check that the device select
> jumpers on the hard drive & CD-ROM are set correctly I.e. they are both
> "Master" or "Cable Select"?

Sure thing.  It's a work machine so I'll check it tomorrow when I get in.  
You're about 8 hours ahead of me (UK, right?) so it might seem like a whole 
day, heh.

> > And I finally found my serial cable.  If you want to make a
> > debugging-enabled version, I'm willing to test it.
>
> Thanks. I may have enough information already so I'll take a look and
> get back to you. Bear with me though, it'll be a few days before I'll
> the time!

No problem, I'll be around.

Bill

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 16:27 -0700, Bill Sanders wrote:
> Followed the FAQ, you just add it to the end, no quotes or
> anything, right?

That's correct, yes.

> These are the last few lines (in both .6.5, and the .6.6 build, with
> and without the kernel param):
> 
> occasionally, if I let the machine sit, I get these messages:
> 
> 1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
> Status 0x24 Devstatus 0x50!
> 1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
> Status 0x20 Devstatus 0x58!

Oh that's perfect, thanks.

I havn't seen a DMA error in a very long time, though. Looking at your
configuration it's almost identical to a few I have here: Seagate hard
drive, Lite-On CD-ROM connected to an Intel ICH5 controller. It's about
as bog-standard as you can get.

Could I be a pain and ask you to just check that the device select
jumpers on the hard drive & CD-ROM are set correctly I.e. they are both
"Master" or "Cable Select"?

> attempting to power off using the power button results in:
> 
> 0:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: send_msg_x() attempt to send to
> invalid port - 1

That's normal, just the ACPI bus manager trying to send a message to
something that hasn't started yet.

> And I finally found my serial cable.  If you want to make a
> debugging-enabled version, I'm willing to test it.

Thanks. I may have enough information already so I'll take a look and
get back to you. Bear with me though, it'll be a few days before I'll
the time!

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Bill S. <bil...@gm...>]

It's actually a desktop.  As far as "modern" goes... it's a P4, and
came with XP.  Not sure exactly how old it is - maybe 5 years?  It's
definitely PATA not SATA, though.  Just tried it with the kernel
param.  Followed the FAQ, you just add it to the end, no quotes or
anything, right?  Got stuck in the same place  :o/   Syllable .6.5
locks up in the same place.

These are the last few lines (in both .6.5, and the .6.6 build, with
and without the kernel param):

0:init::init(-1) : PCI: Device 0x8086:0x24d5 IRQ transform 5 -> 5
0:init::init(-1) : ATA busmanager initialized
0:init::init(-1) : ATA PCI controller detected on 0:31:1
0:init::init(-1) : Controller in legacy mode
0:init::init(-1) : Channel 0: PIO Cmd @ 1f0 Ctrl @ 3f6 DMA @ fc00 IRQ @ 14
0:init::init(-1) : Channel 1: PIO Cmd @ 170 Ctrl @ 376 DMA @ fc08 IRQ @ 15
0:init::init(-1) : IRQ 14 enabled
0:init::init(-1) : IRQ 15 enabled
0:init::init(-1) : Intel ICH5 controller detected
1:init::init(-1) : Timeout while waiting for slave!
1:init::init(-1) : Detected 1 ATA PCI controllers
1:init::init(-1) : ATA device connected on 80pin cable
1:init::init(-1) : Name: ST340015A (hda)
1:init::init(-1) : Modes: PIO ( 3 4 ) MWDMA ( 0 1 2 ) UDMA ( 0 1 2 3 4 5 )
1:init::init(-1) : Capacity: 40020 Mb
1:init::init(-1) : No device connected on port 0:1 (not present)
1:init::init(-1) : ATAPI device connected on 40pin cable
1:init::init(-1) : ATAPI CD-ROM/DVD-ROM connected on 40pin cable
1:init::init(-1) : Name: LITE-ON CD-ROM LTN487T (cdc)
1:init::init(-1) : Modes: PIO ( 3 4 ) MWDMA ( 0 1 2 )
1:init::init(-1) : No device connected on port 1:1 (not present)
1:init::init(-1) : ST340015A: Using Ultra DMA mode 5
1:init::init(-1) : LITE-ON CD-ROM LTN-487T: Using Multiword DMA mode 2
1:init::init(-1) : Decode partition table for hda

occasionally, if I let the machine sit, I get these messages:

1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
Status 0x24 Devstatus 0x50!
1:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: DMA transfer timeout Control 0x9
Status 0x20 Devstatus 0x58!

attempting to power off using the power button results in:

0:kernel::ata_cmd_thread : Error: send_msg_x() attempt to send to
invalid port - 1

And I finally found my serial cable.  If you want to make a
debugging-enabled version, I'm willing to test it.

Hope I can help,
Bill

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Kristian Van Der Vliet
<va...@li...> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 15:05 -0700, Bill Sanders wrote:
>> I've attempted to install the latest development build (0.6.6) of
>> Syllable onto a "HP Compaq dx2000mt".  It gets past grub has yet to
>> get past the blue boot-up menu.  It hangs on "Decode partition table
>> for hda" (sitting about 5 minutes now).
>
> Is that a fairly modern laptop? If it has a SATA controller, check that
> the controller is "Compatibility" mode I.e. so it emulates a PATA
> controller.
>
> If that doesn't help try the kernel parameter
> "disable_ata_dma=true" (See section 4.2 of the FAQ for information on
> how to do that). If that works would you willing to test a version with
> debugging enabled and capture the output with a serial cable?
>
> --
> Vanders
> http://www.syllable.org
>
>
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Re: [Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 20:54 +0100, Kristian Van Der Vliet wrote:
> Now I've told you all of this, I'm afraid you'll all have to wait just a
> little longer to get your hands on it: for best results you have to use
> the latest development build, so we have to wait until Kaj is back from
> SylCon! The source will also be made available at the same time for
> those of you who are interested.

I'm happy to announce that the latest development build of Syllable
0.6.6 has been published, along with the binary and source to Webster
Alpha 1.

Note that the source for Webster is particularly big as it includes the
entire WebCore & JavaScriptCore sources too, which is currently a
necessity. Hopefully we'll be able to slim that down a little soon for
those of you who just want to use WebView or hack on Webster.

If you don't want the hassle of two downloads, the next development will
be the first to replace ABrowse with Webster in the default
installation.

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 15:05 -0700, Bill Sanders wrote:
> I've attempted to install the latest development build (0.6.6) of
> Syllable onto a "HP Compaq dx2000mt".  It gets past grub has yet to
> get past the blue boot-up menu.  It hangs on "Decode partition table
> for hda" (sitting about 5 minutes now). 

Is that a fairly modern laptop? If it has a SATA controller, check that
the controller is "Compatibility" mode I.e. so it emulates a PATA
controller.

If that doesn't help try the kernel parameter
"disable_ata_dma=true" (See section 4.2 of the FAQ for information on
how to do that). If that works would you willing to test a version with
debugging enabled and capture the output with a serial cable?

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[<dem...@ne...>]

 Keep in mind that if you are using a motherboard with a VIA chipset, you may be running into the AGP chipset driver bug.

Dee Sharpe


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: dem...@ne...
To: syl...@li...
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 5:44 pm
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 Yes, but you must also setup the boot options to put Syllable into debug mode.? This allows it to spit out debug messages on the serial port.



Dee Sharpe





 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: Bill Sanders <bil...@gm...>

To: syl...@li...

Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 5:05 pm

Subject: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure













I've attempted to install the latest development build (0.6.6) of

Syllable onto a "HP Compaq dx2000mt".  It gets past grub has yet to

get past the blue boot-up menu.  It hangs on "Decode partition table

for hda" (sitting about 5 minutes now).  I just yesterday installed

Fedora Core 9 on this box, and chose the

standard/suggested/do-it-all-for-me partition scheme.  I'm downloading

0.6.5 right now to see if the stable version will install.  Would I be

able to get more information if I had a serial cable?



Thanks,

Bill



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Re: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

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 Yes, but you must also setup the boot options to put Syllable into debug mode.? This allows it to spit out debug messages on the serial port.

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From: Bill Sanders <bil...@gm...>
To: syl...@li...
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 5:05 pm
Subject: [Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure










I've attempted to install the latest development build (0.6.6) of
Syllable onto a "HP Compaq dx2000mt".  It gets past grub has yet to
get past the blue boot-up menu.  It hangs on "Decode partition table
for hda" (sitting about 5 minutes now).  I just yesterday installed
Fedora Core 9 on this box, and chose the
standard/suggested/do-it-all-for-me partition scheme.  I'm downloading
0.6.5 right now to see if the stable version will install.  Would I be
able to get more information if I had a serial cable?

Thanks,
Bill

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[Syllable-developer] 0.6.6-devel install failure

[Bill S. <bil...@gm...>]

I've attempted to install the latest development build (0.6.6) of
Syllable onto a "HP Compaq dx2000mt".  It gets past grub has yet to
get past the blue boot-up menu.  It hangs on "Decode partition table
for hda" (sitting about 5 minutes now).  I just yesterday installed
Fedora Core 9 on this box, and chose the
standard/suggested/do-it-all-for-me partition scheme.  I'm downloading
0.6.5 right now to see if the stable version will install.  Would I be
able to get more information if I had a serial cable?

Thanks,
Bill

Re: [Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 15:42 +0200, Jonas Jarvoll wrote:
> Its looks great! Im really looking forward to 0.6.6. Any idea when we can 
> expect the first release (meaning real release and not a development 
> version)?

As soon as possible, but we want to get the AGP HCD drivers sorted out,
and there are still a few build failures and bugs to be addressed (Most
notably the FFMpeg & video playback problems).

Hopefully it's not far away, as it's coming up to 7 months since a
release (*sigh*)

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!

[Jonas J. <jon...@sy...>]

Its looks great! Im really looking forward to 0.6.6. Any idea when we can 
expect the first release (meaning real release and not a development 
version)?

Nice to see that long tab labels are finally shortened!

I like the WebView control so that one can include a HTML reader directly in 
an application for e.g. help and manual pages!

/Jonas

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From: "Kristian Van Der Vliet" <va...@li...>
To: <syl...@li...>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:54 PM
Subject: [Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!


> As many of you already know I have been working on cleaning up the
> WebCore port and writing a new browser to replace the venerable ABrowse.
> I am happy to announce that I have now finished the first Alpha version
> of that new browser, and I am proud to introduce Webster.
>
> Webster is a new browser which has been written from the ground up in
> conjunction with the WebView library which implements the common classes
> which form the interface to WebCore. As a result the code is much
> cleaner and easier to maintain, and will be an excellent basis for
> adding new features as we continue to develop and extend our WebCore
> port.
>
> This first version of Webster is equally functional as the existing
> ABrowse, with the minor exception of a working Find dialog. However it
> does support the additional features already:
>
> o Proper support for both Tabs and Windows
> o Middle-click on a link opens the link in a new Tab
> o Basic history support (for the current session only)
> o Fixes for some of the smaller yet irritating bugs that every knows and
>  hates!
>
>>From the users perspective things are not massively different from the
> last version of ABrowse, although Webster certainly feels much nicer to
> use. For developers who wish to help extend and improve Webster or who
> wish to embed a WebView into their own applications, you'll find the new
> code much nicer to work with.
>
> Now I've told you all of this, I'm afraid you'll all have to wait just a
> little longer to get your hands on it: for best results you have to use
> the latest development build, so we have to wait until Kaj is back from
> SylCon! The source will also be made available at the same time for
> those of you who are interested.
>
> In the meantime, here are a few screenshots of Webster in action for you
> all to compare to ABrowse.
>
> RIP ABrowse: 2001 - 2008
>
> -- 
> Vanders
> http://www.syllable.org
>


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Re: [Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 11:04 +0100, M Saunders wrote:
> INCOMING PEDANTRY WARNING:
> 
> 'GPL' actually stands for 'General Public License' and not 'Gnu Public License'.

Not pedantic at all. As it happens, the code & text that pop the About
dialog came from ABrowse, which just goes to illustrate my point!

> But seriously, this is great stuff!

Thanks. Hopefully we can get Webster & the WebCore port up to standard
pretty quickly.

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!

[M S. <ok...@gm...>]

INCOMING PEDANTRY WARNING:

'GPL' actually stands for 'General Public License' and not 'Gnu Public License'.

But seriously, this is great stuff!

-- 
Mike Saunders
http://okachi.googlepages.com

[Syllable-developer] The King is dead. Long live the King!

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

As many of you already know I have been working on cleaning up the
WebCore port and writing a new browser to replace the venerable ABrowse.
I am happy to announce that I have now finished the first Alpha version
of that new browser, and I am proud to introduce Webster.

Webster is a new browser which has been written from the ground up in
conjunction with the WebView library which implements the common classes
which form the interface to WebCore. As a result the code is much
cleaner and easier to maintain, and will be an excellent basis for
adding new features as we continue to develop and extend our WebCore
port.

This first version of Webster is equally functional as the existing
ABrowse, with the minor exception of a working Find dialog. However it
does support the additional features already:

o Proper support for both Tabs and Windows
o Middle-click on a link opens the link in a new Tab
o Basic history support (for the current session only)
o Fixes for some of the smaller yet irritating bugs that every knows and
  hates!

>From the users perspective things are not massively different from the
last version of ABrowse, although Webster certainly feels much nicer to
use. For developers who wish to help extend and improve Webster or who
wish to embed a WebView into their own applications, you'll find the new
code much nicer to work with.

Now I've told you all of this, I'm afraid you'll all have to wait just a
little longer to get your hands on it: for best results you have to use
the latest development build, so we have to wait until Kaj is back from
SylCon! The source will also be made available at the same time for
those of you who are interested.

In the meantime, here are a few screenshots of Webster in action for you
all to compare to ABrowse.

RIP ABrowse: 2001 - 2008

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] Patch: ImageButton

[Kristian V. D. V. <va...@li...>]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 09:59 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
> Does cvs on syllable respect the .cvsrc file?  If so, add this to it:
> 
> diff -u
> rdiff -u

Yes, that's a good tip, and yes it does respect the .cvsrc file: CVS on
Syllable is the stock CVS with no additional patches.

Personally I don't do this because my development machines tend to get
rebuilt frequently with E.g. new development builds, so I keep the
configuration to a minimum, but this is a time-saver for anyone with a
stable machine .

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org

Re: [Syllable-developer] Patch: ImageButton

[Daniel G. <da...@fp...>]

Does cvs on syllable respect the .cvsrc file?  If so, add this to it:

diff -u
rdiff -u

Any "cvs diff" will then automatically have -u in it's options.  (And,
obviously, if you're not doing your CVS operations on syllable itself,
then your CVS should respect some form of config file...)

Dan

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 10:06 +0200, Jonas Jarvoll wrote:
> Oh, darn. I missed the -u. Well, I guess that tells us I should do this when 
> the kids are sleeping so that I can concentrate 100 % on what Im doing. :)
> 
> /Jonas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kristian Van Der Vliet" <va...@li...>
> To: <syl...@li...>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Syllable-developer] Patch: ImageButton
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 19:26 +0200, Jonas Jarvoll wrote:
> >> Thanks, Kristian! I think you told me before but I couldnt find the mail.
> >> Yesterday I also had difficulties logging in to the CVS server but today 
> >> it
> >> worked just fine. Im must have been tired. Attached is the patch. I hope 
> >> I
> >> managed to get it right.
> >
> > Looks fine (it's not critical if it's a unified context diff, unless
> > it's a huge diff and I have to read it for correctness first). I'll
> > apply it & check it in.
> >
> >> There are some lines in the file that is not any true changes but I guess
> >> thats because I have commented the lines and then uncomment them.
> >
> > Yes, it's white-space changes. You can make diff ignore those, but it's
> > usually not an issue.
> >
> > Thanks Jonas!
> 
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Re: [Syllable-developer] Patch: ImageButton

[Jonas J. <jon...@sy...>]

Oh, darn. I missed the -u. Well, I guess that tells us I should do this when 
the kids are sleeping so that I can concentrate 100 % on what Im doing. :)

/Jonas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristian Van Der Vliet" <va...@li...>
To: <syl...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Syllable-developer] Patch: ImageButton


> On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 19:26 +0200, Jonas Jarvoll wrote:
>> Thanks, Kristian! I think you told me before but I couldnt find the mail.
>> Yesterday I also had difficulties logging in to the CVS server but today 
>> it
>> worked just fine. Im must have been tired. Attached is the patch. I hope 
>> I
>> managed to get it right.
>
> Looks fine (it's not critical if it's a unified context diff, unless
> it's a huge diff and I have to read it for correctness first). I'll
> apply it & check it in.
>
>> There are some lines in the file that is not any true changes but I guess
>> thats because I have commented the lines and then uncomment them.
>
> Yes, it's white-space changes. You can make diff ignore those, but it's
> usually not an issue.
>
> Thanks Jonas!