Re: [SLE] OO: If you can make it, I can break it!
Then do us a favor. Write to the original authors about what works and what doesn't. Storyboard it if possible. Show them what needs to be changed. Sometimes the next great idea comes from the users, not the programmer. Adam -----Original Message----- From: James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> Subj: Re: [SLE] OO: If you can make it, I can break it! Date: Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:47 pm Size: 592 bytes To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Hans du Plooy wrote:
OpenOffice has come a very long way. But to be taken seriously it needs be a hell of a lot better. I sometimes think about getting into programming for no other reason than to work on projects like OOo.
Well, how about starting with khrono. SUSE last included it with 9.2, though it still worked with 9.3. Now with 10, it no longer works. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
I tried contacting the authors and got no response. I suspect it may be "abandoned". Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd wrote:
Then do us a favor.
Write to the original authors about what works and what doesn't. Storyboard it if possible. Show them what needs to be changed.
Sometimes the next great idea comes from the users, not the programmer.
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> Subj: Re: [SLE] OO: If you can make it, I can break it! Date: Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:47 pm Size: 592 bytes To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Hans du Plooy wrote:
OpenOffice has come a very long way. But to be taken seriously it needs be a hell of a lot better. I sometimes think about getting into programming for no other reason than to work on projects like OOo.
Well, how about starting with khrono. SUSE last included it with 9.2, though it still worked with 9.3. Now with 10, it no longer works.
James Knott wrote:
I tried contacting the authors and got no response. I suspect it may be "abandoned".
It does seem pretty ancient - it refers to KDE2 ... and the source RPM is from Mar2001. I tried building it from source, but the configure doesn't even complete. (probably something simple, but I didn't investigate)
Well, how about starting with khrono. SUSE last included it with 9.2, though it still worked with 9.3. Now with 10, it no longer works.
Did you build it from source for 9.3 and 10? Or how did you install it? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.
Per Jessen wrote:
James Knott wrote:
I tried contacting the authors and got no response. I suspect it may be "abandoned".
It does seem pretty ancient - it refers to KDE2 ... and the source RPM is from Mar2001. I tried building it from source, but the configure doesn't even complete. (probably something simple, but I didn't investigate)
Well, how about starting with khrono. SUSE last included it with 9.2, though it still worked with 9.3. Now with 10, it no longer works.
Did you build it from source for 9.3 and 10? Or how did you install it?
I have tried compiling from source and got errors, though I don't recall what they are. Since I'm not a programmer, there's not much more I can do. I was hoping someone here could give it a try and maybe get it back in the distro. At the moment, I can still remotely use the khrono on my firewall (SUSE 9.1), but I'll soon be updating that system, which means I'll lose my ability to run khrono.
James Knott wrote:
I have tried compiling from source and got errors, though I don't recall what they are. Since I'm not a programmer, there's not much more I can do. I was hoping someone here could give it a try and maybe get it back in the distro.
I think the problem is - as you mentioned - khrono has apparently been abandoned. Something or other in the more recent KDE versions stops it from building and someone knowledgeable in e.g. KDE development will need to look at it (if the author doesn't). /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.
Per Jessen wrote:
James Knott wrote:
I have tried compiling from source and got errors, though I don't recall what they are. Since I'm not a programmer, there's not much more I can do. I was hoping someone here could give it a try and maybe get it back in the distro.
OK, I had a bit of a closer look. I updated some of the autoconf and libtool stuff with up-to-date copies from kdebase-3.5, and I can make khrono configure and almost build. I can't make it link though ... I'm getting tons of messages like: khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x25): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' khronodisplay.o: In function `KhronoDisplay::KhronoDisplay(QWidget*, char const*)': khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x27e): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x285): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' I did some googling but didn't really find anything useful. Update to follow. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.
Per Jessen wrote:
OK, I had a bit of a closer look. I updated some of the autoconf and libtool stuff with up-to-date copies from kdebase-3.5, and I can make khrono configure and almost build. I can't make it link though ... I'm getting tons of messages like:
khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x25): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' khronodisplay.o: In function `KhronoDisplay::KhronoDisplay(QWidget*, char const*)': khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x27e): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay' khronodisplay.cpp:(.text+0x285): undefined reference to `vtable for KhronoDisplay'
I did some googling but didn't really find anything useful. Update to follow.
I tried using gcc-3.4.4 instead of 4.0.2, but no change. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.
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