Release Digest: GNOME, February 4, 2003 Feb 5, 2003, 05 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (4128 reads)
FieryFilter 0.2
Application
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FieryFilter 0.2
Description
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An interactive desktop firewall for Gnome 2.0 and Linux/Netfilter
Enhancements
============
Preview of rule creation, doesn`t work very well right now - rules may be
created but aren't written to the kernel. Don't forget - it's still
pre-alpha
Fixes
=====
Certainly
Download
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http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/fieryfilter/fieryfilter-0.2.tar.gz
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GNOME Clipboard Manager 2.0.4
About
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GNOME Clipboard Manager (a.k.a. GCM) makes copy&pasting easier and more
productive. GCM will automatically synchronize the mouse selection (the
PRIMARY selection) with the clipboard (the CLIPBOARD selection) and
store clipboards on a shelf. This means that it is possible to go back
to a previous clipboard. GCM also gives you the ability to save and
load clipboards. You can also edit them and convert them to another
format.
GCM supports any possible clipboard format. Clipboards can have multiple
formats. Examples are the "text/html" and "text"-format. GCM will gather
all the formats of a clipboard to make sure that you will have an exact
copy of it. GCM can edit the "text/html", "text/unicode" and
"text"-format of the clipboard. GCM compresses the non-active clipboards
in the memory to reduce memory usage.
This means that, when using GCM, copy&pasting between popular Office
Suites (including OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Gnummeric, Evolution and
AbiWord) is possible. Often without losing the formatting of the data
that is being copy&pasted (this depends on the application that delivers
the Clipboard. Important is that this does not depend on GNOME Clipboard
Manager).
Changes since 2.0.3
-------------------
- Added features :
+ GNOME Clipboard Manager can now manage multiple clipboards at the
same time :
- Managing the CLIPBOARD clipboard
- Managing the PRIMARY clipboard
- Managing the SECONDARY clipboard
You can choose which clipboard(s) you want to manage. In the
preferences window these names have been simplified to "The GNOME
Clipboard" and "The mouse selection".
GNOME Clipboard Manager will auto-synchronize the clipboards that
are managed.
- The target manipulation stuff has been removed as this is now the
responsibility of the programmer of a plugin. The user should no
longer make any settings to enable converting of targets (except, of
course, enable a specific plugin)
- Managing the PRIMARY clipboard has been fixed.
When managing the PRIMARY clipboard, applications will no longer lose
their selection right after you select something.
- Fixed some major bugs in the build-scripts.
Some nice folks have send me bug fixes for the build-scripts so I
added their patches to the 2.0.4 release.
- Fixed some major memorybugs and memoryleaks.
- Fixed the Rtf2Html plugin to return ICS-2 text/html data (like
Mozilla and Composer) in stead of UTF-8.
- Compiler fix (gcc 3.0) in librtftohtml (ctype.h is now included).
This problem was reported by the Debian people.
- Some 18n fixes (for more info: check bugzilla) by the translators.
- Multiple fixes in the po/ directory by the translators.
- Build-script bugs in GcmApplet.
- Debian packages by Andrew Lau. < netsnipe at debianplanet dot org >
- RedHat packages by Dag Wieers. < dag at wieers dot com >
- zlib compression of the memory used by the non-active clipboards
- GConf fixes. GCM now uses the correct way of working with GConf. (GCM
used to save and load its preferences like an old Gtk+-1.2 application
because this part was quick-ported to Gnome 2.0. This has now been
fixed)
- GCM is now a 100% Gnome 2.x compatible application; Except for some
Xlib functions (like XGetSelectionOwner). So porting to platforms
supported by GNOME 2.x should be easy.
- The preferences window has been simplified a lot. Note that all old
settings are still available for advanced users by using
gconf-editor.
- You can now enable and disable plugins at the preferences window
- The plugin API and ABI has been changed. All plugins have been fixed
for this change. Plugins now use GConf the correct way (event based)
Future Ideas
------------
- Sending and receiving clipboards using TCP/IP
- Using libnautilus to create preview-icons of the Clipboards
- Converting plugins for OpenOffice.org-formats to other formats
- A GIMP plugin to export its clipboard and a GCM plugin to convert that
data to for example a OpenOffice.org-format
Little FAQ
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Q: Storing clipboards, huh, doesn't that mean that GNOME Clipboard
Manager will store VERY much memory??
A: No, by default, GCM will only store the last 20 clipboards and GCM
uses zlib (gz) to compress all non-active clipboards. This does not mean
that GCM will slow your copy&pasting down. GCM keeps an uncompressed
version of the active clipboard and will compress the non-active ones.
Note that this compression feature is only available in the last version
announced here.
Q: Excuse me?, "a" Clipboard Manager? but ... why ?
A: Ever tried copy&pasting 5 different texts over and over again on some
website-forms loaded in 4 tabs, a GUI-application or ever written large
text-documents? Ever coded COBOL -hehe- ? For all the people who do need
such management for their clipboards, I wrote GCM. For the
memory-freaks: yes, GCM uses your memory, it does that because it knows
that you bought it -> GCM is evil; it knows that you have memory!
Q: Can GCM synchronize the PRIMARY and the CLIPBOARD selection?
A: Yes, if you don't know what those are: PRIMARY is middle mouse and
CLIPBOARD is CTRL+C/CTRL+V.
Q: So GCM can Manage the PRIMARY selection?
A: Yes. And GCM will not steal the ownership on the PRIMARY selection.
So when you select something, it will not/no longer get unselected
immediately.
Q: I am a professional thus I know that a X Clipboard contains more then
one target (format). Will GNOME Clipboard Manager leave these formats
untouched? I mean, does GCM support multiple formats per Clipboard?
A: Yes, you can copy&paste from a Mozilla or Galeon window to for
example Evolution Composer and OpenOffice.org without losing formatting
(also) when using GCM.
More technically
----------------
The three core components of GNOME Clipboard Manager :
* GNOME Clipboard Manager itself is a daemon that will auto-collect new
clipboards and has the option to choose which clipboard is to be
pasted when an application asks for the clipboard in a specific
format. A longer list of features is available on the website of
GNOME Clipboard manager. They include saving, creating, editing,
merging of items. GNOME Clipboard Manager is pluggable and writing new
plugins for GNOME Clipboard Manager is not a difficult task.
* Libgcm is a library for controlling the GNOME Clipboard Manager daemon
from your own applications. Libgcm can be used by Integrated
Development Environments, Office tools, Word processors, Editors and
PanelApplets (like GcmApplet). It is not necessary for normal
applications to change something to their clipboard-related code.
* GcmApplet is a sample GNOME 2.0 PanelApplet that uses libgcm for
controlling the GNOME Clipboard Manager daemon. You can compare
the functionality of GcmApplet with Klipper which is such a Applet for
KDE.
Availability
------------
You can download the latest release here
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gcm/gcm-2.0.4.tar.gz?download
Packages
--------
RedHat 8.0 packages by Dag Wieers
rpm packages: ftp://dag.wieers.com/home-made/gcm/
apt-rpm info: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/
Debian packages by Andrew Lau
Info : http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcm/
apt-get info: apt-get -t unstable install gcm
Development
-----------
If you would like to contribute or if you have a good idea : please
contact me and/or send mail to our mailinglist here :
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gcm-devel
Note that I am very interested in any help and idea for the project.
Note that I am also looking for somebody who wants to maintain the
stable branch once I started a unstable branch.
CVS
export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome'
cvs login
cvs -z3 co -P gcm
--
Philip Van Hoof a.k.a. freax
Don't use this E-mail address, use me at freax dot org
http://www.freax.be, http://www.freax.eu.org
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VLC 0.5.0
Application
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VLC 0.5.0 "sleep is for weenies"
Description
===========
VLC (VideoLAN Client) is a multimedia player for GNOME or
Gtk+. It can play movie files (MPEG 1/2/4, Ogg/Vorbis, DivX,
DV, WMA...) all existing DVDs with navigation support, as
well as network streams.
Enhancements in core structure
==============================
* object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
* new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
S/PDIF and multi-channel support
* localization support via gettext on most architectures
* new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
and A/52 streams are supported)
* build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
Input access
============
* mms:// support
* ftp:// support
* stability fixes in the HTTP access
* auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
* VCD entry points support
* VCD image file support
Input demux
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* support for *.asf format
* improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
* support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
* support for ogg encapsulation
* support for raw DV format
* support for *.wav format
* new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
* raw AAC support
Stream discovery & playlists
============================
* support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
* support for .m3u file format
* support for .asx file format
* hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
Codecs
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* support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
(only available with the .avi demux)
* support for ADPCM audio codec
* support for raw PCM data
* support for Cinepak video codec
* support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
* support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
* support for Xvid codec
* support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
* support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from
sources)
* support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
from sources)
* new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1,
H263,
H263i, MJPEG A/B
* fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
DVD support
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* experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
Miscellaneous
=============
* all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
device and the channels configuration
* headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
* Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of
any
format that VLC can play
* new swedish translation
* updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
* OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
* OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
Download
========
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Hardware Monitor 0.2
Friends,
Perhaps you are getting tired of sitting in your dusty little corner,
monitoring the changes of the world as they go by. Perhaps you think
that for too long your new Gnome 2 dot almost 2 has been looking too
clean, too streamlined, too... innocent.
Perhaps you want something more. Perhaps it makes you a bit... angry.
Perhaps your temper sometimes rises too much. Perhaps you actually
want some FIRE, a smell of BURNED DESKTOP, in fact FLAMES ALL OVER THE
PLACE?
Turns out the Hardware Monitor applet can help you here once again. Go
crank up the latest version and prepare for some serious eye-candy.
News:
- a flame view where the activity is governed by the monitored device
- minor fixes
Features:
- monitor CPU/memory/swap/disk usage, load average, Ethernet/modem
throughput
- a curve view which supports an unlimited amount of monitors
- a bar view for the traditional horizontal bars
- a text view for those who want extreme precision
- a flame view for the angry little bastard inside you (or to
impress your friends)
- a modular design for future enhancements
- well-behaved GNOME panel applet (no floating gkrellm-windows)
Version 0.2 can be downloaded from here:
http://www.cs.auc.dk/~olau/hardware-monitor/
Screenshots are also available from the above page. The applet
requires Gnome 2.0 and the gtkmm and gnomemm libraries from
www.gtkmm.org - libgnomeuimm-1.3.11 is currently fine and has fewer
dependencies.
Known bugs: most notably editing the preferences will sometimes crash
the applet. This is due to a memory corruption bug in gconfmm which is
corrected in the CVS. Just answer yes when you're asked if you want to
add the applet again. Also, you can't change the font of the text view
yet.
PS: If you like the flame view, I would love to hear about it; I spent
far too much time on inventing/implementing the underlying algorithm...
--
Ole Laursen
http://www.cs.auc.dk/~olau/
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GGV 1.99.98
here comes GGV 1.99.98, dubbed "Form & Function", honouring the upcoming
2.2 final release.
what's new? not much on the coding front:
- fixed referencing scheme
- eliminated a possible buffer overflow that caused occasional memory
corruption
- honour "page flipping" option when using cursor keys
- patch to allow viewing of non-conformant PDFs (satyajit)
- modalize some file selectors (satyajit)
- cleaner, warningless compilation (jonathan)
but translators have been really busy:
updated or new translation include slovak (marcel, stanislav),
portuguese (duarte), russian (russian team), cantonese (xiong jiang),
mongolian (sanlig), slovene (me), hebrew (gil), estonian (t??vo).
italian (alessio), greek (kostas), swedish (christian), french
(cristophe, gildas), portuguese - brasilian (gustavo), polish (PL team),
amharic (daniel), finnish (pauli), ukrainian (yuriy), danish (ole),
taiwanese (abel), norwegian (kjartan), spanish (lucas), german
(christian), dutch (reinout), hungarian (andras), vietnamese (pablo?),
latvian (artis), catalan (jordi), romanian (mi????u), korean (young-ho),
malay (hasbullah), czech (miloslav)
have fun,
jaKa
--=20
email: jaka@gnu.org
w3: http://pluton.ijs.si/~jaka
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Application
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GTetrinet 0.6.0
Description
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GTetrinet is a Tetrinet client for GNOME2. Tetrinet is a variant of the
popular Tetris brick game, that can be played simultaneously by 6 players.
GTetrinet's goal is to remain completely compatible with the Windows,
original client.
Notes
=====
The big things in this release are that GTetrinet has moved to GConf for
storing its configuration and that a brown paper bag bug which broke sound
support entirely has been fixed. Besides that, GTetrinet is now hosted by
cvs.gnome.org and GNOME's Bugzilla. This is nice by itself, but it also has
the amusing side effect of quadrupling the number of translations in the
package in just two weeks :)
Enjoy!
Enhancements
============
- GTetrinet is now hosted on cvs.gnome.org/ and uses the GNOME Bugzilla.
- Configuration ported to GConf.
- Speed improvements, which should help TetriFAST.
- Fixed embarrasing bug which made sound not work.
- New and updated translations: Swedish (Christian Rose),
Spanish (German Poo-Caamaño), Dutch (Vincent van Adrighem),
Norwegian (Kjartan Maraas), Amharic (Daniel Yacob) and Catalan.
- Other minor fixes/improvements.
Download
========
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtetrinet/0.6/
