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TomBon
30-Aug-2011
[6274]
onetom, well...just a moment...just sucking heavy on scite & geany 
currently all nice delivered cross-plattformed in 1.5 mb ready to 
use WITH code folding.  :-))))
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6275x3]
url to the dmg file?
i see u were contributing to a thread which started as a "scite on 
mac" topic and turned into an "oh, wait, it's not that obvious how 
to get gtk for a mac" pondering
i don't like this kind of cross-platformenss, where u have to sweat 
blood to get something on certain platforms...
TomBon
30-Aug-2011
[6278]
really? hmmm..mac? when? where?
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6279x3]
i tried gedit too recently on a mac. luckily there was a binary version, 
because the compilation segfaulted... well, it's quite nice. i could 
see that as an open source alternative, but despite of the fact it's 
supposed to support utf-8, it didn't...
neither it allowed me to use chinese input method
scite is dual-platform only and geany has windows binaries only according 
to their official site.
why do u have to bullshit us saying it's crossplatform?
even this sublime thing was windows only until last year!

that was the only reason i mentioned it here, because the same version 
is available on the 3 major platforms (with proper font handling, 
unlike rebol..)
TomBon
30-Aug-2011
[6282]
well both are win and x,  mac is no major platform. it's a toy ;-)
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6283]
hja, okay, sorry... now i know why has it been made so durable... 
so kids cant break it easily... unlike the other 2 systems ;P
TomBon
30-Aug-2011
[6284x2]
harr..harr..harr...YES!
you have to add my BSD to your list also or not?
onetom
30-Aug-2011
[6286x2]
thats not a separate platform, that's x... ;p
but true, it would be nice if they would support freebsd at least, 
however very little ppl use freebsd as a desktop, i would think..
TomBon
30-Aug-2011
[6288x2]
then you mac isn't either...
yes, BSD is mainly server but can be a great desktop also, esp. if 
you look to your mac screen...
Kaj
30-Aug-2011
[6290x5]
Some of you already found the Syllable interview I was recently asked 
to do by IDG on Slashdot. The original article is on TechWorld:
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/398891/syllable_os_developer_interview_building_better_operating_system/
The full interview is here:
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/398892/developer_q_syllable_os/
I was also asked about the Amiga, and I put REBOL and Red in there, 
too
Kaj
31-Aug-2011
[6295x2]
It's been relayed on OSNews now:
http://www.osnews.com/story/25122/Interview_Syllable_OS_Lead_Developer_Kaj_de_Vos
AdrianS
31-Aug-2011
[6297]
Tamas - I actually don't use Sublime Edit for Rebol these days. The 
syntax file I have is from SE 1 - not sure it would work with 2 or 
how much it colored various keywords. If you want I can zip up what 
I have and you can try it out.
onetom
1-Sep-2011
[6298x2]
AdrianS: u did't get my private messages?
but zip it up please together with the color theme which worked for 
u
Oldes
5-Sep-2011
[6300]
Finally - http://developer.nvidia.com/content/accelerated-path-rendering-opengl-nvidia-path-rendering-sdk
Kaj
6-Sep-2011
[6301x2]
The Syllable interview is now on DistroWatch:
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110905#news
Henrik
9-Sep-2011
[6303]
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2030258

An article on software liability laws.
Reichart
9-Sep-2011
[6304]
Love it............and yeah, not going to happen.
Geomol
10-Sep-2011
[6305x2]
It's just bits and bytes set in a certain way, and they can be changed 
anytime. From a philosophical viewpoint, there's something fundamental 
different between software and a house.
Actually - from any viewpoint, I guess.
Pavel
10-Sep-2011
[6307]
red thread is rolling quickly so not to be overlooked: interresting 
toy for cheap: http://www.raspberrypi.org/ARM based 700MHz core 
256MB RAM 100 Mb Lan 2 USB ports, SD card reader  some (not exactly 
stated how many) GPIO, 1W power under full load, Quake3 and HD movie 
playing demonstrated. Linux supported from producer, but architecture 
not restricted to linux only.
Maxim
10-Sep-2011
[6308]
could this be the project Carl is working on !? it is an embedded 
linux, its also more TV than computer since it supports only TV outputs. 
 Carl's low memory using Amiga Exec Background would make him a prime 
candidate for working on this project which has to boot Linux and 
allow HD decoding within only 128 MB (os+gpu Shared) RAM .
Henrik
10-Sep-2011
[6309]
It's not the project he's working on.
Kaj
10-Sep-2011
[6310x2]
They're shipping Ubuntu
The movie demos they did so far used their own player thingie. It's 
likely the standard Linux players won't cut it on Ubuntu in the provided 
memory
GrahamC
10-Sep-2011
[6312x2]
Hmm... POE would be nice
Henrik .. wasn't Carl supposed to make some announcement of what 
he was doing .. or did I miss it?
Henrik
11-Sep-2011
[6314]
he was, but it didn't happen.
Dockimbel
20-Sep-2011
[6315x2]
For Open Hardware followers: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/19/1835250/Arduino-Goes-ARM
I should be able to port Red on the Arduino Due (32-bit, 50KB of 
RAM) but the still low memory size might limit its usefulness. OTOH, 
Red/System should be able to work full power there. It should be 
fun to write a new OS for this platform using Red/System.
Reichart
22-Sep-2011
[6317]
It would be nice to have one of these types of little computers, 
which can shut down to some really low power use state, or even turn 
off, while passing power to something like a wrist watch level tech, 
which can react to some input (a dry contact, or a timer, or a signal 
from the internet in some form).  Very power combination for many 
applications.
Dockimbel
22-Sep-2011
[6318]
That should be doable, with the "wearable" version of Arduino boards 
(the Lilypad): http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPad


They are also some wrist watch level Arduino-based prototypes (often 
using an OLED display): http://www.google.fr/search?gcx=w&q=wrist+watch+arduino&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=fr&tab=wi&biw=1113&bih=1036


A few more very creative Arduino watches: http://hackaday.com/tag/watch/

There's even one you can already buy: http://www.getinpulse.com
Henrik
22-Sep-2011
[6319]
will the ARM arduinos be available in the same form factors as the 
existing ones?
Dockimbel
22-Sep-2011
[6320]
Here's a photo of the ARM-based new Arduino board: http://www.semageek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ArduinoDue.jpg


I am not sure it will be available in tiny forms like the Lilypad 
or the Nano though.
Reichart
22-Sep-2011
[6321]
Cool stuff, thanks for posting.
Pavel
23-Sep-2011
[6322]
Arduino is already based on ARM in its NetDuino variant, Netduino 
is also in micro variant (breadboard based).
GrahamC
23-Sep-2011
[6323]
Neutrino travels faster than light http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/5671848/Pillar-of-physics-challenged