Python
lekhonee v0.6 released
I just released lekhonee v0.6 . Download the source.
For RPM(s) , download from koji.
New features and fixes:
- Preview option fixed in the KDE based frontend, old menu based options removed
- Editing option for the last 10 blog posts. Users please tell me if you need to get more
- Insert Link error in the gnome frontend is fixed
- Add categories is also working under gnome frontend (forgot to write code in the last release)
- “Save Draft” option on the gnome frontend is also working (Again forgot to write the code)
If you want to go back from the “Old Posts” list in the gnome frontend , just select anything the list and press “Escape”, in KDE one, there is a button on top to handle this.
To edit the entries you have to double click on the post title.
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OLPC Pune meet and photo management
This Sunday I went to OLPC Pune meet to give a talk on activity development. The students seem be very enthusiastic. The talk lasted for around 2 hours. Photos can be found here.
On the other side, I was looking for a photo catalogue software which can catalogue my photos on DVD or any other removable media, it should also allow me to search them based on EXIF data and tags and should show thumbnail(s) in the result.
I generally use digikam and gthumb too manage and view the photos. In digikam I never being properly able to catalogue photos on DVD (never tried on the last few updates) and gthumb is too slow in showing the thumbnail or full screen views for the large size photos I take. I prefer gthumb over over digikam to view the photos due to the simpler UI.
Finally decided to write my own app for this, which will *not* have any editing features, Gimp is the tool I use for editing. Watch this video (3.2MB) and please comment if the thumbnail creation / viewing is fast or not ?
Localisation is important
It is not just a comment , it is a Truth.
It becomes difficult when someone tries to translate technical documents as we don’t have proper words in our own language to describe all these technical/buzz words.
Few days back I suddenly got a mail from Jaganadh G telling that he started translated my small python book in Malayalam. You can see his ongoing work here. I am very sure that this is going to help many people to understand things easily as they will be reading in their mother toung.