Readme.txt in rwdmovies-0.6 vs Readme.txt in rwdmovies-0.7

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@@ -1,57 +1,74 @@ -rwdapplications are web brower applications += rwdmovies - for rwdtinker and RubyWebDialogs +rwdmovies is meant to be used to keep track of your DVD and VHS collection. + The GUI interface used is RubyWebDialogs RubyWebDialogs is a platform independent graphical user interface for Ruby applications. It generates HTML and serves it with an internal HTTP server, so you can use your favorite web browser as the front end for your Ruby application. All this means, that it can be used on almost every platform, like Ruby itself. http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubywebdialogs/ +Install rwdtinker<br> +unzip this applet in the directory where you put rwdtinker -Start the program by: -changing to the directory and +Start the program by typing<br> ruby init.rb -Then point your web browser to: +Then point your web browser to:<br> http://localhost:7701/ -Or to the port that shows on the console or in the config.cnf file +The rwdtinker framework is used by:<br> +Spliting the source code and the gui code into atomic parts and use init.rb to merge the parts together. +With the framework, we are able to ship a "plugin" or as I calling them "applet" that can be dropped into a directory and installed automatically. Also uninstalled. I am calling this framework Tinker, so the core program I call rwdtinker. My wife, Charlotte. suggested the name. It relates to the the "Tinker Toys" that has blocks and dowls and shapes that can be assembled by children and take different shapes. Without the word toy, it reminds us if the older English meaning of "a person who repairs pots and household devices by soldering and hammering. +The delivered applet is setup in the required directory structure with code configueration gui including help files location of documentation rwd_files = where documention for the applet can go. installed = a inf file that lists the manifest of files +This package is zipped up and uploaded as a file like rwdashedule-0.2.zip +The enduser who has the rwdtinker program drops the zip file into a directory called zips. I have parts of rwdtinker now (for Linux) that can install it automatically and remove it (based on the .inf file) + Requirements: -RubyWebDialogs - I am using 0.0.11 2004-3-9 - This package you downloaded should have a runtime version of - the needed rubywebdialog files +RubyWebDialogs - I am using 0.1.1 2004-12-5 Ruby I am using version 1.8.2 + I have tested this under Linux-Debian kernel 2.6.9 -Operation: -The code files reside in the code directory and are combined before -the main Class is loaded +PROBLEMS: +you should consult what beginning 3 characters for you files. -The rwd files in gui are combined before the gui is activated -Trouble shooting: +don't type in the extension .sch -untar the file -tar zxvf rwdapplication-x.y.tar.gz -then cd to the directory -cd rwdapplication-x.y -then start the init.rb program file -ruby init.rb +Closing the browser doesn't terminate the application. You have to use the application's close-button And terminating the application doesn't terminate the application when running in network mode. You just log out. +Don't use the back-button of the browser! Strange and unpredictable things may and will happen! -If the program is not working, try looking at the ev subdirectory. That is where -the runtime of rubywebdialogs are. +Steven Gibson +steven@superant.com -for long term installation, I would suggest putting most files in a lib directory -like /usr/lib/rwdshell -then make a writable directory the local directory for command files to be written -like ~/rwdshell +http://rwdapplications.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl -Closing the browser doesn't terminate the application. You have to use the application's close-button And terminating the application doesn't terminate the application when running in network mode. You just log out. +== Changelog +version 0.7 + updated for rwdtinker version 1.44 -Don't use the back-button of the browser! Strange and unpredictable things may and will happen! +version 0.6 + updated for rwdtinker version 1.4 + added configuration screen + added rename movie filename + added delete movie record + added edit movie record + added attach picture -Steven Gibson -stevengibson@superant.com -http://rwdapplications.rubyforge.org/ +version 0.5 + changed directory structure for rwdtinker 0.9 and later + added conf file for movie record directory location + split inf file for sample data + added nophoto.jpg and code to handle no jpg found + improved name selection on the main screen + +version 0.4 + Deleted Amazon search. Converted to be an + applet drop in for rwdtinker + + +