[openbeos] Re: Developer Edition Vmware Image

  • From: "Karl vom Dorff" <karl@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:13:15 -0400

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Zenja Solaja <solaja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Karl.  Great work with all the haiku images on HaikuWare.
>
> May I suggest a few additions to the Developer Edition super pack:
>
> 1) Since you are including BeIDE (great), can you also create a directory
> called /boot/develop/BeIDE/tools, which is in fact a symlink to
> /boot/develop/tools/gcc-2.95.3-haiku-080323/bin.  This allows BeIDE to build
> projects.
>
> 2) I always change my Terminal prompt to display the current path with the
>    export PS1='$(pwd)>'   addition to .profile in the home directory.  In
> fact, I would love this addition to all the superpacks, and even think the
> Haiku image needs this by default.
>
> 3)  A link to the BeBook would be great.  Even greater would be if the
> BeBook was on part of the image.  Taking it a step further, BeHappy (
> http://www.bebits.com/app/430) would be a great edition to the developers
> super pack.
>
> 4)  Finally, the HaikuMenu apps entry should be sorted by categories, just
> like you do with the other superpack image.  Without subdirectories, the
> apps menu is too busy.
>
>
> Great work Karl (and of course, everyone in the Haiku community).  I am
> now able to move some of my development projects to Haiku itself.
>
> Obligatory screenshot -
> http://www.users.on.net/~zenja/haiku/haiku_develop.png<http://www.users.on.net/%7Ezenja/haiku/haiku_develop.png>


Perfect! I'll make these changes, thanks for the input :)

> <http://www.users.on.net/%7Ezenja/haiku/haiku_develop.png>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/6/08, Karl vom Dorff <karl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I've made a little Vmware image containing all the current developer
> > tools on it, plus some other useful tools - weighs in at about 65 mb and is
> > based on the Super Pack. I adapted some instructions on how to build Haiku
> > on Haiku (from Ryan's build Haiku on Ubuntu article), but haven't actually
> > tested it myself yet, but I heard it has been done. I'll need someone to
> > look over those instructions (it's on the desktop in the image). Let me know
> > what you guys think/suggestions:
> >
> >
> > http://www.haikuware.com/view-details/development/miscellaneous/vmware-developer-edition-image
> >
> >
> >
>


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Karl vom Dorff
B.Sc (Hons) Biology, (German minor)

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