[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Free Coffee, Maybe
- From: Eitan Isaacson <eitan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:13:02 -0700
Hi,
As promised, I gave a bit more background on the bugs in the issue
tracking system. I hope everybody finds it accessible.
As per John's request, the bounty is free coffee. This is also good
because it allows minors to contribute too (smile).
The URL for liblouis's current issues is:
http://code.google.com/p/liblouis/issues/list
I tagged all the relevant issues with "Free-Coffee".
Cheers,
Eitan.
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 15:42 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
> I sent a reply to Eitan's message earlier, but it hasn't appeared on the
> list yet. Last time that happened Freelists told me that my ISP wasn't
> processing my messages correctly. So I'm sending my reply through my
> shellworld.net account.
>
> --------------------
>
> Eitan,
>
> All of your points are good. I would very much like more help in
> maintaining the code.google site for liblouis. And of course I would
> like to set up something similar for liblouisxml. Doing it all myself
> seems to take too much time away from actual programming. As I have said
> before, my strong point is just programming. Autotools is giving me
> difficulties. So is porting to Windows and producing a GUI frontend. I
> have however, produced a Web application. But that was pretty
> straightforward programming in php. I am actually thinking of rewriting
> both liblouis and liblouisxml in Java to reduce the platform-dependent
> stuff. With just-in-time compiling there should be little performance
> penalty.
>
> I've looked at the tests, but I don't see just what the cursor problems
> are. If you describe them to me I'll have a better chance of finding
> them with gdb. I have become quite good at that out necessity.
>
> I don't drink beer. A large jar of Espresso instant coffee would be
> nice. With my present time commitments, I don't think I will
> earn it
> however. My priority is improving the program.
>
> John
>
> don't drink beer but a good sized jar of espresso instant coffee would
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:22:16PM -0700, Eitan Isaacson wrote:
> > Yes, it has come to this.
> >
> > We have been using liblouis quite happily in our screen reader lately.
> > There are a few outstanding issues, all of which involve the cursor
> > position handling, obviously this hasn't been a show-stopper for
> > non-screen reader uses.
> >
> > The SVN repository on the google project page[1] should have the latest
> > liblouis code, all autotooled and arranged out nicely. Another addition
> > to the SVN module is a "tests" directory that currently contains 4 unit
> > tests that could be run with "make check".
> >
> > If anybody could make those tests succeed, while keeping liblouis
> > generally intact, I pledge to either buy them a beer (or preferred
> > beverage) next time we meet, or have a six pack of your favorite bubbly
> > beverage mailed to you.
> >
> > If the tests seem wrong, or if you don't understand the assertion logic,
> > please let me know. I will be happy to explain.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eitan.
> >
> >
> > For a description of the software and to download it go to
> > http://www.jjb-software.com
>
> --
> John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> JJB Software, Inc.
> http://www.jjb-software.com
> Madison, WI USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
>
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