pilot/visor integration with kde
Having just recieved a Handspring Visor for graduation, I was of course eager
to try it out with linux :-) However, there seems to be a slight derth of
information on how to integrate a palm-like device with KDE. Most sections
of the manual that have to do with syncing a visor with
[korganizer|abbrowser|kab] have the ever popular "This Section Isn't Here
Yet." So, what is your collective experience with the different apps out
there? KPilot seems to be buggy, in that it always trys to start up two
copies, and will only "sync" once before I have to close it and start it up
again. That also limits it usefullness in transfering programs/ebooks over
to the visor. Oh, and if I leave kpilot-daemon running in the background, it
continually respawns (will never shut down the window). However, it has
"conduits" to korganizer for the to-do list and the appointments. j-pilot
seems to be much more stable and featureful, however, it's a gtk app (looks
ugly), doesn't have conduits to korganizer or anyother kde app for that
matter, and has it's own set of issues. I'd really hate to have to use
pilot-xfer for stuff that should be easy click->install.
Whew. Didn't mean for that to turn into a rant, and I'm impressed with how
far along this stuff has come already. However (you saw that coming, didn't
you?) does anyone have experience with all of these issues, and if so, can
you point me to a place where I can get an app that (hopefully, doesn't need
to do all of this):
1. Runs in the background and monitors for me pushing the hotsync button
2. Has conduits to korganizer and abbrowser or kab (which is better
supported?)
3. Isn't crash happy
4. Is a kde app
5. Makes it really easy to install new stuff
And while this isn't the appropriate forum, has anyone heard tale of adding
functionality in konqueror to recognize .prb and .prc files, and load them
automatically after being clicked (with confirmation, of course)? It would
take a kpart's thingamajig from kpilot, but should be doable. If there has
already been noise about that, I will wait patiently, otherwise I'll file a
wishlist bug.
Thanks for any ideas/insight you have. If this is too off-topic for
debian-kde, please reply to me off-list. Thank you!
D.A.Bishop
P.S. I'm running sid, if that affects my options for programs. Thanks again.
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