Re: [gopher] New Cross-Platform Gopher GUI Client

you have a tester waiting here for os 10.4.11 ppc.

From: Gopher-Project <gopher-project-bounces+barana24=hotmail.com@lists.alioth.debian.org> on behalf of James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au>
Sent: Monday, 29 August 2016 1:33 PM
To: Gopher Project Discussion
Subject: Re: [gopher] New Cross-Platform Gopher GUI Client

Sounds good! Btw if you have a Macbook with OS X turn on the Zoom feature in Accessibility and try ot use your Gopher client/app with zoomed in display.

James Mills / prologic

E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au

W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Kevin Veroneau <kevin@veroneau.net> wrote:

That's great to hear. :) I have a new update which I released into the source
repo, but not all the binaries are updated yet as I need to go through all my
development environments here to build the project and upload them into my
Gopherspace.

Now that most of the main gopher functionality is present, I can start doing
work on the usability and accessible functions, such as font sizes and a
proper threaded download manager. :)

On Sunday, August 28, 2016 01:32:12 AM James Mills wrote:
> Good news! Your latest binaries are working okay now. No more "hanging".
>
> Fonts are still very blurred though :)
>
>
> James Mills / prologic
>
> E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au
> W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Kevin Veroneau <kevin@veroneau.net> wrote:
> > A REALLY BIG update!
> >
> > All binaries on my GopherSpace have also been updated to the latest
> > versions
> > as well.
> >
> > *** What's new ***
> >
> > * Full Bookmark support! Bookmarks are saved into a local file in
> > Gopher
> >
> > Menu format. So if you know the Gopher protocol, you can edit the
> > bookmark file.
> >
> > * Support for many more GopherTypes, search, and binary.
> > * Ability to save the image you are viewing to your local
> >
> > disk(Right-click
> > menu).
> >
> > * Ability to download supported GopherTypes to local disk,
> >
> > Text/Image/Binary
> >
> > * You can now close previously opened GopherNodes in the tree view.
> > * Updated icons, taken from the Emerald GPL iconset.
> > * You can now resize the middle divider.
> > * Many bug fixes and improved stability.
> >
> > I wouldn't recommend downloading uber large binary files on a slow
> >
> > connection
> > as threading AKA a download manager which runs in the background isn't
> > yet implemented, so downloads do hang the GUI.
> >
> > Attached is a screenshot from my Linux workstation, I tried to snapshot
> >
> > the
> > right-click context menu in the tree view, but KSnapshot doesn't do that.
> >
> > Anyways, let me know what you think of this update and the project
> >
> > overall.
> >
> > On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 11:58:44 PM Kevin Veroneau wrote:
> > > Hmm, not entirely sure what is causing that Access Violation, I had
> > > that problem during initial development which ended up slowing down
> >
> > development.
> >
> > > I will look further into that.
> > >
> > > Font options would be something I will definately look into.
> > >
> > > I updated the Source code to enable GopherType 7 and h, so now
> > > Veronica-2 works, as well as most gopherholes which use the search
> > > type. Initial support for the 'h' type has also been added, however I
> > > am trying to
> >
> > debug
> >
> > > how to make the "data:" protocol which some gopherpages use work
> >
> > properly.
> >
> > > These updates are not available in the binary images yet, I will make
> > > an updated set of binaries tomorrow evening after I get more working.
> > > :)
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 11:10:22 PM James Mills wrote:
> > > > Okay... So running from /Applications/gopher.app/Contents/MacOS works
> > > >
> > > > $ ./gopher
> > > >
> > > > I've run into several stack-traces though (Access Violation -- pascal
> > > > days coming back to me!)
> > > >
> > > > e.g: https://gist.github.com/5a7011f0c987ebf7db849169e14a8c59
> > > >
> > > > Also fonts are terrible on OS X (btw). I typically use OS X's buitin
> > > > accessibility zoom (because I'm legally blind) and whatever fonts or
> > > > however content is being rendered in the gopher client is really bad
> > > > :(
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > James Mills / prologic
> > > >
> > > > E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au
> > > > W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:05 PM, James Mills
> > > > <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au>
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Sorry that was my blindness there :P You are right about where it
> > > > > connects to by default (or tries to).
> > > > >
> > > > > But yeah this is totally not working; let me try to dig in to
> > > > > why...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > James Mills / prologic
> > > > >
> > > > > E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au
> > > > > W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Kevin Veroneau
> > > > > <kevin@veroneau.net>
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >> That's odd, it's currently set to load gopher.veroneau.net by
> >
> > default.
> >
> > > > >> I haven't seen the not responding on any of the platforms I tested
> >
> > it
> >
> > > > >> on, not
> > > > >> sure what's going on there. I only noticed a crash if there was
> > > > >> no network
> > > > >> available.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> You can run the binary from a Terminal if you run it from inside
> > > > >> the Application bundle. It might display some sort of output
> > > > >> there.
> >
> > This
> >
> > > > >> is my
> > > > >> first time building an OS X app bundle, so maybe something in the
> > > > >> plist is incorrect.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:47:28 PM James Mills wrote:
> > > > >> > So one major issue right now )blocker):
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > a) Open App
> > > > >> > b) It loads vernica.floodgap.com by default (fine)
> > > > >> > c) Spins -- Not Responding (not responsive to GUI events,
> > > > >> > spinning
> > > > >>
> > > > >> wheel)
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > Looking at process stats:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > consistent ~2.7% CPU util, 2 threads
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Should I just keep waiting? Or is there a bug?
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > cheers
> > > > >> > James
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > James Mills / prologic
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au
> > > > >> > W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Kevin Veroneau <
> >
> > kevin@veroneau.net>
> >
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >> > > Cameron, it might be possible to compile a version for Mac OS
> > > > >> > > X 10.4, looking
> > > > >> > > at the compatibility page, it looks like FPC 2.6.4 and Lazarus
> > > > >> > > 1.2.6
> > > > >>
> > > > >> can
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > > build
> > > > >> > > for OS X 10.4.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > http://wiki.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus_on_MacOS_X#Com
> > > > >>
> > > > >> patibility
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > > Once this Gopher client has matured enough, and you have about
> >
> > an
> >
> > > > >> hour to
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > > spare, you can try installing Xcode and Lazarus onto OS X 10.4
> >
> > and
> >
> > > > >> > > running the
> > > > >> > > compile process. There is only one Lazarus package needed
> > > > >> > > other than
> > > > >>
> > > > >> the
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > > base
> > > > >> > > Lazarus components and that is TurboPowerIPro which is used
> > > > >> > > for the
> > > > >>
> > > > >> HTML
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > > widget. Even if this isn't compatible with needed version of
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Lazarus, we
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > > could just replace it with a different widget.
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:25:41 PM Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > > > >> > > > > Ooops I think you have a packaging problem.
> > > > >> > > > >
> > > > >> > > > > OS X 10.11.6 (El Captain) is unable to open the DMG.
> > > > >> > > > > The error is "unrecognized disk image".
> > > > >> > > >
> > > > >> > > > It doesn't open on 10.4 either, though I strongly suspect
> > > > >> > > > the binary isn't PowerPC compatible.
> > > > >> > >
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