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#681 Post by sc0ttman »

greengeek wrote:When booting A10 from CD the grub splash screen still shows it as Akita9. Haven't installed yet just in case there is a mixup. What is the easy way to tell which version is which, once installed?
Akita 10 has opera 12 and ff13 in the browser installer, previous versions do not. I should use DISTRO_SPECS next time.
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#682 Post by Puppyt »

Hey sc0ttman :)
thanks very much for your recent upgrades - I'm liking your FF13 very much with its personalizations - I just add in the wellminded search engine and I'm happy as a pig in proverbial... and I haven't even downloaded and installed qupzilla 1.3.1 yet, which should be a blast...

To the main purpose of my feedback: with sick kids at home these last 2 days I revisited the idea of using a frugal install of Akita on my Lenovo T60 (dual core, 2GHz CPU with 2Gb RAM) for emergency babysitting. And, in a similar vein to your "Arcade" series of pupplets went to install Ronald Blankendaal's "DBGL" (DOSBox Game Launcher) http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/#install. I downloaded the 32-bit tar.gz plus the DBGL.jar update and extracted them into a new 'dbgl' directory off root. I also downloaded the gamepack archives Blakendaal had provided for configuration examples, placing them (unextracted) in the same directory. Then from your repository I installed 'dosbox-0.73-akita.pet' and 'jre-1.6.0.30-akita.pet' (and also boost-1.46.1.pet , on the assumption I might have needed it for SDL libraries).
With the instruction/proviso from Blakendaal:
Attention Linux users: Make sure you have the packages 'libsdl-sound' and 'libsdl-net' installed (sudo apt-get install libsdl-sound1.2 libsdl-net1.2), because otherwise the included DOSBox build will NOT run. /usr/bin/java should be (a symbolic link) pointing to the 1.5+ JVM (sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre). If you're having problems starting up DOSBox inside DBGL (some error message saying "Can't init SDL DirectFBCreate: Initialization error!") chances are you're using the GNU Interpreter for Java. It seems this Java distribution has a problem in the ProcessBuilder implementation. Please use openJDK or Sun's Java Runtime as a workaround.
Not really sure if libsdl-sound was already in your boost package, I installed from the wary repo 'libsdl_sound-1.0.3-w5', and from http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/ ... 2.8.tar.gz simply extracted/installed using pzip (I think). Then I made a symlink in "/usr/bin/java" to your java exec "usr/java/jre1.6.0_30/bin/java". Not really having the nous to construct a menu entry, I just used Xbindkeys to point to the dbgl exec script using the Win+g combo (for 'games'). Worked straight off the bat :)
Imported over a hundred games from the dbgl.zip files, and I must say that it's a real pleasure to have them all loading with sound and full playability - unlike my varied experiences with FreeDOS and memory management to match up the requirements of particular games -

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#683 Post by sc0ttman »

Hi Puppyt, thanks for the excellent info once again... I read this soon after you posted, but have been a little busy...
Puppyt wrote:I...went to install Ronald Blankendaal's "DBGL" (DOSBox Game Launcher) http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/#install. ...I also downloaded the gamepack archives Blakendaal had provided for configuration examples, placing them (unextracted) in the same directory.
Never seen that Dbgl thingy before... Nice... Added to repo!
Then from your repository I installed 'dosbox-0.73-akita.pet' and 'jre-1.6.0.30-akita.pet' (and also boost-1.46.1.pet , on the assumption I might have needed it for SDL libraries). Not really sure if libsdl-sound was already in your boost package...
Akita needs only JRE and sdl_sound.. The latter will be added to the next ISO as standard...

(Boost is not needed at all... Dosbox 074 is included in the Dbgl pkg, in /usr/share/dbgl...
The Dobbox 073 pkg doesn't actually need sdl_sound, BTW... )
Then I made a symlink in "/usr/bin/java" to your java exec "usr/java/jre1.6.0_30/bin/java".
Updated the JRE pkg in the akita repo, it now has this /usr/bin/java symlink by default.
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#684 Post by technosaurus »

Re: jre... I recently built jamvm 1.5.4 with gnu classpath 0.99 ... It's not too bad and jamvm is only ~200kb (gnu classpath's glibj.zip can be between 1 and 10mb depending on how much is configured in / cut back) ... BTW if you want to build jamvm against openjdk (now possible in trunk) don't pass cflags or it can break.
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#685 Post by tommy »

Hi, I use Akita an love it for it is stripped down and can run on old PCs. One problem I have is: whenever I try to open a PDF file, epdfview or zathura give me a segmentaion fault and crash. I tryed to download Foxit pdf reader, but it gives me the same problem. If I open those applications without opening a pdf file, they open OK, but if I choose OPEN... pdf , they crash. The console says -Segmentation fault. This never happened with Turbopup on which Akita is based. Suggestions? The Pc is a pentium III 700 Mhz coppermine, BX chipset, 512MB ram + 512MB swap. Thank you in advance.

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#686 Post by sc0ttman »

tommy wrote:Hi, I use Akita an love it for it is stripped down and can run on old PCs. One problem I have is: whenever I try to open a PDF file, epdfview or zathura give me a segmentaion fault and crash. I tryed to download Foxit pdf reader, but it gives me the same problem. If I open those applications without opening a pdf file, they open OK, but if I choose OPEN... pdf , they crash. The console says -Segmentation fault. This never happened with Turbopup on which Akita is based. Suggestions? The Pc is a pentium III 700 Mhz coppermine, BX chipset, 512MB ram + 512MB swap. Thank you in advance.
Mupdf is in the now Akita repo... Click the update button (next to 'Filter' btn) in the PPM and Akita will update the repo and tell you what packages have been added.. Mupdf will be included in the list. It works very well.
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#687 Post by tommy »

Er... quite magically, on subsequent reboots, both zathura and epdfview began to work as expected. I don't know how to explain this, as I tried to open PDF files even on a fresh install, having the same crash. Consider solved my problem!! Thank you for the quick answer !!

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akita linux beta 11

#688 Post by sc0ttman »

Akita Linux BETA 11

- a mongrel: sfs3, kernel 2.6.25.16, wary 5.1.x compatible
- akita repo - http://akita.scottjarvis.com
- uses jwm, but many other WMs in the repo
- easily enable/disable rox icons, startups, etc
- no office, no cups, all in repo
- massive choice of web browsers in easy installer
- uses vlc and vlc-gtk for media player
- many apps i18n'd, lots of French, Spanish, Russian, German translations included
- includes many good console apps: elinks, doc2txt, mocp, mc,
- good for old clunkers, craptops, etc

Download: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita-linux-beta11.iso,
size: 91mb, md5: f650670d7a727fdab4d451f019401000

Devx, for compiling: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita_devx-b11.sfs
md5: 68fe4a15228f9cc41ff8cd553e90f3a5, 111MB, sfs3
(Right-click and choose 'SFS Loader' to load/install it)

Summary of updates

- new devx, updated, fixed, works much better!
- many fixes in /usr/lib, /usr/X11R7/lib
- fixed epdfview, fontconfig, others
- fixed flash11 install
- recompiled ffmpeg, vlc 1.1.9 and their deps
- ffmpeg screengrab now works (ffconvert not quite yet)
- loads of updates to VLC-GTK, plays/records online streams, more options
- loads of new packages in akita repo, improvements to PPM
- new music related right-click options, fixes in other right click options
- updated and improved samba stuff.. see 'samba-manager'
- latest gtkdialog, PupMenu, Pburn, others

Changelog

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July 25
- added ROX right click option for folders: create m3u playlist

July 28
- updated VLC-GTK to 2.4
	- improved adding/listing favourite radio/tv streams
	- updated list of favourited radio/tv streams
	- improved restarting of GUI
	
July 31
- added: rtmpdump 2.4
- updates to VLC-GTK 2.4:
		- added radio stations
		- improved play_fave function: support for rtmpdump streams in fave list
		- added msg if rtmpdump is needed, but not installed
		- added live TV stations, depend on rtmpdump:
				- Al Jazeera, RT News, CSPAN, France24, MSNBC, ESPN, FOX, CNN, others

Aug 02
	- updated to VLC-GTK 2.4.1: 
			- fixed, network options to rtmpdump streams, includes stream title
			- fixed, support playback of actual rtmpdump commands using 'Play URL' button
			- fixed selection of chosen stream in play_fave
			- fixed, re-organised GUI, show more favourites in the list, fixed GUI scaling
			- added, vlc-gtk-btns: added crop and aspect ratio buttons, moved buttons, updated tooltips
			- added, many more TV streams, and some small fixes
			- updated tooltips for URL input, to tell about rtmpdump cmds
	- added help file: /root/my-documents/akita/multimedia/recording_video_streams.txt

Aug 05
	- updated VLC-GTK 2.4.1
			- added many more TV streams
			- return to previous tab and/or stream, after playback
			
Aug 06
	- added /usr/bin/streamplayer: plays online streams, works in CLI and X envs
	- updated to VLC-GTK 2.4.2
			- added 'record stream' button, next to 'play fave' button
			- 'record stream' func outputs stream to uniquely named flv file in $HOME
			- shows Xdialog tailbox with streams download progress
			- fixes in play_file func, show last used tab
Aug 07
	- updated streamplayer to 0.3: fixes in CLI interface for radio
	- updated VLC-GTK: 
			- fixed: creation of tmp files for non root users - added username to filenames
			- fixed: never kill/interrupt playback when downloading stream
			- added: more TV streams to list, National Geographic

Aug 08
	- updated VLC-GTK to 2.4.3
			- fixed Play URL + add to faves, use only play_url OR write_fave, only 1 GUI instance
			- dont start playback until fave stream is added
			- fixed deleted streams showing in list if last played stream
			- fixed delete_fave, always select correct streams
			- quit btn no longer kills playback (use 'Stop Playback' btn)

Aug 10
	- updated VLC-GTK: added subtitle delay support
	
Aug 12
	- updated VLC-GTK to 2.4.4
			- improved record_fave func: now you can record any stream in the fave list
			- updated some GUI tooltips to include info about stream downloads

Aug 14
	- added to Akita repo and PPM: tvbrowser-3.1-akita: TV and radio listings (6.4mb, needs java, in Multimedia)
	- added VLC-GTK rc files to home dir of user 'spot'
	
Aug 25
	- updated packages: 
		ffmpeg-2010-09-23-i486.pet (recompiled with x11grab working, needed updated libvpx and x264)
		vlc_nogui-1.1.9-i486-akita.pet (needed updated orc and schroedinger)
		libvpx-v1.1.0-i486.pet 
		x264-20110930-w5c.pet	
		orc-0.4.16-i486.pet
		schroedinger-1.0.11-i486.pet
		gpart_0.1h-11.pet (for recovering lost partitions)
		gtkdialog4-348-s-akita.pet (rev348)
		pburn-3.7.4.pet
		pburn_NLS.pet
		PupMenu-2.8.1.pet
		vlc-gtk-2.4.5:
				- xv (Xvideo) now default video output
				- fixed default tab selection on GUI restart
				- added VLC version info to top-right of GUI
				- removed hidden FILE_OPEN button at top of GUI

Aug 27
	- added lib_sdlsound (from wary repo)
	- added to Akita repo:
		- mupdf-0.9-99-akita (includes ROX right click options and wrapper, using gtkdialog file chooser)
		- jre-1.6 (updated pet, new symlink /usr/bin/java)
		- freecol-i486-akita, plus DOC file (needs java)
		- dbgl (dosbox game launcher)
		
Aug 28
	- fix: flash-get, opera version check
	- updated: gtkdialog updated to rev375
	
Aug 29
	- updated to VLC-GTK 2.4.6: 
			- show fave stream list in on screen controls (OSC) during stream playback, other related fixes
	
Aug 31:
	- fixed ptag: custom locale stuff was broken
	- fixed: VLC-GTK - small error stopped 'loop', 'random' options working
	- added 'Play using Deadbeef' to .m3u right click options
	
Sept 02
	- updated to VLC-GTK 2.4.7
			- fixed, video title positioning
			- new 'Help' tab, info about VLC-GTK
			- new 'Equalizer' setting in 'Audio' tab
			- new 'Advanced' tab, with new options:
					- Command line: add any VLC cli options you know
					- Debug: load up a debugger GUI to edit/check vlc cmds
					- Logfile: choose the log file for vlc
					- FFmpeg fast: speed hacks for playback (faster, but maybe buggier)
			- updated cli options, includes all new options
			- code cleanups and speed improvements
			
Sept 3
	- updated to VLC-GTK 2.4.8
			- fixed: added user options ($C) to all vlc cmds, (now includes streams, fave streams, stream dwnlds)
			- fixes for record_fave func in debug mode
			- fixed 'logfile' option, added --file-logging and others
			- updated: moved all vlc cmds into new func 'run_vlc' -  handles running the actual vlc commands
			- added: new 'OSC' button at bottom of main GUI: launch OSC if playback running without it
			- more cleanups in vlc-gtk and vlc-gtk-btns
	- fixed: flash-get, updated Flash11 URL
	- update: Akita PPM, pkg_chooser, ask to update akita repo at 1st launch
	
Sept 5
	- added to Akita Repo:
			- freecraft-1.20, and freecraft_data-1.20 (600K, 8mb)
			- newton_adventure: gravity puzzle platformer game, needs java (24mb)
			- starfighter-1.2-i486-akita: retro style action space shooter, 1179K
			
Sept 6
	- added to Akita repo:
			- transmission-2.33-i486, plus DOC and NLS (+libevent, also in repo), 1594K
			- cmus-2.4.3-i486: console music player with many features, 164K
			- SDL_gfx-2.0.24-i486: SDL graphics library, 37K
			- SDL_gfx_DEV-2.0.24-i486, 116K
	- update: latest gtkdialog (fixes in table ordering)
	- update: Akita PPM: add categories to each pet, in akita repo update GUI results
	- update: ROX right click options:
			- pdftohtml: no DRM, ignore images (AppRun)
			- edit-sfs:  always ask for base dir, then run
	- fix: VLC-GTK, OSC btn loads either stream or file OSC
	- fix: re-added xcb base, proto and utils from wary5 repo
	- fix: epdfview: revert to w5 poppler, pdftohtml/pdftotext seem to still work... 14.2 libs works with 14.5 pdfto* bins, it seems...
	- fix: move some /usr/lib/pkgconfig stuff from mainfs into devx (didnt replace anything already there)
	- fix: mismatch of pixman versions ... use pixman-0.18.4-w5 only, remove 0.24.x..
	- fix: move all fontconfig files to X11R7 ... 
	- fix: move all pixman stuff to /usr/lib ... 
	- fix: remove .so symlinks from /usr/lib and /usr/lib/X11R7 from mainfs... put them in devx
	- fix: added symlink in /usr/lib: libpoppler.so.13 points to libpoppler.so.7.0.0
	- fix: flash-get: flash11 install, check for opera before looking for version 
	- new devx: akita_dev-b11.sfs, based on beta8 devx: 
			- added beta 9, 10 and 11 DEV files (imlib2, sdl*, etc)
			- re-add xcb base, proto and utils DEV pets from wary5 repo
			- move some pkgconfig stuff from mainfs into devx (dont replace anything if already there)
			- moved .so symlinks from /usr/lib and /usr/lib/X11R7 from main fs, into devx
			- check fontconfig_DEV-w5: move all fontconfig files to X11R7 (inc pkconfig stuff and includes)
			- check pixman_DEV-w5: move all pixman stuff to /usr/lib (inc pkconfig stuff and includes)
			- update all fontconfig pkgconfig and include stuff to point to the correct dirs
	
Sept 7
	- improved Samba setup:
			- added new gui "Samba Manager", in Menu->Network, /usr/local/samba-manager
			- updated YASSM and samba tng pkgs from rcrsn51, without menu entries, relative symlinks
			- updated 'Network Shares GUI' to use samba-manager, in /usr/local/ql_gui
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Stable browser?

#689 Post by LoboGrande »

I recently cobbled together an old computer from used parts. Akita uploads and runs fairly snappy but I can't get Firefox 13 or IceCat to load Facebook without major hangups. It's got plenty of RAM(1.75gb) and the CPU does reach 100% but just for a few seconds when starting to load. Any suggestion?

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#690 Post by technosaurus »

LoboGrande wrote:I recently cobbled together an old computer from used parts. Akita uploads and runs fairly snappy but I can't get Firefox 13 or IceCat to load Facebook without major hangups. It's got plenty of RAM(1.75gb) and the CPU does reach 100% but just for a few seconds when starting to load. Any suggestion?
-fixed flash11 install
LPS_linux wrote:"Changes in Version 1.3.6 ... Flash not updated to 11.2.202.238 (it crashes with YouTube)..."
... "downgrade flash" - Technosaurus
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#691 Post by greengeek »

technosaurus wrote:p.s. I still use flash9.0.289+version mod
Do you have any tips about what the version mod is? Do you mean it reports as a newer version? And do you think it can be tried with any browser / any puppy or is it an Akita specific version? thx

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#692 Post by sc0ttman »

greengeek wrote:
technosaurus wrote:p.s. I still use flash9.0.289+version mod
Do you have any tips about what the version mod is? Do you mean it reports as a newer version? And do you think it can be tried with any browser / any puppy or is it an Akita specific version? thx
The script /usr/sbin/get-flash did do it for you.... But now it downloads a pre-patched flash9 pet : http://akita.scottjarvis.com/flashplaye ... 110327.pet

This code makes report itself as flash10.1:

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VER=`strings libflashplayer.so | grep -e "^Shockwave Flash [.\d+]*" | sed -e "s/Shockwave Flash //g"`
cat libflashplayer.so |sed -e "s/$VER/10.1 r99/g" >$PLUGINDIR/libflashplayer.so
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#693 Post by bark_bark_bark »

I found Firedog 3.6 + Flash 9 + the pretend upgrade makes web browsing smooth for the most part. For html5 I found I needed "Google Chrome Frame". I also installed proper nvidia card drivers.

Akita Beta 11 works great.

(Akita Beta 11 was tested on a Dell Optiplex GX1 with a 450mhz PIII and 128MB RAM)
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#694 Post by starhawk »

sc0ttman, I appear to have found a bug... or the laptop in question has quirky hardware in more places than I previously knew.

On my Dell CPi laptop (300MHz PII + 128 RAM + 384 swap) a full install works (Puplite5 did not), as does the NeoMagic gfx driver (first time this has happened -- kudos!)...

But sound does not.

ALSAWizard finds a card (3 letters then 4 digit number) which I suspect is really an ISA card, but it coughs up a lung trying to make it work. I can post more info if you need it, by way of screenshots.

Could you take a look at alsaconf and see if anything might be potentially screwing up in there?

Of note, this laptop does have a lot of hardware-based quirks. The aforementioned graphics card (pre-ATi/nVIDIA domination, apparently) is one, and the fact that the HDD is almost universally recognized as, of all things, a floppy disk is another. (The fact that previously I could only make graphics work with the generic Xorg driver --NeoMagic driver didn't work-- is yet another quirk.) So this audio thing may be a "new" quirk that I didn't know about before.

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#695 Post by Keef »

starhawk
Try reading this - especially post 11:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ow-405490/
Looks like a bit of trial & error may be needed.

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#696 Post by starhawk »

That's actually rather helpful... okay, well, almost.

I've no idea how the dickens to go about finding what values I need. The card I have is different, I think -- IIRC it's a cms##42. Gotta double-check that, tho.

If someone could instruct a bonehead like me on how to get the values I need, I can do the modprobe bit to make everything (hopefully) work. I can see how to construct the statement, I just don't know what to put in to "fill in the blanks" so to speak.

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#697 Post by sc0ttman »

starhawk wrote:On my Dell CPi laptop (300MHz PII + 128 RAM + 384 swap) a full install works
Which method did you use to make the full install? I would really like to know which way worked for you...
But sound does not.

ALSAWizard finds a card (3 letters then 4 digit number) which I suspect is really an ISA card
For audio, see these links:

- http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46290
- http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=45234
- http://alsa.opensrc.org/Dell_CPi_Laptop ... CPi+Laptop
- http://home.nedlinux.nl/~bart/?page=11

It doesn't look easy!
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#698 Post by starhawk »

I wiped out the previous install of Puplite5 using Gparted, then laid down a ~3.5gb ext3 partition and a 384mb linux-swap partition. Note that my "hard drive" in this case is a very fast CF card of 4gb size. Not much space to play with! (But that's OK.)

Then I ran the Puppy Universal Installer and told it to do a full install to an IDE or SATA hard drive.

The great thing about CF cards in IDE adapters is that Puppy can't tell on its own that the drive in question is a "poor man's SSD" -- Puppy relies on the user to tell the truth. By selecting "IDE/SATA Hard Drive" one can take advantage of this and do a full install on what is essentially a flash drive. The catch, of course, is that you can ONLY do this with a CF card, and ONLY with a CF->IDE adapter in between the card and the computer -- if it's not natively IDE, then the process errors out with "no devices found".

...BTW the same works for microdrives, which are really nifty in their own way. They're CF-sized hard drives, usually with a CF connector (although you can get ones with a ZIF connector that are even weirder).

Er... it's probably good to go into menu.lst after the fact and add the line pmedia=ataflash... but I didn't and it works anyways.

So that's how I did that.

As for sound, the third link (ALSAwiki) looks most promising. I will try that first, and we'll see how things go.

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#699 Post by starhawk »

Well, the 3rd link was useless. Puppy doesn't even HAVE an /etc/modprobe.d directory. At least, Akita doesn't.

So that won't work.

The method in the 2nd to last post in the 2nd link ALMOST works. ALSAMixer errors out, but if you pull up a terminal and type alsamixer -c 0 then THAT will work.

I think I need to create an alias somewhere, but I don't know how or what :( If someone can tell me how to make it known to the filesystem that there's a soundcard there, that would be nice.

...BTW, "Shutdown PC" and "Reboot PC" both reboot the system. Probably a pre-ACPI BIOS quirk. I can live with it, though.

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#700 Post by Tman »

Hi Scottman,

I decided to test out Akita 11 to see what new things you added...
On first boot Xorgwizard detected Vesa for my video, which I had to manually change to nv... no big deal for me.

I rather like Akita, but one thing about it that bothers me is that there are so many levels in the Menu.
It would be easier to navigate if there were less sub-menus to click through. Also, you've got a lot of pets that do similiar things .. eg. a lot of timers in the Personal Section. I would rather you keep the best 1 or 2 apps ... but that is just my preference. It's your pup, so do what you think is best.

To my surprise, I stumbled across Pupizzard package builder. Was this Iguleder's program, or did you modify it? I have modified one of Iguleder's builder package, which I got from Pemasu's Exprimo thread,
and it works great from the terminal ... I just have to do a few more tweaks to it, and then I want to make a font-end gui for it. I was wondering if you are interested in testing it, and maybe helping me with the gui? I attempted to make a simple front-end, but it seems that I am stuck...my frontend calls the terminal, so that you can see it compiling (good for troubleshooting as well), but the terminal dissappears partway through. :(

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