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Re: 2021-12-27 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

andysylvester — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:09:28 -0000

Sacha, I wrote a post on GTD and Org Mode, maybe you could include in next week's Emacs news: http://andysylvester.com/20...

Andy Sylvester

Re: 2020-10-12 Emacs news

andysylvester — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:45:21 -0000

For your next Emacs news update, lesson 8 is now available at http://OrgModeForBeginners.com (how to add timestamps to TODO tasks and view in Agenda mode). It can be found at https://orgmodeforbeginners....

Re: 2020-09-07 Emacs news

andysylvester — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:41:10 -0000

For your next Emacs news update, lesson 7 is now available at http://OrgModeForBeginners.com (how to add checkboxes to a TODO list) (https://orgmodeforbeginners....

Re: 2020-08-10 Emacs news

andysylvester — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:42:44 -0000

Sacha, thanks for compiling these Emacs news reports! I want to let you know about a site I have created (http://orgmodeforbeginners..... This is a site with videos to help beginning Org Mode users. If you could include it in your next news update, I would appreciate it.

Re: Video: Installing River4 on a Mac

andysylvester — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:32:58 -0000

Dave, thanks for posting this video! I like the changes you are making to simplify the new install process. I am working on finishing a video showing the River4/S3/Heroku setup process, but will go back to my earlier video on local Windows installs (http://andysylvester.com/20... at some point to pick up your changes.

Re: A new EC2 for Poets

andysylvester — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:29:52 -0000

I developed a set of functions analogous to the River4 filesystem functions you created, but accessing Dropbox instead of the local filesystem. I then created a Dropbox app for River4 to interact with. I then copying the river files from Dropbox to a shared hosting account using a script called Dropbox-Uploader (https://github.com/andreafa.... The results are at http://rivers.andysylvester....

If you would be interested, I could send you a copy of the code. I could also submit a pull request at some point, but I have it implemented in an older version of River4, and would want to first move my changes to the latest River4 version. Let me know...

Re: A new EC2 for Poets

andysylvester — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:04:29 -0000

I like the idea of using Dropbox to upload files. I am running a modified version of River4 using Dropbox for storage instead of S3. It makes it really easy to edit an OPML file in Fargo and then just copy the file over to Dropbox to add a new feed.

I am interested in being a tester whenever the image is ready!

Re: Getting started with Radio3

andysylvester — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:29:56 -0000

Dave,

Your new tool is working great for me on Google Chrome for Windows! I am looking forward to posting to Facebook as well.

One comment on this "getting started" page - the end of the first paragraph says "...on the open web web." - seems like a typo to me.

Re: Life and Code’s Learn To Code Resources Guide

andysylvester — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:56:10 -0000

Lisa, the WAMP link in your list of development environments goes to the MAMP site. I would suggest updating the WAMP link to point to http://www.wampserver.com/en/ and http://www.apachefriends.or....

Re: Scripting News: Advice for newbie OPML programmers

andysylvester — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:16:53 -0000

Another good resource is my tutorial for developing OPML Editor Tools, found at:

http://andysylvester.com/20...

This would help any new OPML Editor tool developer.

Re: HowTo: Adding permalinks to prefs pages, 8/3/08

andysylvester — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:21:01 -0000

Brian,

I tried to reply to your post directly but mistyped, see http://howto.opml.org/dave/... for my reply.

Re: HowTo: Adding permalinks to prefs pages, 8/3/08

andysylvester — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:19:10 -0000

Brian,

I'm glad you liked the articles, I would be interested in any feedback or questions you have. Dave Winer posted a link to the OPML Editor source code on Scripting News on August 25th (http://static.opml.org/opml.... You could also look at the comments on that post (http://www.scripting.com/st... for more information.

Re: HowTo: How to use the HowTo Tool

andysylvester — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:47:24 -0000

I'm sorry, thanks for letting me know - the URL is http://howto.opml.org/andys....

Looking at my example a little more, I see that the third level is indented. I guess what threw me off was that the second level headline was also given a permalink in addition to the top level headline (License/background issues headline, for example).

Re: HowTo: How to use the HowTo Tool

andysylvester — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:29:26 -0000

I have added some content to my Hello World page, and I noticed that the outline rendering was a little different than I expected. I saw that a third level headline did not get indented (I thought that the second level heading would fall below the first level heading - and it does - and that the third level heading would then be indented). I assume this is part of the renderer built into the tool.

Two thoughts I have so far are:
1. How easy is to use another function to perform rendering?
2. A feature that I think would be neat is to have a table of contents generated from the section headings, like on multisection Wikipedia pages (for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wik....

I'll keep posting more ideas as I get them.

Re: HowTo: How to use the HowTo Tool

andysylvester — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:36:08 -0000

Dave, thanks for the quick update, I was able to install it this time and it works with my Identica account:

http://howto.opml.org/andys...

I have some ideas for updating some of the docs on the OPML Editor site, do you mind if I put some notes up on my HowTo Tool page?

Re: HowTo: How to use the HowTo Tool

andysylvester — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:50:00 -0000

I downloaded the HowTo Tool from the Tool Catalog this evening to try it out. I got a dialog box asking me if I wanted to install the tool, and I clicked the OK button. I then got a OPML Editor script dialog box with the following text:

"Can't call the script because the name "podcatcherSuite" hasn't been defined."

I then clicked on the Go To button, and the #installer.onInstall window opened up. The cursor was positioned at the end of a line with the text "podcatcherSuite.init ()".

I confirmed that I have a file called "howto.root" in my Tools folder. I then looked at the howTo.root table in the OPML Editor and confirmed that the #installer table contains a script called onInstall, which is trying to call stuff for the podcatcher Tool. I do not have this Tool installed.

Can this be corrected? I would like to try out the HowTo Tool.

Re: HowTo: Adding permalinks to prefs pages, 8/3/08

andysylvester — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:34:18 -0000

Thanks for the offer, I think I will keep it on my weblog for now. I will take a look at the HowTo Tool this weekend.

Re: HowTo: Adding permalinks to prefs pages, 8/3/08

andysylvester — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:56:24 -0000

Dave,

I have posted a tutorial on developing OPML Editor Tools on my weblog at http://andysylvester.com/20... - take a look and let me know what you think.