Comments for Free Software Tips and Tricks at Zona-M http://freesoftware.zona-m.net how to make your computer work for you Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Wanted: Virtual Personal Email Servers by Splinder ha chiuso. Io no | Stop http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/wanted-virtual-personal-email-servers/#comment-1048 Splinder ha chiuso. Io no | Stop Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:50:15 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=77#comment-1048 [...] (*) magari integrando anche un server email personale [...] [...] (*) magari integrando anche un server email personale [...]

]]> Comment on How to download RSS feeds with a simple script by marco http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/how-to-download-rss-feeds-with-a-simple-script/#comment-1040 marco Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:45:04 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=328#comment-1040 thanks Alessandro, I'll try this soon. thanks Alessandro, I’ll try this soon.

]]> Comment on How to download RSS feeds with a simple script by Alessandro Arrichiello http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/how-to-download-rss-feeds-with-a-simple-script/#comment-1039 Alessandro Arrichiello Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:58:25 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=328#comment-1039 Hi, You can just try taking feed's encoding by feedparser to encode your string and not just simply choose UTF-8, you can use something like this: print feed_name + " | " + s.title.encode(d['encoding']) + " | " + unicode(s.link).encode(d['encoding']) + "\n" see you :-) Hi,
You can just try taking feed’s encoding by feedparser to encode your string and not just simply choose UTF-8, you can use something like this:

print feed_name + ” | ” + s.title.encode(d['encoding']) + ” | ” + unicode(s.link).encode(d['encoding']) + “\n”

see you :-)

]]> Comment on How to transform (almost) plain ASCII text to Lulu-ready PDF files, part 2 by How to automatically insert photographs in LaTeX files | TechRepublic http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/how-to-transform-almost-plain-ascii-text-to-lulu-ready-pdf-files-part-2/#comment-1033 How to automatically insert photographs in LaTeX files | TechRepublic Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:42:55 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=23#comment-1033 [...] creates and saves in make_calendars all the commands that your Linux box must run to do the work for you. Finally, text strings can be literally anything. Therefore, processing LaTeX files with shell scripts is worth learning because it can do much more than insert pictures. I, for example, used the same general technique explained here to transform plain text files in Lulu.com-ready PDF files. [...] [...] creates and saves in make_calendars all the commands that your Linux box must run to do the work for you. Finally, text strings can be literally anything. Therefore, processing LaTeX files with shell scripts is worth learning because it can do much more than insert pictures. I, for example, used the same general technique explained here to transform plain text files in Lulu.com-ready PDF files. [...]

]]> Comment on Major gaps of Open Office Impress versus Microsoft Power Point: what do you think? by hdave http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/major-gaps-of-open-office-impress-versus-microsoft-power-point-what-do-you-think/#comment-1030 hdave Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:45:47 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=324#comment-1030 I have seen bitmap graphics get distorted badly. I also have headers and footer type information lost. Also the templates do not translate either...very little comes across. I have given up on Impress almost entirely as I need to collaborate with MS Office using co-workers. I have to say that it is terribly disappointing whenever I see a set of release notes (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#LibreOffice_3.5_changes) and do not see anything about addressing the huge interoperability issues with MS Office. If Libre Office want to succeed, these must be addressed. I have seen bitmap graphics get distorted badly. I also have headers and footer type information lost. Also the templates do not translate either…very little comes across.

I have given up on Impress almost entirely as I need to collaborate with MS Office using co-workers. I have to say that it is terribly disappointing whenever I see a set of release notes (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5#LibreOffice_3.5_changes) and do not see anything about addressing the huge interoperability issues with MS Office.

If Libre Office want to succeed, these must be addressed.

]]> Comment on Two questions about (Free) software development: copyright assignment and non-commercial use by Linx http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/two-questions-about-free-software-development-copyright-assignment-and-non-commercial-use/#comment-983 Linx Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:23:26 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=336#comment-983 I really appreciate free, succicnt, reliable data like this. I really appreciate free, succicnt, reliable data like this.

]]> Comment on Major gaps of Open Office Impress versus Microsoft Power Point: what do you think? by Chen http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/major-gaps-of-open-office-impress-versus-microsoft-power-point-what-do-you-think/#comment-809 Chen Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:08:44 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=324#comment-809 I use OpenOffice because it is not from Microsoft! I use OpenOffice because it is not from Microsoft!

]]> Comment on How to transform (almost) plain ASCII text to Lulu-ready PDF files, part 1 by farvardin http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/how-to-transform-almost-plain-ascii-text-to-lulu-ready-pdf-files-part-1/#comment-795 farvardin Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:10:18 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=39#comment-795 Hello, I see you're making a reference to my website for footnotes. The project has much evolved now, you can find its page on http://code.google.com/p/textallion/ and some examples of its use are there http://anamnese.online.fr/site2/textallion/docs/documentation_en.html Besides footnotes, I've also included index and support to add LaTeX code and equation if needed. I don't know how Lulu works, but by editing the LaTeX stylesheet, it should be possible to fit the right format. Hello,

I see you’re making a reference to my website for footnotes. The project has much evolved now, you can find its page on http://code.google.com/p/textallion/ and some examples of its use are there http://anamnese.online.fr/site2/textallion/docs/documentation_en.html
Besides footnotes, I’ve also included index and support to add LaTeX code and equation if needed.

I don’t know how Lulu works, but by editing the LaTeX stylesheet, it should be possible to fit the right format.

]]> Comment on Wanted: Virtual Personal Email Servers by The real obstacles to personal email management: unaware users and (absent) laws | Stop http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/wanted-virtual-personal-email-servers/#comment-779 The real obstacles to personal email management: unaware users and (absent) laws | Stop Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:20:11 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=77#comment-779 [...] Server) than any non-programmer could operate independently, if they had a reason to do it. By VPES I mean a single bundle of preconfigured Free Software that you could run in a very cheap dedicated [...] [...] Server) than any non-programmer could operate independently, if they had a reason to do it. By VPES I mean a single bundle of preconfigured Free Software that you could run in a very cheap dedicated [...]

]]> Comment on Two questions about (Free) software development: copyright assignment and non-commercial use by marco http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/two-questions-about-free-software-development-copyright-assignment-and-non-commercial-use/#comment-744 marco Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:25:03 +0000 http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/?p=336#comment-744 Luca, as I said, Scratch was only the initial pretext to help to clarify a little the general meaning of certain terms. It's obvious that "If license is pure Free Software, these doubts do not exist", and I am happy that this page is being used to stimulate more discussions on these themes! Luca,
as I said, Scratch was only the initial pretext to help to clarify a little the general meaning of certain terms. It’s obvious that “If license is pure Free Software, these doubts do not exist”, and I am happy that this page is being used to stimulate more discussions on these themes!

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