Hi, as previously mentioned in IRC, there is a competent python guy in the lubuntu team who may have some free time to help out if it is wished that I ask him.
Regards, Phill. On 13 June 2013 18:47, Patrick Dickey <pdickeyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll dig around too this weekend. It might not be as big of a deal as we > think. Also instead of searching for "Porting Python from PyGTK2 to > PyGTK3" or something like that, maybe look for differences between > PyGTK2 and PyGTK3 or something along those lines. > > Have a great day.:) > Patrick. > > On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 13:25 -0400, Thomas Corwin wrote: > > Well, I have figured out many problems as to why it is incomparable with > any version higher than 10.04. > > > > The main problem is that Quickshot is written in Python running on GTK+ > 2. All of the code MUST be updated to the newest versions of PyGK and GTK+ > 3. > > > > I, unfortunately, do not know how to go about this problem. I wish I > did. The only thing I can actually do without a problem is the GUI editing. > > > > As Patrick said earlier, maybe we could get Neil to help us get > Quickshot running again. I am very limited to what I can do for it. I'm > still poking around for complete information on porting the code to GTK+ 3. > > > > Thanks! > > Thomas Corwin > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:55 PM, "Patrick Dickey" <pdickeyb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I'm sure once you're ready with code, the branch can be unlocked. Plus > > > any changes you make will sit in your local branch until you can upload > > > them. > > > > > > Have a great day.:) > > > Patrick. > > > > > > P.S. I'll try to help you out whenever I can, but I'm not sure how much > > > help I'll be. > > > > > > On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 10:45 -0400, Thomas Corwin wrote: > > >> After reason the link that Hannie provided, I saw that the bzr branch > is restricted to one user being able to push to the branch. That's a > problem. > > >> > > >> But I will look into it all today, and "quickly" learn some python so > I can attempt to bring it back. > > >> > > >> Thank you all for the help! > > >> Thomas > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> On Jun 10, 2013, at 7:42 AM, "Patrick Dickey" <pdickeyb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> > > >>> On the link that Hannie provides, if you follow through the thread > (or > > >>> read it in an email client), you'll see that Neil Tallim had offered > to > > >>> help out in what ways he could with getting it running. Maybe if we > > >>> figure out what needs to be done to get it working on 13.10, we can > ask > > >>> Neil for suggestions on how to make it happen. > > >>> > > >>> I'll say that my Python experience has come from writing a couple of > > >>> limited scripts and from reading through the special Python issues at > > >>> Full Circle Magazine (plus their ongoing series on Python). That > might > > >>> be something to check out, if you want to learn it. > > >>> > > >>> Have a great day.:) > > >>> Patrick. > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 11:20 +0200, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > > >>>> We discussed quickshot before. Here is a link to an email from > Patrick > > >>>> (with useful tips): > > >>>> https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg03688.html > > >>>> Hannie > > >>>> > > >>>> Op 10-06-13 07:04, Thomas Corwin schreef: > > >>>>>> I'm slightly confused... quickshot is (or was) a "Quickly" app in > > >>>>>> Python, not a C# app. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Quickly . > Why start > > >>>>>> over using a totally different language and ask for "project > files"? > > >>>>> I have more experience with C# than I do Python. And I'm sorry for > using the term "project files". I am a .NET developer, and that is how we > refer to the "source code" of our applications. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> You can do a normal > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> bzr branch lp:quickshot > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> to get the current quickshot codebase (and all history of that > codebase, > > >>>>>> for the 7 months in 2010 it was under development). That should > include > > >>>>>> all the Ubuntu packaging files (under debian/ ) needed to build a > > >>>>>> quickshot package from source using the usual Debian/Ubuntu > packaging > > >>>>>> tools. > > >>>>> I forgot I could do that.. I never thought of it really. Haha. But > I will do that once I fix my Ubuntu installation. (Windows 8 and Ubuntu do > not go together well when you dual boot....) > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> What would you need "project files" (as in the ones used by MS > > >>>>>> Visual Studio?) for? Or does (bzr branch lp:quickshot) provide > what you > > >>>>>> meant by "project files"? > > >>>>> The bzr branch will provide the files I was looking for. Again, I > shouldn't have used my usual terminology. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Wouldn't it make more sense to fix the existing quickshot app > than to > > >>>>>> start over in a new language (and development environment) > entirely? > > >>>>> More yes than no. Yes, because I will only have to fix the > application, rather than start over, but No, because I am unfamiliar with > Python. I will update the precious code that was written in Python, though. > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Info on creating a PPA is at > https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA > > >>>>>> when you need it, by the way :) > > >>>>> And thank you Jonathan! :) that's what I was looking for. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>> Thomas Corwin > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > >>>>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > > >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > >>>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > > >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > >>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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