indywiki
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
indywiki aims to explore different ways of browsing the wikipedia universe! It need python and pyqt4 and is developed at http://indywiki.sourceforge.net
12 years ago
Main features include navigation via text links, in addition to image links, visual clues for distinguishing between native images (images in the current page) and non-native images (images in pages linked to and from the current page) and changes that make the program faster and more customisable!
12 years ago
Main features include navigation via text links, in addition to image links, visual clues for distinguishing between native images (images in the current page) and non-native images (images in pages linked to and from the current page) and changes that make the program faster and more customisable!
Base: 4 x 5.0 Ratings
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indywiki is part of Libre Apps, Games and Add-ons, which is supported by the following people:
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leviathan89
12 years ago
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mgogoulos
12 years ago
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Coblestone
12 years ago
Read this article:
http://news.scotsman.com/education/Falling-exam--passes-blamed.4209408.jp
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logixoul
12 years ago
Quote:running install
error: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.5/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
What gives?
Maybe you should also outline this stuff in the readme.
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mgogoulos
12 years ago
"You need to install the development package for python. It should be called
python2.5-devel or something similar. "
seems it's a python issue , but will be included in the Readme file (please drop a line if this works.
Cheers
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logixoul
12 years ago
Quote:Checking .pth file support in /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/test-easy-install-25908.pth'
The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
This directory does not currently exist. Please create it and try again, or
choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir
option).
So I ran
Quote:sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
and the install worked.
Surely setup.py should've handled that for me :p
So, I ran indywiki, a window appeared and immediately disappeared with a SIGSEGV. What do I do?
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mgogoulos
12 years ago
you get the SIGSEGV when you run the program through src/indywiki directory, or after you've installed it with setup.py? I need more information on how this happens to see what I can do. I've been thoroughly testing indywiki on a openSuse 10.2 64 bit system and didn't have any problem so far (I run the program through src/indywiki, I haven't installed it on that system, although I'm not sure if this is related to the problem)
Regards
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logixoul
12 years ago
this is a 32bit system and my PyQt is 4.3 as required.
another python app, skencil, works fine.
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m0nk
12 years ago
on openSUSE try this:
python setup.py build
python setup.py install --prefix=/usr
So everything gets installed under /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages, because /usr/local/lib/python(anyversion) is not in $PYTHONPATH.
Greetings
m0nk
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logixoul
12 years ago
you could replace the GO, BACK, NEXT buttons with icon-only qtoolbuttons. of course, since you've opted to use plain qt, you can't just use KIcon for nice icons. you'll have to ship them with the package.
also, a cmake-based install system would be nice. plus a .desktop file. ping me if you get stuck with cmake ;)
the image grid would look a lot better if you make style the pushbuttons a bit. like, make them darkgrey and rectangular or something. hint: QWidget::setStyleSheet()
the 'remove progressbar' is useless, and 'choose wikipedia site' would be better off integrated into the main layout as a combobox. in fact, the menubar is pointless for miniapps like indywiki; you might as well ditch it.
your layouting mostly sucks, the margins are all off. try to line things up a bit.
keep it up =)
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dep63G
12 years ago
How dare you write to someone "your software is crappy and you're trying to sell it here" just because you don't like it? Who needs your miserable opinion? These people spend their own time working on things that can be used for free by anyone. Present us your work, show us your contributions, and don't judge others, especially when the only thing you have to give is your LAME opinion...
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francophone
12 years ago
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leviathan2
12 years ago
What these people do is look for a 15 or 20 year old windows program that has gone opensource. Spend 30 minutes messing with the code and attach their name to it. Then the rest of us are supposed to hail them as gurus or programming gods. They are nothing but cheap ripoff artists.
Your comment is so typical of a linux user. By your logic, if you don't like something about linux, you must be working for Microsoft. (As if an MS employee wouldn't have better things to do) Are all you people conspiracy theory whack jobs or what?
There is no competition between Linux and Microsoft. Linux has about 1% of the desktop market worldwide. MS doesn't care about you or your crappy knockoff software.
If all you want on here is people to blow smoke up the asses of these so called "programmers" then you'll continue to get weak utilities like this one.
I use linux as a hobby. I run it about 95% of the time. But I use windows and mac also. It's not a team sport. You don't have to pick a side. Grow up.
The quality of most "open source" software is terrible. and I'm not going to pat someone on the back for a crappy job.
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logixoul
12 years ago
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francophone
12 years ago
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stanhirsch
12 years ago
And I know some of you won't want to hear it but I have to agree somewhat with Leviathan as to the reliability of the information on wikipedia. Wikipedia has a less than scholarly track record.
Maybe this software should be filed under "EduTAINment".
With wikipedia, anonymous average "joes" with no credentials and no writing skills are allowed to publish anything they want and espouse whatever slanted philosophy or propaganda they wish.
I would hardly consider that a "reliable" source of information.
For example: history on wikipedia is being rewritten by 16 coffee house socialists. Vandals attack articles constantly. Facts are not checked. Cited references are frequently dubious.
I could list a hundred other problems with it but I digress.
Now this isn't necessary a problem with your indywiki program but it's akin to installing a broken processor on your brand new motherboard.
Couldn't you have used an actual reputable source like world book, encarta or brittanica?
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mgogoulos
12 years ago
Agree with the one about Edutainment. No such category here though!
I've been using Wikipedia for > 2 years time and am constantly being impressed by the information found there and accuracy of it. I have met the phaenomenas that you mention very FEW times. It's not that easy as you say for a simple 'joe' to affect the quality of an article. True, on some articles one can vandalize or delete content, but it get's fixed soon, on internet real time, as hundreds of people might be watching and editing the article. Apart from this there are mechanisms that lock frequently vandalized articles. As an example try to edit a highly objective article, like 'George Bush', or 'Socialism' and see if you can make it.
This dispute can keep on for ages and I repeat this is not the correct place to do it, don't you think so?
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leviathan2
12 years ago
Don't listen to mgogoulos. He's just trying to toot his own horn here.
His claim to have only come across inaccurate articles a FEW times is either disingenuous or he is a complete fool.
Anyone with half a brain can see that thousands of the articles on wikipedia are tagged with warnings about "original research", "quality standards", "unverified claims", etc.
For example, take a look at the entry for the restaurant "McDonalds" or the comedian "Dane Cook".
The fact that many articles are now locked is not something to brag about but instead a testiment to the dangers of having "average joe" write the information.
I agree with you. Most all articles have the slant of opinion as though some marijuana-smoking euro teenager wrote them.
Yes, a few high profile entries are now locked but THOUSANDS of others are not.
And who would even know which of these entries contained false information at the time that YOU read it? (Not when someone, if ever, gets around to correcting it!)
Additionally, many articles are simply plagerized from other sources.
There is no control and no accountability except for the few anecdotal examples mentioned by the apologists.
This brings me around to Indywiki. It seems typical of the linux community to steal information from other sources and claim it as your own. Indywiki is nothing more than a buggy reader that 'steals' all of it's information from a source that is both unreliable, and in some instances 'stolen' from somewhere else.
All all Linux users theives? Is there anything original on here?
Why is everything on this site a sad ripoff or port of some 10 year old windows/mac program?
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stanhirsch
12 years ago
And I know some of you won't want to hear it but I have to agree somewhat with Leviathan as to the reliability of the information on wikipedia. Wikipedia has a less than scholarly track record.
Maybe this software should be filed under "EduTAINment".
With wikipedia, anonymous average "joes" with no credentials and no writing skills are allowed to publish anything they want and espouse whatever slanted philosophy or propaganda they wish.
I would hardly consider that a "reliable" source of information.
For example: history on wikipedia is being rewritten by 16 coffee house socialists. Vandals attack articles constantly. Facts are not checked. Cited references are frequently dubious.
I could list a hundred other problems with it but I digress.
Now this isn't necessary a problem with your indywiki program but it's akin to installing a broken processor on your brand new motherboard.
Couldn't you have used an actual reputable source like world book, encarta or brittanica?
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mgogoulos
12 years ago
thanks for the comment. about the second issue, indeed there has to be provided a better way of choosing which Wikipedia site to use! I'm trying to find that, any ideas are welcome!
leviathan2, you're out of the topic, as always. maybe start visiting a religious site instead of a software one?
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pvt14
12 years ago
I have some small problems with Indywiki. When I click "View->Remove Progress bar" (progress bar is removed) and then try turning it back on by clicking again "View->Remove Progress bar", Indywiki returns "QStatusBar::removeWidget(): Widget not found." I am using Python 2.5.1 and Qt 4.3.2 with the Oxygen GUI style, if that matters. Also, I think there should be a better way of choosing which Wikipedia site to use, outside of the limited list already present.
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leviathan2
12 years ago
Some people are idiots. What they "think" about wikipedia does NOT make it a reliable source of information.
It has been PROVEN to be an UNRELIABLE source of information.
That is a FACT. Not an OPINION.
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mgogoulos
12 years ago
I'm fed up of reading your comments about wikipedia's reliability. You wrote it once and I think it's enough, this is not the site for discussing all these! If you have a suggestion or comment on indywiki please state it, otherwise don't distract us anymore.
your initial quote is copy/pasted here, so you don't have to repeat it again.
(WIkipedia is not a reliable source of anything but merely a posting place for personal opinion)
(no comments. it's your personal opinion, and i can respect that)
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leviathan2
12 years ago
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MayC23
12 years ago
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