Hello Maurice,

On 08 Jan 15 22:39, Maurice Kinal wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> Where's that!?

 MK> In the ftn_functions file that I use along with a mess of hardcoded
 MK> information unique to me.  I have to go through it before I can make
 MK> it more generic.  I figure a seperate configuration file would help
 MK> that cause.

Woah, wait, what? Hardcoded? Yeah man, if you want me to check it out, I need
to be able to change the stuff to use MY information without editing the code!
:)

 NB>>> Separate scripts? Or all manual?

 MK> See above but a seperate configuration file will help me make the
 MK> ftn_functions more generic and thus suitable for putting up for grabs

Very much so!

 MK> ... if it even gets that far.  Have a looksee at what is there first
 MK> and we'll then talk whether or not this is of any interest of further
 MK> development.  I have my doubts but you never know for sure.
 MK> Personally I think I could easily live with stripping out more from
 MK> the raw pkts than the one I posted does.  All the so-called control
 MK> codes readily come to mind.

It should get that far. I've been interested in what you've been doing for
quite some time now. Why do you think I've been working with you to test utf-8
as well as anything else you've been wanting to try?

I'm also a pretty big stickler when it comes to functionality. So if you're
willing, be prepared to be bombarded with feature requests. :)

 NB>> When I have time to dive in, I'd like to check it out to it's
 NB>> fullest extent.

 MK> It still needs work but if the part you already has does indeed work
 MK> then the rest should.  If it doesn't then there is no need to look at
 MK> the rest as it depends on the creation of new_messages.raw from raw
 MK> pkt(s).

Okay. I'll just copy a bundle over from what I'm currently doing, and try it
with that. Does it work with bundles? Or is it .pkt only at the moment? Either
way, I was ready to set up another VM with all of this in place to see what I
could do with it. I guess we're not that far yet, or you don't want to throw it
all at me in one shot. :)

 NB>> I'm not all that bad at troubleshooting, and would be able to let
 NB>> you know exactly which script I ran that caused anything odd to
 NB>> happen. :)

 MK> I am guessing sed is where it will fail if it does fail.

Why would it? All of that is available on my system(s) here, unless I broke
something and don't know about it yet. I'm probably one of the few that runs a
full utf-8 system here besides you, which is why I'm interested in checking it
out.

 NB>> I haven't tried it yet. Hopefully I can get into it this weekend
 NB>> though.

 MK> No rush.  I am still picking away at my latest install and am totally
 MK> pissed off with ntpd on it mainly because of the stinkin' clock on
 MK> this particular board which is obviously running too fast.  It has me
 MK> seriously thinking about the
 MK> Rasberri-Pi-GPS-PPS-el-cheapo-LAN-time-server idea.  :::mutter,
 MK> mutter, mutter:::

Bleh. Get yourself a new machine. Go quad core, they're cheaper now. Myself?
I'm probably going to go with a 6-core processor next, and am willing to fork
over the cash for it. But that will be used for my gaming addiction. :)

 MK> Also, as long as I am griping, the power supply on my usual
 MK> development machine whose clock is reliable, decided to die
 MK> unexpectedly and suddenly.  I was doing some awesome wireless meshing
 MK> on there and now all that is on hold until I take care of that ... or
 MK> decide to give all that the heave-ho.  Stinkin' wireless.

 MK> Hm.  Now where did I last leave the sledge hammer?  ;-)

Then what? Probably better off taking it to a store or something that recycles
them. Or parts it out and keep what you want, while replacing the stuff you
need.

Regards,
Nick

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