Description: This is a patched version of KLetterWizard (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=13442). Since the original author did not answer my emails and I like this app a lot a decided to simply post my fixes here as a new version.
Have fun.Last changelog:
0.9.8 * Unicode support (including for example german umlauts) * Fixed preview and Tex/PS saving
I downloaded the tarball and seeing a kdevelop project file in, opened it in KDevelop 3.4 to build.
The build failed with this trace:
*** YOU'RE USING autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.60.
*** KDE requires autoconf 2.53 or newer
gmake[1]: *** [cvs] Error 1
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Exited with status: 2 ***
./configure, make, make install, works great in a terminal.
Thank you for releasing this version.
Thats what free Software is all about, isn't it ?
I just don't have any time to do stuff on kletterwizard an I am not even using it myself at the moment.
I think its a good thing that you've shared.
I've emailed author's before and have either met with a great deal of help (qdvdauthor, kardsGT, acetoneISO, KIM, solseek and more - thank you all), or with no help at all (some times worse).
In light of the latter, sharing a fix could be a life saver for some.
I doubt any true author would see a "fan-fix" (hey I coined a new word!) as an insult but rather as a compliment.
It might be considered rude by some releasing a new version of someone elses application. What you did is a fork and should be named something else, perhaps KLetterWizard-ng or something (I suck at names).
Well, maybe you are right. But I though of this more like a bugfix release than a real fork. I do not intend to maintain this one. I just wanted to share my fixes with the world because without KLetterWizard is useless to most.
I hope the original author is not offended by this since I do not try to make his app mine.
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I downloaded the tarball and seeing a kdevelop project file in, opened it in KDevelop 3.4 to build. The build failed with this trace: *** YOU'RE USING autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.60. *** KDE requires autoconf 2.53 or newer gmake[1]: *** [cvs] Error 1 gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Exited with status: 2 *** ./configure, make, make install, works great in a terminal.
Thank you for releasing this version. Thats what free Software is all about, isn't it ? I just don't have any time to do stuff on kletterwizard an I am not even using it myself at the moment.
I think its a good thing that you've shared. I've emailed author's before and have either met with a great deal of help (qdvdauthor, kardsGT, acetoneISO, KIM, solseek and more - thank you all), or with no help at all (some times worse). In light of the latter, sharing a fix could be a life saver for some. I doubt any true author would see a "fan-fix" (hey I coined a new word!) as an insult but rather as a compliment.
It might be considered rude by some releasing a new version of someone elses application. What you did is a fork and should be named something else, perhaps KLetterWizard-ng or something (I suck at names).
Well, maybe you are right. But I though of this more like a bugfix release than a real fork. I do not intend to maintain this one. I just wanted to share my fixes with the world because without KLetterWizard is useless to most. I hope the original author is not offended by this since I do not try to make his app mine.