Parcellite Moved to SourceForge

Over the weekend I moved the Parcellite project to SourceForge. The new website can be found at http://parcellite.sourceforge.net


The new checkout command is svn co https://parcellite.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/parcellite/trunk parcellite


My blog will also soon be moved :)

Time Travel

Each day is a battle against time, there isn't enough in my day. I have been able to trickle down some i18n support in Parcellite during the last few days. I've had some translations that some nice contributors sent me sitting around and I finally was able to commit them to svn (german and italian). I have french and spanish to commit and I'll be done.

Aside from that, I've been looking for an alternative host to Google Code for the project (and future projects). I don't really like its "issues" system and it just lacks in general. So far I'm thinking DevjaVu or Assembla. Comments? Suggestions?

Open Source Developers are Amazing

I started writing Parcellite when I was a full time student, with little responsibilities. I was able to dedicate a large amount of time to carefully writing, testing, and debugging my little program during the week. Now that I have a full time job, I realize just how much dedication and effort other open source developers have to write great applications in what little free time they have. I am finding that either new responsibilities (which came with living my myself) and other interests (gaming/girlfriend) have kept me from quickly progressing on my program.

I have come up with an idea though: I will attempt to code 1 hour a day, every day. Be it a variable name change, testing a new function, fix comments, anything. As long as I keep myself busy with it, I'll be able to reach the goals that I have for this project in a reasonable amount of time.

Blips on the Radar

Those of you using Parcellite from the subversion repository might notice some activity slowly crawling along if you update it frequently. Here are some of the features available on svn:

New
+ Added daemon mode.
+ Added reverse history option.
+ Added no-icon option (use Ctrl-Alt-P for the menu).

Changes
+ Menu generation and display is quicker.
+ Selected items also get copied to primary.
+ History shows newest item first by default.
+ Performance and overall improvement on action executions.

I believe I will be releasing 0.8 shortly with the features and changes described above. Although support for internationalization is in place, there is currently no translations in place (though I do have french and spanish translations available). The reason for that is I will be adding support for the x-selection clipboard and translations in the consequent release.

*work work work*

If you haven't noticed, I have been a little inactive lately. That's because I started working full time and I'm still getting use to managing the little amount of time I have after my commute. I've also been working out some kinks on my grad school submission and my new apartment.

I really need to sit down and finish v0.8 of Parcellite. Though technically it's ready for release, I just need to clean it up a bit and add my own Spanish translation to it (and others). Version 0.7 is now available in Debian and Ubuntu's official repositories though :)

*hack hack hack*

Sat down for a while to work on v0.8 of Parcellite and managed to commit some changes to the way actions are executed. I used to use a simple system() call, but in its single-threaded nature Parcellite would become unresponsive until it finished executing your action. I implemented a simple pthread for each action executed so that you may continue to use the clipboard manager as it executes your desired action, something I should have done from the start but oh well :)

Finals &

This Friday I start finals, which I finish may 19th. I managed to commit some bugfixes for Parcellite during the weekend. As soon as finals are over I'll finish what it needs for a 0.8 release.

Positive Feedback

Lately I've gotten alot of positive feedback on Parcellite. I'm glad fellow open source enthusiasts are able to find use of my little project. Unfortunately I haven't gotten the chance to sit down and work on it because of "real life." Hopefully soon I can sit down and hack away version 0.8 which will include some new features and improvements, most of which have been suggested by the users.

Twitter Client

I tried Twitux but I didn't like it. So instead, when I have the time, I'll write a PyGTK client using the python-twyt wrapper. Of course I'll probably do this after I work on Parcellite, which I've been neglecting lately.

Anyone know any twitter clients besides Twitux?

Edit: I designed a GUI in glade I am happy with and instead picked the python-twitter wrapper. After I finish Parcellite v0.8 I will work more on it. Also, I'm calling it Nitwit :)

Parcellite v0.7

Finally released v0.7 which I had sitting on the subversion repository for a while because of school/work. Get it while it's hot.

ChangeLog

v0.7 Sunday, March 30 2008

New
+ Added man page.
+ Option to disable/enable saving history.

Changes
+ Removed startup option.
+ Performance improvements.
+ Runs at startup by default in GNOME (remove via GNOME's Sessions application).
+ Config now saves in ~/.config/parcellite following freedesktop.org specifications.
+ Data now saves in ~/.local/share/parcellite following freedesktop.org specifications.
+ Bugfix: Assertion error on first run.

Spring Break

Spring break started for us this week. I still have to go work tuesday and thursday but for the rest of the time I'll be able to catch up on some online courses, coding and get around to installing Arch.

I've been hacking away at Parcellite and I have what could be v0.7 in the subversion repository already. Soon after I browse through the code a few more times I'll be able to make a release.

Also got a chance to play some SSBB yesterday. Epic game is epic.

Random Update!

• Parcellite 0.6 is almost complete. I commited a released candidate to the svn but I'm going to go through the code a few more times before I release it.
• I pretty much got a job working tech support for Lockheed Martin.
• I have to submit my application for my master's degree within the next 2 weeks, going to be busy with that.
• I suck at poker.
  
• Calculus 2 is annoying me because I don't remember anything from calculus 1 or precalculus 2.
  

Parcellite v0.5

Last night I commited v0.5 of Parcellite. Though I'm not releasing it yet, it is fully functional. Aside from being translated from python to C, this version includes a simple CLI interface for command line access to the clipboard. I will make an official release soon after I browse through all the code cleaning up and fixing minor issues along the way. Get it from the subversion repository:

svn co http://xyhthyx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/parcellite parcellite

To compile and install:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

Vacation = True;

From today to Januarth 6th I'll be in Winchester, Virginia spending the holidays with my sister, aunt and the rest of the family. Not looking forward to the cold weather (which I have never experienced) or the snow (either). Wonder if I can build a tux snowman...

Couldn't finish translating Parcellite to C to release v0.5 before I left so I'll either finish it during my trip or as soon as I get back. It's pretty close to being done, it's missing the actions menu and the new CLI interface I've been experimenting with so you can have access to the clipboard through scripts and the terminal.

Happy Holidays!

Progress

I've been translating Parcellite to C for version 0.5. So far I have it catching clipboard history and the history menu is working. Been going at a slow pace, I want to make sure the code is clean and as bug free as I can write it. I would be further along if I hadn't spent more time understanding how the autotools work.

You can grab the current progress from the C branch of my subversion.

svn co http://xyhthyx.googlecode.com/svn/branches/C/ parcellite-C

At the moment you need the latest autotools. Just do the following to compile.

./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install