From girish at hri.res.in  Fri Jul 20 12:56:11 2007
From: girish at hri.res.in (Girish Kulkarni)
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:26:11 +0530
Subject: [Alexandria-list] adding Z39.50 provider
Message-ID: <8a2141c0707200956o6d377c87l6eb422834f80f37d@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I am using Alexandria 0.6.1 on Ubuntu 7.04. I installed it just three
days ago and realized that the Z39.50 providers listed in it were not
enough for me. (They don't catalog Indian books well.)

But when I went to add a new provider I couldn't find the "Advanced
Settings checkbox" that the Alexandria manual refers to. Maybe I'm
missing it foolishly every time; could someone please help?

Thanks.
Girish

-- 
Girish Kulkarni - http://girish.50webs.com

From costanti at science.unitn.it  Fri Jul 20 13:51:02 2007
From: costanti at science.unitn.it (Marco Costantini)
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:51:02 +0200
Subject: [Alexandria-list] adding Z39.50 provider
In-Reply-To: <8a2141c0707200956o6d377c87l6eb422834f80f37d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8a2141c0707200956o6d377c87l6eb422834f80f37d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200707201951.02813.costanti@science.unitn.it>

Dear Girish,
thank you for your interest in Alexandria.
You need to download the development version, as described in 
http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=205
Thereafter, there is the file named FAQ, both in the development version and 
at 
http://viewvc.rubyforge.mmmultiworks.com/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/alexandria/doc/FAQ?root=alexandria&view=markup
which describe how to configure the z39.50 provider.

If you need further help, feel free to ask again.
Cheers,
Marco


On Friday 20 July 2007, Girish Kulkarni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using Alexandria 0.6.1 on Ubuntu 7.04. I installed it just three
> days ago and realized that the Z39.50 providers listed in it were not
> enough for me. (They don't catalog Indian books well.)
>
> But when I went to add a new provider I couldn't find the "Advanced
> Settings checkbox" that the Alexandria manual refers to. Maybe I'm
> missing it foolishly every time; could someone please help?
>
> Thanks.
> Girish


From girish at hri.res.in  Sat Jul 21 02:38:57 2007
From: girish at hri.res.in (Girish Kulkarni)
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:08:57 +0530
Subject: [Alexandria-list] adding Z39.50 provider
In-Reply-To: <200707201951.02813.costanti@science.unitn.it>
References: <8a2141c0707200956o6d377c87l6eb422834f80f37d@mail.gmail.com>
	<200707201951.02813.costanti@science.unitn.it>
Message-ID: <8a2141c0707202338x6602bb65k7af58942b3e16f16@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Marco,

Thanks for your reply. But I'm still clueless.

On 7/20/07, Marco Costantini <costanti at science.unitn.it> wrote:
> You need to download the development version, as described in
> http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=205

I did that and also installed Ruby/ZOOM 0.2.2 and YAZ. (Installed YAZ
using the Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu.) I still do not find the
Advanced Settings tab.

-- 
Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - http://girish.50webs.com

From girish at hri.res.in  Sun Jul 29 04:23:46 2007
From: girish at hri.res.in (Girish Kulkarni)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:53:46 +0530
Subject: [Alexandria-list] adding Z39.50 provider
In-Reply-To: <8a2141c0707202338x6602bb65k7af58942b3e16f16@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8a2141c0707200956o6d377c87l6eb422834f80f37d@mail.gmail.com>
	<200707201951.02813.costanti@science.unitn.it>
	<8a2141c0707202338x6602bb65k7af58942b3e16f16@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8a2141c0707290123v13a2bdb8u73a255fc6286b4ae@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Maybe this needs to be counted as a bug?

On 7/21/07, Girish Kulkarni <girish at hri.res.in> wrote:
> On 7/20/07, Marco Costantini <costanti at science.unitn.it> wrote:
> > You need to download the development version, as described in
> > http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=205
>
> I did that and also installed Ruby/ZOOM 0.2.2 and YAZ. (Installed YAZ
> using the Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu.) I still do not find the
> Advanced Settings tab.

Unfortunately I do not know enough Ruby to see why a correctly
compiled YAZ and a correct version of Ruby/ZOOM will not work
correctly with (even a developer version) Alexandria. I still cannot
add custom Z39.50 providers.

I also discovered a new problem: Alexandria crashes frequently. I
haven't yet figured out how to reproduce the error -- it happened once
when I put a wrong ISBN, once when I didn't tell the binding for an
entry and once when I was apparently doing nothing at all.

Alexandria is a pretty well-made helpful tool. But I hope somebody
sorts these problems out.

-- 
Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - http://girish.50webs.com

From tristil at gmail.com  Sun Jul 29 04:45:58 2007
From: tristil at gmail.com (Joseph Method)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:45:58 -0400
Subject: [Alexandria-list] adding Z39.50 provider
In-Reply-To: <8a2141c0707290123v13a2bdb8u73a255fc6286b4ae@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8a2141c0707200956o6d377c87l6eb422834f80f37d@mail.gmail.com>
	<200707201951.02813.costanti@science.unitn.it>
	<8a2141c0707202338x6602bb65k7af58942b3e16f16@mail.gmail.com>
	<8a2141c0707290123v13a2bdb8u73a255fc6286b4ae@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <167b6aa00707290145g32a98168h5964f105b5b5fec0@mail.gmail.com>

Girish,

To be honest, development on Alexandria hasn't been active since
February or March, when it was attempted to revive the development
which had been stalled since mid-2006. At this point, I'd probably go
with Tellico if you want something that "just works". On the other
hand, I wouldn't want to discourage you if you want to investigate the
problem further (and I will too if/when I have time). You may want to
try running alexandria on the command-line with a --debug option and
adding your own debugging code to trace what's happening. For example,
there's a line that attempts to `require 'zoom'`, you could see
whether it succeeds.

Some crashes are segfaults are caused by a buggy ruby-gnome2 that
ships with Feisty/Edgy. Try building a source package or finding the
deb for 0.16.

On 7/29/07, Girish Kulkarni <girish at hri.res.in> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe this needs to be counted as a bug?
>
> On 7/21/07, Girish Kulkarni <girish at hri.res.in> wrote:
> > On 7/20/07, Marco Costantini <costanti at science.unitn.it> wrote:
> > > You need to download the development version, as described in
> > > http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=205
> >
> > I did that and also installed Ruby/ZOOM 0.2.2 and YAZ. (Installed YAZ
> > using the Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu.) I still do not find the
> > Advanced Settings tab.
>
> Unfortunately I do not know enough Ruby to see why a correctly
> compiled YAZ and a correct version of Ruby/ZOOM will not work
> correctly with (even a developer version) Alexandria. I still cannot
> add custom Z39.50 providers.
>
> I also discovered a new problem: Alexandria crashes frequently. I
> haven't yet figured out how to reproduce the error -- it happened once
> when I put a wrong ISBN, once when I didn't tell the binding for an
> entry and once when I was apparently doing nothing at all.
>
> Alexandria is a pretty well-made helpful tool. But I hope somebody
> sorts these problems out.
>
> --
> Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - http://girish.50webs.com
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>


-- 
-J. Method