Gummi

Translating Gummi

alexandervdm — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:32:38 +0000

Gummi is now looking for people willing to translate Gummi into their native language. A new developer, Wei-Ning Huang, joined the project not longer than a day before, and has already provided the necessary code changes to support internalization. If you'd like to translate Gummi into your native language (and understand English well), leave a message on the appropriate bug listed here – or open a new issue if your language is not listed. Our preference would be to have one translator per language, who is also willing to update the translation file as Gummi gains new features (and thus more translatable strings). Your name & work will of course be credited on the website & about screen etc. More details on how to translate can be found here.

Bugfix release (0.4.8) available for download

alexandervdm — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:07:25 +0000

It has been brought to my attention that pygtk-2.17.0, the version that is shipped by both the new Ubuntu Lucid and Fedora 13, no longer offers the same functionality for its widget.get_name() function. As Gummi uses this particular function several times, the preferences screen for example is broken for 2.17.0 users. It remains inconclusive whether the former behavior of this function will return, so I figured a bugfix release was a necessity. Gummi 0.4.8 fixes the issues that those using pygtk-2.17.0 are having, and also contains some new features that were promised for 0.5.0. Most notably among them is the capability for spell-checking. The complete changelog can be viewed here. Enjoy 0.4.8!

Gummi 0.4.5 released

alexandervdm — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:19:32 +0000

I have just released one more maintenance update before the upcoming 0.5.0 milestone. Gummi 0.4.5 again offers many improvements, most noticeably the replacement of the GConf configuration by a default python module. A number of stability and memory issues should also have been fixed. Click here for the full changelist. All packages for the mayor distributions have been updated; enjoy 0.4.5! Note to packagers: GConf and gnome-python can be removed from the dependency list.

No more gnome-cake for Gummi

alexandervdm — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:15:04 +0000

I committed a large patch to subversion last night that deserves special mention, as it will undoubtedly make a lot of the non-gnome users very happy. Gummi's GConf configuration was replaced by ConfigParser, a standard python module that writes .ini-like files. Its not as advanced as gconf, but switching has not only made it possible to drop the Gnome dependencies, but will also simplify a port to other platforms in the future. A big thanks to all involved in the bug's discussion.

Writing code for Gummi

alexandervdm — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:28:06 +0000

Gummi is looking for one or two enthusiasts to join the dev ranks! The response to Gummi so far has been very positive, and this is reflected by the amount of feature requests in the issue tracker. Gummi 0.5.0 will include all the features that have been accepted so far (and more). We're aiming to release it before December 30th 2009. Unfortunately, it has become clear that university and other activities will make that a very tight deadline with the current amount of manpower. If you are comfortable with python & gtk and interested in formally contributing to this project, drop me a line at alexvandermey {at} gmail.com or contact me on freenode irc (alexandervdm) and we can discuss the details.

Gummi 0.4.2 released

alexandervdm — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:31:11 +0000

One final update before the upcoming 0.5.0 has just been uploaded to the download pages. Gummi 0.4.2 is an intermediate release that offers a new, more robust preview-update mechanism. Also included is an improved way of detecting latex errors. Fatal errors in the active document will now be highlighted in the editor panel until they are corrected. Packages for the mayor distributions have been updated, and can be found in the download area. Enjoy 0.4.2!

Issue tracker enabled

alexandervdm — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:43:08 +0000

The function to report bugs & features for Gummi has been made accessible to both developers and users. Creating new issues is available to both registered users and those who don't have an account. With the help of a patch from Corentin Chary, I have installed a captcha security image for the latter to keep spambots away. It's not very advanced, so hopefully spammers don't read books on pattern recognition. Please note that creating an account is recommended. Not only will it allow you to avoid the captcha, but it is also required in order to receive email updates when the status of your bug changes. In other news, the migration to this new website is complete..!

The big move

alexandervdm — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:51:48 +0000

I have started to move the data from Googlecode to this new website. Googlecode’s interface is great, but doesn’t offer much room to extend or customize unfortunately. The subversion repository and its history have already been imported into this new server, and some feature/bugs have been created for Gummi 0.5.0. You can see the active tickets here. Reporting bugs and requesting features are disabled for users until the migration is complete. Hopefully we can get everything working as soon as possible and start working on 0.5.0. Cheers!