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EasyOS has the Leafpad text editor. This is a gtk+2 application and is a dead project. Easy has version 0.8.15, which was released in 2008. It has a bug; the "Find Next" menu item doesn't work.

I checked, there is version 0.8.19, released in 2022. So, have compiled that in OpenEmbedded, and it will be in the next release of Easy Scarthgap. Don't know if it fixes the bug; hope so.

Here is the homepage:

http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/

...it says latest is 0.8.17, which is wrong.

Leafpad is included in Easy as a simpler alternative to Geany. Perhaps should think of finding a replacement.

Tags: easy

Folder /files fixed in lockdown mode

February 18, 2025 — BarryK

Alfons reported this problem. I confirmed; in lockdown "mode 1", running totally in RAM with all partitions unmounted, /files was a broken symlink. Fixed, see commit:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/bb30c5eca6c1538aa5fb00448e8ed6f8d0200c53

Probably getting to time for another release.

Tags: easy

Offer delete version when rollback

February 18, 2025 — BarryK

Posted recently about improvement when rollback to the previous version:

Rollback if broken after version update — February 08, 2025

Usually, the reason that you would rollback to the previous version, is if you had done a version update but it is broken. Then you can reboot and in the initrd menu choose "Rollback to previous version".

In that situation, it would be best to get rid of the version that you have rolled-back from. As it is broken, you would rather it be completely gone. Now, there is a question, asking if you want to do this, see commit:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/750f277f429e5b779e189ea300a37d82841947a1

I am just about to make another improvement; also delete the "easy_<version-rolled-back-from>_amd64.sfs" under the 'sfs' folder, as that won't be needed either.

Tags: easy

Simple Xcursor Creator PET fixed

February 17, 2025 — BarryK

Discussion has started up in this thread about creating your own mouse pointers, using Simple Xcursor Creator (SXC):

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=9253

You will find SXC in the "Utility" menu.

It has been a very long time since I used SXC, so gave it a go; found that it is broken. Broken builtin to Easy, as WoofQ, the EasyOS build system, deletes some "invalid" symlinks. They are not really invalid, they are needed.

Fixed that, and also added offer to set colour of borders. Each image has a fill-colour, with a border. The border default is RGB #121212, which is dark grey.

The PET is now 'simple_xcursor_creator-20250217.pet, found here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/noarch/packages/pet/pet_packages-noarch/

It will be builtin to the next release of Easy Scarthgap and Daedalus.

Tags: easy

SolveSpace 20250207 compiled in OE

February 17, 2025 — BarryK

I have posted about the new "skew" feature in SolveSpace, see previous two posts:

Staying with SolveSpace for new trike project — February 17, 2025
Maybe have hit a wall with SolveSpace — February 15, 2025

I downloaded the source from master branch on 2025-02-07 (latest commit f09bbb9):

https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace

Now compiled in OpenEmbedded and will be in the next release of Easy Scarthgap.

Easy Daedalus is built mostly with Debian .deb packages, including SolveSpace, and that is an older version. Don't plan to compile an update version for Daedalus.

Tags: easy

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