June 2004 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

"ISBD" view in OPAC
by Paul POULAIN 08 Jun '04

08 Jun '04

Hi, in the CVS, in OPAC, a biblio can be seen in 3 formats : * standard format (as previously) * MARC format (almost like in librarian interface in 2.0.0) * "ISDB" format. The ISBD format is done through a systempreference, so each library can define it's own "ISBD". Some french librarians will take care of the UNIMARC ISBD format, but if MARC21 libraries want a MARC21 ISBD, someone must write the systempref. The systempref variable has the following format : * any field is coded like this : [xxxFFFSyyy] where xxx are up to 3 digits BEFORE the field, FFF the field number, S the subfield code, yyy up to 3 digits AFTER the field. * things outside [] are kept as is (including HTML) * repeatable fields are manages. * for security reason you can't put template variable (otherwise something like  could give you the DB password ;-) Example : [200a /][200f - ][(200g] in UNIMARC will give : ================== Title /Author - (copyrightdate) ================== I agree it's now a 100% ISBD format (because separators after and between repeted fields are not managed exactly like in this syntax), but it's OK for most cases -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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German translation offered
by Markus Fischer 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Hallo I am following the development of Koha with great interest. I work in a library for health care in Switzerland and I would like to eventually help with a german translation of Koha. Is that of interest for you? Since I am a Linux newbie I would need a little help with the installation process: I tried to install Koha on my intranet at home (consisting of 1 Suse Linux PC and a iMac OS 9.1). It actually worked fine with installer.pl, but I couldn¹t establish a connection (http://linux:80/) So I erased with phpMyAdmin the existing Koha database and tried to install with installer.pl a new configuration. Unfortunately I now get the information that Koha 2.0.0 already is installed, prohibiting to install a new configuartion and because I erased the Koha database I am a little bit lost... I would appreciate any kind of help very much and would look forward to help with a german translation from myside. Yours Markus Fischer

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North Carolina Supreme Court
by Stephen Hedges 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

I met this morning with Ron Diener from the North Carolina Supreme Court library. Although they're not ready to make any formal announcements, he did say it was OK to share the news that the Court library is about to begin a 90-day assessment of Koha to replace their current (SIRSI) system. The library does not circulate anything, so they are primarily looking for a system that will handle storing and retrieving their rather complex MARC records. They plan to announce a decision early in September. Meanwhile, they have some pretty high-caliber technical staff, and if they see areas of Koha that they feel could be stronger, they may be making some proposals for some new Koha code. -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges(a)skemotah.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] koha-2.0.1 frozen, now in arch, will release soon
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Have been out of the loop for a while, does this include the use of the LC catalog numbers for the books? thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > Subj:[Koha-devel] koha-2.0.1 frozen, now in arch, will release soon > Date:6/3/2004 8:52:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time > From:mjr@dsl.pipex.com > To:koha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent from the Internet > > > > I am declaring a freeze for koha-2.0.1 and have taken a snapshot of > the CVS. I will test install this a few times in a few ways and then > release. Admins, am I allowed to upload the final tarball to > sourceforge when ready, or do you have to do that? > > Now, info for developers, users and anyone wanting to be a new > download mirror: > > Info for developers > ------------------- > > As previously mentioned, I have moved koha 2.0.x into a GNU Arch as a > test. If you have tla, you can find the archive name > (mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20) location > (http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/) project name > (koha--release2--0.1) and some instructions on how to checkout working > copies at http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/ > > Please, developers, help koha development by trying arch out. I am Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC - - See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you have anything we can use. Coury House / SMECC 5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522 Glendale Az 85301 USA CONFIDENZIALE: Questo messaggio e gli eventuali allegati sono confidenziali e riservati. Se vi è stato recapitato per errore e non siete fra i destinatari elencati, siete pregati di darne immediatamente avviso al mittente. Le informazioni contenute non devono essere mostrate ad altri, né utilizzate, memorizzate o copiate in qualsiasi forma. CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain reserved information. If you are not one of the named recipients, please notify the sender immediately. Moreover, you should not disclose the contents to any other persons, nor should the information contained be used for any purpose or stored or copied in any form.

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koha-2.0.1 frozen, now in arch, will release soon
by MJ Ray 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

I am declaring a freeze for koha-2.0.1 and have taken a snapshot of the CVS. I will test install this a few times in a few ways and then release. Admins, am I allowed to upload the final tarball to sourceforge when ready, or do you have to do that? Now, info for developers, users and anyone wanting to be a new download mirror: Info for developers ------------------- As previously mentioned, I have moved koha 2.0.x into a GNU Arch as a test. If you have tla, you can find the archive name (mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20) location (http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/) project name (koha--release2--0.1) and some instructions on how to checkout working copies at http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/ Please, developers, help koha development by trying arch out. I am happy to answer questions by email, or I can join IRC sometimes (but may be slow to answer). I will update my docs in response to questions. Info for users -------------- Well, if you read -devel, you must want to follow bleeding-edge code, right? If you don't have arch, you should be able to use the prerelease 2.0.1-beta0 anyway. The signed md5 checksum is at http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/koha/koha--release2/koha--release2--0.1… and it contains the (long) filename of the 4Mb-ish tar.gz file. Info for mirror sites --------------------- I need mirrors! My ISP probably won't allow infinite downloads! It's only 4Mb now, but it will probably grow. I will set up other UK mirrors if I need to, but if you have 20 or 30Mb of public http or ftp space spare, accessible as a local disk, sftp, ftp or webdav, I think you can mirror koha-2.0.1 with the commands: tla register-archive mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20-SOURCE http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/ tla make-archive --mirror-from mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20-SOURCE PATH/TO/YOUR/FILESPACE/ tla mirror-archive mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20 So, if your space is accessible for uploads over sftp at the URI sftp://user@www.webhost.com/var/www/koha/, then put that as the last thing on the make-archive line. Add that mirror-archive command to some timed execution. Tell me the URL people can access it through, where in the world it is (Country and ISP?) and how often it updates so I can add it to my page. Again, I'm very happy to answer questions about this, especially if I got the command above wrong. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing Help hack the EuroParl! http://mjr.towers.org.uk/proj/eurovote/

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Online help on Koha => REQUEST FOR HELP
by Paul POULAIN 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Hello, I just commit on CVS a new feature, that will be available for 2.2 : online HELP On each template, a "HELP" link has been added. it opens a popup, filled with an help template. the help template is in the help/ directory. The help.pl files builds the online help using the name of the caller page (referer). If the user clic on "help" when on page "admin/itemtypes.pl", the "help/admin/itemtypes.tmpl" is opened. If the "help/admin/itemtypes.tmpl" does not exists, a default "sorry, no help on this topic" page is shown. Works fine, but now, the big work has to be done : create the online help pages... So, we need candidate to create the "help files". The help file can be a simple text file, only with cariage returns. If there are some candidate here, please say here which file or part of Koha you can do, and send me the help files. I'll include them in the official release, with HTML code added where needed. This task should not be done by a developper, but by librarians. Anyone sending me files will have it's name added to the contributor list, in "about" page of Koha. His name will be reminded forever by ppl all around the world ;-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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solved
by Markus Fischer 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

I got it working on Suse 9.0 and I am eager to explore Koha! Thanks to Joshua for his valuable manual at http://kados.org/LibraryScience/installing_koha.html and thanks to Benedict for the information making possible the necessarily uninstallation. And I still got this idea to help for a german translation... Greetings Markus Fischer

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