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RE: [Koha-devel] docs
by Anthony W Youngman 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Ummm ... Open source is a coalition held together by mutual self-interest. If you ask ten developers, you'll get eleven different road maps ... open source is there to take YOU where YOU want to go - but we expect YOU to put a load of effort into getting there yourself. We're just here to help you because we gain personally by doing so. So. As far as Koha goes, you need to download it yourself. You need to play with it yourself. There'll be a DOC directory, read it. Once you have (or maybe even better if you haven't) understood it, help with writing more and better documentation. Maybe Koha does what you want. Write a personal appreciative email to the guy who wrote the little bit you find useful (find his name and email in the source - don't send it to the list). Maybe Koha doesn't do what you want, or doesn't do it right. Ask (politely!) to the list "why not?". There's plenty of ways to get it added - do it yourself, pay someone else, write a spec for someone else to use as a project ... Basically, Open Source is "if you want to really gain from it, you muck in and help". Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: Abu Obeida O. Bakhach [mailto:abakhach@perimeterinstitute.ca] Sent: 16 October 2003 16:53 To: koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Koha-devel] docs Hi there This is actually a test email. But I would like to ask something, I am new to the idea of open source packages. So I am not sure of the norms and practices. But, isn't there some design docs or code roadmap that I can read?? Would really appreciate it Thank Obeida *********************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. ***********************************************************************************

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killer feature ?
by paul POULAIN 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Hi, I spoke with Rachel yesterday, and we spoke of something the could be a "killer feature" in Koha. In google, when you type a word wrong and get no or few answers, google says "you could also try somethingAlmostSame" the SomethingAlmostSame being in the DB. In Koha, we could add this feature really easily (1 SQL query get the answer :-) ). I did some testing with the following SQL (on Dombes Abbey DB) : SELECT count( * ) AS total, word FROM marc_word WHERE sndx_word = soundex( "Raner" ) AND word <> "Raner" GROUP BY word ORDER BY total DESC It answers : total <http://127.0.0.1/phpMyAdmin/sql.php?lang=fr-iso-8859-1&server=1&db=dombes_0…> word <http://127.0.0.1/phpMyAdmin/sql.php?lang=fr-iso-8859-1&server=1&db=dombes_0…> 83 Rahner 1 rumeur rahner being the right author name :-) another test (with "Jésu", instead of Jésus) : 245 Jésus 182 Jacques 178 JEA 18 José 15 JOU 12 Joie Note : 1- the SQL query is indexed, so very fast. 2- the major problem being to add this possibility when the search returns less than X results (important GUI coding imho) What do you think of this idea ? Anyone volunteer ? -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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docs
by Abu Obeida O. Bakhach 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Hi there This is actually a test email. But I would like to ask something, I am new to the idea of open source packages. So I am not sure of the norms and practices. But, isn't there some design docs or code roadmap that I can read?? Would really appreciate it Thank Obeida

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Differences between 1.2.2 and 1.2.3
by Abu Obeida O. Bakhach 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Hi there, Where can I find the differences between 1.2.2 and 1.2.3? I am particularly interested in finding how better is 1.2.3 for MARC, Z3950, and general bug fixes. Thanks

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YAPS (Yet Another Perl Script)
by paul POULAIN 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Hi again, I've added in CVS (misc directory) a script to clean MARC DB when a subfield is removed from the MARC editor : the subfield is NOT removed from DB (to avoid stupid loss of data). This script forever removes unused subfields from the DB. Quite fast (indexed delete) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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from ISIS to Koha
by paul POULAIN 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Hi, I've a (future ?) customer that want to switch from winISIS to Koha. He sends me lot of exports, but none of them work with classic dumpmarc.pl script of Koha (refused by MARC::Record) Does anyone here know how to setup winISIS export options to get a valid iso2709 file ? Thanks -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Reports
by Enric Camón 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Does anyone know how to add a new library branch for getting reports about its circulation process? Thanks a lot, --- Enric Camón Luis Biblioteca Escola Universitària del Maresme

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xml
by Benedykt 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Hi, I just wanted to ask whether any discussion was held on using xml for developing koha? www.w3.org says it is good to separate the data from the way it looks (data from html). Do you think that future direction of koha development could benefit from it (like language translations)? Benedict

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Re: [Koha] 245 & indicators
by paul POULAIN 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Viktor wrote: > Greetings! > > Now I start sending questions...;) > > MARC record indicators, like this on, example, > > 245 - TITLE STATEMENT (NR) > Indicators > First - Title added entry > 0 - No added entry > 1 - Added entry > Second - Nonfiling characters > 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters > > > There is field, where it can put, and it shoud go > marc_subfield_table.tag_indicator > > But it is not. > > Is there any plan, when this supposed to work? > > May the Lord bless you > + Viktor 1st of all : ask those questions on koha-devel ! 2nd : I'm not sure to understand. You mean that indicator is not saved in the DB ??? it's supposed to work. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Field indicator
by Viktor 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

MARC record indicators, like this one, example, 245 - TITLE STATEMENT (NR) Indicators First - Title added entry 0 - No added entry 1 - Added entry Second - Nonfiling characters 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters There is field, where it can put it, and it should go to marc_subfield_table.tag_indicator But it is not, field is empty. What I missing, or is it bug? Koha is 2.0.0pre4

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