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<contrib> Original version</contrib>
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</othercredit>
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<pubdate>v2.0.0, 6 January 2002</pubdate>
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<pubdate>v2.0.1, 27 January 2002</pubdate>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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<revhistory>
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<revision><revnumber>2.0</revnumber> <date>2002-01-06</date>
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<revision><revnumber>2.0.1</revnumber> <date>2002-01-27</date>
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<revremark>
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Added info about various software that I hadn't even heard of before I
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got feedback from 2.0.0.
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</revremark>
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</revision>
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<revision><revnumber>2.0.0</revnumber> <date>2002-01-06</date>
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<revremark>
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Major rewrite to include USB connections and recent PalmOS devices
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</revremark>
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group</literal>). (TODO: More detail).
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="devfs"><title>Devfs device naming</title>
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<para>
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Recent Linux distributions may use devfs for device naming. In
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@ -218,6 +228,33 @@ a new naming scheme brought in with the 2.4 kernel. Simply replace all
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references to <literal remap="tt">/dev/ttyS0</literal> with <literal
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remap="tt">/dev/tts/0</literal>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you use symbolic links with devfs, you may find that the links do not persist
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correctly after you reboot. The <computeroutput>/etc/devfsd.conf</computeroutput>
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file controls the creation of symbolic links to dynamically created devices.
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</para>
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<para>
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As always, the operation seems to be set up differently under different
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distributions.
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Manrake 8.1 creates a link from /dev/usb/tts/1 to /dev/pilot when the hotsync
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button is pressed on the cradle.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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RedHat 7.2 requires the link to be created manually. The link is then persistent
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across boots (thanks to Jim Mueller for this information).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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USB access to Palm devices is relatively new. The Handspring
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Visor seems to be well supported, and works with the pilot-link
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suite. Currently, the Palm m500 series only works with coldsync, although
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pilot-link support is in active development.
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pilot-link support is in active development. <emphasis>Update:</emphasis>
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the current development version of pilot-link, 0.10.x, has support for
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USB devices. See the pilot-link section for more about this release.
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</para>
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<para>
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<para>
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This is used by some distributions, such as
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Redhat 7.0. (TODO: Mandrake seems to use both, so what's the difference?)
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Redhat 7.0.
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</para>
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<para>
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cradle. You must press the button before running the connection software.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have problems synchronising via USB, try an updated kernel. There
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may be some timing issues with the USB driver. For example, I found that
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stock Mandrake 8.1 did not work on one PC, but worked first time on a faster
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PC. Upgrading to a stock 2.4.17 kernel solved the problem and worked fine on
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both PCs.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="pc-connect-infrared"> <title>IR Connection</title>
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<sect2 id="pilotlink-using"><title>Using the pilot-link software</title>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Note:</emphasis> Unless otherwise specified, the details below refer
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to the 0.9.x release of
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pilot-link. The version in development is 0.10.x. This version contains
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support for USB devices, and has been updated to ensure greater consistency
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between the various utilities. Once 0.10.x is officially released, this
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document will be updated for the new version.
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</para>
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<para>
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Most of the programs in the <Literal
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remap="tt">pilot-link</Literal> suite are <emphasis>conduits</emphasis>,
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<para>
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Each time you use of one of the programs, press the HotSync button
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Each time you use of one of the programs, press the HotSync button
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on your PDA's cradle. This will initiate the PDA
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side of the data transfer. Note that not all of these programs prompt
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you to press the `HotSync' button, so you may have to remember to do
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</para>
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<para>
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TODO: The above is based on a glance at the website. I use JPilot,
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but when I get time I'll give gnome-pilot a proper try.
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Gnome-pilot configuration is done through the Gnome control centre. If you
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have gnome-pilot installed, you should have a "Pilot Link" section under the
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peripherals section of the control centre.
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</para>
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<sect3 id="gnome-pilot-link"><title>The Pilot Link Applet</title>
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<para>
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The Gnome control panel Pilot Link applet allows you to configure your PDA for
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use with Gnome. You must set up your PDA before you can use any of the Gnome
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conduits.
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</para>
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<para>
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The first step is to add a device. Start the Gnome control centre, and click on
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"Pilot Link" in the left hand pane. The right hand pane should show the pilot
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link applet.
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</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click on the devices tab, then click "Add". You should see the "Device Settings"
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dialog box.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The "Name" field can contain anything to help you identify the port that you
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create.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The "Port" field should contain the port to which you attach your PDA. The port
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should be the same as you use for pilot-link.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The speed and timeout values will depend on your device. Try the defaults, and
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change them if you have problems synchronising.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The "Type" should be set to your device type.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Once you have configured the device, you can configure the actual PDA:
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</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click on the "Pilots" tab, then click on "Add...". You should then see the
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"Pilot Settings" dialog box.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If you already have a user
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name set up on the PDA, click "Get from pilot" to download the username and ID.
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Otherwise, click "Send to pilot" to set up your username on the PDA.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The "Pilot Attributes" allow you to name your PDA and set a local directory to
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use for the conduits.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The "Sync action" determines what happens when you press the hotsync button on
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your PDA. The default is "Use conduit settings". This allows you to customise
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set different sync actions for each conduit.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Once you have configured your PDA, you need to configure the conduits.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="gnome-pilot-conduits"><title>The Pilot Conduits Applet</title>
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<para>
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Start the Gnome control centre, then click on "Pilot Conduits" in the left hand
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pane. If you have a PDA configured in the pilot link applet, you will see a
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list of available conduits. If you have more than one PDA, you can use the
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drop down list to select the one that you wish to configure.
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</para>
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<para>
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Each available conduit starts out disabled. To enable a conduit, select it in
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the list and click on "Enable". You will then be given a choice of methods for
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synchronisation.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="evolution"><title>Evolution</title>
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<para>
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Evolution is a Microsoft Outlook clone for Gnome from Ximian. Evolution comes
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with a conduit for gnome-pilot. The conduit can be configured through the
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gnome-pilot conduits control centre applet described above.
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">Warning:</emphasis> Mandrake 8.1 comes with a beta
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version of Evolution. This version seems
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to have a bug whereby it does not correctly identify records when synching.
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This can lead to records being duplicated on the PDA.
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</para>
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<para>
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The latest version of Evolution can be downloaded from <ulink
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url="http://www.ximian.com/">http://www.ximian.com</ulink>. Evolution is
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designed mainly for use with Ximian Gnome, and installing it independently
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involves resolving a number of dependencies.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="kpilot"> <title>KPilot</title>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="XNotesPlus"> <title>XNotesPlus</title>
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<para>
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post small notes on your X-Windows desktop. These notes can be shared
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as memos with your PalmOS device.
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</para>
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<para>
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In addition to the notes, XNotesPlus provides PIM features, and integrates
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the notes feature with the todo list and addressbook. Note that XNotesPlus
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does not perform a true synchronisation, but simply replaces changed
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databases.
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</para>
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<para>
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The XNotesPlus web
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page at <ulink URL="http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html"
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>http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html</ulink > contains full
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installation and use instructions. I suggest using the prebuilt binaries
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if you can.
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</para>
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<para>
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One caveat is that you need to create an "Xnotes" category on
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your PalmOS device, if you intend to export notes.
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installation and use instructions.
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</para>
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<para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="wmsync"><title>WMSync</title>
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<para>
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If you use WindowMaker, this might be useful. From the website:
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</para>
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<para>
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Wmsync is a WindowMaker dockapp that starts your favourite sync program
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for your Palm(TM) PDA. It displays a small animation when syncing.
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It is controlled by a small perl script via SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 so it
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is highly customizable. That´s all.
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</para>
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<para>
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Wmsync is available from <ulink URL="http://home.t-online.de/home/db7ne/wmsync.html">
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http://home.t-online.de/home/db7ne/wmsync.html</ulink>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="othersoftware"><title>Other Software</title>
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<sect2 id="pyrite"><title>The Pyrite Project</title>
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<para>
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TODO:
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Pyrite Publisher is a tool to convert documents to and from the Doc format used
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by electronic books for the Palm PDA. Compressed zTXT files are also supported.
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Pyrite Publisher is written in Python, with an optional module in C for enhanced
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data compression performance.
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</para>
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<para>
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So what's happened to the makedoc section? Well,
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the links didn't work, so I need to spend some time looking for it and
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seeing if it still works.
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The library used to communicate with the Palm is available separately, as
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python-libpisock. The library is a python binding for the pilot-unix libpisock
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library.
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</para>
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<para>
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Pyrite is available from <ulink url="http://www.pyrite.org/">http://www.pyrite.org
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</ulink>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="other-malsync"><title>MalSync</title>
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<para>
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Malsync is a command line tool for synchronising Palm PDAs with the AvantGo
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server. AvantGo is a - well, you'll know what it is if you use it. Unfortunately
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the website is a masterpiece of marketspeak.
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</para>
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<para>
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Malsync is available from <ulink URL="http://www.tomw.org/malsync/">
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http://www.tomw.org/malsync</ulink>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="other-palmpix"><title>PalmPix Decoder</title>
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<para>
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The PalmPix decoder extracts pictures from a PalmPix database. The PalmPix is a
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digital camera attachment for Palm PDAs.
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</para>
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<para>
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The PalmPix decoder is available from
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<ulink URL="http://www.geocities.com/aa_soft/PalmPix.html">
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http://www.geocities.com/aa_soft/PalmPix.html</ulink>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<APPENDIX id="appendix"><title>Appendix</title>
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<para>
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Website <ulink
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<emphasis role="strong">Website</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/">http://www.pilot-link.org</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Mailing list <ulink
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url="http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix">
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http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix</ulink>
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<emphasis role="strong">General mailing list</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-link-general/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-link-general/</ulink>
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.General discussions about pilot-link, conduit ideas, wish list items and
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anything else.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Mailing list archive: <ulink
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url="http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/pipermail/pilot-unix/">
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http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/pipermail/pilot-unix</ulink>
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<emphasis role="strong">General mailing list archive</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-general/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-general/</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">Announcement mailing list</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-link-announce/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-link-announce/</ulink>
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. Announcements for pilot-link releases, conduits, third-party tools and
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applications.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">Announcement mailing list archive</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-announce/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-announce/</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">Development mailing list</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-link-devel/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-link-devel/</ulink>
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. Development list for pilot-link code, releases, patches, conduits, bugs,
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testing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">Development mailing list archive</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-devel/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-devel/</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">"Next Generation" pilot-unix mailing list
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</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix-ng/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix-ng/</ulink>
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. Development list for pilot-link code, releases, patches, conduits, bugs,
|
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testing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="strong">"Next Generation" pilot-unix mailing list archive
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||||
</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-unix-ng/">
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http://www.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-unix-ng/</ulink>
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. Replaces the old pilot-unix list that is now offline.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -940,7 +1249,7 @@ http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/pipermail/pilot-unix</ulink>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Website: <ulink
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<emphasis role="strong">Website:</emphasis> <ulink
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url="http://www.ooblick.com/software/coldsync/">
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http://www.ooblick.com/software/coldsync</ulink>
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</para>
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@ -948,7 +1257,7 @@ http://www.ooblick.com/software/coldsync</ulink>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Mailing list: send an email to <ulink
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<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list:</emphasis> send an email to <ulink
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url="mailto:coldsync-hackers-request@lusars.net?body=subscribe">
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coldsync-hackers-request@lusars.net</ulink>
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with the word subscribe in the body.
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@ -957,7 +1266,7 @@ with the word subscribe in the body.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Mailing list archive: <ulink
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<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list archive:</emphasis> <ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.thedotin.net/maillists/coldsync-hackers/">
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||||
http://www.thedotin.net/maillists/coldsync-hackers</ulink>
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</para>
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|
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@ -973,14 +1282,14 @@ http://www.thedotin.net/maillists/coldsync-hackers</ulink>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem> <para>
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Website: <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Website:</emphasis> <ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.jpilot.org/">http://www.jpilot.org</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing list: send an email to <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list: </emphasis>send an email to <ulink
|
||||
url="mailto:listar@moongroup.com?subject=subscribe">listar@moongroup.com</ulink>
|
||||
with the word subscribe in the subject.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -988,7 +1297,7 @@ with the word subscribe in the subject.
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing list archive: <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list archive: </emphasis><ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.moongroup.com/archives/jpilot/">
|
||||
http://www.moongroup.com/archives/jpilot</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1006,7 +1315,7 @@ http://www.moongroup.com/archives/jpilot</ulink>
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Website: <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Website: </emphasis><ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-pilot/">
|
||||
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-pilot</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1014,12 +1323,14 @@ http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-pilot</ulink>
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing list <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list: </emphasis><ulink
|
||||
url="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-pilot-list">http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-pilot-list</ulink>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem> <listitem> <para>
|
||||
Mailing list archive: <ulink
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list archive: </emphasis><ulink
|
||||
url="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-pilot-list/">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-pilot-list/</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1034,7 +1345,7 @@ url="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-pilot-list/">http://mail.gnome.org/arc
|
|||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Website: <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Website: </emphasis><ulink
|
||||
url="http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home/">
|
||||
http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1042,7 +1353,7 @@ http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home</ulink>
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing list:
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list: </emphasis>
|
||||
There is no specific KPilot list, but you can use
|
||||
the kde-pim list. To subscribe, send an email to <ulink
|
||||
url="mailto:kde-pim-request@kde.org">kde-pim-request@kde.org</ulink>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1052,7 +1363,7 @@ with subscribe followed by your email address in the subject.
|
|||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing list archive: <ulink
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Mailing list archive: </emphasis><ulink
|
||||
url="http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-pim&r=1&w=2">
|
||||
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-pim&r=1&w=2</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1068,13 +1379,51 @@ http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-pim&r=1&w=2</ulink>
|
|||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
XNotesPlus website:
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">XNotesPlus website:</emphasis>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html">
|
||||
http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">WMSync website:</emphasis>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://home.t-online.de/home/db7ne/wmsync.html">
|
||||
http://home.t-online.de/home/db7ne/wmsync.html
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">The Pyrite Project website:</emphasis>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.pyrite.org/">
|
||||
http://www.pyrite.org/
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Malsync website:</emphasis>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.tomw.org/malsync/">
|
||||
http://www.tomw.org/malsync/
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">PalmPix decoder website:</emphasis>
|
||||
<ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/aa_soft/PalmPix.html">
|
||||
http://www.geocities.com/aa_soft/PalmPix.html
|
||||
</ulink>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1083,13 +1432,136 @@ http://www.graphics-muse.org/xnotes/xnotes.html
|
|||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="devices"><title>Devices that use the Palm OS</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="history"> <title>A History of Palm OS devices.</title <para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is an overview of the range of devices that work with the software
|
||||
detailed in this HOWTO.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
TODO: This section is included unchanged from the original document. It's
|
||||
<sect2 id="devices-palm"><title>Palm</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Pilot 1000, 5000, PalmPilot Personal, PalmPilot Pro.
|
||||
</emphasis> The original Palm PDAs, no longer in production. These should
|
||||
work over a serial port connection.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm IIIe, IIIx, IIIxe, IIIc.
|
||||
</emphasis> The III series, again no longer in production. These should
|
||||
work over a serial port connection. The first colour Palm, the IIIc, had an
|
||||
optional USB connection, but the serial interface is required for Linux.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm V, Vx.
|
||||
</emphasis> The V series, again no longer in production. These introduced the
|
||||
IR interface, and it should be possible to synch them via an IR port on a
|
||||
suitably equipped PC. They also work over the serial port connection.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm VII, VIIx.
|
||||
</emphasis> The VII series, again no longer in production. These introduced the
|
||||
built in wireless connection. They feature an optional USB connection, but the
|
||||
serial interface is required for Linux.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm VII, VIIx.
|
||||
</emphasis> The VII series, again no longer in production. These introduced the
|
||||
built in wireless connection. They feature an optional USB connection, but the
|
||||
serial interface is required for Linux.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm m100, m105.
|
||||
</emphasis> The current entry level Palm PDAs. These should
|
||||
work over a serial port connection.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm m500, m505.
|
||||
</emphasis> The latest version of the IR connection enabled Palm. They come with
|
||||
USB cradles as standard, and should synch over USB. An optional serial cable is
|
||||
available if USB synchronisation is not possible,
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Palm i705.
|
||||
</emphasis> The latest Palm with wireless network connection capability. It
|
||||
synchronises via USB. No reports yet on whether it works with Linux over USB.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="devices-handspring"><title>Handspring</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Visor.
|
||||
</emphasis> The Handspring Visor series of PDAs come with USB cradles. Serial
|
||||
cables are also available. USB is better supported under Linux for the Visor
|
||||
than for Palm PDAs, so USB should work with few problems.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="devices-sony"><title>Sony</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis role="strong">Clie.
|
||||
</emphasis> Sony's higher resolution version of the Palm PDA.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="history"><title>A History of Palm OS devices.</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This section is included unchanged from the original document. It's
|
||||
clearly out of date, and I'm not sure if it's worth keeping in. It's a
|
||||
bit offtopic for a Linux howto, and the effort of keeping it current
|
||||
seems a bit pointless.
|
||||
seems a bit pointless. Instead I've added a section detailing devices
|
||||
that use the Palm operating system, and which therefore should work with
|
||||
the instructions in this HOWTO.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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