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New MessageJailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) newtroot
I made a few additions to the Jailbait 5.1 distro. I got rid of VI and added Pico. In addition I added NAIM (text based aol instant messenger client). If you all want details on how to add NAIM I will post, but my main question is how and where to get the ASCII character table deifinition. Irc, which is included in Jailbait complains about that when you first start it up. I assume it is used to add colors in Irc. Likewise, NAIM uses it for color support. Anyone have any suggestions on where to get it or how to go about adding it? I will take out the mini_httpd and things associated with it to make room.
Thanks for the great distro, jbaitis!
06-20-2000 14:38:10

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) Jopasm
"I got rid of VI and added Pico."

Heathen! :> The spirit of Vi will haunt
you from now on, beware it's retribution!

06-20-2000 15:31:53

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) newtroot
Hahaha. I am sure I will manage. VI is the most cryptic program ever created. A pox on it. In other news I now have VNC viewer up and running great in Jailbait. I have gotten rid of a bunch of the extra stuff (what was opera still doing on there in version 5.1?) and have 3.213 megs free. Right now I am working on getting Netscape 4.73 working. I know jbaitis said he has 4.72 working, but I am impatient and bored :) Maybe I can finish mine before he releases his. But I would still like to know about the ASCII defs if anyone has some info about that. Thanks.
06-20-2000 15:53:51

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) HickBoy
Here's some ASCII Table Links, if this is what you want?

http://members.tripod.com/~plangford/ascii.html

http://www.bbsinc.com/symbol.html

Hope that helps...

06-20-2000 17:33:50

New MessageLots of responses (modified 0 times) Waldo
A couple thoughts-

1. Jbaitis said on IRC last week that jailbait 6.0 is around the corner. It's got a ton of improvements, fixes and new features and stuff. He just had one last thing to do get Netscape running. You should probably contact him via e-mail, #i-opener-linux at irc.openprojects.net (org?) or jailbait.souceforge.net and let him know about your changes so he can incorporate them.

2. Pico is much prefereable to vi, IMO

3. I built an i-o version of CAIM (another text-based AIM) that would toggle the phone LED. (on when a message came in, off when the user types).

I'm sure you'd have no problem adding it to NAIM, and I'd gladly switch cuz the version of CAIM I use blows.

Here's the C code I used to turn the switch on/off. This works with the ioled module compiled in w/jailbait.

FILE *fil;

// wherever it detects the keypress add this
// shut off dat der LED wid each keypress.

fil = fopen("/dev/ioled", "w");
fprintf(fil, "2");
fclose(fil);


// then later, when a new message comes in
// add this:

fil = fopen("/dev/ioled", "w");
fprintf(fil, "3");
fclose(fil);

(there's probably a cleaner way to do it, but that's what worked. I'm no programmer.)

Waldo

06-20-2000 19:39:49

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) newtroot
Thanks for the info HickBoy. I checked it out but the ascii table I need has to include colors. I am not sure how that will work. But the tables you linked to didn't seem to have any any color info. I know next to nothing about where linux has that information, but it seems pretty clear that jailbait doesn't have ascii color codes in it's ascii table. If anyone has other heads up on it, please feel free to let me know.
Great idea on your additions to CAIM Waldo! If you want to check out NAIM try http://naim.n.ml.org/ . Thank should have all the info you need. If you could get that working with NAIM that would rock. Naim is nice, but it would be even better if it was in color (hence the ASCII table questions).
Total modifications made to Jailbait thus far:
Addition of Pico
Addition of Top
Setting up chat-ppp0 to work with a certain free ISP we will call N--zero. No wait, Netz--o.
Adding a list of N--tzero dial up numbers for states I frequent.
Added NAIM
Added minicom
Added 2 simple scripts, ro and rw to mount / in read only and read write respectively
Added vncviewer
Removed alot of stuff I wont use (vi, mini_httpd and all things associated with, logs, /home/jbaitis, opera (that didn't work anyway))

All told I now have 3.213 megs free in the sandisk. Once again major thanks go out to jbaitis for making this great distro!
I toyed with efax, a console based fax program, and it seemed to work great, but I decided I don't really need fax capabilities on my I-Opener.
Currently I am getting a console based front end to mpg123 working. That should make it alot easier to use as a car mp3 player.
I will let you all know if I do anything else semi interesting :)

06-20-2000 21:05:47

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) ayefly
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is there a version of Naim or other aol im software in jb 6? if not, how would a linux newbie go about putting it in? on the sandisk even.
05-03-2001 00:28:33

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) Programmer
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dunno if it's on there.. in order to get it on the sandisk, you will need a second linux with loopfs and cramfs installed; another good idea is to download the kit from jailbait.sourceforge.net it will enable you to build a new image. I HIGHLY reccommend reconfiguring your image to be 1 large partition, and mounting the cramfs images on loopfs files. This frees up loads of space and ensures that you never have to mess with the partition tables again.
05-03-2001 05:48:31

New MessageRE:JailBait Optimized and a question (modified 0 times) SteveInNC
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Ah, you youngsters... TECO is much more obscure than VI.
05-03-2001 12:22:47

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