Ulrich Krause wrote a blog entry last week about a new project he posted to OpenNTF called project Cebulon. It has several examples of using LotusScript to call Lotus Notes C-API functions related to rich text.

He also mentioned that there is sample code for Windows and Linux, but none for Mac (at the moment). This reminded me of some code that Bill Buchan published a while back.

Bill has done a lot of work with not only calling the C-API using LotusScript, but also with working around platform differences when making the API calls. Here's an excellent presentation Bill made a few years ago that outlines some of the considerations you need to make when writing multi-platform API code.

Around that time, he also published an open-source LS2CAPI database with some remarkable code that hides all the platform differences using wrapper classes, so you can just define your API functions once and let the classes manage the platform dependencies in the background. As an example, I wrote a wrapper class around Bill's wrapper class that allows you to make calls like this:

Dim apiNotesDir As New simpleApiWrapper("OSGetExecutableDirectory") Call apiNotesDir.addParam("PathName", type_STRING, False, "") Call apiNotesDir.setReturnType(type_WORD) If apiNotesDir.run() Then Print "Exe Path = " & apiNotesDir.getParamValue("PathName") End If

I know that this might look like more work rather than less, but in a lot of ways it really makes your cross-platform C-API code much easier to manage. It's worth taking a little time to get your head around it.

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NetBeans contains all the tools software developers need to create cross-platform Java desktop, enterprise and web applications. Runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS, as well as Solaris. It is easy to install and use, works right out of the box -- and it is open-source and free.

Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010

Microsoft s'invite, Novell s'éclipse. Solutions Linux 2010 devrait confirmer l'attrait des grands comptes pour les logiciels libres.

Channel Register: "When you have Mark Shuttleworth as your backer, as commercial Linux distributor Canonical does, it is a bit like having money in the bank when the bank also believes fervently in your cause."

All Linux users have their own vision of the ideal distribution. Some people crave stability, others want new and exciting features, some people are very security focused and others are concerned about licensing. Warren Woodford has his own vision and he's made it accessible to the world via MEPIS. This week he was willing to take a few minutes to talk about his creation. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...

Computerworld: "Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there's some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows close to impossible. That's where CodeWeavers' latest version of CrossOver Linux comes in."

Linux
(GNOME Wallpaper 1280x1024)
Enjoy and have a good day.

Neemoe

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"Tiny & Big - Up that Mountain" - so nennen Black Pants Studio ihren cleveren Genre-Mix aus Adventure, Physik-Puzzle und Jump 'n Run. Jetzt bieten die deutschen Independent-Entwickler eine erste spielbare Demo für Windows, Linux und Mac OS X zum Download.

All Linux users have their own vision of the ideal distribution. Some people crave stability, others want new and exciting features, some people are very security focused and others are concerned about licensing. Warren Woodford has his own vision and he's made it accessible to the world via MEPIS. This week he was willing to take a few minutes to talk about his creation. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...

Linux and Whatever: "The HP Deskjet D2680 is very easy to install in Linux. First I installed hplip and then I installed hplip-gui. After that it was as simple as plugging the printer in and then opening the HP device manager."

My GNU Linux: "In most distributions that come with KDE Software Compilation 4.3 and above, opening Dolphin for browsing the filesystem will give you this window:"

Linux Magazine: "You can use a dedicated application like FBReader or Calibre to read and manage ebooks on your machine, or you can do it without leaving the convenience of the Firefox browser courtesy of the EPUBReader extension."

elementary Emerald 1.1.2
(Beryl Emerald Theme)
Based on the amazing Elementary Theme by DanRabbit
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elementary+Desktop+Project?content=79428 this time for emerald with gtk-ish look. Comments are very welcome.

changelog:
0.7.2 - First release, done with legacy engine, just to have more native gtk look

0.7.2.1 - Changed to "vrunner" engine, thought it looks better. The font used in is Linux Libertine.

0.7.3 - Some tweaks and little shadows added.

0.7.3.1 - Shadow fix

0.9.6 - Minor fixes, changed the title font to Sans bold 8, suggested fonts for desktop and apps is Sans 8 regular.

0.9.9 - Updated to the current eGTK theme and some tweaks.

0.9.9.1 - fixed bug with the shadow

1.1 - Merged with the new elementary metacity, fixes around frames, colours and the titlebar.

1.1.2 - Fixed order of normal-hover-pressed of the buttons, make the titlebar look more elementary with the colours and removing the app. icon.

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Las copias de seguridad son siempre una de las labores de mantenimiento que debemos realizar a nuestros sistemas con la esperanza de no tener que utilizarlos nunca. Una de las cuestiones que a menudo mucha gente pasa de largo es la creación de puntos de restauración del sistema. Dentro de las distintas opciones que tenemos para realizarlo me ha gustado la opción de Comodo Time Machine, un completo software de recuperación del sistema.

Este tipo de solución nos permitirá tener a salvo no sólo los datos, sino también una posibilidad de recuperar nuestros ordenador tal cual estaba el momento en que hicimos el último punto de restauración. No se trata ya de la pérdida de datos sino más bien del tiempo que nos ahorraremos volviendo a instalar sistema operativo, actualizaciones y todos los programas.

Comodo Time Machine nos permitirá crear nuestros puntos de restauración y lo que es más importante, restaurar el sistema con gran facilidad. Entre las opciones a nuestra disposición tendremos la opción de programar la creación de puntos de restauración automáticamente y administrar los mismos. Es decir, nos permitirá decidir cuanto tiempo guardamos los puntos de restauración, o cuantas copias mantendremos guardadas.

Está disponible para los sistemas Windows de forma grautita. Uno de los peros que podemos ponerle a este software es que no nos permitirá su instalación si tenemos particiones Linux en nuestro sistema. Este es un inconveniente para todos aquellos que tengan Windows y Linux en sus equipos puesto que una vez detectadas las particiones el programa de instalación se cierra y no permite continuar. Este contratiempo se puede salvar si se realiza la instalación antes de instalar Linux en las particiones correspondientes.

Una opción que me ha parecido bastante interesante a la hora de comprobar el estado del sistema en determinado momento y ver si es justo esta la versión del sistema que necesitamos recuperar es la opción de montar la imagen del sistema como un disco virtual que nos permitirá tener la imagen del sistema accesible y verificar que todo es correcto a la hora de restaurarla con total fiabilidad.

Por último indicar que tiene una opción de entrada por consola muy interesante cuando nos ha fallado el arranque del sistema operativo y no podemos iniciar Windows. Tendremos la opción de recuperar desde la consola y seleccionar la imagen del sistema operativo que tengamos. En definitiva, un sistema de recuperación muy interesante para los sistemas Windows que nos puede salvar de más de un apuro.

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En Genbeta | rebit, un Time Machine para Windows

Si vous disposez de plusieurs machines sur votre réseau, il peut, dans certains cas être intéressant de les synchroniser sur une date et une heure commune (par exemple pour de l'analyse de fichiers de log). Les systèmes d'exploitation modernes utilisent maintenant le protocole NTP pour se synchroniser via le réseau IP.

C'est quoi donc NTP ?

Le principe général est simple: on configure le client NTP pour aller demander à un serveur NTP l'heure de référence (à la seconde près). Le client peut alors modifier sa date système en concéquence. Cette description simpliste est à nuancer par le fait que le protocole NTP est basé sur une architecture en arbre.

Par exemple, sur un système d'exploitation GNU/Linux de type Debian ou Ubuntu, il suffit de saisir la commande suivante pour faire appel à un serveur NTP secondaire (ntp.ubuntu.com définie dans le fichier /etc/default/ntpdate):

sudo ntpdate-debian 15 Mar 10:11:01 ntpdate[5406]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset 0.038837 sec

Nous allons maintenant voir maintenant comment installer un serveur de temps NTP sur votre réseau qui pourra continuer de servir de référence même en cas de coupure de votre liaison Internet.

Installation d'un serveur NTP

On installe les brique NTP (exemple de commandes sous Ubuntu 9.10)

sudo aptitude install ntp sudo /etc/init.d/ntp stop

On configure ensuite le fichier /etc/ntp.conf:

sudo vi /etc/ntp.conf # Configuration driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/ statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable # Serveur de temps ROOT # http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/fr server 0.fr.pool.ntp.org server 1.fr.pool.ntp.org server 2.fr.pool.ntp.org server 3.fr.pool.ntp.org # ACL restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict ::1 restrict 192.168.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust

Pour synchroniser mon serveur NTP, j'utilise les serveurs fourni par le projet pool.ntp.org qui propose un cluster de serveurs NTP virtualisés sous un nom unique (fr.pool.ntp.org pour la france).

Il faut également penser à adapter la section ACL en fonction de votre réseau (le mien étant en 192.168.2.0/24)

On peut ensuite synchroniser notre serveur puis lancer le daemon NTP:

sudo ntpdate -dv fr.pool.ntp.org sudo /etc/init.d/ntp start Configuration des clients NTP

Il ne reste plus qu'a configurer les clients NTP de votre pour utiliser votre serveur NTP. Sous Ubuntu, il faut se rendre dans le menu "Système / Administration / Date" et heure puis sélectionner "Configuration: Rester synchroniser avec les serveurs sur Internet":

Cliquer ensuite sur "Sélectionner des serveurs":

On ajoute notre serveur NTP local (adresse 192.168.2.254 dans mon cas):

PS: il est possible de sélectionner plusieurs adresses de serveurs.

Et voili, votre PC restera maintenant synchronisié à votre serveur de temps, lui même synchronisé au cluster NTP fr.pool.ntp.org !

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Bonjour,

Voici le programme des interviews pour le plateau TV Solutions Linux / Open Source. N'oubliez pas de venir participer au concours et gagner 10 framakeys et la biographie autorisée de Stallman !!!!

Aujourd'hui on monte le plateau et on gère tout ce que l'on a oublié

Mercredi 17 mars :

13h15 - Qu'est-ce que Petals link ? Bertrand Escudié - Petals link

13h30 - SOA et ESB : Quelle valeur ajoutée par rapport aux web-services seuls ? Gaël Blondelle Directeur Technique Petals link

14h00 - Actualités Framasoft - Framasoft

14h45 - Le rôle de la gestion de projet dans l'intégration de l'open source - Benjamin Saal - OpenBI

15h00 - Diffusion de l'open source et de la création d'un réseau de distribution - Matias Valais-Gérard Scenari - UTC

15h30 - La mise en place de l’intégration continue à l’aide d’outils open-source - Sébastien Lucas (Directeur Associé d’Oxalide)

16h00 - Zimbra: De Yahoo à VMware, quels changements stratégiques? Jean-François Donikian, StarXpert

16h15 - L'Open Source dans la conduite de projet informatique - Benjamin Jean - Linagora

16h30 - News de la communauté Ubuntu-fr - Christophe Sauthier - Président Ubuntu-fr

16h45 - L'intéropérabilité est la réponse mais quelle est la question? Jean-Pierre Laisne - OW2 -Bull

17h00 - Le marché et les clients sur les solutions de TOIP libre - Bertran Caron, Proformatique

17h30 - LinuTop - smaLLPC sous Linux - Frédérique Baille, LinuTop

Jeudi 18 mars :

9h30 - La fédération France Wireless - Pascal Rullier - Président & Coordinateur

10h00 - Les challenges 2010 pour l'April - Tangui Morlier - April

10h15 - Exemples d'utilisation d'Ubuntu - Nicolas Barcet, Canonical

10h45 - L'approche de l'interropérabilité de Microsoft ? Alfonso Castro - Microsoft

11h00 - Open source technology center by Microsoft - Tom Hanrahan - Microsoft

11h30 - L'industrialisation de l'Open Source - Véronique Torner - PDG associé Alter Way

11h45 - Présentation de SpagoBI - Chiara Chiarelli, SpagoBI

12h00 - Thème Universal Middleware: nouvelle opportunité pour l'interopérabilité - Gianfranco Boccalon, Spagic

13h15 - Cloud, open source et sécurité: Des besoins spécifiques ? Philippe Humeau, Directeur AssNBS

13h30 - Le rôle de la formation dans l'open source, l'exemple de Talend - Olivier Carbone, Talend

13h45 - Le développement open source : un axe majeur de différentiation - Cédric Carbone, Talend

14h45 - OW2: De l'open source pour l'open cloud et OW2 in english par Cédric Thomas - OW2

15h00 -L'hébergement et l'infogérance d'applications open source critiques: Enjeux et solutions - Raphaël Ferreira, Enovance

15h15 - Actualité de Mandriva Linux 2010 - Anne Nicolas, VP engineering

Sera sans doute modifié... A bientôt, Jonathan

Billet original de Jonathan Le Lous.Votez pour cet article sur le Planet Libre.

Si vous utilisez mod_php pour Apache et que vous souhaitez attribuer des valeurs spécifiques à certains de vos Vhosts. Suivez mon regard.

Mod_php met a notre disposition plusieurs directives pour surcharger la configuration par défaut de PHP via php.ini.

• php_value
• php_flag
• php_admin_value
• php_admin_flag

Exemple d'utilisation de la directive php_value

Il peux parfois être utile de modifier l' "include_path" de PHP:

ServerName mon.site.com DocumentRoot /var/www/monsite php_value include_path ".:/opt/php5/lib/php" ...

Exemple d'utilisation de la directive php_flag

Nous en avions déjà parlé, mais vous pouvez aussi déactiver l'execution de PHP dans un VHost (voir dans un répertoire):

ServerName mon.site.com DocumentRoot /var/www/monsite php_flag engine off ...

Exemple d'utilisation de la directive php_admin_value

Changer le memory_limit des scripts d'un répertoire:

ServerName mon.site.com DocumentRoot /var/www/monsite AllowOverride All Options All -Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all php_admin_value memory_limit 32M ...

Exemple d'utilisation de la directive php_admin_flag

Ne pas autoriser les connexions persistantes à votre base MySQL:

ServerName mon.site.com DocumentRoot /var/www/monsite AllowOverride All Options All -Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all php_admin_flag mysql.allow_persistent Off ...

A noter que les directives php_admin_* ne peuvent pas être déportées dans un fichier htaccess.

Cette astuce est très intéressante pour des petites modifications à apporter à la configuration par défaut. Si vous souhaitez faire des changements plus poussés le plus judicieux sera sans doute de s'orienter vers des modules comme "mod_suphp" qui permet, lui, d'utiliser un php.ini spécifique pour chaque Vhost.

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A un moment où l'actualité Windows Mobile n'est pas très riche certains tuent le temps en essayant de donner de nouveaux horyzons à leur Windows Phone. Après Linux, voir précédente news, c'est au tour de Windows 95 d'être installé sur un smartphone Windows Mobile, en l'occurence un HTC HD2.

Un truc qui ne sert bien entendu à rien et qui est plus un challenge technique qu'autre chose mais qui nous prouve tout de même que nos smartphones actuels possèdent une puissance énorme et pourraient certainement faire bien plus que ce qu'ils ne proposent aujourd'hui.

Si tenter l'aventure vous intéresse il suffit de vous rendre sur le forum xda-developers où tous les fichiers et programmes nécessaires sont proposés en téléchargement.

It's been something of a long road to this point (beginning with the company being founded by some laid off OpenMoko employees), but Qi Hardware's ultra-compact, open source Ben NanoNote (actually, 本 NanoNote) is now shipping for just $99. That will get you a bare bones device that can simply be used as a Linux-based "handheld laptop" out of the box or, as the company hopes, be turned into anything from a PMP to an offline Wikipedia device. Something along those lines would seem to be the most practical, considering the device only has a 3-inch 320 x 240 display, along with some similarly basic specs including a 336 MHz XBurst Jz4720 CPU, 32MB of RAM, 2GB of flash storage, and a microSD card slot for expansion. Head on past the break for a look under the lid.

Continue reading Qi Hardware's tiny, hackable Ben NanoNote now shipping

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Sometimes I like taking the latest releases of Fedora Linux for a spin. There aren't any guides for quickly getting Fedora's usb creator working on Ubuntu.  So I decided to change that.

Download Fedora Alpha here (I strongly suggest using the torrent so it's verified automatically)
*Note* you could also choose to get a stable version of Fedora, as Alpha can mean the usual, aka data loss, losing access to your Ubuntu drive if you install it, or the network card on your computer becoming permanently made useless, etc.

Get the file: liveusb-creator-3.9.tar.bz2 (140K) (under Source)
https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

Install the following dependencies - which I believe would all be installed by:
apt:python-qt4-dbus,python-parted

Extract the liveusb-creator-**** file.  Run with following command:
gksudo "./liveusb-creator --noverify"

Then follow the on-screen instruction. Enjoy testing!

Couple of testing points:

• On initial bootup, just press enter when you see "boot:"
• Just wait when you get to the login screen, it will eventually log you in.  Don't try clicking on anything, it doesn't seem to like it.

Front Page Diablo community SSU up and running for beta-testing

After months of discussion, a community-run update site for Maemo 4 devices like the N800 and N8x0 is now available for beta-testing. If successful, this will provide a mechanism for providing application bug fixes and updates to Diablo users without requiring Nokia to ship an update. Lucas Maneos has set up and signed an initial repository so that the kinks in the process can be worked out: "Note also that this is not the final repository and depending on how testing goes you may have to reflash back to the official 5.2008.43-7 in order to install the "official" community SSU when it arrives (though I will try to avoid that if at all possible)." Testing this is vital to ensure that the upgrade path for end-users is seamless (the "S" in "SSU"). If successful, it should pave the way for the community to pick up upgrading other superseded devices in future.

Read more Nokia stressing importance of Maemo Community Council elections: stand now before time runs out

The nomination period for the next Maemo Community Council ends on Wednesday, 17th March. With only four names in the fray, the number of candidates is the lowest it's ever been. Quim Gil, Nokia's community manager, explained the importance of the community council to Nokia, "The council is seen by Nokia and the people pushing the MeeGo project as a very interesting asset and characteristic of the Maemo community. It can't be translated directly to the MeeGo context but everybody agrees that having an elected body canalizing an agenda complementing the strategy and work of the MeeGo technical infrastructure would be useful and worth trying." There are hundreds of eligible candidates, and the only responsibility is to carry on what you're already doing!

Read more In this edition (Download)...

• Front Page

• Diablo community SSU up and running for beta-testing
• Nokia stressing importance of Maemo Community Council elections: stand now before time runs out

• Applications

• JoikuSpot 1.0 for Maemo released
• RaeMote: desktop widget for turning N900 into Apple Remote
• Erminig-NG: 2-way sync with Google Calendar with GUI configuration

• Development

• Dummy and USB network modules for icd2 open sourced
• Bug tracker requirements for Extras packages: discussion about valid entries and requiredness
• Qt Creator 2.0 alpha includes Maemo support
• ...and 2 more

• Community

• MeeGo community working group status update
• UK midlands (Birmingham) N900 meetup

• Devices

• N900 vehicle mounts now available

• Maemo in the Wild

• Interview with Peter Schneider, head of Maemo marketing
• Interview with Peter Schneider, head of Maemo marketing (pt. 2)
• Ari Jaaksi explaining MeeGo at Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in San Francisco, April

• Announcements

• Randall Arnold (Texrat) running for council
• Andrea Grandi (andy80) running for council
• Andrew Black (andrewfblack) running for council
• ...and 2 more

It's been something of a long road to this point (beginning with the company being founded by some laid off OpenMoko employees), but Qi Hardware's ultra-compact, open source Ben NanoNote (actually, æ?¬ NanoNote) is now shipping for just $99. That will get you a bare bones device that can simply be used as a Linux-based "handheld laptop" out of the box or, as the company hopes, be turned into anything from a PMP to an offline Wikipedia device. Something along those lines would seem to be the most practical, considering the device only has a 3-inch 320 x 240 display, along with some similarly basic specs including a 336 MHz XBurst Jz4720 CPU, 32MB of RAM, 2GB of flash storage, and a microSD card slot for expansion. Head on past the break for a look under the lid.Continue reading Qi Hardware's tiny, hackable Ben NanoNote now shipping
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Digital: A Love Story a mystery/romance downloadable game for windows/mac/linux by Christine Sarah Love set in the days of BBSes. Features a glorious retro-OS style interface. Mini review by indie dev Auntie Pixelante/Anna Anthropy (recently). Writeup at and via TIGSource.

Khal 0.0.1
(KDE Chat Application)
This is chatbot plugin for Kopete based on \\\"MegaHAL\\\" (http://megahal.alioth.debian.org/).

The source currently contains only german training files. But you can find training files for other languages on the web. Copy them into the source directory before you install Khal. (They are compatible because the only thing I added to the MegaHAL brain was UTF8 support.)

I have only testet the program on Linux (openSUSE). But other will probably work, too.

changelog:
0.0.1
First Alpha Release: I released this early version to find some help. Just contact me, if you have some ideas and/or patches.

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Power management support within the Linux kernel for the ATI Radeon DRM driver has been in development for months and gone through several revisions, but with the forthcoming Linux 2.6.34 kernel there is initial ATI KMS power management support. For making the power management situation even better, over the weekend Alex Deucher of AMD has been working on another set of patches...

Bernie Thompson, one of the developers working on the DisplayLink Linux support, has written in this weekend to inform us of pending improvements to the DisplayLink frame-buffer driver (udlfb) that will be present in the Linux 2.6.34 kernel. It was nearly a year ago that DisplayLink began supporting Linux so that these USB-powered GPUs/displays would work nicely and with an open-source driver...

The release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" is quickly approaching next month and it will arrive with a whole set of new features and improvements including a faster boot process, a long-awaited new theme, the Nouveau driver to replace the crippled xf86-video-nv driver, the unveiling of the Ubuntu One Music Store, integration of Plymouth, Ubuntu ARM advancements, and many other advancements for this Linux distribution. While it may not be as exciting as looking at these new end-user features, in this article we are testing out the available kernels for Ubuntu 10.04. Besides the standard Linux 2.6.32 kernel used in the Lucid release, there is also a specialized server kernel as well as a new -preempt kernel is now available. We are looking at how these different kernels perform and how they compare to the mainline Linux kernels with the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34-rc1 releases.

Lemon POS 0.9.2
(KDE Business Software)
Lemon is an open source point of sale for linux and other unix systems. It is targeted for the small and medium sized business, and has been conceived for ease of use.

It is a qt4/KDE4 application, so you must have installed kde4

It is considered a general point of sale, not focused to a specific sector. It can be used at a general store, a fast-food restaurant or a book store.

LemonPOS is translated to the following languages:

Spanish
Catalan
German
French -partially-
Chinesse -partially-
Portuguese BR -partially-


These are some features:
Tested with a parallel port ticket printer and a Star Micronics SP-100 thermal printer
Tested with a barcode scanner
It is probably that works with touch screens
It supports product photos
It has a grid view
It supports Group of products
It supports Special Orders (custom products)
and many other things...

changelog:
CHANGELOG FOR LEMONPOS VERSION 0.9.2
-----------------------------------------------------
- BUGFIX : Hidden first and last values for profit and sales plots on squeeze.
- BUGFIX : When using date change feature, it seems that the transaction was not completed sucessfully.
- BUGFIX : On the search panel, the RAW products where excluded but still counted on the result.
- BUGFIX : Groups dont get all its taxes from the elements, if the group tax is not set correctly on creation, it will not have a correct one.
- BUGFIX : When changing configuration, now lemon requests a new transaction and balance.
- BUGFIX : Missing settings-check for drawer openning.
- IMPROVEMENT : Fixing and improved CSS style sheet. Updated CSS, improving method on lemon to load the correct file for login window.
- UPDATE : Updating PDF documentation.

NOTE: 0.9.2 version does not requiere a database upgrade.


CHANGELOG FOR LEMONPOS 0.9.1
----------------------------------
- BUGFIX : Allow to sell more items than in the stock.
- BUGFIX : Comments on lemon_mysql.sql script where fixed.
- Improvement : Refreshed the splash screen and loginBackground images. Created new ones on other resolutions.
- Improvement : Updated Spanish Translation.
- Added Feature: Sales Taxes are shown on screen and printed on tickets.
- Script to upgrade from 0.9 database to 0.9.1 [ fix_0.9.sql ]


CHANGELOG FOR LEMONPOS VERSION 0.9
-----------------------------------------------------

- BUGFIX: The weird crash is gone.
- BUGFIX: Availability check when incrementing a product on the list
- BUGFIX: Invalid Transaction's providerid caused not to be shown on squeeze. Fixed with the db script (fix and new)
- BUGFIX: Added a check for payment amount. The user by mistake can enter a barcode there.
- BUGFIX: Security procedures reviewd and improved. Some bugs caused malfunction of low security mode.
- BUGFIX: Product code input not accepted when qty starts with 0, for example 0.5x123456 .
- BUGFIX: Pie chart removed and replaced by a plot and labels.
- BUGFIX: Balance do not force login. Now balance = login. A balance does the balance and force login.

- Improvement: Allow to remove items from the purchase list (check-in).
- Improvement: Disable Drawer openning when using a CUPS driver printer. CUPS-printer can open it each time it prints.
- Improvement: Print Client name and id on ticket when a client is selected.
- Improvement: Cash-in/Cash-out needs authorization (ask for password when not in a low security mode).
- Improvement: Squeeze has a populated menu bar. Removed the left buttons-menu, replaced by toolbar buttons.
- Improvement: Some dialogs where redesigned. Product Editor...
- Improvement: Some new fancy message ballons, floating bars and dialogs were added. They are animated.
- Improvement: Added cash-out/cash-in information on printed balances.
- Improvement: A shortcut key '+' is added to the product code inputbox for going to payment amount inputbox.

- Added Feature: Correcting Stock. This is to track stock changes. On product editor, in order to change stockqty, it must be corrected.
- Added Feature: Printing using CUPS printers. Now tickets looks elegant on thermal printers. Two modes for this: big and small.
- Added Feature: LOGS on Administrative task. This are keept on database.
- Added Feature: User ROLES. Now is possible to have many administrators and supervisors.
- Added Feature: Added a config option for the ticket time on screen. it also can be closed by pressing 'ESC' key.
- Added Feature: New kind of products: Raw Products, Group Products. Raw are for custom/special orders.
- Added feature: Product GROUOPS/PACKS. An article can be a group, its stockqty is not used for anything, instead its contents stockqty.
- Added feature: Special Orders. Custom Products to be 'manufactured'. Like a cake or a custom computer..
If a special order is completely paid when ordering, when completing the order [delivered] it will not generate a ticket.
- Added feature: On Special Orders, the order is printed in addintion to the ticket.
- Added feature: The user can change Special Order's status.
- Added feature: New Printed Reports on Squeeze: Balances, Sales, End of day, General end of day, End of month, Low stock products, Sold out products.
- Added Feature: Ticket Messages based on the date.
- Added Feature: New way of applying a discount. Occassional discount: this cannot coexists with client discount (client discount will be ignored)
- Added Feature: Lock Screen. To let the user take breaks.
- Added Feature: Suspend and Resume sales. To let the user start a new sale without loosing the current sale.
- Added Feature: Some config options in lemon are saved on database to share it with squeeze.
- Added Feature: A config option to do not print GROUP contents on the ticket.

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