Does anybody know of Linux software for managing a recipe collection etc?
Something like Now youre cooking or Mealmaster and the others.

Thank you

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It's Java and runs under Windows, Linux, MacOSX, etc...

http://largorecipes.sourceforge.net/

paul wrote:

> Does anybody know of Linux software for managing a recipe collection etc?
> Something like Now youre cooking or Mealmaster and the others.
>
> Thank you

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On 2004-03-30, paul > wrote:

> Does anybody know of Linux software for managing a recipe collection etc?

I found this. It's not free:

http://www.shippysoft.com/discover/shots.shtml

A text editor works just fine for me.


nb

paul wrote:
> Does anybody know of Linux software for managing a recipe collection
> etc? Something like Now youre cooking or Mealmaster and the others.

I found your post at a Linux forum today from Google, the guy who posted
there had excellent advice.

I found the following between Google, Freshmeat, and SourceForge:

http://krecipes.sourceforge.net/
http://gnutrition.sourceforge.net/

I know there is a GNU program that does this, but I cannot find it by
searching and I do not have it installed.

When I find some time I intend on writing a GPL'd recipe program using
C++, Qt and SQLite. I just have too much crap on my plate right now.

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Levelwave© wrote:
> I never thought I would hear myself say this... but I'm REALLY
> starting to like this new iBook...

Another one bites the dust...

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John Gaughan wrote:

> Another one bites the dust...


You get KDevelop installed on my Linux box then I'll reconsider... I
don't have time to track down the bazillion dependencies it requires
just to install...

Anyway leaving an old Dinosaur like the x86 is nothing to get upset
about... <g>

~john

Levelwave© wrote:
> You get KDevelop installed on my Linux box then I'll reconsider... I
> don't have time to track down the bazillion dependencies it requires
> just to install...

My Linux box installed with KDevelop (Mandrake 9.2).

> Anyway leaving an old Dinosaur like the x86 is nothing to get upset
> about... <g>

True, true.

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John Gaughan wrote:

> My Linux box installed with KDevelop (Mandrake 9.2).


Well Mandrake was my first choice but the damn thing wouldn't recognize
my USB mouse and keyboard so I couldn't get past the first installation
screen! lol... I ended up installing SuSE 8.2 and loved it - that is
until I tried to install more software than what was offered by YaST...
Once I started downloading packages I would get all sorts of "you need
this lib to continue - you need this <insert missing item here> to
continue"...

Do you know of any download managers that will check dependencies and
automatically download them if need be? Someone mentioned "appget" I
think (I may have the name wrong)...

If you haven't tried OSX you I strongly suggest you give it a spin... I
have everything I had on Linux running on a STABLE (as when I try to
launch an application I don't get that mysterious nothing) Window
manager... gcc, KDE, servers and all the goodies *nix has to offer...
plus XCode is great - sure beats the heck out of VI and gcc'ing it
through a terminal... It's right up there with Visual Studio (I don't
wanna hear it... it's easy to user and it works)...

~john

On 2004-04-01, John Gaughan > wrote:
> Levelwave© wrote:
>> You get KDevelop installed on my Linux box then I'll reconsider... I
>> don't have time to track down the bazillion dependencies it requires
>> just to install...
>
> My Linux box installed with KDevelop (Mandrake 9.2).

....or Slackware.

nb

In article >,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Levelwave=A9?= > wrote:
>
>
>John Gaughan wrote:
>
>> My Linux box installed with KDevelop (Mandrake 9.2).
>
>
>Well Mandrake was my first choice but the damn thing wouldn't recognize
>my USB mouse and keyboard so I couldn't get past the first installation
>screen! lol... I ended up installing SuSE 8.2 and loved it - that is
>until I tried to install more software than what was offered by YaST...
>Once I started downloading packages I would get all sorts of "you need
>this lib to continue - you need this <insert missing item here> to
>continue"...
>
>Do you know of any download managers that will check dependencies and
>automatically download them if need be? Someone mentioned "appget" I
>think (I may have the name wrong)...

I find it amusing that we're having a linux disscusion on a cooking
newsgroup. It doesn't surprise me. Lots of geeks seem to like cooking.

apt-get is what you are talking about and it runs on debian. I ran
various incarnations of redhat and marmaduke for the last 6 years
and finally switched to debian and there is _NO_ going back.

Just 'apt-get install packagen' and it will pull all the unistalled
depedencies and upgrade any packages for the new app.

ObCooking: Made some killer hummus the other day. two cups of dried
beans (about 4 cups cooked) plus 2/3 of jar of tahini. Luckilly
it's moslty unsaturated fat, so it's good for me...or at least that's
what I tell myself.

~Deepak

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will die here like rotten cabbages." - Number 6

Deepak Saxena wrote:

> I find it amusing that we're having a linux disscusion on a cooking
> newsgroup. It doesn't surprise me. Lots of geeks seem to like cooking.


Well I new at this whole Geek thing so please bare with me...


> apt-get is what you are talking about and it runs on debian. I ran
> various incarnations of redhat and marmaduke for the last 6 years
> and finally switched to debian and there is _NO_ going back.


Does it *only* run on Debian or will it install on SuSE 8.2?

~john

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:11:58 -0500, Levelwave© wrote:

>> apt-get is what you are talking about and it runs on debian. I ran
>> various incarnations of redhat and marmaduke for the last 6 years
>> and finally switched to debian and there is _NO_ going back.
>
> Does it *only* run on Debian or will it install on SuSE 8.2?

Apt is a part of the Debian distribution, but will run on other systems.
The problem you have to contend with is that all package managers use
their *own* databases for managing dependancies and you really *can't* mix
them together. If your system's using RPM then you really should not use
dpkg (Debian package manager; apt-* are just tools to do the retrieval of
the .deb files, et. al.) to install other packages.

Levelwave > wrote:
> Anyway leaving an old Dinosaur like the x86 is nothing to get upset
> about... <g>

Old Dinosaur? PC's can outcompete Mac's in both performance and price.

And vi is superior to emacs.

Ben

wrote:

> Old Dinosaur? PC's can outcompete Mac's in both performance and price.

That's like comparing Mustangs to BMWs... Sure it has more "muscle" and
cost less... but it's not as elegant nor sophisticated...

Intel is no longer going to market CPU speed as a selling point for
their processors... something Apple's been doing for quite some time...


> And vi is superior to emacs.


Someone I *can* use on a Mac but not on Windoes... Yet both are inferior
to an ordinary graphical text editor... Why memorize a bazillion quick
keys when a friggin' mouse can be used?


~john

On 2004-04-02, Levelwave© > wrote:

> to an ordinary graphical text editor... Why memorize a bazillion quick
> keys when a friggin' mouse can be used?

So you don't have to keep reaching for the freakin' mouse.

I remember how impressed I was by the first MacIntosh. It was my first
exposure to a mouse. I was amazed when he set the keyboard aside and spent
the next hour showing me around the Mac and never touching the keyboard.
Now, after all these years making a living at a computer, I think the mouse
is a PIA. It's indispensable for graphics, but little else. IMO, there
needs to be more "quick keys" so I have to use the rat key less often.

nb

notbob wrote:
> So you don't have to keep reaching for the freakin' mouse.

Amen. I like vi because I have all the power of regexes and more without
moving my fingers from the home row (I touchtype 60-90 wpm depending on
what I am typing). The mouse is useful to navigate, but once I get where
I am going, I do not want to use it at all. The only exception is a web
browser or game.

--
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http://www.johngaughan.net/

notbob > wrote in
news:iFnbc.62400$K91.150809@attbi_s02:

> On 2004-04-02, Levelwave© > wrote:
>
>> to an ordinary graphical text editor... Why memorize a bazillion
>> quick keys when a friggin' mouse can be used?
>
> So you don't have to keep reaching for the freakin' mouse.
>
> I remember how impressed I was by the first MacIntosh. It was my
> first exposure to a mouse. I was amazed when he set the keyboard
> aside and spent the next hour showing me around the Mac and never
> touching the keyboard. Now, after all these years making a living at a
> computer, I think the mouse is a PIA. It's indispensable for
> graphics, but little else. IMO, there needs to be more "quick keys"
> so I have to use the rat key less often.
>
> nb
>

I wasn't impress by the mouse on the first Mac as my Apple IIc had
one...but the B/W graphics blew me away.

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In article >,
says...
> notbob wrote:
> > So you don't have to keep reaching for the freakin' mouse.
>
> Amen. I like vi because I have all the power of regexes and more without
> moving my fingers from the home row (I touchtype 60-90 wpm depending on
> what I am typing). The mouse is useful to navigate, but once I get where
> I am going, I do not want to use it at all. The only exception is a web
> browser or game.

Ayuh, vi is lots faster than Word. But not many ppl bother to learn the
keyboard shortcuts for Word. If they did that, it'd be just as fast as
vi. On Windows I use a quick text editor called UltraEdit. Works great
and understands coding rules for things like C, C++, PHP, etc.

Tony P. wrote:

> Ayuh, vi is lots faster than Word. But not many ppl bother to learn the
> keyboard shortcuts for Word. If they did that, it'd be just as fast as
> vi. On Windows I use a quick text editor called UltraEdit. Works great
> and understands coding rules for things like C, C++, PHP, etc.


TextPad!!!

http://www.textpad.com/

~john

Levelwave© > wrote:

> Which distro are you using? I switched from SuSE 8.1 over to OS X...
> though not Linux the new Max OS X is built off of FreeBSD Unix... I just
> couldn't get over the dependencies problem with Linux... Anyone know of
> a better way of installing RPM's without having to track down a
> bazillion other lib's and dependent junk?

> I never thought I would hear myself say this... but I'm REALLY starting
> to like this new iBook...

What's not to like? Which OS X version are you using? I just got a Mac G5
for work with a 23" cinema display with an iSight video webcam, and it is
beyond astounding. I came into work today just to try watching one of my
DVD movies on this new Mac. The movie just ended! Wow!

While I was watching the movie, I recovered all my old files from backup
tape that I had created on my old Mac. My old Mac died on me after several
years of near 24x7 use.

I also have an Apple Powerbook, which is a year old. Its also a great
computer. Both my G5, my Powerbook, and my old G4 Cube run OS X 10.3.3 and
it is the best OS I have ever used, and I have used a hell of a lot of
different operating systems over the years.

Tony P. > wrote:
> Ayuh, vi is lots faster than Word. But not many ppl bother to learn the
> keyboard shortcuts for Word. If they did that, it'd be just as fast as
> vi. On Windows I use a quick text editor called UltraEdit. Works great
> and understands coding rules for things like C, C++, PHP, etc.

There's a nice freeware editor on Windows named winvi. It has menues,
a scrollbar, and other mousey things, but vi users will feel at home.

http://home.snafu.de/%7Eramo/en/

Ben

wrote:
> There's a nice freeware editor on Windows named winvi. It has
> menues, a scrollbar, and other mousey things, but vi users will feel
> at home.

Vim (VI iMproved), which is included in many Linux distributions as a
drop-in vi replacement, is available for Windows too:

http://www.vim.org/

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John Gaughan > wrote:
> Vim (VI iMproved), which is included in many Linux distributions as a
> drop-in vi replacement, is available for Windows too:

One advantage of winvi is that it is a single small .exe file,
quick to run from a floppy or jumpdisk. I like minimalist applications
done in this style. Another example is putty.

Ben