Comments for bradmont.net http://bradmont.net Random stuff that Brad enjoys Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by brad http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-464 brad Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:23:44 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-464 Hey Chris, I sent you one last week, but just sent another. My guess is it got spam filtered; my email address is not from this domain, it's from bradstewart.ca. Hey Chris,

I sent you one last week, but just sent another. My guess is it got spam filtered; my email address is not from this domain, it’s from bradstewart.ca.

]]> Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by Chris Irwin http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-463 Chris Irwin Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:58:57 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-463 Brad, could you drop me an email at chris -at- chrisirwin.ca? I don't have your contact information and had a question for you. Brad, could you drop me an email at chris -at- chrisirwin.ca? I don’t have your contact information and had a question for you.

]]> Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by Nick Fleisher http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-459 Nick Fleisher Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:49:06 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-459 Thanks! That worked temporarily, but the indicator disappeared from the mail notifications menu after a minute or two (maybe this is intended? i.e. when there are no new messages?). Also, I couldn't get the MUA_LAUNCH_COMMAND to work by clicking on my inbox in the menu. I tried installing Chris Irwin's latest PPA version (0.3), and it works well on both counts, though the new message color indication disappears even if you haven't clicked on the notifications menu (i.e. you could miss it if you were up and away from your screen for a minute). In any case, thanks to you both for sharing this! Happy to provide any more feedback if that's helpful. Thanks! That worked temporarily, but the indicator disappeared from the mail notifications menu after a minute or two (maybe this is intended? i.e. when there are no new messages?). Also, I couldn’t get the MUA_LAUNCH_COMMAND to work by clicking on my inbox in the menu. I tried installing Chris Irwin’s latest PPA version (0.3), and it works well on both counts, though the new message color indication disappears even if you haven’t clicked on the notifications menu (i.e. you could miss it if you were up and away from your screen for a minute).

In any case, thanks to you both for sharing this! Happy to provide any more feedback if that’s helpful.

]]> Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by brad http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-457 brad Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:05:42 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-457 Oops! There *was* a syntax error there; just replace the = with == (or redownload it, I fixed the error). Stick it somewhere in your home directory (I have a .bin directory for scripts and such), then start it. You can get it to autostart in System Settings -> Startup Applications, then click add and point it to the script (make sure the script is executable first). That should do it! Oops! There *was* a syntax error there; just replace the = with == (or redownload it, I fixed the error). Stick it somewhere in your home directory (I have a .bin directory for scripts and such), then start it. You can get it to autostart in System Settings -> Startup Applications, then click add and point it to the script (make sure the script is executable first). That should do it!

]]> Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by Nick Fleisher http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-455 Nick Fleisher Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:47:49 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-455 Sorry: the "^" should be under the "=" in the error message Sorry: the “^” should be under the “=” in the error message

]]> Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by Nick Fleisher http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-454 Nick Fleisher Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:47:07 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-454 This looks great. At the risk of asking a stupid question... can you post instructions on how to actually install it and have it run on desktop login? When I try to run it from the terminal, I get an "invalid syntax" error at line 185: if header_name = "From": ^ This looks great. At the risk of asking a stupid question… can you post instructions on how to actually install it and have it run on desktop login? When I try to run it from the terminal, I get an “invalid syntax” error at line 185:
if header_name = “From”:
^

]]> Comment on Why I Love Free/Open Source Software (or, unity maildir indicator applet take 2) by Chris Irwin http://bradmont.net/post/why-i-love-freeopen-source-software-unity-maildir-indicator-applet-take-2#comment-449 Chris Irwin Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:53:18 +0000 http://bradmont.net/?p=226#comment-449 Just serving a notice that as Brad's original code was what he considered to be WTFPL, I've done the same to mine. Just serving a notice that as Brad’s original code was what he considered to be WTFPL, I’ve done the same to mine.

]]> Comment on Unity indicator applet: maildir check by Chris Irwin http://bradmont.net/post/unity-indicator-applet-maildir-check#comment-448 Chris Irwin Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:52:42 +0000 http://www.bradmont.net/?p=155#comment-448 GPL was just my gut reaction, but you're probably right. I'll be formally appending the copyright to my repository shortly. Since we're the only two contributors, and I think we're both in agreement, I'll tag it as WTFPL as that summed up your initial spirit. I also haven't read up on the clauses on the BSD licenses. WTFPL is pretty much how I feel about my bits as well. GPL was just my gut reaction, but you’re probably right. I’ll be formally appending the copyright to my repository shortly. Since we’re the only two contributors, and I think we’re both in agreement, I’ll tag it as WTFPL as that summed up your initial spirit. I also haven’t read up on the clauses on the BSD licenses.

WTFPL is pretty much how I feel about my bits as well.

]]> Comment on Unity indicator applet: maildir check by brad http://bradmont.net/post/unity-indicator-applet-maildir-check#comment-441 brad Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:06:46 +0000 http://www.bradmont.net/?p=155#comment-441 Hey Chris, Glad you found the code helpful! My meaning is that the code doesn't contain anything really original or creative; it pretty much reads like an API example, so I didn't want to use a restrictive license. Feel free to redistribute it under any license you like; I guess the WTFPL would be a more formal way of saying the same thing. Personally I'd go with something less restrictive than GPL for such a small project, maybe BSDL, but I'm fine with that if it's what you prefer. Hey Chris,

Glad you found the code helpful!

My meaning is that the code doesn’t contain anything really original or creative; it pretty much reads like an API example, so I didn’t want to use a restrictive license. Feel free to redistribute it under any license you like; I guess the WTFPL would be a more formal way of saying the same thing. Personally I’d go with something less restrictive than GPL for such a small project, maybe BSDL, but I’m fine with that if it’s what you prefer.

]]> Comment on Unity indicator applet: maildir check by Chris Irwin http://bradmont.net/post/unity-indicator-applet-maildir-check#comment-434 Chris Irwin Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:27:39 +0000 http://www.bradmont.net/?p=155#comment-434 Brad, thanks for writing this. I've adapted your code to emit notifications, as well as use the messaging menu. The code for this is on gitorious: https://gitorious.org/chrisirwin-utils/maildir-indicator/blobs/master/maildir-indicator.py One question: "Feel free to do whatever you want with this code" does not really indicate whether you've intended that to mean "public domain" or "wtfpl", or whether it is okay to stick a free or permissive license on it. The license tag on my existing gitorious project was set to GPL3+. Just wanted to make sure this was an okay license with you. Thanks again, Brad, thanks for writing this. I’ve adapted your code to emit notifications, as well as use the messaging menu. The code for this is on gitorious: https://gitorious.org/chrisirwin-utils/maildir-indicator/blobs/master/maildir-indicator.py

One question: “Feel free to do whatever you want with this code” does not really indicate whether you’ve intended that to mean “public domain” or “wtfpl”, or whether it is okay to stick a free or permissive license on it. The license tag on my existing gitorious project was set to GPL3+. Just wanted to make sure this was an okay license with you.

Thanks again,

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