glfs/general/genutils/pilot-link.xml
Randy McMurchy 8e0e0313fa Added indexing tags to pilot-link
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY pilot-link-download-http "http://downloads.pilot-link.org/pilot-link-&pilot-link-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY pilot-link-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/pilot-link-&pilot-link-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY pilot-link-md5sum "N/A">
<!ENTITY pilot-link-size "649 KB">
<!ENTITY pilot-link-buildsize "15 MB">
<!ENTITY pilot-link-time "0.46 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="pilot-link" xreflabel="pilot-link-&pilot-link-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="pilot-link.html"?>
<title>pilot-link-&pilot-link-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="pilot-link">
<primary sortas="a-Pilot-link">Pilot-link</primary></indexterm>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>pilot-link</application></title>
<para>The <application>pilot-link</application> package provides a suite of
tools containing a series of conduits, libraries, and language bindings for
moving information to and from your Palm device and your desktop or
server/workstation system, as well as across a network.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
<ulink url="&pilot-link-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
<ulink url="&pilot-link-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &pilot-link-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &pilot-link-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&pilot-link-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&pilot-link-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/pilot-link-&pilot-link-version;-bindings_fix-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application>pilot-link</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="j2sdk"/>,
<xref linkend="tcl"/>,
<xref linkend="python"/> and
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>pilot-link</application></title>
<para>Install <application>pilot-link</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../pilot-link-&pilot-link-version;-bindings_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Now, as the root user:</para>
<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
<para><option>--with-perl --with-java --with-tcl=/usr/lib
--with-python</option>: Use any or all of these options to enable the
respective language bindings desired.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>pilot-link</application></title>
<sect3 id="pilot-link-kernel"><title>Configuration Information</title>
<indexterm zone="pilot-link pilot-link-kernel">
<primary sortas="d-USB-Palm-devices">USB Palm devices</primary></indexterm>
<para>You may need to configure the <quote>USB_SERIAL_VISOR</quote> device
into the kernel before your system can communicate with your Palm device. Add
this device by enabling the following kernel parameter setting, found under
the <quote>Device Drivers</quote> &ndash;
<quote><acronym>USB</acronym> support </quote> &ndash;
<quote><acronym>USB</acronym> Serial Converter support</quote> section, and
rebuilding the kernel (and modules, if applicable):</para>
<screen>USB Handspring Visor / Palm m50x / Sony Client Driver</screen>
<para>For additional information about connecting your <acronym>USB</acronym>
Palm device (it is however, somewhat dated), see:
<ulink url="http://www.pilot-link.org/README.usb"/>.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Bindings</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>addresses, ccexample, debugsh, dlpsh, hinotes, ietf2datebook,
install-datebook, install-expenses, install-hinote, install-memo,
install-netsync, install-todo, install-todos, install-user, memos, money2qif,
pi-csd, pi-getram, pi-getrom, pi-getromtoken, pi-nredir, pilot-addresses,
pilot-archive, pilot-clip, pilot-datebook, pilot-dedupe, pilot-file,
pilot-foto, pilot-prc, pilot-schlep, pilot-undelete, pilot-xfer, pitclsh,
read-expenses, read-ical, read-notepad, read-palmpix, read-todos, reminders
and sync-plan</seg>
<seg>libpisock.[so,a], libpisock++.[so,a] and libpisync.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>libjpisock.so <acronym>JDK</acronym> library, libpitcl.[so,a]
<application>Tcl</application> library,
<application>Python</application> and <application>Perl</application>
modules</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/pilot-link</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<varlistentry id="pilot-link-programs">
<term><command>pilot-link programs and utilities</command></term>
<listitem><para>Describing the functionality of each
<application>pilot-link</application> program and utility would take several
pages. Instead, after you've installed the package, review the
<application>pilot-link</application> man page
(<command>man pilot-link</command>). If you wish to review before installing
the package, unpack the tarball and issue
<command>man doc/man/pilot-link.7.in</command>.</para>
<indexterm zone="pilot-link pilot-link-programs">
<primary sortas="b-pilot-link-programs">pilot-link programs</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>