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  Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2011-11-16 14:06 +0000
    Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2011-11-16 18:26 +0000
      Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2011-11-17 13:05 +0000
    Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Gav Crawford<gc@dentrassis.com> - 2011-11-17 19:03 +0000
      Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-11-19 16:44 +0000
        Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-11-20 13:59 +0000
          Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-20 15:32 +0000
            Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-20 17:52 +0100
              Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Dave Wisnia at home <david@wisnia.net> - 2011-11-20 18:35 +0000
              Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-20 19:42 +0000
          Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Gav Crawford <gc@dentrassis.com> - 2011-11-20 17:40 +0000
            Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2011-11-22 00:08 +0000
        Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! Gav Crawford <gc@dentrassis.com> - 2011-11-20 17:13 +0000
    Re: Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS! castlevarich <castlevarich@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-22 08:25 -0800

#2534 — Big glossy knitting book - published under RISC OS!

I've just brought back my big glossy thirty-pound copy of "A Stitch in
Time" from the bookshop where it was on order (publication eagerly
awaited for almost a year)
http://www.knitonthenet-shop.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=8805935
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitch-Time-Knitting-Patterns-1930-1959/dp/0955620651
and opened the front cover to discover, in amongst all the routine
rubric:   "This book was produced on RISC OS using Ovation Pro, together
with Artworks, Photodesk, DPscan[sic], plus other custom written
software."

Despite months of discussion I wasn't aware that anyone connected with
the project had any RISC OS associations - does anyone known anything
about this?   Who wrote the software?   Is there publicity to be got?
:-D

-- 
Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

Dawn: The time when men of reason go to bed.

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#2537

In message <8ac3113352.harriet@blueyonder.co.uk>
          Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> wrote:

> I've just brought back my big glossy thirty-pound copy of "A Stitch in
> Time" from the bookshop where it was on order (publication eagerly
> awaited for almost a year)
> http://www.knitonthenet-shop.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=8805935
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitch-Time-Knitting-Patterns-1930-1959/dp/0955620651
> and opened the front cover to discover, in amongst all the routine
> rubric:   "This book was produced on RISC OS using Ovation Pro, together
> with Artworks, Photodesk, DPscan[sic], plus other custom written
> software."

> Despite months of discussion I wasn't aware that anyone connected with
> the project had any RISC OS associations - does anyone known anything
> about this?   Who wrote the software?   Is there publicity to be got?
>:-D

The former Crawford printers are likely to be the people involved 
since they were devoting their time to doing/repusblishing Books.

-- 
Chris Hughes

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#2543

On 16 Nov 2011 as I do recall,
          Chris Hughes  wrote:

> In message <8ac3113352.harriet@blueyonder.co.uk>
>           Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I've just brought back my big glossy thirty-pound copy of "A Stitch in
> > Time" from the bookshop where it was on order (publication eagerly
> > awaited for almost a year)
> > http://www.knitonthenet-shop.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=8805935
> > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitch-Time-Knitting-Patterns-1930-1959/dp/0955620651

[snip]
> > Despite months of discussion I wasn't aware that anyone connected with
> > the project had any RISC OS associations - does anyone known anything
> > about this?   Who wrote the software?   Is there publicity to be got?
> >:-D
>
> The former Crawford printers are likely to be the people involved
> since they were devoting their time to doing/repusblishing Books.
>
Yes, apparently the programmer is Gavin Crawford.

-- 
Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

Do not underestimate the power of the Force.

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#2544

In message <8ac3113352.harriet@blueyonder.co.uk>
          Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> wrote:

> I've just brought back my big glossy thirty-pound copy of "A Stitch in
> Time" from the bookshop where it was on order (publication eagerly
> awaited for almost a year)
> http://www.knitonthenet-shop.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=8805935
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitch-Time-Knitting-Patterns-1930-1959/dp/0955620651
> and opened the front cover to discover, in amongst all the routine
> rubric:   "This book was produced on RISC OS using Ovation Pro, together
> with Artworks, Photodesk, DPscan[sic], plus other custom written
> software."

> Despite months of discussion I wasn't aware that anyone connected with
> the project had any RISC OS associations - does anyone known anything
> about this?   Who wrote the software?   Is there publicity to be got?
>:-D

Yes, my wife and I produced this book. This latest title, along with 
others we've published was created on RISC OS using Ovation Pro and a 
host of other programmes. I've been using RISC OS for many years and 
use it for all my publishing work - I wouldn't want to use anything 
else!

-- 
Gav

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#2596

On 17/11/2011 19:03, Gav Crawford wrote:
> [ "A Stitch in Time" book ]
>
> Yes, my wife and I produced this book. This latest title, along with
> others we've published was created on RISC OS using Ovation Pro and a
> host of other programmes. I've been using RISC OS for many years and
> use it for all my publishing work - I wouldn't want to use anything
> else!

Well done! It's great to see RISC OS still being used for commercial 
purposes.

---druck

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#2603

In article <ja8me3$8g2$1@dont-email.me>,
   druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
> On 17/11/2011 19:03, Gav Crawford wrote:
> > [ "A Stitch in Time" book ]
> >
> > Yes, my wife and I produced this book. This latest title, along with
> > others we've published was created on RISC OS using Ovation Pro and a
> > host of other programmes. I've been using RISC OS for many years and
> > use it for all my publishing work - I wouldn't want to use anything
> > else!

> Well done! It's great to see RISC OS still being used for commercial 
> purposes.

Makes me wonder how many are using RISC OS to maintain commercial web
sites, as I do, though I have to resort to the Dark Side to build PayPal
buttons and to (also) display in browsers what I edit in StrongED. I have
never found a way to work productively in Windoze thanks to its 'only
edit on the top', cluttered window furniture, and 'full size means full
screen' nonsense. I could get used to it if I had to but..

-- 
Tim Hill of timil.com . . .
* supports TFT & shares in cheaper ethical telecoms http://tjrh.eu/phone
* has a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/
* accepts incoming email: substitute postmaster@ for tim@

... "God forgive us all !" Macbeth, Act v, Sc.1

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#2604

In message <5235207339tim@invalid.org.uk>
          Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> Makes me wonder how many are using RISC OS to maintain commercial web
> sites, as I do, though I have to resort to the Dark Side to build PayPal
> buttons and to (also) display in browsers what I edit in StrongED. I have
> never found a way to work productively in Windoze thanks to its 'only
> edit on the top', cluttered window furniture, and 'full size means full
> screen' nonsense. I could get used to it if I had to but..


I do, I use RDP for access to the PC for the bits RISc OS can't do.

-- 
Jess                   Iyonix

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#2608

On 20/11/2011 16:32, Jess wrote:

> I do, I use RDP for access to the PC for the bits RISc OS can't do.

I use a PC most of the time now (sorry...), and an emulator for the 
stuff Windows isn't so good at.
Before, I used my RiscPC and a VNC session to a PC. That's the joy of 
home networking, plugging all this stuff together. ;-)


Best wishes,

Rick.

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#2616

In message <4ec93035$0$2531$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>
          Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 20/11/2011 16:32, Jess wrote:

>> I do, I use RDP for access to the PC for the bits RISc OS can't do.

> I use a PC most of the time now (sorry...), and an emulator for the
> stuff Windows isn't so good at.
> Before, I used my RiscPC and a VNC session to a PC. That's the joy of
> home networking, plugging all this stuff together. ;-)


> Best wishes,

> Rick.

I use my Iyonix to run my business (primary school websites) and 
really couldn't be so responsive to my customers without it.

Very much hoping that Armini, or an alternative will be my next buy 
(the Iyonix I've had since 2003 with new power supply and 1GB memory).

I do use it in conjunction with a laptop PC to get at Youtube for 
video and to use MSoffice - RDP, !Lanman 98 and Uniserver are simply 
excellent. The Iyonix does 90% of the work required.

-- 
With very best wishes
Dave Wisnia

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#2622

In message <4ec93035$0$2531$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>
          Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 20/11/2011 16:32, Jess wrote:

>> I do, I use RDP for access to the PC for the bits RISc OS can't do.

> I use a PC most of the time now (sorry...), and an emulator for the
> stuff Windows isn't so good at.
> Before, I used my RiscPC and a VNC session to a PC. That's the joy of
> home networking, plugging all this stuff together. ;-)

If I had to use VNC, I think I'd use Linux at the other end. RDP is 
the only really good thing about windows, that keeps me using it at 
home.)

-- 
Jess                   Iyonix

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#2611

In message <5235207339tim@invalid.org.uk>
          Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> In article <ja8me3$8g2$1@dont-email.me>,
>    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
>> On 17/11/2011 19:03, Gav Crawford wrote:
>>> [ "A Stitch in Time" book ]
>>>
>>> Yes, my wife and I produced this book. This latest title, along with
>>> others we've published was created on RISC OS using Ovation Pro and a
>>> host of other programmes. I've been using RISC OS for many years and
>>> use it for all my publishing work - I wouldn't want to use anything
>>> else!

>> Well done! It's great to see RISC OS still being used for commercial
>> purposes.

> Makes me wonder how many are using RISC OS to maintain commercial web
> sites, as I do, though I have to resort to the Dark Side to build PayPal
> buttons and to (also) display in browsers what I edit in StrongED. I have
> never found a way to work productively in Windoze thanks to its 'only
> edit on the top', cluttered window furniture, and 'full size means full
> screen' nonsense. I could get used to it if I had to but..

As well as the books that we publish, I also use RISC OS to develop 
and maintain our commercial website www.knitonthenet.com
Although the intended target audience are not RISC OS users, as it 
does use some JavaScript and CSS that probably won't render well in RO 
browsers.

The site is developed in StrongED. The local copy of the site is held 
on my Iyonix, and as I'm coding the php I test it by serving the site 
across the network using Webjames and view the results in Firefox on a 
Windows machine and in Ubuntu. When everything is ready to go live I 
use !SiteMatch to upload the changed files.

There is also a facility on the site to create customised knitting 
graphpaper charts as PDFs (www.knitonthenet.com/designchart/) which 
are created dynamically on the fly. This is done on a RiscPC, again 
using webjames to serve the created PDF.

-- 
Gav

 

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#2642

On 20 Nov 2011 as I do recall,
          Gav Crawford  wrote:
[snip]

> As well as the books that we publish, I also use RISC OS to develop
> and maintain our commercial website www.knitonthenet.com
> Although the intended target audience are not RISC OS users, as it
> does use some JavaScript and CSS that probably won't render well in RO
> browsers.

[snip]

> There is also a facility on the site to create customised knitting
> graphpaper charts as PDFs (www.knitonthenet.com/designchart/) which
> are created dynamically on the fly. This is done on a RiscPC, again
> using webjames to serve the created PDF.
>
This bit at least works in NetSurf - I was quite impressed!

-- 
Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

A man's best friend is his dogma.

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#2610

In message <ja8me3$8g2$1@dont-email.me>
          druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:

> On 17/11/2011 19:03, Gav Crawford wrote:
>> [ "A Stitch in Time" book ]

> Well done! It's great to see RISC OS still being used for commercial
> purposes.

Thank you.

The previous books that we've published don't mention the fact that 
the were created using RISC OS, but for this one I wanted to include a 
small note about the fact. I'm pleased that it has been remarked upon.

-- 
Gav

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#2661

On Nov 16, 2:06 pm, Harriet Bazley <baz...@feathermail.co.uk> wrote:
> I've just brought back my big glossy thirty-pound copy of "A Stitch in
> Time" from the bookshop where it was on order (publication eagerly
> awaited for almost a year)http://www.knitonthenet-shop.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=8805935http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitch-Time-Knitting-Patterns-1930-1959/dp/09...
> and opened the front cover to discover, in amongst all the routine
> rubric:   "This book was produced on RISC OS using Ovation Pro, together
> with Artworks, Photodesk, DPscan[sic], plus other custom written
> software."
>
> Despite months of discussion I wasn't aware that anyone connected with
> the project had any RISC OS associations - does anyone known anything
> about this?   Who wrote the software?   Is there publicity to be got?
> :-D
>
> --
> Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==
>
> Dawn: The time when men of reason go to bed.

Now that The Killing is back on television, it should sell like a
bomb.

Jon Robinson, Leeds

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