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1 | ************************************************************************* | ||
2 | Q: | ||
3 | For which platform KO/Pi is available? | ||
4 | A: | ||
5 | KO/Pi is the platform-independend version of KOrganizer and it | ||
6 | includes a replacement for the KDE libraries called microkde. | ||
7 | It can be compiled to any platform, where Qt is available. | ||
8 | The source code compiles without modifications on Windows, | ||
9 | Linux Desktop and Sharp Zaurus PDA. Precompiled versions are available | ||
10 | on www.pi-sync.net for Windows and Sharp Zaurus PDA. | ||
11 | ************************************************************************* | ||
12 | Q: | ||
13 | What files/data can KO/Pi import or export? | ||
14 | A: | ||
15 | KO/Pi saves its data in iCalandar format (*.ics) | ||
16 | You can import .ics (used by KDE KOrganizer/Mozillas/Appli iCal) or .vcs files. | ||
17 | You can import xml based PIMs (Opie, old Sharp and old TKC). | ||
18 | You can sync with the newer Sharp DTM PIMs directly. | ||
19 | You can sync with any local .ics file or remote with a .ics file via ssh. | ||
20 | ************************************************************************* | ||
21 | Q: | ||
22 | How can I sync via ssh? | ||
23 | A: | ||
24 | You must have installed a ssh client on the machine KO/Pi is running. | ||
25 | You must have a ssh server running on the remote machine. | ||
26 | You must have configured your access to the server such that you can | ||
27 | log in from console on the server without a password. | ||
28 | For that reason you have to put some keys on the servers home dir. | ||
29 | Please read docu of ssh how to do that. | ||
30 | ************************************************************************* | ||
31 | Q: | ||
32 | How can I get my data from Outlook? | ||
33 | A: | ||
34 | Well you can sync Outlook with Sharp-DTM Pims | ||
35 | and then sync KO/Pi with Sharp-DTM. | ||
36 | Voila - you have your Outlook data in KO/Pi. | ||
37 | It is planned that KO/Pi windows version syncs directly with Outlook. | ||
38 | ************************************************************************* | ||
39 | Q: | ||
40 | I sync with Outlook via the Sharp DTM. | ||
41 | But, now, whenever I get an alarm I get notified by both KO/Pi | ||
42 | and the Sharp Calendar app. | ||
43 | How could I disable Sharp Calendar app? | ||
44 | A: | ||
45 | You have to rename datebook (the Sharp Calendar app) | ||
46 | such that it cannot be automatically started by the system alarm daemon. | ||
47 | If you rename it and you do not delete it, | ||
48 | you can do revert your changes easily. | ||
49 | For example, rename | ||
50 | /home/QtPalmtop/bin/datebook | ||
51 | to | ||
52 | /home/QtPalmtop/bin/datebookwech | ||
53 | Then you can sync KO/Pi with the database | ||
54 | and then the database with outlook without problems. | ||
55 | An event( with alarm ) created on outlook make KO/Pi alarm goes off, | ||
56 | but there will be no datebook alarm :-) | ||
57 | ************************************************************************* | ||
58 | Q: | ||
59 | I cannot sync Outlook with Sharp-DTM. How can I get my data from Outlook? | ||
60 | A: | ||
61 | There is a tool called Outport. | ||
62 | With that tool you can export your Outlook data to many small .ics files. | ||
63 | To get one big .ics file to able to import the data quickly in KO/Pi | ||
64 | you can do the following on Linux: | ||
65 | cat *.ics > mycalendar | ||
66 | mv mycalendar mycalendar.ics | ||
67 | Now you have one file, but kopi cannot read it. | ||
68 | You have to remove all lines in the file | ||
69 | (take a texteditor where search and replace is done quickly ) which are: | ||
70 | BEGIN:VCALENDAR | ||
71 | END:VCALENDAR | ||
72 | Only the very first | ||
73 | BEGIN:VCALENDAR and the very last | ||
74 | END:VCALENDAR may remain in the file. | ||
75 | Now KO/Pi can read the modified file. | ||
76 | ************************************************************************* | ||
77 | Q: | ||
78 | Why does not KO/Pi import several .isc files at once? | ||
79 | A: | ||
80 | Because it is not yet implemented. | ||
81 | ************************************************************************* | ||
82 | Q: | ||
83 | Why does not KO/Pi sync directly with Outlook? | ||
84 | A: | ||
85 | Because it is not yet implemented. | ||
86 | But it is planned to be implemented. | ||
87 | ************************************************************************* | ||
88 | Q: | ||
89 | Why does KO/Pi start up on restarts? | ||
90 | A: | ||
91 | Fastload causes KO/Pi to startup when Qtopia starts. | ||
92 | ************************************************************************* | ||
93 | Q: | ||
94 | Do I have to deinstall the KO/Pi alarm applet, when I update KO/Pi? | ||
95 | A: | ||
96 | No, the KO/Pi alarm applet runs completely independend of KO/Pi. | ||
97 | That means, it does not need KO/Pi or libraries of KO/Pi for being | ||
98 | executed. But the applet itself is not very useful without KO/Pi. | ||
99 | It notifies KO/Pi to start via system calls. | ||
100 | It needs KO/Pi to get the next alarm from the system alarm daemon. | ||
101 | Such that the KO/Pi alarm alone may be used only as a timer application. | ||
102 | Files of KO/Pi are ( with /home/QtPalmtop as base dir): | ||
103 | bin/kopi bin/db2file apps/Pim/korganizer.desktop pics/korganizer/* lib/libmicro* | ||
104 | ************************************************************************* | ||
105 | Q: | ||
106 | I have problems updating KO/Pi. Any hints? | ||
107 | A: | ||
108 | When deinstalling KO/Pi alarm applet, Qtopia reboots. | ||
109 | Please do not deinstall KO/Pi alarm applet and KO/Pi together. | ||
110 | It may be that because of the reboot KO/Pi itself is not deinstalled properly. | ||
111 | ************************************************************************* | ||
112 | Q: | ||
113 | I installed the qtopiaKABC plugin, | ||
114 | but I can't access the addressbook when adding attendees. | ||
115 | A: | ||
116 | The qtopiaKABC plug-in is for old non DTM Qtopia Pims only. | ||
117 | This plug-in works with xml based addressbooks. | ||
118 | There is no solution currently for the DTM addressbook. | ||
119 | On a newer Sharp Rom (using DTM), you can install | ||
120 | Opie(for Sharp Rom) libs+adressbook and the opieKABC plug-in. | ||
121 | That works with KO/Pi. | ||
122 | ************************************************************************* | ||
123 | Q: | ||
124 | Why do I have two pim tabs? | ||
125 | A: | ||
126 | The original tab has the 'PIM' tab and kopi is installed in the 'Pim' tab. | ||
127 | The difference in capitalization keeps them separate. | ||
128 | That is no packaging bug. | ||
129 | This is a feature. | ||
130 | The author of KO/pi has a Tab 'Pim'. | ||
131 | ************************************************************************* | ||
132 | ************************************************************************* | ||
133 | ************************************************************************* | ||
134 | |||
135 | Q: | ||
136 | How do I change the timezone? All my appointments do show 6 hours ahead. | ||
137 | A: | ||
138 | The default timezone in KO/Pi is CET. | ||
139 | CET is (GMT +01:00) or (UTC +01:00), i.e GMT=UTC . | ||
140 | To adjust the time of your appointments, | ||
141 | you have to change the timezone and reload your calendar without closing | ||
142 | the application and without saving the data. | ||
143 | "Without saving the data" is very important. | ||
144 | Note that KO/Pi has build in auto saving. | ||
145 | If auto saving is performed after changing the timezone and before | ||
146 | reloading your calendar no times will be changed. | ||
147 | Example: | ||
148 | Selected timezone in KO/Pi is (+01:00 Oslo). | ||
149 | You have an appointment shown at 8:00. But it should be at 14:00. | ||
150 | Your timezone is -05:00 US/Eastern. | ||
151 | You have to do: | ||
152 | Select timezone +07:00 Asia/Bangok in config dialog. | ||
153 | Close dialog with ok button. | ||
154 | Choose menu: File-Load Calendar Backup. | ||
155 | Choose file: (your home path)/Applications/korganizer/mycalendar.ics | ||
156 | (on Windows: file: (your home path)/korganizer/mycalendar.ics). | ||
157 | Load file. | ||
158 | Now your appointment is at 14:00. | ||
159 | Select timezone -05:00 US/Eastern in config dialog. | ||
160 | Close KO/Pi (file is saved when closing and changes are not yet saved). | ||
161 | Restart KO/Pi. | ||
162 | Your timezone is -05:00 US/Eastern. | ||
163 | Your appointment is at 14:00. | ||
164 | Everything is ok. | ||
165 | ************************************************************************* | ||
166 | Q: | ||
167 | I want to send appointments via Infrared (IR) to a mobile device. | ||
168 | What format I have to choose? | ||
169 | A: | ||
170 | You can send data as vcs (vCalendar) or as ics (iCalendar) files. | ||
171 | With and without timezone settings( Local time ). | ||
172 | Usually small mobile devices like mobile phones do not know anything about timezones. | ||
173 | Choosing vcs and Local time should work with most mobile phones. | ||
174 | Most mobile devices should be able to recieve vcs files. | ||
175 | If it is a smartphone or pda, the device may be able to handle timezones. | ||
176 | Try vcs and with timezones. | ||
177 | If you send the data to a laptop it depends on the application. | ||
178 | If you have a windows laptop and want to get data into an | ||
179 | installed KO/Pi on windows, you should choose ics and with timezone. | ||
180 | Simply try it out, what data the device does understand. | ||
181 | ************************************************************************* | ||
182 | Q: | ||
183 | I want to send a friend all the public holidays in my calendar. Can I do that? | ||
184 | A: | ||
185 | Yes. | ||
186 | Choose search dialog. | ||
187 | Serach there after the events you want to send. | ||
188 | Make sure, you get all wanted events and maybe some more. | ||
189 | Maybe sort the items and select all items you want to send. | ||
190 | With a 'right' mouse click | ||
191 | (hold pen down for a while and then relase) you get a popup menu. | ||
192 | Choose there 'Save selected to file'. | ||
193 | Now all selected entries are saved. | ||
194 | Send the file to your friend, he can import them in his calendar now. | ||
195 | ************************************************************************* | ||
196 | Q: | ||
197 | I want to get another alarm sound than the default. What I have to change? | ||
198 | A: | ||
199 | The default alarm sound is a wav file: | ||
200 | It is (QPEDIR)/pics/korganizer/koalarm.wav. | ||
201 | (Usually QPEDIR=/home(QtPalmtop). | ||
202 | Just replace this file by another one und do a | ||
203 | 'simulate alarm' to ckeck, if it works. | ||
204 | Wav files can have different sampling data. | ||
205 | (e.g. 16/8bit, stereo/mono, 22kHz/11kHz/...) | ||
206 | Note: It seems to be that there are problems with particular | ||
207 | combination of these settings. | ||
208 | If one file is not replayed properly, | ||
209 | just try another file/ another sampling data. | ||
210 | ************************************************************************* | ||
211 | Q: | ||
212 | Is there a solution to get an alarm on Windows? | ||
213 | A: | ||
214 | No, not yet. | ||
215 | ************************************************************************* | ||
216 | Q: | ||
217 | I have Zaurus 5600 and I want to get wav alarm instead of the buzzer. | ||
218 | Is that possible? | ||
219 | A: | ||
220 | Yes. | ||
221 | The default alarm kind is determined from the screen resolution. | ||
222 | For all 320x240 displays the buzzer alarm is the default. | ||
223 | To change this, set in the alarm applet popup menu | ||
224 | Play beeps- Replay-*.wav-file | ||
225 | Note: | ||
226 | If a 5500 user will choose this, | ||
227 | he will get no alarm sound from the speaker. | ||
228 | He will get only the wav sound from the headphone connector. | ||
229 | ************************************************************************* | ||
230 | Q: | ||
231 | In the alarm applet settings "auto suspend" seems not to work. | ||
232 | Am I doing something wrong? | ||
233 | A: | ||
234 | Probably! | ||
235 | The lenght of an alarm is determined from settings in | ||
236 | Play beeps and the interval of each beep. | ||
237 | E.g. Play beeps = 10 and interval = 10 means, | ||
238 | the alarm has a duration of 100 secs. | ||
239 | The "auto suspend" can only work, if the system is | ||
240 | not suspended itself when playing back the alarm. | ||
241 | E.g. if you have set your system suspend time to 1 min (= 60 sec) | ||
242 | the system is suspended during playback of alarm and | ||
243 | there is no new "suspend alarm notification" stored in the system. | ||
244 | Solution: | ||
245 | Make sure your alarm duration is less then your | ||
246 | system suspend time. | ||
247 | ************************************************************************* | ||
248 | Q: | ||
249 | I can not install the KO/Pi on the SD card (ext2 formated), | ||
250 | it can be installed only in the internal memory. | ||
251 | Is there any reason for that ? | ||
252 | A: | ||
253 | Yes. | ||
254 | I tried it once to make kopi installable on the sd, | ||
255 | but the howto I found did not work. | ||
256 | If anybody send me a hint how to make KO/Pi installable on SD, | ||
257 | I would implement it. | ||
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