<logictheo>
I found Issue 73 "software controlled brightness, but  it's currently not implemented" . Before I went to sleep I wanted read an ebook but the brightness was too bright. Maybe I should change all the text to brown so that it doesn't hurt my eyes(as a temporary 'workaround' solution)?
<logictheo>
(by the way I use 'lynx oz-of-ozma.txt' just as an example of how I currently read ebooks)
<kyak>
since you are reading in web browser, you indeed can change the text color to grey or brown
<bartbes>
does anybody know what this means?
<bartbes>
Makefile:63: *** Download/default is missing the VERSION field..  Stop.
<bartbes>
that went well...
<logictheo>
I underestimated the ease of changing colors in lynx
<wpwrak>
github uses some multilingual markup system, interfacing to markdown, textile, rdoc, org, creole, rst, asciidoc, pod, man (groff), all but the last two completely unknown to me.
<bartbes>
markdown is epic
<bartbes>
and textile is what they were using before
<wpwrak>
is markdown good ? at least the basic version looks fairly limited. e.g., no tables.
<wpwrak>
which of course spawned extensions, like in pandoc. history repeating itself over and over again and again ;-)
<bartbes>
Markdown's syntax is intended for one purpose: to be used as a
<bartbes>
format for *writing* for the web.
<bartbes>
Markdown is not a replacement for HTML, or even close to it.
<bartbes>
(from a syntax manual thingy)
<wpwrak>
yeah, i saw this
<wpwrak>
my question is - what would be painless enough to actually make a transition possible ?
<wpwrak>
transition of the qi-hw wiki. i hate web-only interfaces :)
<wolfspraul>
I am pretty sure MediaWiki will continue to be the #1 free wiki software, nothing comes even close to it.
<wolfspraul>
I won't load more tools on my admin shoulders, MediaWiki + Indefero and the assorted tools around them is enough
<wolfspraul>
there is this MediaWiki filesystem project, but unfortunately it's abandoned
<wolfspraul>
maybe it will be reactivated one day, who knows
<wolfspraul>
the moment werner has his filesystem view he won't care about the rest anymore :-)
<wpwrak>
wolfspraul: yeah, the filesystem view is what i'm after ;-)
<wpwrak>
that is, read and write
<wolfspraul>
sure
<wpwrak>
alas, this means that you really ought to have a version control system underneath
<wolfspraul>
also my personal opinion, while this gitwiki at github is really cool, and it's no surprise that the GIThub audience likes it, I am always a bit careful when a good tool is over-extended into areas it was not originally designed for
<wolfspraul>
learnt my lesson
<wolfspraul>
I remember how I was totally hooked on extending IRC to multi-party video chat once...
<wolfspraul>
argh
<wpwrak>
;-))))
<wolfspraul>
git was designed to deal with source codes, and the very delicate dependencies among the many different files
<wolfspraul>
we all know it
<wolfspraul>
conflict resolutions, cherry-picking, what not
<wolfspraul>
if a wiki is about _documents_, then that's just different
<wolfspraul>
documents have embedded graphs, pictures, even videos
<wolfspraul>
document != source code, in the end
<wolfspraul>
so let's see
<kristianpaul>
sphinx.pocoo.org
<wolfspraul>
it definitely seems like an improvement from the earlier github wiki
<wpwrak>
"put myself on fire, jumped out of an airplane, into a swamp, in the middle of a war zone" may be an instructive experience, but then i doesn't necessarily mean that you should shun transportation in general ;-)
<wolfspraul>
so no wonder they are forcefully upgrading everyone to the new git-based one...
<wolfspraul>
like I said, when it comes to wikis, I feel very good with MediaWiki
<wolfspraul>
right now
<wolfspraul>
it's a really really great piece of software
<wpwrak>
i think the web-based interface can just stay simple. it wouldn't lose any functionality. you can reserve the fancy bits for the command line.
<wpwrak>
last time i checked, the conflict resolution model was along the lines of "someone else changed what you were editing - please reload and do it again". has this changed ?
<wpwrak>
(speaking of mediawiki)
<wolfspraul>
he, don't know
<wolfspraul>
this happens so rarely... it's not sources :-)
<wpwrak>
it must happen a lot in the edit wars on wikipedia :)
<kristianpaul>
wolfspraul: i have some delays here about the scope meter, so i deciced not forgot it but debug later and trust the data from the SiGE evb, so i hope have some raw data this sunday :)
<wolfspraul>
kristianpaul: he. no worries.
<wolfspraul>
delay = you are working on the right thing :-)
<wolfspraul>
you should ask wpwrak about it...
<wpwrak>
;-))
<wolfspraul>
he's the master of producing great results, but also the master of delays
<kristianpaul>
i'll do the CPLD thinf that wpwrak is askign me for long time ago ;)
<kristianpaul>
jsut in case
<kristianpaul>
thats was actually i wanted to debug signal first
<kristianpaul>
but damn we need copyleft scopemeters ;-)
<kristianpaul>
yeah i want delay to make sure all works as is supposed to, not suppose that it will work after powering up
<kristianpaul>
s/i/why
<wpwrak>
kristianpaul: what i think would be nice to have is a number of fast but low-resolution ADCs. that way, they're not so expensive. then, hook all this up to an FPGA and connect a few GB of PC memory on the other side.
<kristianpaul>
i got one ADC 10Mhz from Ti
<kristianpaul>
but was before you advised me i need at least 80Mhz..
<kristianpaul>
hmm
<kristianpaul>
good point
<kristianpaul>
fast no res
<kristianpaul>
s/no/low
<kristianpaul>
few GB..
<wpwrak>
10 MHz is DC ;-)
<kristianpaul>
he
<kristianpaul>
i just have 800Mb ram actually :-/
<kristianpaul>
but yeah ram is cheap those days..
<kristianpaul>
wpwrak: are you aware of soem of this ADC you recommend from TI?..
<wpwrak>
the trickiest bit would be visualization
<kristianpaul>
s/from TI/in TI stock
<kristianpaul>
indeed
<kristianpaul>
timing..
<wpwrak>
hmm, i found something that looked halfway promising, but i don't remember from which company. 6 bit resolution.
<kristianpaul>
oh
<wpwrak>
i think you need at least 5 bits for signal analysis. 6 should be quite comfortable. then make 8 or more channels.
<kristianpaul>
with 3 channels is enought for now
<kristianpaul>
or i'll end doing a logic analizer.. with the SIE
<kristianpaul>
but i *really* want explore/debug analog signaling before jump digital.
<wpwrak>
i'm surprised you're so worried about signal integrity here. had some bad experiences ?
<kristianpaul>
no bad no good. so i want check
<kristianpaul>
no precious experiences ;)
<kristianpaul>
previous*
<wpwrak>
you're not telling me this is your first circuit ? :-)
<kristianpaul>
as i said i can ignore this, mae  SPI-to SPI on the CPLD
<kristianpaul>
no no
<wpwrak>
(ignore) yup. maybe there's even some test pattern mode or such ?
<kristianpaul>
i can look for a pattern on data out right
<wpwrak>
(ignore) in any case, you can tell by the clock whether your signal is right or wrong. clock is usually the fastest and thus most sensitive.
<kristianpaul>
the light will come when i got my first PRN code founded ;-)
<kristianpaul>
wpwrak: i was thinking same about clock
<kristianpaul>
i have thec counter :)
<kristianpaul>
i'll move to digital..
<kristianpaul>
:-)
<kristianpaul>
if something go wrong (readings) i can have the lab next week i think
<kristianpaul>
and debug
<wpwrak>
sounds like a plan :) clocks are tricky anyway. it's easy to get a crystal wrong, etc.
<kristianpaul>
wpwrak: (first circuit) in terms of radio receiving signal (not counting classical RF modules), yup
<kristianpaul>
hmm
<kristianpaul>
well yes i know i must do some clock domain sync
<kristianpaul>
i was reading about it sebastien push me as soo he noticed i was doing a counter
<wpwrak>
(clock domain sync) you mean in the spi-spi bridge ?
<kristianpaul>
well not
<kristianpaul>
in the counter part
<kristianpaul>
i'm not sure if apply for SPI-to-SPI
<kristianpaul>
i was planing a 3 state buffer and no more..
<kristianpaul>
or do some "memory" blocks
<wpwrak>
hmm. i think the tricky area when it comes to clock domains will be the access demultiplexing logic. of course, if you have dual-ported ram blocks, they may take care of some of the headache.