I've forgotten to write a progress report for a couple days now, so this one will catalog the developments for the last few:


Between last thursday and friday, through steve sinclair's help I was able to get Gamera up and running using Python 2.3 and wxPython 2.4. To do this we had to comment out a few tester lines in the python code, and install on a .local off the main directory. This then proved to be a difficult fix as Music-Staves would not install.

So, I spent the weekend with this problem, and finally on monday, brainstormed with Andrew about possible fixes. He thought the best option was to do a clean install using uni-binaries of the newest Python and wxPython's and then build and install Gamera. An easy and simple process, which worked immediately after we switched the paths (I must say that Andrew has aided me immensely in getting up and running here, for which I am extremely appreciative).

From that point I then had to try to get Music-Staves and AOMR2 running. Unfortunately until today, Music-Staves is still not running, and I have tried several versions, including downloading previous versions via CVS (in an attempt to avoid GCC compilation differences). So on monday, I decided to put this on the back burner while i worked on getting AOMR2 running. The CVS repository has been taken down so I copy and pasted the most recent versions of all the files into a folder and built and installed it - as a result, AOMR2 is now up and running, and staff-lines may be removed and I can begin training. Laurent has said he will provide me with some training material either tomorrow or friday.

As far as Music-Staves, I have tried several "fixes" but to no avail. Tonight I will post on the developers list, and hopefully someone will get back to me regarding its install.

Beyond that, I've somewhat postponed the daytime c++ and python reading, as reading code and troubleshooting is as great way as any for me to learn a language. In these last few days, I've noticed a marked reduction in the usage of the finder and an increase in the terminal and pico.