I'm releasing version 0.31 of the Clip Art Navigator.  This is the
first release that I believe is ready for general use.&nbsp; Get it from<br>
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<a href="http://download.berlios.de/ocalhelper/clipartnav-0.31.tar.gz">http://download.berlios.de/ocalhelper/clipartnav-0.31.tar.gz</a><br>
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Installation is now much simpler.&nbsp; Basically, just extract it and
its ready to use.&nbsp; The only dependencies are Python 2.4, GTK 2.6,
and PyGTK 2.6 (even Inkscape isn't required).&nbsp; However, Inkscape
and PyXML are both reccommended.&nbsp; The package can be used both as
a standalone program (the main executable is clipartnav.py) and as an
Inkscape extension.<br>
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It isn't necessary, but you'll almost certainly want to setup a local
clip art repository for it to use first.&nbsp; Instructions are in the
README, but basically, just extract an OCAL release somewhere (I
reccommend /usr/share/clipart), run the included &quot;indexClipart.py&quot;
script on that directory (with the optional verbose flag... for
example, &quot;python indexClipart.py -v /usr/share/clipart&quot;), and then
update the config file (clipartnav.conf) so that the &quot;repodir&quot; setting
under the &quot;localocal&quot; section matches the directory you just
indexed.&nbsp; To install for use with Inkscape, just copy the contents
of the package (without the top level directory) to your Inkscape
extensions directory.&nbsp; Adding a GUI for this process is high on my
todo list.<br>
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I should note that remote OCAL access is currently SLOW... on the order
of 1 minute for a search that returns 5 images when I use it.&nbsp; To
turn off the OCAL module, just remove the word &quot;ocal&quot; from the
&quot;modules&quot; setting in the configuration file.<br>
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I believe that the code is currently ready to be preliminarily checked
into Inkscape CVS.&nbsp; The main question I have about that right now
is how to deal with the configuration file.&nbsp; The script searches
for the config file both in the Inkscape extensions directory and in
the &quot;.inkscape&quot; directory in the user's home dir (both can be used
simultaneously... conflicting settings favor the user file).&nbsp; The
extensions dir seems like a pretty dumb place to put a configuration
file; is there a better location I should use?&nbsp; The problem with
the user folder is that its per user; you'd have to create one for
every Inkscape user on the system, and it seems more logical to make
the main config file, at least, be system wide.<br>
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Feedback greatly appreciated.&nbsp; I've got good internet, and check
my email like its my job, so if you have problems getting it to work,
please let me know.<br>
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Greg<br>