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Am dying to use Zyzzyva on my new Eee, but can't quite work out how to run the installer! I've saved it in a directory. Double-clicking on it just results in...
trevor_halsall
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Mar 12, 2008
4:22 pm
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Trevor, http://zyzzyva.net/packages/Zyzzyva-1.0.6-linux-installer.bin is self-extracting, but when you download a file like that from the web, it won't be...
John O'Laughlin
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Mar 12, 2008
5:34 pm
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Thanks for this John. It did seem to install. However it¶ not apparent where to go from here. In the folder there¶ a zyzzyva file - I click on it and it...
Trevor Halsall
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Mar 13, 2008
9:42 pm
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On 13/03/2008, Trevor Halsall <trevor_halsall@...> wrote: Thanks for this John. It did seem to install. However it¶ not apparent ... Hi Trevor, The...
Anand Buddhdev
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Mar 14, 2008
1:56 pm
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... In the next version of Zyzzyva (which I plan to release in the next week or so, for real this time :-), I hope to fix this problem by including the glibc...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 14, 2008
9:54 pm
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Any chance the new version will fix "connecting to database" for several minutes at launch on Win2K? Thanks, OffByOne Richard F. Johnson ... ...
Richard Johnson
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Mar 14, 2008
11:38 pm
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... Possibly, but I don't really know. Whatever that is, I think it's a Qt issue, probably not something I can fix myself, sorry. :-( Zyzzyva 1.1.0 will use...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Mar 15, 2008
12:57 am
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... I'll try to add what i can, but keep in mind that I'm not a prgrammer so these are user comments ... I use Win2K also. It doesn't take "several minutes",...
Mick de Lange
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Mar 15, 2008
9:12 pm
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Quick suggestion for Mr. Thelen: While answering a question in Quiz, if I press * (asterisk), the next word entered is to be treated as a phony. That is, I'm...
Ross Brown
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Mar 20, 2008
1:01 am
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... I think I have to take this back, at least for now... from what I've been reading, it looks like the simplest and best solution will probably be for Eee...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 25, 2008
8:06 pm
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Thanks muchly Michael. I have, however, encountered a problem installing QT. I do the following: tar -xzvf qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.2.tar.gzcd...
Trevor Halsall
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Mar 26, 2008
3:56 pm
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I think you'll get 'make' and the other stuff you need if you install the build-essential package here: ...
John O'Laughlin
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Mar 26, 2008
4:07 pm
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I've released a new version of Zyzzyva, 2.0.0. Zyzzyva is a program for studying words, practicing anagramming, and adjudicating challenges. It runs on...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 28, 2008
5:09 am
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For those on the group that haven't already gone out and gotten version 2.0.0, go do it. You'll be glad you did. For those that have, I was already talking to...
Tom Conrad
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Mar 28, 2008
1:34 pm
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... Thank you for posting this! This problem has been reported by a few people already. I'll be taking a look to see if I can figure out what's happening,...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 28, 2008
5:06 pm
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... Same problem on Ubuntu 7-10, with some complications. Zyz asked whether to create its database on startup, but then crashed. There was a partial db in...
Jim Caughran
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Mar 28, 2008
8:39 pm
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Is it possible to create a wordlist in Zyzzyva that would only contain natural bingos? I am running a tournament in a couple weeks with prizes for the lowest...
Dallas Johnson
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Mar 28, 2008
8:55 pm
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... Thanks for the additional information. I can now reproduce this on my own Ubuntu 7.10 machine, and hope to have the problem fixed quickly. Sorry about the...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 28, 2008
8:57 pm
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I'm also experiencing problems using Windows XP. I uninstalled the previous version before downloading and running 2.0. It is not progressing past the initial...
David Steel
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Mar 28, 2008
9:06 pm
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... I think if you don't let it create the database initially and then set your dictionary preferences before building the database(s) you should be ok. Hope...
Evan Simpson
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Mar 28, 2008
9:09 pm
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Hi. I'd do it in excel, not sure if you can do it in zyzzyva. Give me 10 minutes and I'll do it for you, I'll email you some text files of all the 7 & 8 letter...
Mick de Lange
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Mar 28, 2008
9:53 pm
708
On my XP machine I had the same problem. But after uninstalling 2.0, clearing the application directory, clearing the data directory under my profile, and...
Kevin Turner
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Mar 28, 2008
11:32 pm
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... I believe I've fixed the problem, and I've assembled a crack team of testers across various operating systems to see whether that's true. If so, Zyzzyva...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 29, 2008
7:27 am
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 12:39 AM, busker221@... ... Thanks for these suggestions, and I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond to them. ... This...
Michael Thelen
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Mar 29, 2008
7:54 am
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Hi Michael, I downloaded the new version 2.0.1 and noticed I can no longer shuffle the tiles - wasn't there a little button on the previous versions that said...
Becky Dyer
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Mar 29, 2008
1:38 pm
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... The button has moved... it's now at the bottom of the quiz screen. You can choose "Random" from the dropdown and then click the Reorder button to do the...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Mar 29, 2008
4:52 pm
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Hi, I think that something in the quiz saving format has changed since the last version of Zyzzyva. I've been doing a huge quiz on all the 8s and saving my...
cesar
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Mar 29, 2008
7:38 pm
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... Sorry I didn't respond to you personally earlier... this weekend is babysitter duty for me. Side note, Alvin and the Chipmunks is an okay movie, but your...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Mar 30, 2008
3:30 am
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Just a note, I've released Zyzzyva 2.0.1, which is a bug-fix release meant to solve the lexicon preferences and lexicon database problems that have been...
Michael Thelen
thelenm
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Mar 30, 2008
3:35 am
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mike - i've sent you a private message with the attached file. thank you again, cesar...
cesar
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