whats the plot

just put up an svn repository for public access. you can access it here, or to obtain the latest code, just do:

svn co http://piousity.net/namazTime

thanks to mohammed sameer's suggestions, i made several changes. the version in svn is different than the release mainly because now, rather than manually make calls to libglade for loading objects from the xml files, i use the default build stuff generated by glade. while this will make a few things easier (adding translations later on, for example), i am not quite sure if i did everything right, but it seems to work so its fine for now (i am mainly unsure with respect to how to get the widgets, because the lookup method requires a parent widget which sometimes i don't have available, so i just made the main window global, and just destroyed the auxillary windows when they are closed and reopen them).

the version in subversion also links against libitl, so it is no longer bundled within the app. finally, a todo list is included for people interested in helping out.

i've fixed some of the distribution issues with the last version of namazTime, and so here it is, namazTime 0.9. it's still linux only at the moment, and it needs a notification area - most window managers either have this (gnome, kde, xfce, fluxbox), or you can get a program to handle this for those that don't (i currently use trayer under openbox).

to bring up the prayer times, you click the icon in the notification tray. hitting x or reclicking the icon reminimizes it into the tray. to change the timings and such, right click the icon. you can find a screenshot of the program in one of the older posts about it on this weblog.

on the todo list is to fix any bugs (please comment if you find something amiss), add some sort of alarm feature (to play the athan, for example), provide translations (arabic especially), and maybe port to windows and osx.

if you try it, please leave your comments. thanks!
wsalams.

today, i closed my WoW account. for good measure, i also deleted my characters before closing the account. this way, i can be sure that i don't go back. awesome game, but its too addicting and wastes too much time.

i ordered the new o'reilly book off amazon, "Building Scalable Web Sites: Building, scaling, and optimizing the next generation of web applications." its written by cal henderson, one of the guys behind flickr. i've read a little bit and so far it seems to be pretty good.