I just came across an article that appeared in the June 2010 issue of Linux Journal. Entitled Economy Size Geek – Organizing a Library, the article includes reviews of Alexandria, GCstar, and Tellico, along with some online sites and full-blown
Tellico 2.3.2 Released
The Tellico development team, namely me, is happy to announce that version 2.3.2 is available from the download page.
Adding A Data Source
I’ve gotten a few emails and seen at least one forum post with questions about adding new data sources to Tellico. Here’s a quick step-by-step tutorial.
Search the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
In order to search the ADS from Tellico, you can use a script that I just uploaded to kde-files.org. Download the script, and then add a new external data source in Tellico with the settings as shown below. Change the
Annoyed by Tellico 2.3.1 not saving your window settings?
Did you upgrade to Tellico 2.3.1 only to discover that your carefully set window settings for visible columns and widths were lost? Bug 256373 is rather annoying, I know. If you compile from source, you can grab the short patch
Tellico 2.3.1 Released
I’m proud to announce the release of Tellico 2.3.1, with a number of bug fixes and a few improvements. My thanks go to everyone who has helped with the bug reporting and translating!
DVDFr Data Source Added
A data source for searching DVDFr.com has been added to Tellico. DVDFr is a French movie site with a nice XML API for performing queries, which made adding the code very simple. Sites with existing APIs are easy to add
Tellico 2.3 Released
Tellico 2.3 is available. This is the longest list of new features and bug fixes that I’ve had in a while. Using KDE’s bugzilla has really been helping me track issues.
Freebase and Open Library Data Sources Added
Two additional data sources have been added to Tellico. Freebase is a generalized database of just about any structured data anyone can add. Tellico can search Freebase for books, comic books, movies, music, video games, and board games. Open Library
Tellico 2.2 Released
Tellico version 2.2 is available.