Offline Wikipedia for the Irex Iliad

amirshim · 05-21-2008, 04:17 AM

I was traveling around the world for the last 8 months and now that I'm back I finally got to hack together the one thing I was missing during my travels... an offline wikipedia browser for the Iliad.

It's still quite quirky, but working. It's quite easy to install the "Simple English Wikipedia" on your flash card in less than 100MB, but the full one is a little bit tricky at 4GB.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

The project is hosted at:
http://code.google.com/p/pyoffwiki/

And here is the page to get you started:
http://code.google.com/p/pyoffwiki/w...ngUpAndRunning

Adam B. Edit:

Quote:

I've made an easy install package for this Wikipedia port.

I'm not a fan of Dillo, so I've included Midori as well. I've also created an html document with a link so that it can be browsed with the iLiad's html viewer. I've had mixed results with this, but it can be nicer than the 3rd party web browsers sometimes.

Sreenshots on this post.

You can find the all in one installer here: http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad...edia.0.1.1.zip

To Install, simply unzip the folder and copy to your iLiad's memory card or USB drive. It will use about 140MB, so it won't fit on internal memory. This should be able to run from any location.

Edit 2: Yokos has updated the all in one package with the following changes:

fixed sh scripts [line feed encoding]
./xset +fp $scriptdir/fonts/TTF [dillo]
international version of dillo [öäüß etc.]
dillo home/start up page with hyperlinks to Offline Wikipedia and some sites
missing icon of "stopping wikipedia server"

Please re-download if you were having problems with the original.

Gogolo · 05-21-2008, 04:29 AM

Oh this is so cool. I will try it immediately.

I was waiting for this one!

Happy hour!

(sorry

Gogolo

One question: I want to get the full wiki German. Can you help me find the file? Thanks.
Edit2: Think I found it now: http://download.wikimedia.org/dewiki...ticles.xml.bz2

Sorry, another problem: You have a Index file here. Did you convert this? Or can I find a similar for german wiki here? I would be happy for a little help. Thanks

Gogolo · 05-21-2008, 05:11 AM

It works like a charm!!! Oh my god a full encyclopedia on iLiad

Now I'd like to get the german version running...

Thanks for your work!
Gogolo

fodiator · 05-21-2008, 05:51 AM

Gogolo - would you mind to share your knowledge with us and let us know how you have managed to do a german version. A nice little "how to" would be great!!

Regards

"Danke im Voraus"

Gogolo · 05-21-2008, 06:05 AM

Sorry, no German Version yet.

I think this is the German database:

http://download.wikimedia.org/dewiki...ticles.xml.bz2

But the Index is needed, and I just cant find it, nor do I know if this is running only with simple Wiki.

@amirshim: How can we create our own Index files? Thank you.

Greetings
Gogolo

Adam B. · 05-21-2008, 06:24 AM

Brilliant!

I'm doing to do some testing, and try the full dump. That's very cool!

Adam B. · 05-21-2008, 11:04 AM

I've made an easy install package for this Wikipedia port.

I'm not a fan of Dillo, so I've included Midori as well. I've also created an html document with a link so that it can be browsed with the iLiad's html viewer. I've had mixed results with this, but it can be nicer than the 3rd party web browsers sometimes.

Sreenshots attached.

You can find the installer in the first post of this thread.

To Install, simply unzip the folder and copy to your iLiad's memory card or USB drive. It will use about 140MB, so it won't fit on internal memory. This should be able to run from any location.

Martijn · 05-21-2008, 11:14 AM

This sounds very good. I'll try it out

orcinus · 05-21-2008, 03:16 PM

Hmmm... Couldn't quite get the AIO package to work.
Dillo and Midori start then die (the busy-bars appear for about two seconds then disappear) and index.html freezes and keeps blinking the busy LED after tapping on the link

What am i doing wrong?

PS: I've decompressed the zip into Programs on my SD card. I already have Midori and Minimo installed, if that makes any difference...

Adam B. · 05-21-2008, 03:19 PM

Have you tried the version of Dillo and Midori you already have installed?

Try pointing them to http://localhost:8080

amirshim · 05-21-2008, 04:59 PM

Great package Adam. I also like Midori better, but I had problems with it in the past, so I was testing with Dillo, but now I'll switch back to it.

I just have one problem with it. The run.sh files in the wiki and midori directory seem to be causing problems (at least for me) so here are the fixed up ones.

Copy the attached "wiki.run.sh" file to \Wikipedia\wiki\ and rename it to run.sh (delete the old one)
Copy the attached "midori.run.sh" file to \Wikipedia\apps\3_midori\ and rename it to run.sh (delete the old one)
Copy the attached "killwiki.run.sh" file to Wikipedia\apps\z_killwiki\ and rename it to run.sh (delete the old one)

That made the package work for me.

orcinus · 05-21-2008, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

Have you tried the version of Dillo and Midori you already have installed?

Try pointing them to http://localhost:8080

No luck :/

Output.txt is empty and error.txt contains your log

Adam B. · 05-21-2008, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amirshim

Great package Adam. I also like Midori better, but I had problems with it in the past, so I was testing with Dillo, but now I'll switch back to it.

I just have one problem with it. The run.sh files in the wiki and midori directory seem to be causing problems (at least for me) so here are the fixed up ones.

Copy the attached "wiki.run.sh" file to \Wikipedia\wiki\ and rename it to run.sh (delete the old one)
Copy the attached "midori.run.sh" file to \Wikipedia\apps\3_midori\ and rename it to run.sh (delete the old one)

That made the package work for me.

That's odd, I've only edited those files from vi on my iLiad. Perhaps it's because of the version of busybox I'm running.

Thanks for the fix.

amirshim · 05-21-2008, 05:13 PM

Can you integrate them into the package... that is... if it works for other people.
Thanks, Amir

BTW: It's not a port (as you stated before)... this viewer is brand new development for the Iliad... that obviously uses many other [ported] open source packages... which wouldn't be there if it wasn't for you. Thanks for all the hard work.

orcinus · 05-21-2008, 05:17 PM

Works with Amir's script.
Dillo is still dead, Midori won't refresh all of a sudden for some reason, but iliad's HTML viewer seems to work nicely, so the server's running now.

Edit: now the stop script doesn't work

Edit2: Oh, and thanks to both of you for an awesome package!

05-21-2008, 04:29 AM	#2
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	Oh this is so cool. I will try it immediately. I was waiting for this one! Happy hour! (sorry Gogolo One question: I want to get the full wiki German. Can you help me find the file? Thanks. Edit2: Think I found it now: http://download.wikimedia.org/dewiki...ticles.xml.bz2 Sorry, another problem: You have a Index file here. Did you convert this? Or can I find a similar for german wiki here? I would be happy for a little help. Thanks Last edited by Gogolo; 05-21-2008 at 04:57 AM.

05-21-2008, 05:51 AM	#4
fodiator Member Posts: 21 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Irex ILiad	@gogolo Gogolo - would you mind to share your knowledge with us and let us know how you have managed to do a german version. A nice little "how to" would be great!! Regards "Danke im Voraus"

05-21-2008, 06:05 AM	#5
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	Sorry, no German Version yet. I think this is the German database: http://download.wikimedia.org/dewiki...ticles.xml.bz2 But the Index is needed, and I just cant find it, nor do I know if this is running only with simple Wiki. @amirshim: How can we create our own Index files? Thank you. Greetings Gogolo Last edited by Gogolo; 05-21-2008 at 06:09 AM.

05-21-2008, 11:04 AM	#7
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	I've made an easy install package for this Wikipedia port. I'm not a fan of Dillo, so I've included Midori as well. I've also created an html document with a link so that it can be browsed with the iLiad's html viewer. I've had mixed results with this, but it can be nicer than the 3rd party web browsers sometimes. Sreenshots attached. You can find the installer in the first post of this thread. To Install, simply unzip the folder and copy to your iLiad's memory card or USB drive. It will use about 140MB, so it won't fit on internal memory. This should be able to run from any location. Attached Thumbnails

05-21-2008, 05:17 PM	#15
orcinus Gadgeteer Posts: 222 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Croatia Device: iRex iLiad, Sony PRS-500, Nokia 770, BB 7200, Samsung i600, iPhone	Works with Amir's script. Dillo is still dead, Midori won't refresh all of a sudden for some reason, but iliad's HTML viewer seems to work nicely, so the server's running now. Edit: now the stop script doesn't work Edit2: Oh, and thanks to both of you for an awesome package! Last edited by orcinus; 05-21-2008 at 05:30 PM.

05-21-2008, 05:11 AM	#3
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	It works like a charm!!! Oh my god a full encyclopedia on iLiad Now I'd like to get the german version running... Thanks for your work! Gogolo

05-21-2008, 06:24 AM	#6
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Brilliant! I'm doing to do some testing, and try the full dump. That's very cool!

05-21-2008, 11:14 AM	#8
Martijn Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 855 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Device: iLiad	This sounds very good. I'll try it out

05-21-2008, 03:16 PM	#9
orcinus Gadgeteer Posts: 222 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Croatia Device: iRex iLiad, Sony PRS-500, Nokia 770, BB 7200, Samsung i600, iPhone	Hmmm... Couldn't quite get the AIO package to work. Dillo and Midori start then die (the busy-bars appear for about two seconds then disappear) and index.html freezes and keeps blinking the busy LED after tapping on the link What am i doing wrong? PS: I've decompressed the zip into Programs on my SD card. I already have Midori and Minimo installed, if that makes any difference...

05-21-2008, 03:19 PM	#10
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Have you tried the version of Dillo and Midori you already have installed? Try pointing them to http://localhost:8080

05-21-2008, 05:13 PM	#14
amirshim Member Posts: 18 Karma: 207 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: irex iliad	Can you integrate them into the package... that is... if it works for other people. Thanks, Amir BTW: It's not a port (as you stated before)... this viewer is brand new development for the Iliad... that obviously uses many other [ported] open source packages... which wouldn't be there if it wasn't for you. Thanks for all the hard work.

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