Pete Goodeve
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The addattr didn't quite match its help text, wrt the kinds of values one can use for type codes. Aside from the list of named types (which isn't actually quite complete compared to the choices in the source) the help said one can enter "numeric values", and gives both hex and decimal examples. However, trying a hex value didn't work -- only decimal numbers were accepted. This turned out to be because the sscanf format option is "%u" (actually B_SCNu32) which only handles decimal. It has to be B_SCNi32 (which means it would be allowed to enter a negative value -- just not very sensible...) The other example entry given is " 'ABCD' ", which apparently is meant to indicate that one can enter 'FourCC' direct type-code representations, but of course that wouldn't work as shown because the shell strips off the quotes. Escaping the quotes -- \'ABCD\' -- or adding a second layer -- "'ABCD'" -- does work but is not obvious. (I can't think of any other command line that requires such a convention.) I have added another option: "-c ABCD". The current way can still work, but the new option should be fairly evident to anyone. Signed-off-by: Augustin Cavalier <[email protected]> Fixes #12562.
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Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful.
Goals
- Sensible defaults with minimal configuration required.
- Clean, clear, concise code.
- Unified desktop environment.
Trying Haiku
Haiku provides pre-built nightly images and release images. Haiku is compatible with a large variety of hardware, but in case you don't want to "take the plunge" and install Haiku on bare metal, you can install it on a virtual machine (VM) instead. If you've never used a VM before, you can follow one of the "Emulating Haiku" guides.
Compiling Haiku
See ReadMe.Compiling.
Contributing
Haiku is a meritocratic open source project with a large variety of tasks. Even if you can't write code, you can still help! Haiku needs designers, (technical) writers, translators, testers... Get involved and help out!
Contributing code
If you're submitting a patch to us, please make sure you're following the patch submitting guidelines.
If you're having trouble finding something in the source tree, you can use one of our OpenGrok servers:
- http://xref.plausible.coop/ (provided by Landon Fuller)
- http://code.metager.de/source/xref/haiku (provided by MetaGer)
Contributing documentation
The main piece of documentation that still needs work are the API docs (found
in the tree at docs/user). Just find an undocumented class, write
documentation for it, and submit a patch.
Contributing translations
See wiki:i18n.
Contributing software ports
See HaikuPorts.