With its first release less than a month ago, Kevin Wells’ latest application, KPDFUtil, has seen an update – its second since release.
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RPCEmu brings RISC OS Direct to a wider audience
A new version of RPCEmu has been released, offering an easy way to get up and running if you haven’t used RPCEmu before – and if you wish, to try out RISC OS Direct without needing a Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreLess flicker in NetFetch, more functions in Fireworkz Pro
A pair of applications from R-Comp have been updated – NetFetch moving up to version 5.52, and Fireworkz Pro to version 2.24.6.
Read MoreNews nybble: KPDFUtil 1.01 brings image extraction
Kevin Wells’ recently released KPDFUtil, which provides a front-end for some features offered by PDFutils, has already seen its first update. Version 1.01 now includes support for extracting images from PDF files, with options for all images, or just those found on a certain range of pages. The new version also benefits from some minor corrections, such as the alignment of PDF file names now being consistent, and the icons having a length far in excess of what was necessary.
Read MoreFight off that virus on RISC OS!
Well, in a game, anyway. Rick Murray has found himself inspired by the pandemic that has had such a dramatic effect on all our lives, and written a game for people to while away those lockdown hours – Virus!
Read MoreKPDFUtil provides a front-end for PDFUtils
Kevin Wells has turned his hand from offering RISC OS front-ends to remote APIs, and put together a front-end for something the can be run locally.
Read MoreFirst there was JFPatch – now there’s JFPatch-as-a-service
For a short time only, RISC OS users can benefit from a cloud service that nobody expected or requested and, quite frankly, most people probably won’t actually use. Well, it’s aimed at developers really, not the average user, so there’s that.
Read MoreImproved GPX output in BusTimes 1.13
Kevin Wells’ BusTimes application provides a means for RISC OS users who travel by bus to look up information online about particular stops – retrieving the times for buses that stop there, and additional route information about them. It does this by using Wget to communicate under the hood with the TransportAPI website.
Read MoreNews nybble: StreetFix exports GPX files of report locations
Kevin Wells has updated StreetFix, his software that allows RISC OS users to report problems to local authorities, such as potholes, broken street lights, etc. Using Wget, the software interfaces with the FixMyStreet website to do this. It can also be used to look at existing reports, and version 1.02 of the software allows those reports to a GPX file – which can then be loaded into suitable mapping software to see where those reports are about.
Read MoreSCUBA Hunter now available
At the recent Southwest Show, a new game was being shown off and sold to show-goers by AMCOG Games – and as of a few days ago, that game is now available to purchase via !Store.
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