IRC log for #koha, 2008-01-15

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Time	Nick	Message
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14:06	hdl	kados: hi.
14:07	hdl	a script seems missing : opac-changelanguages.
14:07	hdl	is it somewhere ?
14:43	owen	kados around?
14:44	owen	Oh, I guess ALA is still going on
15:39	Brooke	howdy
15:40	owen	Hi Brooke
15:40	Brooke	:)
16:22	Brooke	bonjour paul
18:46	chris	morning
19:36	owen	Hi chris
20:13	fbcit	hi koha
20:33	atz	greets fbcit
20:36	fbcit	hi atz
21:39	fbcit	hi gmcharlt
23:31	fbcit	chris u around?
23:36	chris	yep, whats up?
23:36	fbcit	I'm trying to get a Metrologic scanner configured the way Koha likes... any tips?
23:37	chris	its a barcode scanner?
23:37	fbcit	right
23:37	fbcit	one kados recommended
23:37	chris	koha doesnt do anything special at all wrt barcode scanners
23:37	chris	if you can open your web browser
23:38	chris	and scan something with your barcode scanner, into a form or anywhere (or even into notepad (if you are using windows))
23:38	chris	then it will work with koha
23:39	fbcit	out of the box the scanner appears to add a <enter> after the barcode... the code itself appears to be fine.
23:39	chris	yep, thats actually quite handy
23:39	chris	in circ
23:39	fbcit	yup
23:39	chris	cos it means you dont have to scan and then hit enter each time
23:40	chris	and if you are cataloguing ... means you scan the barcode last .. cos it will submit the form :)
23:41	fbcit	actually its aggravating when trying to scan isbn into add MARC record so you can do a Z3950 search... :(
23:41	chris	yeah
23:41	chris	often scanners come with a barcode
23:41	fbcit	puts lots of junk into other fields and then tries to save the record..
23:41	chris	that if you scan toggles that behaviour on and off
23:42	atz	yeah, there should be control barcodes
23:42	chris	which is handy, you can have that stuck to the desk
23:42	atz	or an on-device interface
23:42	fbcit	a single-line config booklet came with it... 80 odd pages of control barcodes
23:43	chris	heh, so you want to find the one that toggles the send return
23:43	chris	and photocopy it and stick it to ur desk and then you can just scan it each time you want to toggle the behaviour
23:44	chris	or stick it to someting you can wave in front of the scanner :)
01:54	rex	zomg
10:35	Brooke	howdy
10:35	hdl	hi Brooke
10:35	Brooke	Bonjour henri :)
10:35	Brooke	35 hour week my foot!
10:36	Brooke	the French are on toujours
10:36	Brooke	and all the time :)
10:38	Brooke	so
10:39	Brooke	how can we make this project more fun?
10:41	Brooke	holy features batman!
10:49	Brooke	this is so gonna spank the pants offa epixtech...