Over the last couple of years while using Linux, I've slowly become better at what could loosely be described as "hacking".

Now DON'T PANIC! - don't get me wrong - I'm not some Linux guru who can cut perl code with my toes blindfolded...just somebody who sometimes at a very low level likes taking someone else's code & modifying it for my own needs. Sometimes I might even improve on the original! *cough*.

I mainly focus on stuff that is Palm related, mainly trying to integrate some of the command line tools available for Linux->Palm connectivity with some well known Linux applications.

Here are my (meagre) hacks: Sticky Notes Gnome Applet -> Palm - Perl/Tk Script Modded X-Box, Xebian Linux, SMC Router & Ext 56K4 Serial Modem Christchurch Address/Map Search Perl Script Dilbert Perl Script Pilot-Link read-expenses -> CSV Perl Script Palm Tungsten W & T2, Palm Bluetooth card, Holux Bluetooth GPS & Handmap Casio Exilim EX-M20U 2MP Digital Camera and MP3 player with Linux Tribute to "Thrust" & "HHGTTG". The best computer games ever written! USB ProDrive with SD/MMC card with Linux -> pilot-doc.el - An Emacs LISP extension <- Nautilus Scripts DiddleBug Sketches Iverson-Gleeson Bent Middle Finger Grip (& other thoughts...) Happy Hacking Keyboard Christchurch Bus Timetables for the Palm Connecting Palm to Linux box with USB bluetooth dongle Connecting Sony Ericsson T610 via bluetooth to Linux box The ZX81 & Linux Gameboy & Doom for the Palm! Learning Harmonica using your Palm? gtd - desktop companion to mobileGTD All of them

HHGTTG & Douglas Adams at his best! Very sage advice!

Along time ago I hacked together a LISP extension for Emacs with the help of a gentleman named "Patrick Campbell-Preston". To my surprise (and happiness) another gentleman named "Liam M. Healy" contributed a bug-fix to my pathetic attempt at programming! Must admit it was a buzz getting some code contributed to something I thought of!

I based all the code on another LISP extension that did something similar called pilot-memo.el.

Hence I called my version pilot-doc.el!

pilot-doc.el basically has got the same functionality as pilot-memo.el, but uses txt2pdbdoc and pilot-xfer from the Pilot-Link utilities to convert then transfer an Emacs buffer to the Palm as a Palm DOC file. Give it a go!!! Just copy & paste the contents of the pilot-doc.el file to your .emacs file somewhere in your /home/ directory (if the .emacs file doesn't exist then simply create one). To run pilot-doc.el simply type M-x (i.e the "Alt" key followed by the "x" key) followed by "save-buffer-to-pilotdoc" within an Emacs buffer. This will convert then transfer the current buffer to the Palm (as long as txt2pdbdoc is in your path like above). Very neat! : - ).

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Thats all folks at the moment! If I come up with anything else I'II post it here.