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GNUtooth

Bluetooth for GNUstep on Linux

GNUtooth is a set of tools that provides rudimentary Bluetooth support for GNUstep systems. I'm using it to transfer files to my mobile phone and Mac, which works OK ;-)

GNUtooth consists of the following components:

a Distributed-Objects server that provides services to Bluetooth devices,
a Preferences.app plugin for management of Bluetooth devices,
and a frontend application that also provides services to other applications.

Features

So far:

Browse Bluetooth hardware in range
Transfer files from GNUstep to Bluetooth devices
Transfer files from other devices to GNUstep

Planned:

Sync with adress book
...

Changes

Version 0.3:

Acting as OBEX server works now; you can transfer files to GNUstep
Transfer files to a device by dragging them onto the devices table from GWorkspace (requires as-of-yet unapplied patch to NSTableView)
Correct handling of per-device save path and "...without asking" in Preferences
Initial Service base class for easy adding of new services

Version 0.2:

No need for ussp-push anymore; some of Rev's code was integrated. Thanks a lot!
Some eye candy was added: Progress bars, images, etc.
File transfers can now be aborted.
The whole thing should be a lot more stable now.

Requirements

You need the BlueZ protocol stack and a working Bluetooth dongle.

You also need GNUstep and Preferences.app, and libopenobex.

Howto

I'll try to put up a longer HOWTO in the next couple of days. Meanwhile: You need hcitool and sdptool (come with the BlueZ tools) in your path, or you need to set the defaults values "HcitoolPath" and "SdptoolPath" in the domain "GNUtoothServer".

Download GNUtooth from the link below, compile it with "make" and install it with "make install" followed by "make_services". Afterwards, type "openapp GNUtooth", select "Detected Devices" from the window that pops up, select a device and choose "Bluetooth->Send File...". Select a file from the panel that opens and watch as it is being transferred to the device.

Download

You can download the source for GNUtooth here:

Troubleshooting

This is a very early alpha version, so there's bound to be troubles. Please mail me with your troubles. Please include the following:

The output of "hcitool scan" and "sdptool browse" for your devices.
The complete output of the GNUtooth application!

Screenshots

Ah yes, screenshots:

Showing known devices

Transferring a couple of images to my phone

The Preferences dialog

Addresses

Address Book Framework and Application for GNUstep

Addresses is a free re-engineered implementation of Apple's AddressBook framework. The package contains the framework, an application to manage addresses (AddressManager.app) and a command-line tool. Addresses is still in the early stages of development, but it has been tested with a number of MacOS X applications and works quite well.

Programs using Addresses:

GNUMail by Ludovic Marcotte et al.

News for version 0.4.1

Duplicating of addresses
Cut/copy/paste works
Some mostly graphical bugfixes, more C99 fixes, more Linuxisms removed
Initial server support

News for version 0.4.0

Complete editability reached: Layouting and Editing of ADMultiValues, ADMultiDictionaries, notes!
Preferences (Autosave, screen name format etc)
VCF export
Fixes for pre-C99 compilers; thanks grey_gandalf, Andreas, Frederic, Peter!
Lots of cleanups and bugfixes

Features

So far:

Completely compatible AddressBook.framework replacement
Full framework-ization for easy integration with apps
Edit addresses; full editability reached in 0.4.0!
Manage contacts in groups
Import/export contacts from/to VCF files
URLs, Mail addresses clickable

Planned:

Sync with Bluetooth
Import/export/sync/connect with OpenStep, GNUMail & Apple address books, MS Exchange, LDAP

Download

You can download the source for Addresses here:

Screenshots

You can't take screenshots of a framework; these are some shots of AddressManager.app:

Displaying a person's info

Editing a person's info