Tools Articles

Project Venice Source Code - Selling stock via Amazon  (September 2007)
The Venice project was developed to enable libraries using Talis Alto to sell their withdrawn library stock via Amazon. The project was created by an MSc student during her placement at Talis, and is being released unsupported and as open source licensed under the GNU General Public Licence. The venice.zip file contains the code and instructions for developers installing Venice.
Download: venice.zip

Project Venice Application installation – Selling stock via Amazon  (September 2007)
Due to demand, the installation program for the Venice application itself is also being released. This is being made available with the following caveats.
The application was created by an MSc student, during her project placement at Talis, was not intended for general release, and is therefore unsupported. The self extracting installation program, setup.exe was created a few years ago and the documentation wrapped within it states to contact Amanda Gaynor in the event of any queries regarding the application. We now have a forum where customers can share their experiences of selling withdrawn stock via Amazon. Therefore, any queries or problems regarding the use of the application should be directed at this forum.
Download: setup.exe

Emulator keymapping in Talis Text  (May 2005)
This article gives details of the keyboard mapping required for the Talis Function keys to work in Text Talis. A keymap.ini file is provided for users of E-Term32 terminal emulator.
Download: keymap.ini

vi commands  (Jul 2005)
The vi text editor is used in UNIX to edit text files and is used extensively in the management and adaptation of Talis products. This article lists a selection of vi commands to aid users.