Re: Meal database app suggestion

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%gatalith.at@localhost>]

Hi Jim!

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 06:05:51PM -0400, Jim Spath wrote:
> In pkgsrc under databases is the program "gourmet" which catalogs
> recipes, compatible to a degree with a classic text file format
> ("mm"). That package depends on Python2, so I looked for newer
> variants. I found [ https://github.com/kirienko/gourmet ] but it has
> limits with non-ASCII character encoding it appears (from a cut/paste
> test).
> I found a variant written in C++ and is more actively maintained. It
> has fewer save/load options than the gourmet tool. But as it saved a
> sample Thai text field, it seems to have improved language encoding
> features.
> https://github.com/wedesoft/anymeal - GPL 3 license.
> I tested the app on MS-Windows, and it installed on a PI/Linux system,
> though building on NetBSD it stalled with a library issue (configure:
> error: Check for recode-library failed).
> If I can get past the build errors, I think this is a good pkgsrc addition.

I've just added this as databases/anymeal - please give it a try and
let me know if it works for you. Please make sure to use the latest
pkgsrc.

Cheers,
 Thomas