Pastebin source really is coming!
I had one email thinking it might have been an April Fool’s joke, but no, I really will release the souce to pastebin.com. Last night I wrote a script to build a tarball for distribution, when I get a spare moment over the next week I’ll make the following changes
- Pastebin was originally written to live in one single php file, so that you could hit “view source” and see how it worked. It’s too big for one file, but’s its origins still show in that all the readme/version information is embedded in the main script. I’ll pull all of that out and write some proper installation instructions.
- Many people want to integrate it into their own site, so I’ll make it a little easier to do that
- Allow password protected posts, where an optional password can be used to delete the post, and, if you wish, prevent anyone without the password from viewing the post (useful for one-on-one IM conversations)
So believe it! It’s coming! I promise!
1AlleyKat
wrote on 7 April 2006 at 6:41
You just say that to make us happy
2Zachariah
wrote on 8 April 2006 at 0:51
Great news Sir.
3fwed
wrote on 10 April 2006 at 13:05
merci / thanks
4Drax
wrote on 12 April 2006 at 10:55
there was pastebin source some time ago, really liked it. As I came some time later – there was lot of highlighting features added. I want to see how it’s done – where’s the download link?:(
Waiting now!
Interesting how it works at this time
Thanks a lot
5lordelph
wrote on 12 April 2006 at 16:29
The highlighting is a modified form of GeSHi (google it)
i’m currently making it work with the latest GeSHi release – all done soon!
6Abysmal
wrote on 19 April 2006 at 14:52
Any status change on a release date yet??
7lordelph
wrote on 19 April 2006 at 16:01
I’m determined to get something out before the end of the month, should have a first release early next week with a few more features done by the month end….
I’ll announce the release as a new post here and on pastebin.com
8Reid
wrote on 20 April 2006 at 19:28
Are you sure it’s a good idea to add new features? Maybe just cleaning it up and releasing would be .. better.
Don’t let the new features dictate how long it takes to release! You can always release 1.1 a week or two later.
http://rae.pastebin.com
9lordelph
wrote on 20 April 2006 at 19:54
Maybe it wasn’t clear, but that’s what I said – a first release “real soon now” with some of the extra stuff people have been asking for a bit later…
I was originally planning to do more, but the end of April draws near and I want to meet my self-imposed deadline!