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tom wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: >> My wife has many handwritten recipe books, some inherited from previous >> generations. Some of them are now getting somewhat tatty. I would like >> to find a program to put them on computer. However I and my daughter use >> Linux and the wife uses Windows (I know, but I can't get her to change). >> >> I have looked around and found several possible programs, but they all >> work from the HD. I have also looked for any programs that could be set >> up on the family web site. That way we could all view them. >> >> Any one have any suggestions for a suitable web program which I could >> set up on our web site? I have had no luck so far. Perhaps they don't >> exist. >> >> Thanks >> >> Neil >> >> > The basic storage (as for almost all things) would be a relational DB - > list of ingredients/qty per serving, cooking methods/timing etc. > That would allow for a local GUI or a web interface for recipes, > searching for recipes that use certain ingredients (seasonal what left > in fridge etc), > calculating qtties, creating timing data shopping list etc. > Could be fun > Tom te tom te tom > > I used to create databases for small companies, so I could write one myself if there were a suitable program in Linux. Sadly there is no Linux equivalent of Borland Paradox or MS Access yet. Yes, I know about Kexi, OO Base etc, but they are not yet as good as the Windows databases were 20 years ago. In fact I wrote a database for a local restaurant, when I lived in Bristol, which the owner wanted for exactly the same purpose. He had his recipes on bits of paper all over the place and he wanted a database to store them and to print them out as necessary. That was in fact the last database that I set up before moving to Devon. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html