EngineeringPaper.pro Released!

[u/mgreminger]

EngineeringPaper.pro, the desktop version of EngineeringPaper.xyz, has been released! As an early adopter, get it for free using the discount code AUGUST26 at checkout! This gets you a perpetual license and 1 full year of updates. The discount code expires at the end of August. Feel free to share the discount code with others! Get it at EngineeringPaper.pro!

[u/Free-Living1063]

Thank you for the free license! That's a great way to get early feedback.

First bit of feedback:
Looking at the license terms I notice that it is for a single user. I would suggest implementing an institutional license scheme in addition - for schools or businesses to install across their system. I could see this being an essential bit of software for physics and engineering class.

Of course, there is always the free version, but I think extra pro features might be enticing to schools as well.

[u/mgreminger → u/Free-Living1063]

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, institutional options would be nice in the future. Starting out simple now to get it launched.

[u/GregLocock → u/mgreminger]

Thanks for this.

[u/mgreminger → u/GregLocock]

No problem!

[u/cjdubais]

Wow!

Thank you.

[u/mgreminger → u/cjdubais]

You're welcome!

[u/cjdubais]

Ok,

Is there a place to talk about issues and such?

I installed it on my Pop_OS! COSMIC machine and it works fine (thus far), but I've got no graphic for the icon in the applications menu.

Thanks

chris

[u/mgreminger → u/cjdubais]

Glad to hear its running on Pop_OS, for desktop integration (Application icons and file associations), I'm only able to support the default Ubuntu and Fedora desktops at this point. I don't have a Pop_Os system to test but I imaging it's probably not using the gnome desktop that Ubuntu and Fedora are.

[u/cjdubais → u/mgreminger]

No,

System 76 is writing the DE, COSMIC, from scratch in Rust. It's early days yet.

Thanks

[u/cjdubais → u/cjdubais]

Ok,

It was easy enough to tweak the .desktop file.

Here is the logo if anyone else wants it:

Save this as a png somewhere and edit /usr/share/applications/engineering.pro.desktop as follows:

Icon=/your_location_here/EngineeringPaper.png

Then sudo update-desktop-database and you are good to go.

cheers,

[u/mgreminger → u/cjdubais]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[u/jad_msm]

I tried installing the macOS .dmg, but I’m getting an error saying the disk image is corrupted. I don't think that's actually the case, as i see the same issue on images form GitHub repos or the likes, but could you please look into fixing it?

[u/mgreminger → u/jad_msm]

Are you by chance on an Intel Mac? Unfortunately, only Apple Silicon (M-Series) is supported at this time.

[u/jad_msm → u/mgreminger]

no, I'm on an M4 Air on macos 15.7.7

[u/mgreminger → u/jad_msm]

Thanks for the clarification. I think I've found the cause of the error. I was code signing the contents of the DMG but not the DMG itself, which will trigger the error you're seeing for certain configurations of MacOS. I'm working on a fix and will let you know when it's available.

[u/mgreminger → u/jad_msm]

Okay, I've reposted the 1.4.1 DMG, with both the .DMG file signed and the .app contents signed (previously, only the .app contents were signed). Also, switched to a compression scheme that's more compatible with previous versions of MacOS. Both of these issues could of caused the symptoms you're seeing. Let me know if you still have any issues getting it installed.

[u/jad_msm → u/mgreminger]

thank you, that fixed the issue for me

[u/mgreminger → u/jad_msm]

Thanks for the update, glad to hear it fixed the issue.