Thanks for the reply. The application might still be useful without virtual keyboard. I do not necessarily need the full database functionality of ChessDB, just the ability to enter and analyse positions. As long as I can select menu items with the pointer and drag pieces around, it could work.
The idea is, during subway rides, to set up positions or go through games from a book. ChessDB lets you do that easily with the mouse, as well as keeping track of variations so you can backtrack and try different ideas. Those portable magnetic chess sets or the ones with the pegs are awful because of the time you spend fumbling with the pieces. There do exist small computer-based chess machines, but the ones I've seen have a lousy user interface for analysis. ChessDB is much better. In practical terms such a tool would be more useful to an active tournament player than simply playing against gnu chess. What I need to start out with is to figure out how to install Tcl/Tk into the scratchbox environment. ChessDB does the usual './configure' followed by 'make' and 'make install'. The ./configure step chokes when it doesn't see Tcl/Tk. -Will Tapani Pälli wrote: > Hello; > > ext William Gordon Rutherdale wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> I'm still quite new to Maemo development and just barely got a >> command-line hello world program going so far. >> >> I would like to get a GPL'd program called ChessDB running on it. This >> program is good at analysing chess positions, as opposed to playing >> them. For instance you can set up an endgame position and analyse >> different variations. This is something I would like to do on the >> subway using the N800. >> >> Anyway, I looked through the ChessDB code. It is written mostly in >> C++. The user interface part, however, is in Tcl/Tk. Thus there is no >> messy C GUI library to contend with as in porting some other software. >> At present I am using OS 2007 but can switch to OS 2008 if necessary. >> >> I was wondering if others have experience with the following issues: >> >> A) Is it hard getting Tcl/Tk running on either OS 2007 or 2008? >> >> B) Do applications running in Tcl/Tk generally have behavioural issues >> once you get them going? >> >> >> > > For help with Tcl/Tk you might want to contact author of this project : > https://garage.maemo.org/projects/gnocl/, see also > http://www.geocities.jp/ono_tetsu/gnocl/. There seems to be Tcl and Tk > packages for Bora release. > > Virtual keyboard won't work for Tcl/Tk applications, other than that you > should not encounter much problems. > > >> C) Would a straight C++ program have any problems with standard shared >> runtime libraries on the N800 using either OS? >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> -Will >> >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-developers mailing list >> maemo-developers@maemo.org >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers >> >> >> > > > // Tapani Pälli > > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
