*** I HOPE I AM W-R-O-N-G!!! *** But this issue needs some discussion.
Emre Turkay says below, (in essence) --developing scripts for OpenMono is relatively easy GOOD! -- writing C/++ OpenMoko apps is very difficult to almost impossible. BIG PROBLEM... As an interested onlooker I want OpenMoko to not only survive but thrive, I am concerned that this project may not be able to reach critical mass. If what Turkay says about the OpenMoko development platform is approximately correct, this project may be doomed. How can we be this far down the road without enough documentation that a larger group of developers can successfully write C/C++ apps for OpenMoko? On the other hand, one might also say how can a mobile phone project be this far along yet have issues with fundamental requirements such as making and receiving calls? One possible conclusion: developing a full-featured open source mobile phone exceeds the scope of what a loosely organized open source community can accomplish. *** I HOPE I AM W-R-O-N-G!!! *** -ron k jeffries [this is an excerpt] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Emre Turkay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "List for OpenMoko community discussion" <community@lists.openmoko.org> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:08:04 +0200 Subject: Re: start writing applications - how? There are python packages available on both the repository and in the compilation output directory, you can install them with ipkg. Practically you don't need any moko specific example or documentation (except gsm/gps related issues, in which case you need to look at the code and interact with those services through dbus). Just consult the python/gtk examples and your code will run on any platform including moko. You don't need to do anything for the screen size, gtk is handling them very good. You may, however, want to optimize your design for a 480x640 display, which is done in application specific way ( i.e., placing buttons in an optimized way.) So, there is nothing stopping you ;) Scripting is easy, however support for developing C/C++ applications is a disaster. You have to have the ability to touch your left ear with your right hand's thumb, while standing up-down on the other arm and break the 100m Olympic record on running (or better have a seat at FIC) to be able to write those applications. About the development platform, no central documentation (even no documentation at all), no community support so far. There was an announcement on the list about a development framework as far as I remember, but I heard nothing about it again. -- Ron K. Jeffries ron_jeffries Skype 805-680-8086 Mobile http://blog.eronj.com _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community