Hey,

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:07 PM, "Christian Pühringer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Mirko,
>
> Currently the app, which is basically in state of a functional prototype,
> requires either a touchscreen (which I don´t have) or it is controlled by a
> virtual mousepointer automatically provided by QT. While this works, it is
> not exactly user friendly on non-touch devices.
>

Aa, a mouse pointer in Qt, that sounds promising, that is exactly where gtk
failed us.


> Therefore  I plan as next step to add keypad support. (In particular
> scrolling of article with keypad).
>
> What are the requirements for your application? How are you controlloing
> it?
>

Disclaimer:
The link below is to a product by a company that I am involved in

The easiest is to check our webpage[1], it contains the specs and pics.
Basically we have a clamshell with a full QWERTY on 32MB RAM and 366MHz with
a 3" non-touch screen.

For controlling the mouse cursor we'd have a 4-way key and for scrolling
additional pageUp and pageDown buttons.


>
> Regarding resource requirements I cannot tell exactly yet. I have changed
> the zimlib cluster cache setting to reduce ram requirements, and probably
> some further tweaking can be done. However, as it¨s based on QT I don¨t
> think that is exactly requireing very few resources.
>

Zimlib runs fine on the Ben (big thanks to Tommi again), so that shouldn't
be a problem. I haven't seen qt in action live yet, only from this video[2].
I am a bit fearful when it comes to Qt and resources as well, but I'd love
to give it a try once we have the source and the app ported.

/mirko

[1] http://sharism.cc/specs/
[2] http://nanl.de/blog/2010/02/qt-is-working-on-openwrt/

>
> Best regards,
> Christian
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:33:28 +0100
> > Von: Mirko Lindner <[email protected]>
> > An: [email protected]
> > Betreff: Re: [openZIM dev-l] Welcome new user cip - Symbian Development
>
> > Hey Christian,
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:49 PM, "Christian Pühringer" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > First thank you for the warm welcome, and sorry that I could not finish
> > yet
> > > the work on the symbian article.
> > >
> > > Basically, zimlib compiles properly for symbian. The only missing
> point,
> > is
> > > that I have to put the project files and patch files described in the
> > > article (currently on my wiki-home http://openzim.org/User:Cip)
> > somewhere.
> > > While target should be to integrate them into the projects, for now I¨d
> > > suggest to put them into the zim repository.
> > >
> > > Currently I am working on a QT-based app using zimlib. Main target is
> > > curently symbian 3rd FP1. However, binary should work on symbian 5th as
> > > well, I just cannot test it. Furthermore, it should be recompileable
> for
> > > other platforms supporting QT, like Maemo, but also Linux or Windows.
> > > App is currently in the state of a functional prototype, but it is
> > already
> > > useable.
> > > I have not published Code/Binary of this app yet. I am planning to
> > publish
> > > it in the near future, probably on sourceforge. For sure I´ll keep you
> > > updated.
> > >
> >
> > This sounds really great! I tried developing a gtk based OpenZim app. The
> > app itself is also almost usable but we have a few problems most notably
> > that our main target is a non-touch-screen device and thus we need an
> > alternative way to move the cursor :) No worries I am not trying to
> > convert
> > you to gtk, qt is the more elegant and appealing choice :)
> >
> > Now, Our main OpenWrt intergrations person is in the process of porting
> QT
> > to OpenWrt and should be finished within a week (I hope ;) ). I would be
> > very interested in porting your app to OpenWrt as well if at all
> possible.
> >
> > Is your app dependent on a cursor or touch screen ?
> > What are the specs of your main target in terms of RAM etc (we are
> > somewhat
> > limited in that as well)?
> > Do you have some screenshots of your app?
> >
> > I am sure I could come up with many more questions but I'll leave it at
> > that
> > for now :)
> >
> > Once again, great effort and really looking forward to seeing it in
> > action!
> >
> > /mirko
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Christian Pühringer
> > >
> > > Emmanuel Engelhart <[email protected]> hat am 15. März 2010 um
> > 16:26
> > > geschrieben:
> > >
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> > > > Manuel Schneider a écrit :
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I just checked the Recent Changes in our wiki and noted that we got
> > a
> > > > > new user[1], appearantly working on using zimlib on Symbian.
> > > > >
> > > > > Welcome cip at the openZIM project, your notes are really amazing.
> > If
> > > > > you could tell us more about your work or if you have any questions
> > we
> > > > > are happy to read from you on this list.
> > > >
> > > > :)))))
> > > >
> > > > Emmanuel
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