>
> That kind of usage of external programs is fine, but it should be noted
> in the package metadata: linuxcnc.deb should Depend on onboard.deb.
> That would have alerted us to this problem as soon as we tried to run on
> Wheezy.
>
Yes I guess that would have helped alot. :)
I find playing with deb stuff very guru as I don't deal with it much.
I think it could be helpful if we added this kind of suggestion/info to the
development docs for reference/guidelines.
In this case when I added Onboard I checked all the newest (at the time)
Ubuntu and confirmed they packaged it. If I had thought of and knew
how to add the dependency I would have.
> I'm now "on board" with your quest to fix this problem. I can think of
> two different ways to fix it:
>
> Option 1: Make onboard.deb available on Wheezy, as you suggest. This
> might be as simple as copying and compiling the Ubuntu onboard package
> for Wheezy, but it might be harder if that package has dependencies
> which Wheezy doesn't meet. And, more importantly, this option also
> comes with the ongoing maintenance task of keeping our fork of the
> onboard package up-to-date, and carrying it forward to future distros we
> want to support.
>
> Option 2: Find an on-screen keyboard that's already packaged for Wheezy
> and teach gscreen (and gmoccapy) to look for both and use whichever one
> it finds. A quick look at the Wheezy package list turns up the
> following packages which look like they provide on-screen keyboards (i
> haven't tried any of them): caribou, florence, kvkbd, literki,
> matchbox-keyboard, and xvkbd.
>
> I prefer option 2 because it's a one-time effort, and it keeps up with
> the changing software ecosystem we exist in.
>
>
> --
> Sebastian Kuzminsky
>
I will try to evaluate these this weekend.
Onboard is embeddable but is also highly customizable.
One can mimic an 'industrial' control panel keyboard layout.
I wish to keep this option open.
Thanks Seb.
Chris M
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