Darius, Have you considered paying for the upgrade to the mapper application itself? It might already have the features you require and be commercially supported.
One thing which puzzles me about what you are attempting to achieve however is how you can use the console whilst driving? Gary (lcuk on #maemo) On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Darius Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Eero, > > xnee MS Windows like macro record play facility is ok. > Tried to install from repositories, none for OS2007HE. > Frankly speaking what I need as macro on-the-fly composer > to generate macro commands and have them played in xnee for maemo-mapper, > from time to time. > So I need to know if there is a way to have some standard m-m macros > prerecorded/saved and modify them and make them playable in xnee > to get D-BUS API para-functionality. > > I would like to have track saving enabled/disabled from time to time by > macro sceript and the like > to make maemo-mapper more user friendly. > The same problem exist with other GPS car navigation devices. > To many, to much clicks to make a right option selection. > This is all about Interfaces and Interfacing , HID. > To let the main application to be run as it runs and give > adaptative modified interfaces to a user. > So to move GUI HID to D-BUS like in mplayer run from command line. > > Nowadays, GUI applications are more click-and-click applications than > intelligent HID ones. > > Maemo-mapper is my only way to build HID interface. > Have you tried to run maemo-mapper from XNEE macro generated on-the-fly > by events ? > > Darius > > > --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Eero Tamminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Eero Tamminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Shell API to call maemo-mapper commands, functions, options > ? > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: "Maemo developers mailing-list" <maemo-developers@maemo.org> > > Date: Monday, 7 July, 2008, 6:05 PM > > Hi, > > > > ext Darius Jack wrote: > > > what I really need is shell script to emulate GUI > > actions in maemo-mapper. > > > Any chance to have shell script to interact with > > maemo-mapper basic functions/commands ? > > > > > > Frankly speaking I would like to add few more options, > > have more selection choices, nothing special. > > > User friendly shell API is what I need. > > > If you are aware how to run maemo-mapper from a > > command line with options, please tell me how. > > > > > > Ok. I can run maemo-mapper from a command line. > > > Any chance to have fifo pipe and send parameters from > > command line to maemo-mapper already running. > > > What I like is exactly what I did in shell with > > mplayer. > > > To decrease volume level I press "9" -4% > > down > > > pressing "0" get 2% volume up rise. > > > > > > Sorry for such basic questions but I would greatly > > appreciate your advice. > > > > If the program doesn't have e.g. D-BUS API, you can > > always record > > the required user input events with "Xnee" and > > play them back. > > This requires that the application is in known state > > though[1]. > > > > If you need only single (stylus or key) event, then you > > could > > use also "xresponse". Both of these can be > > gotten from the maemo > > tools repo: > > http://maemo.org/development/tools/ > > > > > > > > - Eero > > > > [1] If this isn't known, Gtk UIs can be introspected > > through its > > accessibility APIs, but that's starting to be *a lot* > > of effort > > (Atk bridge requires Bonobo/Corba on the device). > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers >
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