BOOM support. From what I can tell, the problem with trying to make this great application work with the Boom is that it relies upon the native Time support from the device, including the standard line 1 & 2 for the time/forecast display. Combined with the very narrow size of the Boom window (approx. 150 to 160 pixels), this offers limited options to get the time/date/forecast to display correctly.
I've been working on some enhancements to the main plugin to provide Boom functionality. Basically, I've moved the standard line 1 & 2 displays off to the right so they truncate off the boom screen. I then do some tweaking to the spacing, and re-use the custom 5x7 character set to display the time, date, precip, wind, and forecast onto the small Boom window. The time/date/forecast font is the same size as the other weather stats, so it doesn't jump out at you the way it does on the other devices--but that's a small price to pay (to me). Also, the time is now updated on the weather refresh rate, so if the refresh rate is set a high, the time will lag until the next refresh. The two screens (one with forecast, one with wind/precip) alternate every 15seconds. Assuming Boom owners are ok with this (and the alternative is that it doesn't work for us), I've been testing against SqueezeSoft and our Boom at home, and I think I've got some simple code additions that can provide Boom support without affecting the functionality for all the other devices. There's one main snipped of code, but a couple other modifications are necessary: need to display an alternate logo on startup, need to modify the gxwidth when a Boom is detected, need to add a colon to the 5x7 character set. If it weren't for these little changes, it would be an easy piece of code to publish in the forums here for scrutiny. What's the best way to propose these changes? Is there a location for the latest version of source code I could get, then make the code changes and propose the modified code? Or, is there some better way? I really like the now-working WeatherTime plugin on my Boom, would like to offer that to my fellow Boom owners. I've attached two images showing what the BOOM screen will look like with these modifications. Thoughts? +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: BOOM2.bmp | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6794| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- bsc001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bsc001's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22844 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21989 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
