Re: N900 versus N810
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 01:40:17PM -0400, R. A. Bilonick wrote: I see that Nokia advertises the N900 as a mobile computer, not primarily as a phone. So I was wondering how the N900 compares to N810 in terms of processing speed, wireless connection speed, and so forth, in actual use. After using a N900 for two days, I didn't want to even touch my old N810. Marius Gedminas -- When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. -- Robert A. Heinlein signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: N900 versus N810
Marius Gedminas wrote: [Wed Oct 28 2009, 09:57:46AM EDT] On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 01:40:17PM -0400, R. A. Bilonick wrote: I see that Nokia advertises the N900 as a mobile computer, not primarily as a phone. So I was wondering how the N900 compares to N810 in terms of processing speed, wireless connection speed, and so forth, in actual use. After using a N900 for two days, I didn't want to even touch my old N810. /me looks sadly at my 770 ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Mapping the N900 keyboard?
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Marius Gedminas mar...@pov.lt wrote:
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:50:23PM -0700, Qole wrote:
I'll try on the users list first, and then I'll try the development list.
How does one map custom keys on the N900?
I've had partial success by doing this:
$ xkbcomp :0 default.xkb
$ vi default.xkb
comment out the two rules that cause syntax errors:
// interpret AccessX_Enable+AnyOfOrNone(all) {
// action= LockControls(controls=);
// };
// interpret MouseKeys_Accel_Enable+AnyOfOrNone(all) {
// action= LockControls(controls=);
// };
Now you can restore the settings back by running
$ xkbcmp default.xkb :0
if you screw up and end up with a nonfunctional keyboard.
Next
$ cp default.xkb mg.xkb
$ vi mg.xkb
key RGHT {
type= FOUR_LEVEL,
symbols[Group1]= [ Right, Right, Tab, Tab ]
};
$ xkbcomp mg.xkb :0
and now Fn+Right arrow is a Tab key.
Sadly I don't know enough about xkbcomp to see if it's possible to make
it load incomplete maps on top of the current configuration, just to
update a few symbols without replicating the full configuration.
None of the changes I make to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-51
have any effect (yes I reboot after changing the file).
Maybe the files in /var/cache/xkb contain precompiled versions of those?
I'm not adventurous enough to go and start editing files in /usr/.
Although creating a new symbols file in there and loading it on top of
the defaults with setxkbmap ought to maybe work...
Thank you for your help. That works to get me started.
Now to return your favour:
Replace
type= FOUR_LEVEL,
symbols[Group1]= [ Right, Right, Tab, Tab ]
with
type= PC_FN_LEVEL2,
symbols[Group1]= [ Right, Tab ]
and you will retain the ability to highlight text with shift-right arrow.
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Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html?tag=nl.e703 Finally, a navigation solution for handhelds that really works. As soon as T-Mobile comes out with an Android 2.0 phone that I like, it's sayonara to the piece of crap TomTom I bought a couple of months ago (I'm on the third unit with a defective battery and am not going to bother sending this one in - I'll replace the battery myself - but that's just scratching the surface of all the horrible design problems. I incorrectly assumed that TomTom had been around long enough to figure out how to make a gpsr, but I should have stuck with Garmin) as well as my Nokia tablet that never really did anything well and is now dying an ugly death due to corrupt and probably failing internal flash memory. Maybe this will force the standalone gps manufacturers to bring the map update prices down to something approaching reasonable. Or even run them all out of business, which they so richly deserve after all these years of highway robbery. 95% of the map data they get for free from governments and other free and public sources, at least 4% of it is corrections from their own consumers who have paid dearly for maps, and _maybe_ 1% of it is obtained in-house. And since at least 95% of any given map update is identical to the old map, it's absurd to assert that they have any real financial investment in it. It's a racket very like the printer manufacturers who sell some printers near and sometimes even below cost, but make such extremely high profit margins on the ink and toner that they could give the printers away for free and it wouldn't make any difference. Can you say at least 6000% profit?!?!? (Except the GPS manufacturers are making a very healthy profit on the hardware as well.) Mark ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
