Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-22 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Sascha, Sascha Mäkelä wrote: > How to override Silent Profile? what do you mean override? You mean have a user-space application decide not to do what the user has explicitly requested the phone to do? Cheers, Dave. -- maemo.org docsmaster Email: dne...@maemo.org Jabber: bo...@jabber.org

RE: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-19 Thread ext-titta.vayrynen
: maemo-developers@maemo.org; Vayrynen, Titta; Aniello Del Sorbo Subject: Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation On 12 February 2010 10:43, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: >> I too am of the ide of answers specific to a particular toolkit

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-12 Thread Aniello Del Sorbo
On 12 February 2010 10:43, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: >> I too am of the ide of answers specific to a particular toolkit. >> Quick and easy. >> >> Answer to the same use case in a different toolkit belong to that particular >> toolkit category. > > While the technology u

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-12 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: > I too am of the ide of answers specific to a particular toolkit. > Quick and easy. > > Answer to the same use case in a different toolkit belong to that particular > toolkit category. While the technology used to answer a question is a concern (and not a tiny, eas

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-12 Thread Aniello Del Sorbo
- Original message - > the only reason why i mentioned it is because the accelerometer page on the > wiki currently contains such an overview. > it shows multiple ways to do the same thing, some in python, some in c and > even differences there. > it seems to work well and give information

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-12 Thread Gary Birkett
the only reason why i mentioned it is because the accelerometer page on the wiki currently contains such an overview. it shows multiple ways to do the same thing, some in python, some in c and even differences there. it seems to work well and give information to people who need it, no matter which

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-12 Thread Michael Hasselmann
> ext Gary Birkett wrote: > > there is more than one method of doing everything. But that's part of the problem, at least for newcomers. They look for the best/easiest way, most likely. Am Freitag, den 12.02.2010, 10:29 +0200 schrieb Quim Gil: > There is a good point behind this which is how to

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-12 Thread Quim Gil
ext Gary Birkett wrote: > excellent idea! > > try to allow the examples to come from different toolkits. > there is more than one method of doing everything. > if the same question is answered in both gtk and qt for instance, > it will help existing developers to adapt and see the differences in

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-11 Thread Sascha Mäkelä
How to override Silent Profile? ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-11 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Dave Neary wrote: > So - the floor is open! Don't all shout at once. What stuff would you > like to know? Or, having run the gauntlet & solved a problem in the - How do you send a file over bluetooth - How do you make a bluetooth game among several devices (seria

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-11 Thread Anderson Lizardo
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > So what's next? We want to gather suggestions for use-cases that need > documenting, then we'll create a wiki page for each one, then we (and by > we, I mean "the Maemo Community" will answer the questions. The answers > will include code snippe

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-11 Thread Dawid Lorenz
On 11 February 2010 23:44, Dave Neary wrote: > Some examples that came to mind when we were talking about this were: > > * How can I get & use accelerometer data on the N900? > * How can I get a list of media files on the device? > * How can I create a new sharing plug-in for my favourite online

Re: Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-11 Thread Gary Birkett
excellent idea! try to allow the examples to come from different toolkits. there is more than one method of doing everything. if the same question is answered in both gtk and qt for instance, it will help existing developers to adapt and see the differences in approaching problems. gary On Thu,

Request: Tutorials & use-cases for documentation

2010-02-11 Thread Dave Neary
Hi everyone, Titta from Lionbridge has been working hard in recent months to understand what is needed to make Maemo's developer documentation rock, and one of her key goals is to ensure that the Maemo community is involved in the creation of documentation - but setting priorities and helping writ