Saymindu - is this different from what Browse does (re: providing a wrapper for launching various activities based on format)? I copy sugar-devel. SJ
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayami...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Samuel Klein <s...@laptop.org> wrote: >>> >>> Can you say more about how much work it would take to make 'Read' >>> really mean reading and not just reading-pdfs? Perhaps a more >>> peaceful parent program with that name could choose to launch the >>> current read [which should be renamed] or another program [for other >>> file formats] ... >>> >>> SJ >>> >> >> Well, assuming that the FBReader activity is installed, the Journal >> would be the parent program ;-). >> >> On a more serious note, I understand that you want to ensure that the >> verb Read is used for reading everything, and not just PDFs. I'll take >> a look at the possibility of having a thin wrapper which takes care of >> launching the appropriate activity as and when needed (not sure if >> this is doable or not - I'll need to chew a bit of the Sugar activity >> launcher code) >> >> Thanks, >> Sayamindu >> >> >>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayami...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi SJ, >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Samuel Klein <s...@laptop.org> wrote: >>>>> Sayamindu -- >>>>> >>>>> Sweet. How easy would it be to add this as a new reader-type to Read? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Unfortunately the current avatar of Read is quite tightly coupled with >>>> the Evince backend, so it would need quite a bit of work. >>>> >>>>> Regarding mime-types, let's revisit making one-click reading from >>>>> Browse work as expected (add item to journal, launch new activity to >>>>> open it). Michael says this is possible under the current rainbow >>>>> implementation. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'll try to talk to Michael about this. The mime-type issue is >>>> completely different though. I'm not yet able to pinpoint the cause >>>> exactly, but I suspect it has something to do with Browse's download >>>> code and Sugar's implementation of the shared-mime-info Freedesktop >>>> standard. I have a patched Browse at the moment which seems to work, >>>> but I'll also like to try to check out Tomeu's suggestion. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Sayamindu >>>> >>>> >>>>> SJ >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayami...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Nikolay Pultsin <geome...@mawhrin.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Samuel, Sayamindu, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm glad to know you both. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/fbreader_sugar.png >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This screenshot looks great. I'm really impressed with such unusual look >>>>>>> of our program. ;) Are you sure it is really FBReader? :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can I publish this screenshot at http://www.fbreader.org/? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have now a better screenshot at >>>>>> http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/fbreader_sugar_v2.png (I don't think >>>>>> the design will change much after this - unless I get flamed by >>>>>> someone regarding the UI ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a working activity now (which works on the XO independently >>>>>> without any external software dependency as well). I'll take a few >>>>>> more days to figure out the mime type mess in Sugar (I have already >>>>>> started annoying the Sugar developers and have a couple of possible >>>>>> solutions), and then release a bundle which can simply be downloaded >>>>>> and run on a XO with a recent build. >>>>>> >>>>>> A lot of work still needs to be done for a good reading experience, >>>>>> but I'm quite happy with what has been achieved in this week. And >>>>>> kudos to Mikhail, Nikolay and the rest of the FBReader dev team for >>>>>> their superb work. FBReader works absolutely smoothly on the limited >>>>>> XO hardware - no glitches, no sluggishness, nothing :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Sayamindu _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel