[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Alternative platforms ?

[From: Glen Gray]

Thanks for the response Tommi,

On 8 Nov 2005, at 16:23, Tommi Komulainen wrote:
> The Nokia 770 was the first (and only) device to use the maemo  
> platform
> and some corners were cut in the process, and things like fixed  
> display
> size and resolution were assumed. But limiting ourselves to only a  
> very
> specific hardware configuration would be a pretty stupid thing to  
> do in
> the longer term, so we are interested in making the platform more
> flexible.
>
Understandable and often unavoidable at the begininng. I took 10 mins  
to get started installing it this evening before I'd to run for the  
bus. But from what I can make out, I can't see why we could have  
"profiles" for different hardware setups. Kind of what you have with  
using Xephyr on x86 host. I guess I'll found out the problems when I  
try and move from an x86 hosted setup to an x86 target.

> You're the more lucky ones. With larger display there are only minor
> cosmetic issues that really need fixing (like the status bar width and
> TN height) - the rest should stretch pretty much naturally.  
> Changing the
> font size might bring up more problems about hardcoded assumptions  
> about
> line heights in pixels.
>
Yeah, GTK is good for that. I guess dealing with assumptions about  
screen size as you mentioned would be a potential issue. As I said  
above, my main area of non-understanding would be in how to get the  
maemo environment running natively on the hardware. I guess  
everything is setup to target the Nokia 770.

Once I get the Xephyr setup running (was almost there before I had to  
leave today) I'll have a play with the screen sizes and see how it  
works. Will be an interesting experiment.
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