[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Maemo on hx4700 ipaq

[From: Koen Kooi]

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Tommi Komulainen wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 02:24 +1300, ext Bernard Mentink wrote:
> 
>>Will support for resolutions other than 800x480 be supported at any
>>time soon so that Maemo can be run on the likes of the hx4700
>>(640x480)??
> 
> 
> Technically speaking you can already run Maemo on any resolution, it'll
> just look goofy. You can easily check how badly things will break by
> running Xephyr in desired resolution rather than 800x480
> 
> We are aware of the hardcoded limitations in places and are working to
> make things more flexible in the future. However as you probably know
> the next software release is still going to be running on the same
> hardware.
> 
> 
> 
>>Is there changes to the UI that could be done at present to allow that
>>resolution?
> 
> 
> There are some changes you can do simply by replacing the png files with
> a bit smaller ones and editing the gtkrc accordingly. For others you
> need to change (or preferrably remove) some hardcoded pixel measurements
> in the code. In some cases you may even need to do a different layout,
> like remove the number pad from the VKB.
> 
> Currently the VKB is probably the trickiest part as the code isn't open,
> but for the rest it's just work to be done...

Are the layouts built in to the binary or do they live somewhere in /etc
or /usr/share? If it's the former you could use matchbox-keyboard
(http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/) instead.

regards,

Koen

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