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

[From: Tapani Pälli]

ext Koen Kooi wrote:

> 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.
>

Layouts are currently in a binary form (generated from xml) to make
things faster. It also assumes certain kind of layout but in the future
we will try to improve this. If you compare to other virtual keyboards,
we have some specialities like theming, mouse gestures and word
completion on our keyboard ...


// Tapani


> regards,
>
> Koen
>
>
>
>
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