[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] new developer to maemo

[From: Jack Moffitt]

Hi all,

I just bought an N800 (after wanting a 770 for some time and then
seeing the new one, I couldn't resist) and wanted to get started
developing some stuff for it.

I see that the new bora sdk has some python support.  The docs say to
download the Python runtime from maemo.org, but I can't seem to find
it.  Can someone point me in the right direction?  I have maemo 3.0
installed and did a quick maemo_hello.c already.  I wanted to try to
replicate that in Python.  How much slower are Python apps on the
device?

Also, are there docs somewhere for the audio bits of the API?  Or do I
need to dig through the source for various maemo apps that use audio?

Since there seems to be a lot of open source basis here, I'm curious
why Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and FLAC weren't supported out of the box.
Seems a strange omission.

And finally, is there any way to hook into the contact app to supply
more Jabber protocol stuff.  Specifically I'd like to take a shot at
integrating a Chesspark (http://www.chesspark.com) client into it, as
opposed to redoing another Jabber stack on the device.

jack.