[maemo-developers] Porting fltk-app

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Tapani Pälli wrote:
>> I am trying to port an FLTK (www.fltk.org) application to N770/N800. I
>> got FLTK compiled and the application as well, but when I run the
>> application, it is not managed by Matchbox. That is, the program is not
>> shown in the taskbar and the keyboard will not pop up.
>>
>> I have tried to hack FLTK according to the code snippets
>> https://garage.maemo.org/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=3 and
>> https://garage.maemo.org/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=4 but
>> without luck.
>>
>> What do I need in order for Matchbox being aware of my program?
> 
> The window is being managed by matchbox. Maemo input-methods (keyboard, 
> hwr) use their own protocol to communicate directly with gtk-widgets. 
> You have to implement this protocol in text-entry fltk-widgets.

Basically it means sending an X to the input method window when the
widget wants the input method to show itself.  In the Maemo Gtk this
happens when user taps to a widget.

Maemo Input Method framework was just opened, so now other widget sets
like Fltk or Qt can be fully ported to Maemo.  The IM protocol source
for widget <-> input method communication is here:
https://stage.maemo.org/svn/maemo/projects/haf/trunk/hildon-input-method-framework/src/


> In order 
> to get program shown in taskbar (which is a pager, not  a component of 
> window manager) you have to provide valid .desktop file. Instructions to 
> do this is in maemo.org documentation.


	- Eero