[maemo-developers] Porting fltk-app

[From: Jørn Christensen]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer, and sorry for my late answer, but I am a bit
busy with my studies as well.

Eero Tamminen wrote:
> 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/

I will look into this.

>> 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.

I found an example on a .desktop file and (basically) copied it. When I
start the program, the notification says "Launching ThinLinc" (the
program), but nothing happens. I also tried to make a service file - but
with no luck.

~Jørn