[maemo-developers] Portrait Maemo app

[From: Lorn Potter]

David Greaves wrote:
> Hi
> I'm writing an app that would be best presented in portrait mode - can this be done?
> 
> I don't mind jumping through a few hoops but I'd like to share it at some point
> so it needs to be done inside my app. Also it would need to scroll down (well,
> sideways) a fair few pages.
> 
> I have it mocked up in gtk+ at the moment and it's begging to be turned through
> 90deg.
> It's a touch based app so there are no typing issues.
> 
> What if I use the new Qt4 port? (The Zaurus Qtopia port introduced rotation but
> I think that was at the fb level)

Qt's rotation is not done on the hardware level, it is done in Qt's 
software. It can be done, if the transformed driver is being used.



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Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, Systems Group, MES, Trolltech