Pidgin chat client on Kindle Touch

Ehhh · 05-28-2012, 03:57 AM

Pidgin Chat client on Kindle Touch. Pidgin support protocols : AIM, Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, GroupWise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MXit..

My first steps to compile and port GUI application on Kindle Touch

aditya3098 · 05-28-2012, 07:15 AM

Code? Binaries? Anything? Even though I don't use chat much, this looks cool. Maybe I'll start using chat with this

Ehhh · 05-28-2012, 07:27 AM

in progress now...

A few open issues:
Keyboard is not openned automatically when to click on textbox.
TLS/SSL is not supported now.

I started/closed keyboard from another console:
lipc-set-prop com.lab126.keyboard open com.lab126.test:abc:0
lipc-set-prop com.lab126.keyboard close com.lab126.test

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Originally Posted by aditya3098

Code? Binaries? Anything? Even though I don't use chat much, this looks cool. Maybe I'll start using chat with this

baf · 05-28-2012, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ehhh

Keyboard is not openned automatically when to click on textbox.

Great!
You may try matchbox-keyboard. You will find arm binary in XTerm package.

Ehhh · 05-29-2012, 03:08 PM

Will it appear on the screen when to click on the textbook?

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Originally Posted by baf

Great!
You may try matchbox-keyboard. You will find arm binary in XTerm package.

baf · 05-29-2012, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ehhh

Will it appear on the screen when to click on the textbook?

No, once started it will be displayed on the upper layer all the time. You would have to find a way to hide it, if you need more space. Maybe native kindle keyboard would be better solution in this case.

baf · 05-29-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ehhh

Will it appear on the screen when to click on the textbook?

I just gave it a try and it works ok with matchbox-keyboard.

Edit: Now I see it also works with native kindle keyboard. I misunderstood your post. Thought that kindle keyboard doesn't work. It is just that it doesn't hide.

inameiname · 05-30-2012, 01:24 AM

Would it be possible to get this to work for the non-touch version of Kindles (ie, Kindle 1-4)?

If not, for those interested, the following two websites work on the Kindle well enough when opened through the webkit browser:

http://m.ebuddy.com/
https://imo.im/

baf · 05-30-2012, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by inameiname

Would it be possible to get this to work for the non-touch version of Kindles (ie, Kindle 1-4)?

For the time being it even doesn't work on KT. I tried it with my jabber account. It connected, fetched roster, displayed list of my buddies and everything seemed ok. But when I tried to start chat it segfaulted. Then I went to sleep.

@Ehhh
Did you have same problem?

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Originally Posted by inameiname

If not, for those interested, the following two websites work on the Kindle well enough when opened through the webkit browser:

http://m.ebuddy.com/
https://imo.im/

That's good info. Thanks.

Ehhh · 05-31-2012, 03:22 AM

I haven't tested jabber yet. I'm working with ICQ. I compiled SSl , and ICQ was started yesterday. Now i need to fix the issue with keyboard. The keyboard should appear/disaapear on the screen when the focus is on textbox.

Quote:

Originally Posted by baf

For the time being it even doesn't work on KT. I tried it with my jabber account. It connected, fetched roster, displayed list of my buddies and everything seemed ok. But when I tried to start chat it segfaulted. Then I went to sleep.

@Ehhh
Did you have same problem?

That's good info. Thanks.

Ehhh · 05-31-2012, 03:25 AM

I have only KT, this is one reason, why it is difficult to support these Kindles.

Quote:

Originally Posted by inameiname

Would it be possible to get this to work for the non-touch version of Kindles (ie, Kindle 1-4)?

If not, for those interested, the following two websites work on the Kindle well enough when opened through the webkit browser:

http://m.ebuddy.com/
https://imo.im/

wl. · 05-31-2012, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ehhh

Now i need to fix the issue with keyboard. The keyboard should appear/disaapear on the screen when the focus is on textbox.

why? let's keyboard be always on

captainreuben · 05-31-2012, 11:40 AM

I agree with @wl.

I think we can handle having the keyboard on screen all the time in an IM app. The only real time I can think to remove it would be scrolling back through chat history.

Equally though, it'd be useful to have a filter/search system in place, which is immediately operated from the keyboard.

Just a suggestion.

thatworkshop · 06-02-2012, 02:54 AM

I can't get this to run! it gave an error for missing library called 'libpurple.so.0' Long story short, I finally found the ARM version in the maemo port of Pidgin. Tried it again but now gave me the following error, so I gave up:

Code:

error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Could you please upload something that works? There are so many shared libs missing?!

geekmaster · 06-02-2012, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cscat

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Could you please upload something that works? There are so many shared libs missing?!

That is why I like to static-link my kindle apps.

06-02-2012, 02:54 AM	#14
thatworkshop hub Posts: 715 Karma: 2151032 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Iranian in Canada Device: K3G, DXG, Kobo mini	I can't get this to run! it gave an error for missing library called 'libpurple.so.0' Long story short, I finally found the ARM version in the maemo port of Pidgin. Tried it again but now gave me the following error, so I gave up: Code: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Could you please upload something that works? There are so many shared libs missing?!

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05-28-2012, 07:15 AM	#2
aditya3098 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 1588610 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe	Code? Binaries? Anything? Even though I don't use chat much, this looks cool. Maybe I'll start using chat with this

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inameiname Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 20390 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Would it be possible to get this to work for the non-touch version of Kindles (ie, Kindle 1-4)? If not, for those interested, the following two websites work on the Kindle well enough when opened through the webkit browser: http://m.ebuddy.com/ https://imo.im/

05-31-2012, 11:40 AM	#13
captainreuben Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	I agree with @wl. I think we can handle having the keyboard on screen all the time in an IM app. The only real time I can think to remove it would be scrolling back through chat history. Equally though, it'd be useful to have a filter/search system in place, which is immediately operated from the keyboard. Just a suggestion.