08-14-2009, 04:03 AM | #1 |
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3rd Party Tools Requested
From the discussion in this thread and other theads I compiled the following list of tools that owners of the DR would like to have:
- search tool/function for document (names) and/or content. - library manager (citation database) - DJVU viewer (like Evince) - calendar, contact, todo - algebraic sceintific calculator - lightweight text editor (is leadpad good enough?) - chess game - go game - full working xournal (what should be changed?) - (easy accessible ) Clock - Merge scribbles on the DR itself. - Interactive Fiction a.k.a. Text Adventures, using Gargoyle - Shell/Terminal I though I give it a seperate thread so I can update this (first) message with extra tool that anyone would want to have and links to 'example' programs. Any new requests? Last edited by Mackx; 08-16-2009 at 04:34 AM. Reason: updated request from messages below upto 14-8, 17:00 |
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As to the djvu viewer, IMHO, Evince should be a better choice for DR1000 than djview4. Evince uses GTK+ as its gui, thus eliminates the tough task to control screen refreshment on E-ink device, since iRex has modified GTK+ of DR1000 to incorporte screen-refreshment. Evince on DR1000 can use the patched GTK+ lib.
If you want to port djview4 to DR1000, how to control screen refreshment will be a big problem. You either have to modify QT lib to call screen-refreshment APIs (just like what iRex did on GTK+) or port Antartica's xepdmgr to DR1000. Modifying QT source code is a tremendous task. Maybe you should try porting xepdmgr to DR1000. Building QT 4.5.2 for DR1000 should not be a problem, I guess, since it ok for iLiad. Added: But there maybe a problem between Evince and DR1000: GLIB on DR1000 may not meet the recquirement for the most current Evince. Last edited by ericshliao; 08-14-2009 at 08:00 AM. |
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DJVU viewer and easy accessible Clock are what I want most, but all in the list above are very useful. want, want, want....
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08-14-2009, 08:51 AM | #4 |
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Getting the DR to allow merging as a menu option, without the Companion software would be my favourite, but I suspect that is a question for iRex themselves.
Otherwise, your list covers most bases. |
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Interactive Fiction a.k.a. Text Adventures. They have succeded on the Iliad, so why not on the DR1000! Keyboard's there already...
Some form of Shell access or Terminal. |
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How about a screenshot tool? I've been thinking it would be neat if we could snapshot a region of the screen and save it as an image as a way of gathering excerpts (sort of like how the Kindle lets you highlight and clip text). KSnapshot for KDE does this although I have absolutely no idea whether it'd be possible on the DR1000.
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To the current source (of generic Gargoyle): Google Code page
But a more basic interpreter for the rather common Inform-style files (aka Z-machines) is goode ole Frotz or perhaps Zoom if that helps... Last edited by allovertheglobe; 08-17-2009 at 12:30 AM. |
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