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Old 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?

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Old 08-14-2009, 05:17 AM   #2
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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.

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But there maybe a problem between Evince and DR1000:
GLIB on DR1000 may not meet the recquirement for the most current Evince.

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Old 08-14-2009, 08:37 AM   #3
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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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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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Old 08-14-2009, 11:42 PM   #5
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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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Old 08-15-2009, 02:07 AM   #6
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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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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.
Xournal already has this possibility. Use the Journal->Background Screenshot- menu (screen will get blanked). Then navigate to the window you want to take a screenshot of using ONLY the keys and not the pen and finally tap on the window with your pen (wait some time until it flashes 2-4sec). Navigate back to Xournal and see the screenshot and export to PDF
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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...
The changed source code, posted by m van vliet in the thread indicated above, is not accessible anymore, does anyone have a copy of it?
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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...

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