Starting applications from Kindle Terminal

[m4st3r]

I have Kindle Terminal installed on my K3 keyboard. I was wondering if I could run some applications avaiable here using this terminal, **without** installing launchpad or kite.

Should I just check the .sh file provided too see if it pauses the framework before launching the app? After the application is started, will I be able to "Shift T" to reopen the terminal, kill it and unpause the framework?

To be more precisely, the main application I need to run is the kindlepdfviewer application, but a general procedure would be appreciated, if possible.

Thanks in advance!

[knc1]

Originally Posted by m4st3r

I have Kindle Terminal installed on my K3 keyboard. I was wondering if I could run some applications avaiable here using this terminal, **without** installing launchpad or kite.

Should I just check the .sh file provided too see if it pauses the framework before launching the app? After the application is started, will I be able to "Shift T" to reopen the terminal, kill it and unpause the framework?

To be more precisely, the main application I need to run is the kindlepdfviewer application, but a general procedure would be appreciated, if possible.

Thanks in advance!

Why not try running it with the new Application Launcher?

Let us know how that works out for you, ask for specific help whenever you get stuck.

[m4st3r]

Thanks for your answer.

Well, to be entirely honest I really didn't want to install any other program that is 'always there', hooks the keyboard, etc.

As long as I already have this terminal, I'd rather use it to open any other app, even if it requires some number of commands to start/stop the target app.

[twobob]

Hi. The launcher isn't always there.

It's simply a one-off "You call it up" app. I wouldn't be so quick to write it off for that job. Someone will have to look at making a relevant "menu/config pair" for various options I suppose and to get your IP (maybe we could parse that) Duh! pdf not vnc lol

Anyways. it's a one shot.

EDIT: k3... right. I'll have a look now at the launchpad...

[twobob]

Where are we?

[root@kindle launchpad]# pwd

/mnt/us/launchpad

Let's look at what we want to port to KUAL
[root@kindle launchpad]# cat kpdf.ini

[Actions]
# start kindlepdfviewer with filebrowser in /mnt/us/documents
P D = !/mnt/us/kindlepdfviewer/kpdf.sh /mnt/us/documents
# start kindlepdfviewer with last document
P P = !/mnt/us/kindlepdfviewer/kpdf.sh
# start kindlepdfviewer without framework in /mnt/us/documents
P K = !/mnt/us/kindlepdfviewer/kpdf.sh --framework_stop /mnt/us/documents
# start kindlepdfviewer without framework on last read document
P L = !/mnt/us/kindlepdfviewer/kpdf.sh --framework_stop
# restart amazon framework - when it got irritated
P R = !/etc/init.d/framework restart

so we need to grab out the .sh and refactor the calls to KUAL buttons.

Let's make a directory:
[root@kindle launchpad]# mkdir -p /mnt/us/extensions/kpdf/bin

copy out that shell script
[root@kindle launchpad]# cp ./kpdf.sh /mnt/us/extensions/kpdf/bin/

Convert Launchpad commands to other Launcher commands in menu.json

{
"items": [
{
"name": "KPDF",
"priority": 0,
"items": [
{"name": "Start in documents", "priority": 1, "action": "bin/kpdf.sh", "params": "/mnt/us/documents"},
{"name": "Open last document", "priority": 2, "action": "bin/kpdf.sh"}
]
}
]
}

[TABS FLATTENED FOR EASE OF READING]
(I did two for now.)

update config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<extension>
	<information>
		<name>KPDF</name>
		<version>0.0</version>
		<author>Hawhill</author>
		<id>helper</id>
	</information>
	<menus>
		<menu type="json" dynamic="true">menu.json</menu>
	</menus>
</extension>

To Be Continued... seems to work fine.

Just extract the kpdf.zip in /mnt/us/extensions/
(oh and install the pre-requisites and then The Kual Kindlet itself) LINK REMOVED AS IT WAS ALREADY STALE!
Go get the latest version from the thread

remember to check you have the latest versions (these links get old) by visiting The Main KUAL Thread. Cheers

EDIT:

FOR FULL DETAILS OF KPDF SUPPORT IN KUAL PLEASE VISIT IT'S SUPPORT PAGES

[hawhill]

Great! Heh, I've seen that document's cover before ;-) (has been a nice experience to write, and I gained some citations within the scientific community...)

[twobob]

Updated thread links to point at the KDPF SUPPORT PAGE