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lrizzo · 12-02-2010, 04:32 AM

[updated 06-dec]

At

http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/kind...indle-terminal

you can find a standalone application that merges launchpad

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97636

and my former ajaxterm code (and a web server), implementing the ideas described in

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=26

At this stage the code is experimental and meant for developers only.
Extract the archive, look at the source and possibly rebuild it to make sure you don't have surprises (there is a precompiled binary if you trust it). Copy myts.arm and the two .ini files in a directory on the kindle and manually start the program in background.

The program acts as "launchpad". In particular, the "Shift"-t sequence enters terminal mode, from which you can exit pressing "Left<" (the "Page Back" key in the upper left). Keys act as their label, you can remap Esc, Ctrl and SYM to generate symbols not on the keyboard. Right now ESC is the "Left>" key, "Aa" acts as CTRL, and "Back" and shift can be used to generate characters not on alphanumeric keys. More details in the README file with the archive.

Right now the terminal uses a CP-437 font of size 8x16 from FreeBSD, which allows you to see 75 chars in vertical mode. ANSI emulation is almost complete though a few issues remain with autowrap mode and colors.

Also, the KindleDX keys might need some tweaks -- see keydefs.ini

Restart on a signal is known not to work.

12-02-2010, 04:32 AM	#1
lrizzo Member Posts: 23 Karma: 22222 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle3	merged terminal/launchpad/web server [updated 06-dec] At http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/kind...indle-terminal you can find a standalone application that merges launchpad https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97636 and my former ajaxterm code (and a web server), implementing the ideas described in https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=26 At this stage the code is experimental and meant for developers only. Extract the archive, look at the source and possibly rebuild it to make sure you don't have surprises (there is a precompiled binary if you trust it). Copy myts.arm and the two .ini files in a directory on the kindle and manually start the program in background. The program acts as "launchpad". In particular, the "Shift"-t sequence enters terminal mode, from which you can exit pressing "Left<" (the "Page Back" key in the upper left). Keys act as their label, you can remap Esc, Ctrl and SYM to generate symbols not on the keyboard. Right now ESC is the "Left>" key, "Aa" acts as CTRL, and "Back" and shift can be used to generate characters not on alphanumeric keys. More details in the README file with the archive. Right now the terminal uses a CP-437 font of size 8x16 from FreeBSD, which allows you to see 75 chars in vertical mode. ANSI emulation is almost complete though a few issues remain with autowrap mode and colors. Also, the KindleDX keys might need some tweaks -- see keydefs.ini Restart on a signal is known not to work. Last edited by lrizzo; 12-06-2010 at 04:14 AM.