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dos1 · 10-26-2012, 08:42 PM

When playing with my Paperwhite's console, I noticed a tiny app called xtestlab126. It looks like a small test app for touchscreen, but it works well as simple drawing application.

It has one major issue - the only way to exit it is via console.

I liked an idea of having simple drawing app available at no cost, for instance for quick tick-tac-toe sessions or something like that, so I wrote small shell script which fixes the issue mentioned above by closing app on pressing power button or closing magnetic case cover.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/xtestlab126 &
( dbus-monitor "interface='com.lab126.powerd',member='goingToScreenSaver'" --system; killall xtestlab126 ) &
sleep 1
killall -INT dbus-monitor

I have saved it in /usr/bin/draw.sh and added it to search bar commands so I can run it by typing ";draw" there, but you can have different ideas, like running it via some graphical launcher

PS. Tap with two fingers to clear screen

It lacks repainting though, so it ghosts...

10-26-2012, 08:42 PM	#1
dos1 20% cooler. Posts: 93 Karma: 364674 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Poznań, Poland Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	Drawing app on Paperwhite and Kindle Touch When playing with my Paperwhite's console, I noticed a tiny app called xtestlab126. It looks like a small test app for touchscreen, but it works well as simple drawing application. It has one major issue - the only way to exit it is via console. I liked an idea of having simple drawing app available at no cost, for instance for quick tick-tac-toe sessions or something like that, so I wrote small shell script which fixes the issue mentioned above by closing app on pressing power button or closing magnetic case cover. Code: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/xtestlab126 & ( dbus-monitor "interface='com.lab126.powerd',member='goingToScreenSaver'" --system; killall xtestlab126 ) & sleep 1 killall -INT dbus-monitor I have saved it in /usr/bin/draw.sh and added it to search bar commands so I can run it by typing ";draw" there, but you can have different ideas, like running it via some graphical launcher PS. Tap with two fingers to clear screen It lacks repainting though, so it ghosts...