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Originally Posted by battermann
Hi. I would like to make some small apps on my kindle paperwhite. I have jailbroken my kindle and installed KUAL. I have read and researched about this topic, but I still find it difficult to begin.
this is what i know by looking in some of the extension folders:
- you can change the name of an extension in the kual app by changing the menu.json file which also runs the .sh files in the bin folder.
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Seeing how other extensions work is a good idea.
But of course take a look at the documentation as well:
KUAL_What's_New#Extension_Files
(This was linked from the thread with the Screenshot Migrate extension I pointed you toward yesterday.)
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- the kindle can run bash commands.
- the kindle is a linux system.
- the kindle can run python? (I want to make a python app and test it on my kindle).
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The Kindle does not come with python, but there is a version of python compiled for the Kindle which is posted together with the Screensavers hack (since the cover-as-screensaver functionality requires python).
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- I have read somewhere that if it can run on linux-arm-something then it can run on the kindle.
Is there a sort of hello world/noob guide or could anyone elaborate on how this works?
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As the Kindle is just an ARM device with customized firmware, anything that runs on ARM will run on the Kindle, assuming it is statically linked or you are very careful to make sure it is linked against libraries that are actually on the Kindle...
Pretty much standard operating policy in that regard.
Many utilities which you might want to use are distributed as static binaries, for that reason.
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Just drop the binary in the extension folder, and have the entry in menu.json execute it.