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orontee · 07-13-2024, 07:03 AM

Compilation is almost good. I started the application and loaded a Z5 story. I am stuck after few screens since there's no onscreen keyboard.

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Note that I tried to load a glorb file; Crash...

More positive, note that thanks to Harfbuzz the text rendering is very nice compared to the console rendering I first achieved with Frotz (cf. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...6&d=1704664918).

Given the Qt file chooser is really ugly, the screen isn't recognized with correct resolution and there's no onscreen keyboard, and I am not a Qt lover, I see no reason to keep using Qt. So I'll switch back porting gargoyle with my own UI based on Inkview SDK.

Be patient!

07-13-2024, 07:03 AM	#23
orontee Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 250308 Join Date: Sep 2023 Location: Toulouse, France Device: Vivlio Touch HD Plus, reMarkable Paper Pro	News Compilation is almost good. I started the application and loaded a Z5 story. I am stuck after few screens since there's no onscreen keyboard. Note that I tried to load a glorb file; Crash... More positive, note that thanks to Harfbuzz the text rendering is very nice compared to the console rendering I first achieved with Frotz (cf. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...6&d=1704664918). Given the Qt file chooser is really ugly, the screen isn't recognized with correct resolution and there's no onscreen keyboard, and I am not a Qt lover, I see no reason to keep using Qt. So I'll switch back porting gargoyle with my own UI based on Inkview SDK. Be patient! Last edited by orontee; 07-13-2024 at 07:19 AM.