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Iñigo · 03-13-2010, 03:36 AM

Hello ericshliao

I'm afraid it should be too much work and not clear success.
Afaik the refresh process is very different, with those patches to gtk+ sources and another refresh engine, so though you could get patched gtk+ working, I don't know if it would work for the normal apps.

I got my DR800S a week ago. It's a nice device, and once iRex provide zoom and annotations, it will be far better than the Iliad.
DR800S refresh is fast and porting apps is also easier as well. In fact I ported fbreader 0.10.7 in a few moments (ok, once I discovered the errors I got ;-)
Btw, it's quite strange but fbreader 0.12.x is very slow on the DR800S, but not 0.10.x branch... did you note this same behaviour in your ports?

Keep the good and hard work,
Iñigo

03-13-2010, 03:36 AM	#5
Iñigo Guru Posts: 730 Karma: 72743 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Here or there Device: iRex iLiad, iRex DR800S. K4NT. Kobo Aura, Aura One, Libra 2.	Hello ericshliao I'm afraid it should be too much work and not clear success. Afaik the refresh process is very different, with those patches to gtk+ sources and another refresh engine, so though you could get patched gtk+ working, I don't know if it would work for the normal apps. I got my DR800S a week ago. It's a nice device, and once iRex provide zoom and annotations, it will be far better than the Iliad. DR800S refresh is fast and porting apps is also easier as well. In fact I ported fbreader 0.10.7 in a few moments (ok, once I discovered the errors I got ;-) Btw, it's quite strange but fbreader 0.12.x is very slow on the DR800S, but not 0.10.x branch... did you note this same behaviour in your ports? Keep the good and hard work, Iñigo