One more terminal emulator for kindle. - Page 2

dpavlin · 11-13-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kindlevarazs

Could anyone send a screenshot of this emulator?

Sure, here are screenshots from K3G and DXG:

PoP · 11-13-2011, 03:15 PM

@dpavlin Nice. How did you take the screen shots? shift-alt-g only work in the framework... and these key presses are intercepted within the terminal window! Curious.

dpavlin · 11-13-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PoP

@dpavlin Nice. How did you take the screen shots? shift-alt-g only work in the framework... and these key presses are intercepted within the terminal window! Curious.

I dumped framebuffer directly to file and then decoded it to using tools I wrote while experimenting with e-ink display: https://github.com/dpavlin/k3libre

geekmaster · 11-15-2011, 05:44 AM

keydefs.ini works great on my 3G.

I had previously changed my keydefs.ini codes to the ones used on the DX and DXG. Some keys work, but some do not.

My Aa Ctrl-key does not work in myts-6 on my DX or DXG. The Prev and Next (Right> and Right<) do not do PgUp or PgDn either. I also tried using other keys as Ctrl (Select, Sym) but still no Ctrl-keys...

I also tried the exact changes suggested by dpalvin, but exactly the same results.

I used waitforkey to find the keycodes.

dpavin: do all your DX keys work right on your DX?

dpavlin · 11-15-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by geekmaster

keydefs.ini works great on my 3G.
I also tried the exact changes suggested by dpalvin, but exactly the same results.

I uses waitforkey to find the keycodes.

dpavin: do all you DX keys work right on your DX?

All keys work for me, both on K3G and DXG. Does waitforkey return sane values which match keydefs.ini?

Other than that, I found out that it's important to insert my modification last in keydefs.ini because later definitions will overwrite my change. In my first iteration of keydefs.ini modification I inserted them throughout the file and I had similar semi-working issues you describe.

PoP · 11-15-2011, 10:51 PM

@dpavlin
Thanks for your perl programs, I put them to good use in this other post:

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geekmaster · 11-16-2011, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dpavlin

All keys work for me, both on K3G and DXG. Does waitforkey return sane values which match keydefs.ini?

Other than that, I found out that it's important to insert my modification last in keydefs.ini because later definitions will overwrite my change. In my first iteration of keydefs.ini modification I inserted them throughout the file and I had similar semi-working issues you describe.

@dpalvin:

My waitforkey values are all correct for both the DX and DXG. I had originally left the original 3G keydefs in the file with a semi-colon at beginning of line to comment them out, after I copied them and changed keycodes to DX values. Now I started fresh and did exactly what you did. It works now on my 2.5.8 DX with NiLuje jailbreak / usbnet / launchpad / myts-6.

It still does NOT work right on my 2.5.8 DXG, which also has the screensavers hack and Alex's keybru (Russian Alt-Sym keys). I cannot create Ctrl characters (e.g. Ctrl-C break), and the page up and down buttons do not work. Perhaps the keybru hack is interfering with myts-6 keydefs? Or perhaps the key defs in the launchpad folder may also need updating for the DXG.

P.S. Thanks for the simple eInk framebuffer examples.

geekmaster · 11-16-2011, 01:16 AM

I uninstalled screensavers and keybru, so my DXG has the same hacks as the DX. The "missing keys" problem is still present.

I verified that keycodes reported by waitforkey are correct, and the DXG has the same myts keydefs.ini file as the DX.

*Something* must be different between the DX and DXG. I suppose I need to factory reset and reinstall everything ;-(

geekmaster · 11-16-2011, 02:00 AM

Oops... never mind!

During earlier experiments, I had editted the DXG myts.ini file and remapped some of the Term keys. The remapped versions work now too.

After copying the backup file onto the myts.ini, it works "more better" now... :-)

Problem solved!

geekmaster · 11-16-2011, 02:46 AM

I see now that although there is a keybru install for DX and DXG, Sir Alex says in the forum that DX is not supported. Perhaps it is looking for the wrong keycode for the Sym key. And no source code to fix it for the DX (that I can find)... ;-(

Luffier · 12-17-2011, 03:22 PM

Hi! I'm trying to use the dumbfrotz port of kacaj (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=126768) but when I use "./dumbfrotz" it returns: "Permission denied". What am I doing wrong?

WS64 · 12-18-2011, 05:39 PM

This is really great, helped me a lot.

But I have one question, how do I change to a bigger font?
I hardly can read anything.
I tried changing the font values in the ini file (from 16/8 to 32/16), but it just stopped the terminal from working...

Drift3r · 12-19-2011, 07:26 AM

Cool staff!

now I miss mc, man and chromium-browser!

how do I install them?

Matan · 12-19-2011, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by WS64

This is really great, helped me a lot.

But I have one question, how do I change to a bigger font?
I hardly can read anything.
I tried changing the font values in the ini file (from 16/8 to 32/16), but it just stopped the terminal from working...

Currently the character width is limited to 8 pixels. The function drawing the characters do not really have this limit, so the issue is only with the font reading function. I intend to fix it sometime, but it is not high in my priority, so patches are welcome.

Note also that you have to provide a font with the desired width and height. The hex format is not standard but the source code includes a bdf2hex script to convert bdf to hex.

dsmid · 12-21-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Drift3r

Cool staff!

now I miss mc, man and chromium-browser!

how do I install them?

I can help you with installing Midnight Commander.

11-15-2011, 05:44 AM	#19
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	DX and DXG keydefs.ini problems keydefs.ini works great on my 3G. I had previously changed my keydefs.ini codes to the ones used on the DX and DXG. Some keys work, but some do not. My Aa Ctrl-key does not work in myts-6 on my DX or DXG. The Prev and Next (Right> and Right<) do not do PgUp or PgDn either. I also tried using other keys as Ctrl (Select, Sym) but still no Ctrl-keys... I also tried the exact changes suggested by dpalvin, but exactly the same results. I used waitforkey to find the keycodes. dpavin: do all your DX keys work right on your DX? Last edited by geekmaster; 07-07-2012 at 08:45 AM.

11-16-2011, 02:46 AM	#25
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	I see now that although there is a keybru install for DX and DXG, Sir Alex says in the forum that DX is not supported. Perhaps it is looking for the wrong keycode for the Sym key. And no source code to fix it for the DX (that I can find)... ;-( Last edited by geekmaster; 11-16-2011 at 03:32 AM.

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PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,021 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	@dpavlin Nice. How did you take the screen shots? shift-alt-g only work in the framework... and these key presses are intercepted within the terminal window! Curious.

11-16-2011, 01:16 AM	#23
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	I uninstalled screensavers and keybru, so my DXG has the same hacks as the DX. The "missing keys" problem is still present. I verified that keycodes reported by waitforkey are correct, and the DXG has the same myts keydefs.ini file as the DX. Something must be different between the DX and DXG. I suppose I need to factory reset and reinstall everything ;-(

11-16-2011, 02:00 AM	#24
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	Oops... never mind! During earlier experiments, I had editted the DXG myts.ini file and remapped some of the Term keys. The remapped versions work now too. After copying the backup file onto the myts.ini, it works "more better" now... :-) Problem solved!

12-17-2011, 03:22 PM	#26
Luffier Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Hi! I'm trying to use the dumbfrotz port of kacaj (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=126768) but when I use "./dumbfrotz" it returns: "Permission denied". What am I doing wrong?

12-18-2011, 05:39 PM	#27
WS64 ♫ Posts: 661 Karma: 506380 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura / PB Lux 2 / Bookeen Frontlight / Kobo Mini / Nook Color	This is really great, helped me a lot. But I have one question, how do I change to a bigger font? I hardly can read anything. I tried changing the font values in the ini file (from 16/8 to 32/16), but it just stopped the terminal from working...

12-19-2011, 07:26 AM	#28
Drift3r Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle keyboard 3g	Cool staff! now I miss mc, man and chromium-browser! how do I install them?