Impreved SDK for 301/302/360/60x/90x

[sergeyvl12]

Hi!

The new version of PocketBook SDK:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pbchess/files/PBSDK/

Features:
1. SDK for 301,302,360 was combined with SDK for 60x, 90x. The installation is simple - just copy "usr" to "/usr" of your linux distribution;

2. Makefile system:

All the make files functionality are placed in common.mk.
The applications makefiles are VERY easy from now. Example:

OUT = inkdemo
include /usr/local/pocketbook/common.mk

The 3 build options exist:

1. make BUILD=arm (301,302,360);
2. make BUILD=arm_gnueabi (60x,90x);
3. make BUILD=wine

These builds are performed in the different folders.

[paola]

thanks and karma

[J.C.]

thanks mate, I'm guessing this isn't official though ?

[sergeyvl12]

I've lost my hope to see official SDK

[J.C.]

Some results (like the fbreader180) suggest that they tweaked some things like the screen refresh and the old and unofficial SDKs don't have those tweaks, so I'm still hoping.

[rkomar]

I'm finally upgrading from your last release, and it looks very nice. May I ask, how does one use the libwine executables? I tried running 'wine obj_wine/grays.exe.so' and it pops up a window with the proper gray pattern, but I don't see how to generate button events for it. Is there supposed to be a wrapper program that has buttons?

[reader42]

Originally Posted by rkomar

I'm finally upgrading from your last release, and it looks very nice. May I ask, how does one use the libwine executables? I tried running 'wine obj_wine/grays.exe.so' and it pops up a window with the proper gray pattern, but I don't see how to generate button events for it. Is there supposed to be a wrapper program that has buttons?

Some buttons seem to be mapped, e.g. the arrow-keys are KEY_DOWN etc.
and F3 ist KEY_BACK, unfortunately I couldn't find more...
The touch events are generated by the mouse, but don't match. (There seems to be an offset and/or rotation but I didn't try to really investigate this.)

[rkomar]

Originally Posted by reader42

Some buttons seem to be mapped, e.g. the arrow-keys are KEY_DOWN etc.
and F3 ist KEY_BACK, unfortunately I couldn't find more...
The touch events are generated by the mouse, but don't match. (There seems to be an offset and/or rotation but I didn't try to really investigate this.)

Thanks! You got me curious, so I built my program that can print out the button codes under libwine, and here's what I found:

F1 KEY_MUSIC (0x1e)
F2 KEY_MENU (0x17)
F3 KEY_BACK (0x1b)
F4 KEY_DELETE (0x08)
ESC KEY_POWER (0x01)
Enter KEY_OK (0x0a)
KeyPad - KEY_MINUS (0x15)
KeyPad + KEY_PLUS (0x16)

plus the arrow keys worked as you said. I couldn't find KEY_NEXT and KEY_PREV keys.

It's clear that the emulator was written for one of the older models and hasn't been updated for the Pro series. Still, it's a lot better than nothing!

[sergeyvl12]

Originally Posted by reader42

The touch events are generated by the mouse, but don't match. (There seems to be an offset and/or rotation but I didn't try to really investigate this.)

Need to calibrate touchscreen first. Just call

void CalibrateTouchpanel()

from any program (need to be called just once!) and emulator will be ok.

Keys mapping from documentation:
Left, Right, Up, Down - Cursor
Enter - OK
ESC - power
+,-
F1 - Music
F2 - Menu
F3 - Back
F4 - Trash

[paola]

Originally Posted by J.C.

Some results (like the fbreader180) suggest that they tweaked some things like the screen refresh and the old and unofficial SDKs don't have those tweaks, so I'm still hoping.

don't know whether I am too much of an optimist, but there is hope in the message by "Housekeeper" dated Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:04 pm in this thread on the Russian forum.

EDIT: they also mention that Midori is too "heavy", so they will move to link in the next firmware update, if I understood correctly.

[atango]

I hope this is not true. Link is still incomplete program and cannot be a legit browser, yet. Most of all, link cannot display unicode nor non-European character.

EDIT: they also mention that Midori is too "heavy", so they will move to link in the next firmware update, if I understood correctly.

[paola]

Originally Posted by atango

I hope this is not true. Link is still incomplete program and cannot be a legit browser, yet. Most of all, link cannot display unicode nor non-European character.

You may be right - but form what they say in the forum it does support Java, so I suspect they are thinking of this one - but I am no techy person, so I may have misunderstood the implications. But if the one I linked (no pun intended ) is hte one they are going to go for, from the screens htos it would look like other character sets are also supported (provided they are thinking of the graphics version).

p.s.
did I say I am an optimist?

[atango]

Yes, that is the "links" browser. It supports only 25 languages, only European. No unicode, no Asian language support, unfortunately.

rss reader has been changed to links in fw 2.0.5 and I cannot read Korean news anymore.

Originally Posted by paolamanzini

You may be right - but form what they say in the forum it does support Java, so I suspect they are thinking of this one - but I am no techy person, so I may have misunderstood the implications. But if the one I linked (no pun intended ) is hte one they are going to go for, from the screens htos it would look like other character sets are also supported (provided they are thinking of the graphics version).

p.s.
did I say I am an optimist?

[paola]

Originally Posted by atango

Yes, that is the "links" browser. It supports only 25 languages, only European. No unicode, no Asian language support, unfortunately.

rss reader has been changed to links in fw 2.0.5 and I cannot read Korean news anymore.

sorry, I was hoping this would not be the case - I wonder whether it would make sense to point this out on the Russian forum?