iLiad software Wishlist - Page 2

BACbKA · 03-27-2007, 01:09 PM

I'd suggest using mutt for email application. It'll probably work out of the box, and, being terminal/ncurses-based, it's lightweight enough on the screen refresh.

BTW, do the hardware keys generate keyboard events to a terminal-based application?

Adam B. · 03-27-2007, 01:50 PM

Hardware keys should work in the terminal if the terminal is registered correctly with the xserver. I haven't tested this though...

Mutt does compile without problems, but I think there's too much keyboard activity for it to be usable with the virtual keyboard.

Adam B. · 03-27-2007, 03:13 PM

First post updated.

Abiword looks like it should work without many problems. That would make a great document editor/Word doc viewer...

Man I wish I had my iLiad.

kapoira · 03-27-2007, 04:49 PM

can i ask you to see, if you can port?

(I will search after the holidays for a scratchbox of 64 bits or how to installs the dependencies, of the toolchain)

http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/news

or

http://gqview.sourceforge.net/

thanks in advance

Adam B. · 03-27-2007, 05:00 PM

qwenview is made for KDE, so that will not work (easily at least).

ggview compiled without problems. That shouldn't take too much effort to port.

kapoira · 03-27-2007, 05:34 PM

wow that was fast, can you post the executable and at least i will probe it in a iliad ;-)

yes i know that i will have to change the bar mode and other things but well, little by little ;-)

GavinKenny · 03-28-2007, 05:06 AM

My 2p worth is this:

Irex should change the content listener so that when you highlight a file a right push on the flip bar would open up a menu, then you could copy and paste, rename and delete the file easily.

If you added 2 mini icons on every page one would allow you to flip pages with the flip bar (as you can now) and the other would be an "empty file" which you could use for pasteing, in this way a copy and paste from a USB stick onto internal memory would be a doddle.

The more file management you can do without using the stylus the better as a) you can do it one handed and b) it saves power.

Also if anyone could get the Irex talking to a bluetooth keyboard, this combined with a text editor and an email client would make my life complete. I wouldn't have to lug a laptop around at all.

BACbKA · 03-28-2007, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

Hardware keys should work in the terminal if the terminal is registered correctly with the xserver. I haven't tested this though...

Mutt does compile without problems, but I think there's too much keyboard activity for it to be usable with the virtual keyboard.

Inside a terminal, won't the keyboard run fine with the terminal application passing the keystrokes over to the mutt inside?

And, with a good readline set of bindings for the harware keys for one's typical email VIEWing session, mutt could be just the reader to use.

Adam B. · 03-28-2007, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BACbKA

Inside a terminal, won't the keyboard run fine with the terminal application passing the keystrokes over to the mutt inside?

And, with a good readline set of bindings for the harware keys for one's typical email VIEWing session, mutt could be just the reader to use.

I just think that the onscreen keyboard is a pita to use, and thefore a text based email applicatoin would be quite difficult to get around in.

But hey, if it'll work for you, then I'm all for more apps on the iLiad. I'll post it after some testing.

Adam B. · 03-28-2007, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kapoira

wow that was fast, can you post the executable and at least i will probe it in a iliad ;-)

yes i know that i will have to change the bar mode and other things but well, little by little ;-)

I'll be able to post it later today. I'm setting up my build environment again. I was doing some testing with gtk 2.8, and had built it using that.

Mythago · 03-28-2007, 11:19 AM

I'll add another vote for Sylpheed (Claws-mail.)

And a new vote for Gargoyle the interactive fiction (or text adventure) interpreter front end that has great respect for accurate typographic presentation. A perfect match for the iLiad and eInk.
http://ccxvii.net/gargoyle/

nekokami · 03-28-2007, 11:24 AM

Gargoyle! Yeah! Frotz grue! Xyzzy!

tribble · 03-28-2007, 11:32 AM

It would be great if you could add your wishes to the wishlist:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/ILiad_Software_Wishlist

Thanks

firekat · 03-28-2007, 11:46 AM

How about some type of wiki type database file? It would not necessarily need to be edited on the iLiad but could be easily navigated through.

A simple spreadsheet would also be nice.

Some sort of forms support for a small database would be helpful for like recording time/events/information.

Of course all the standard PDA stuff would be a nice addition, even though the iLiad is not the quickest of the devices out there.

emkay · 03-29-2007, 03:25 PM

I don't think I'll be using anything that needs a lot of keyboard input in a hurry.
What I would find useful would be an app. which could pull down my web-hosted iCal calendars and display them. And perhaps even let me write events to them.
I'm using thunderbird with lightning at the moment, with the calendars on a webdav server.
Hooking into Google calendar would be nice too.

03-27-2007, 01:09 PM	#16
BACbKA мокрец Posts: 52 Karma: 28 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Israel Device: palm, iliad	email application I'd suggest using mutt for email application. It'll probably work out of the box, and, being terminal/ncurses-based, it's lightweight enough on the screen refresh. BTW, do the hardware keys generate keyboard events to a terminal-based application?

03-27-2007, 04:49 PM	#19
kapoira Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: i62HD + T68	can i ask you to see, if you can port? (I will search after the holidays for a scratchbox of 64 bits or how to installs the dependencies, of the toolchain) http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/news or http://gqview.sourceforge.net/ thanks in advance Last edited by kapoira; 03-27-2007 at 05:18 PM.

03-28-2007, 05:06 AM	#22
GavinKenny Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: iLiad	Menus My 2p worth is this: Irex should change the content listener so that when you highlight a file a right push on the flip bar would open up a menu, then you could copy and paste, rename and delete the file easily. If you added 2 mini icons on every page one would allow you to flip pages with the flip bar (as you can now) and the other would be an "empty file" which you could use for pasteing, in this way a copy and paste from a USB stick onto internal memory would be a doddle. The more file management you can do without using the stylus the better as a) you can do it one handed and b) it saves power. Also if anyone could get the Irex talking to a bluetooth keyboard, this combined with a text editor and an email client would make my life complete. I wouldn't have to lug a laptop around at all.

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03-27-2007, 01:50 PM	#17
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Hardware keys should work in the terminal if the terminal is registered correctly with the xserver. I haven't tested this though... Mutt does compile without problems, but I think there's too much keyboard activity for it to be usable with the virtual keyboard.

03-27-2007, 03:13 PM	#18
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	First post updated. Abiword looks like it should work without many problems. That would make a great document editor/Word doc viewer... Man I wish I had my iLiad.

03-27-2007, 05:00 PM	#20
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	qwenview is made for KDE, so that will not work (easily at least). ggview compiled without problems. That shouldn't take too much effort to port.

03-27-2007, 05:34 PM	#21
kapoira Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: i62HD + T68	wow that was fast, can you post the executable and at least i will probe it in a iliad ;-) yes i know that i will have to change the bar mode and other things but well, little by little ;-)

03-28-2007, 11:19 AM	#26
Mythago Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007	I'll add another vote for Sylpheed (Claws-mail.) And a new vote for Gargoyle the interactive fiction (or text adventure) interpreter front end that has great respect for accurate typographic presentation. A perfect match for the iLiad and eInk. http://ccxvii.net/gargoyle/

03-28-2007, 11:24 AM	#27
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Gargoyle! Yeah! Frotz grue! Xyzzy!

03-28-2007, 11:32 AM	#28
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	It would be great if you could add your wishes to the wishlist: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/ILiad_Software_Wishlist Thanks

03-28-2007, 11:46 AM	#29
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	How about some type of wiki type database file? It would not necessarily need to be edited on the iLiad but could be easily navigated through. A simple spreadsheet would also be nice. Some sort of forms support for a small database would be helpful for like recording time/events/information. Of course all the standard PDA stuff would be a nice addition, even though the iLiad is not the quickest of the devices out there.

03-29-2007, 03:25 PM	#30
emkay Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 11 Join Date: Jul 2006	I don't think I'll be using anything that needs a lot of keyboard input in a hurry. What I would find useful would be an app. which could pull down my web-hosted iCal calendars and display them. And perhaps even let me write events to them. I'm using thunderbird with lightning at the moment, with the calendars on a webdav server. Hooking into Google calendar would be nice too.

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