Native Abiword 2.8.6 for the Kindle Scribe (and possibly other Kindles)

[kaspar]

Today I looked at the F12 key display refresh code (which was tricky to achieve) and successfully mapped the F9 key to rotate the interface using lipc-set-prop. Now portrait and landscape mode can be set on demand at any time while Abiword is running. I think landscape mode will work out better for smaller screened devices like the PW and the Oasis. That leaves the PDF export bug to tackle and then I'll release Alpha 0.3. I will try to provide a working Scriptlet with the next release. I was having trouble with it which I why I went back to KUAL launching for now.

[mergen3107]

lipc commands!!

I remember playing around with “lipc-probe -v” (or something similar to this, can double check later). It showed me a myriad of possibilities. A few of them where to go Home Screen, Library, or Notes tab directly on Scribe

(By the way, if anyone does this don’t upload anywhere- it has sensitive info like registration etc).

[mergen3107]

Plus usual stuff like control of lighting etc

[kaspar]

Yeah it can control a lot of things. I used:

system("c=$(lipc-get-prop com.lab126.winmgr orientationLock); if [ \"$c\" = \"U\" ]; then lipc-set-prop com.lab126.winmgr orientationLock L; else lipc-set-prop com.lab126.winmgr orientationLock U; fi");

For the Scribe, I wanted landscape mode to be so the magnetic portion for the pen is on the top when you physically place it on a desk. And the Scribe has some nice bezel space below the screen that way.