FBReader now working on the FreeRunner

[Pupino]

2008/10/12 Michael Sheldon <mike at mikeasoft.com>:
> Giovanni wrote:
>> Does it also work on OM2007.2?
>
>  Probably, assuming all the dependancies are available (which from
> memory I think they are). Give it a try and let me know ;).
>
>  Cheers,
>   Mike.
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Michael Sheldon <mike at mikeasoft.com
>> <mailto:mike at mikeasoft.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     I've just spent the day hacking on FBReader to make it work correctly
>>     under OpenMoko (OM2008.*). Until now it's been pretty much unusable due
>>     to the GPE version of FBReader expecting you to be using a device that
>>     has some physical buttons which then get bound to vital functions like
>>     turning the page. The changes I've made are as follows:
>>
>>         * Add scroll forward/backward buttons to the toolbar
>>         * Add fullscreen mode button to the toolbar (doesn't have an icon
>>     at the moment, it's the third button from the right)
>>         * Change fullscreen mode so that it doesn't hide the toolbar
>>     (otherwise there's no way to get back from fullscreen mode)
>>         * Switch to using the much prettier blue tango icons
>>         * Make the line separation larger so the text doesn't overlap
>>         * Reduce the font size
>>         * Change the default colours to match openmoko's colour scheme
>>     better (and so it's a little easier on the eyes)
>>
>>     And most importantly…
>>
>>         * Make it so that tapping the sides of the screen turns the book's
>>     pages (left = backwards, right = forwards)
>>
>>     Here's a screenshot of what it used to look like:
>>     http://blog.mikeasoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fbreader-orig.png
>>
>>     And what it looks like with my patches:
>>     http://blog.mikeasoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fbreader-openmoko.png
>>
>>     To install it simply run:
>>
>>     opkg install
>>     http://mikeasoft.com/~mike/openmoko/enca_1.9-r3_armv4t.ipk
>>     <http://mikeasoft.com/%7Emike/openmoko/enca_1.9-r3_armv4t.ipk>
>>     http://mikeasoft.com/~mike/openmoko/fbreader_0.8.2a-r6+elleopatches_om-gta02.ipk
>>     <http://mikeasoft.com/%7Emike/openmoko/fbreader_0.8.2a-r6+elleopatches_om-gta02.ipk>
>>     (all on one line)
>>
>>     For those interested the patch can also be downloaded from
>>     http://mikeasoft.com/~mike/openmoko/fbreader-openmoko.patch
>>     <http://mikeasoft.com/%7Emike/openmoko/fbreader-openmoko.patch>.
>>
>>     Bonus points for anyone who knows what book I'm testing it with in the
>>     screenshots (without googling) ;).
>>
>>      Cheers,
>>       Mike.
>>
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Nice work! thank you!

the book is "into the wild"? well the film had that name, maybe the
book has a different one?

Davide