FBReader now working on the FreeRunner

[Michael Sheldon]

Arigead wrote:
> Michael Sheldon wrote:
>> Pupino wrote:
>>   
>>> 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?
>>>     
>>   Nope, *much* older book, good guess though :)
>>
>>    Mike.
>>   
> I've a few days email on this list to catch up on so I'm sure you've got 
> the answer to the book but I think I'll have a guess anyhow. Can't spell 
> the name or give you the correct title of the book but you might know 
> what I mean.
> 
> The book is called either "Walden" or "Walden pond"? and it was written 
> by Theareau? Does that make any sense? Good book if it's the one I think 
> it is.

  Yep, that's right and you're actually the first to get it. I'm a bit 
surprised anyone got it since it's a fairly random page, so well done :).

Cheers,
  Mike.