FBReader now working on the FreeRunner

Michael Sheldon mike at mikeasoft.com
Sun Oct 12 21:31:23 CEST 2008


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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