What You Need Help With?


narmak

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Hey ingeras, i just wanted a little list of the things you most need help with on this linux project, i have experience with linux, and different programming languages (perl, c++), but i'm not quit sure how, or what you need to be contributed. I've got alot of free time and would like to start working on a new project, so anything would be nice, thanks.
 
great news :) thanks a lot narmak
so you know linux and c++ ? perfect

well, get the kernel and patches from cvs
get an arm gcc toolchain
compile a helloworld.c with it and try it on gplinux

next step
crosscompile a program you think is worth and will work on gp32
compile/play with kdrive and nanox/microwindows and fltk

some links
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/kdrive.html
http://www.xfree86.org/current/Xkdrive.1.html
http://www.rule-project.org/en/sw/kdrive.php
http://www.microwindows.org/
http://www.fltk.org/
http://www.pixil.org/screenshots.php
http://openembedded.org/oe_wiki/

now GO TO WORK ... niark,niark ahahahah [ evil laugh ]
;)

and subsrcribe to some mailing lists
like microwindows
 
I think the most needed application is... an application launcher...

It would be run after the boot and would enable the user what app he wants to launch.
For the gui, u can use ncurses, gtk1, xlib, wxwindows or fltk...

if u have time u could also implement/port a file manager

For the input, we can emulate the mouse with the gp's joypad, but a virtual keyboard would be very useful as well...

Keep us updated, and thanks for your help!

PS: I don t know if c++ is working with the cross compiler...


By the way:
As you are new to gp32linux, please write the different steps so as to make a kind of tutorial
 
cyberic posted on Sep 22 2004 at 06:40 PM said:
For the input, we can emulate the mouse with the gp's joypad, but a virtual keyboard would be very useful as well...

Yea, I don't have a chatboard, so I really want a virtual keyboard :D
 
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nanox has a virtual keyboard
and according to someone
that is developping on a arm board without keyboard
it works ...
(it s included in my old nanox/microwindows release
but i didnt test it)
 
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