On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:52:01 +0200 muzzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On 7/23/07, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:25:35 +1000 Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > > > Greetings. > > > > > > I'm looking at buying a 2nd-hand PDA from Ebay, and I remember some > > > posts, news items, etc about E17 running on various PDAs. > > > > > > Is it at all feasible that I ( as a non-C-developer ) would be able to > > > get E17 running on a PDA? If so, which ones do people recommend? Is > > > there a particular CPU family, product line, or such that I should stick > > > to? > > > > should work on any of them - almost all pda's are ARM based anyway. as for > > more important requirements - you'll need one that can or does run linux > > and X11. other than that - e should be able to be built and work. works on > > my n800 with some futzing and removing of the original hildon gui launching > > scripts. problem is that its a desktop wm on a pda - all the text is tiny > > and the ui is centered around a desktop (kbd + mouse) metaphor - of course > > that can be changed/improved, but really its a novelty, not a "real usable" > > ui for pda's right now. the point is - the same code "just works" on these > > devices. no porting needed. what is needed is ui customisation for such > > environments. > > > > [...] > > Hi raster, hi list, > could you please summarize the the general status of e17 for embedded? > Is anyone still working on eem? eem was nothing more than a demo app - and that's it. e17 works on my n800 for example - and my zaurus c400. it works. but it's a desktop wm. > Is there some embedded distribution interested in using efl to build > their graphic environment (I think angstrom was considering ea e17 > environment)? > > [about angstrom and e17 > http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/ > http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=24237&st=0&p=164177&#entry164177 > ] don't know. i don't really have time to keep up. > I remember seeing something on evas and gtk-framebuffer. Was it just > an intellectual challenge or is somebody working on an embedded > environment that uses e17 and gtk on a framebuffer? you can't. e17 is a wm - it needs X to run. that's what wm's are - they arw X centric processes. > There are possibly tons of e17-on-embedded spinoffs that I forgot, can > you add those you know of? i don't really track them all :( > Cheers, > > Emme > > > PS > I remember a few post on the ml from people looking for hints on > using/developing e17 in an embedded environment. There are probably > quite a few people scattered around that are have been thinking about > e17 for this kind of systems, shouldn't there be at least a page in > the e17 wiki, to keep track of those people and projects? possibly - the wiki is open to be expanded :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
