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For Sale / Wanted / C860 + Accessories For Sale

« on: January 21, 2006, 10:39:45 pm »

I've listed this on ebay now.  link

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For Sale / Wanted / C860 + Accessories For Sale

« on: January 18, 2006, 09:09:18 pm »

UPDATE: I'm lowering the price to $350.  


I'm selling my C860 because I just don't really use it.  I find that most of my time I have my powerbook with me.  Consequently, it looks nearly new.  I am including:

* C860 with all original packaging, manuals, etc. (US charger)
* 256MB SD card
* Sharp CE-AG06 digital camera card
* Senao SL 2011 WiFi card
* Sharp CE-RH1 remote & headphones
* pockettop keyboard
* retractable sync/charging cable
* additional small battery
* nylon case

It is flashed with the latest Cacko rom.

I am asking $400 for the whole lot, but will consider other offers.  If I don't sell the package, I will consider selling items separately.  The buyer pays actual shipping costs.

PM me or email d.maddock1@gmail.com if you are interested.

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Accessories / Irk Customizations

« on: January 04, 2006, 11:40:27 am »

You should be able to do through the following qcop command:

:QPE/System:execute(QString):__rotate

but it is not working for me.  Running it from the command line works fine:

qcop QPE/System 'execute(QString)' __rotate

perhaps this is a bug in IRK or I am missing something.

Just one more question: there is a way to actually associate the 'rotate' key (cmd + ") to the rotation function? That would be useful indeed.
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Accessories / Irk Customizations

« on: December 31, 2005, 04:13:30 pm »

d.maddock1: What version of IRK are you using?
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IRK 0.11.0 on Cacko

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Accessories / Irk Customizations

« on: December 30, 2005, 09:09:34 am »

Press the key button on the keymap screen, then type the key you want to map on your keyboard.

Then, put in the command you want it to run in the Cmd: field.

May sound like a silly question, but: how to create new macros?

I've managed to get a pocketop keyboard to work with OZ and I have done some minor tweaking at the configuration, e.g. making the CMD+Address combo popping up the menu.

But how to add new combos? The 'new' button on the configuration panel of IRK doesn't seems to work (unless I am missing something really basilar). I would like too to have CMD+a sorting out #8217

And how to create more macros? Would be pretty to have a console pop-up just on the pressure of a button
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Mac Issues / Qtopia With Zaurus-x-gcc

« on: December 23, 2005, 11:59:39 pm »

Thanks, I've got it working.

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Mac Issues / Qtopia With Zaurus-x-gcc

« on: December 22, 2005, 11:43:56 am »

I've been trying to get the Zaurus-X-gcc cross-compiler to work with the Qtopia libs.  Has anyone successfully done this?

Zaurus-X-gcc was put together using these instructions:
http://www.lucid-cake.net/osx_qpe/index_en.html

But, this doesn't seem to be helping me.  I'd like to avoid the last resort of removing Zaurus-X-gcc and walking through the myriad of steps in the above link exactly as he does.  In particular, what <arc-dir>, <work-dir>, and <src-dir> were used to set up Zaurus-X-gcc?

Thanks.

Dave.

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Mac Issues / Scripting

« on: December 22, 2005, 09:17:08 am »

While I use ZMacSync to get my PIM data on my Zaurus, I decided to write some scripts that automate some of my other common syncing tasks like copying plucker-ed news and other files, iTunes playlists, crossword puzzles, etc.  This is a work in progress, but it is already at a usable state for me; hopefully, this information will make it much easier for others to do the same.  Some of this can be used on linux as well.

First, I had to tackle the problem of automating ssh/scp actions because I have a password on my zaurus.  I use some expect scripts to copy to/from the zaurus:

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zcopyto:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set user [lindex $argv 0]
set host [lindex $argv 1]
set pass [lindex $argv 2]
set source [lindex $argv 3]
set dest [lindex $argv 4]
spawn sh -c "scp '$source' $user@$host:$dest"
expect "assword:" {send $pass\r}
expect eof
This script takes command line arguments and feeds them to an scp command.  Note that you should escape spaces and wildcards in filenames, if used.

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zcopyfrom:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set user [lindex $argv 0]
set host [lindex $argv 1]
set pass [lindex $argv 2]
set source [lindex $argv 3]
set dest [lindex $argv 4]
spawn sh -c "scp $user@$host:$source '$dest'"
expect "assword:" {send $pass\r}
expect eof
Likewise, this script copies from the zaurus to my computer.

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zremovefrom:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set user [lindex $argv 0]
set host [lindex $argv 1]
set pass [lindex $argv 2]
set file [lindex $argv 3]
spawn ssh $user@$host
expect "assword:" {send $pass\r}
send "rm $file\r"
send "exit\r"
expect eof  
Deletes the given file from the zaurus.

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zclearinbox:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set user [lindex $argv 0]
set host [lindex $argv 1]
set pass [lindex $argv 2]
spawn -noecho ssh $user@$host
expect "assword:" {send $pass\r}
send "cat /dev/null > /home/zaurus/Documents/Text_Files/inbox.txt\r"
send "exit\r"
expect eof
Finally, this expect script simply empties out a text file on the zaurus I use as an idea scratchpad.  I call this script after another script that imports the data into my todo list on my mac.


I use these scripts as glue in this large applescript that does all the syncing:

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--
--
-- Settings
--
--
set the_user to "zaurus"
set the_pass to ""
set the_iP to ""

set toZDirectory to "Macintosh HD:Users:dave:Desktop:ToZ"



--
--
-- Process Zaurus Inbox File
--
--


-- Get the inbox file from the zaurus via Samba
set zInboxFile to quoted form of "/home/Main_Memory/Text_Files/inbox.txt"
set localInboxFile to "Macintosh HD:tmp:inbox.txt"


set cmd to ("cd /tmp; smbget -n -q -u " & the_user & " -p " & the_pass & " smb://" & the_iP & zInboxFile & "; echo 0" as Unicode text)
do shell script cmd

-- Read through the inbox file
tell application "Finder"
    set InboxFile to paragraphs of (read file localInboxFile)
    repeat with nextLine in InboxFile
 Â if length of nextLine is greater than 0 then
 Â     
 Â     -- Add the line to the KGTD inbox
 Â     tell application "OmniOutliner Professional"
 Â   set ThisDocument to first document
 Â   tell ThisDocument
 Â       set InboxSection to (first section whose note contains "meta_inbox")
 Â       make new row at beginning of rows of InboxSection with properties {topic:nextLine}
 Â   end tell
 Â     end tell
 Â     
 Â end if
    end repeat
    
    -- Erase temp file
    move file localInboxFile to trash
    
end tell

-- Clear the inbox on the Zaurus
set cmd to ("/Users/dave/bin/zclearinbox " & the_user & " " & the_iP & " " & the_pass)
do shell script (cmd)


--
--
-- Sync Crossword Puzzles
--
--

do shell script ("/Users/dave/bin/getpuz.sh")


--
--
-- Sync ToZ Directory
--
--

tell application "Finder"
    if (the file (toZDirectory & ":BBC News.pdb") exists) then
 Â set a to quoted form of POSIX path of (toZDirectory & ":BBC News.pdb")
 Â set cmd to ("/Users/dave/bin/zcopyto " & the_user & " " & the_iP & " " & the_pass & " " & a & " " & "/mnt/card/Documents")
 Â do shell script (cmd)
 Â 
 Â move file (toZDirectory & ":BBC News.pdb") to trash
    end if
    
    -- TODO: copy all files here into appropriate zaurus folders according to type
end tell


--
--
-- Sync iTunes Playlist
--
--

tell application "iTunes"
    set myPlaylist to playlist "ToZaurus"
    repeat with aTrack in (get every track of myPlaylist)
 Â set fileName to location of aTrack
 Â set a to quoted form of POSIX path of fileName
 Â set cmd to ("/Users/dave/bin/zcopyto " & the_user & " " & the_iP & " " & the_pass & " " & a & " " & "/mnt/card/Documents/Music_Files/")
 Â do shell script (cmd)
 Â 
 Â --TODO: remove track from the playlist
    end repeat
end tell


--
--
-- Done
--
--

display dialog ("Sync Done.")

The first section in the applescript is obvious settings.  The toZDirectory variable is a directory I use as a Mac->Zaurus outbox.  The idea is to move these files to the Zaurus; later, I intend to implement a Z->Mac one too.

The second section grabs the data from my Zaurus inbox.txt file and imports it into my task list system that uses OmniOutliner, called KGTD.  Each line in the inbox is an item in the outline.  Then, it clears out inbox.txt.

The next section runs a script that downloads Across Lite puzzles and copies them to the Z.  I haven't posted that one, but I can if anyone is interested.

The next section handles my Mac->Z outbox directory.  I haven't finished this section yet.  Right now, it only moves my daily BBC news file for Opie Reader.  This is generated every day via JPluck and a cron job.  If anyone is interested in a JPluck.app bundle, the data file for the BBC news, and details on setting this part up, let me know.  Ultimately, I want to move every file put in this directory to the Z, filtered into different places based on file type (Text_Files, Photo_Files, etc.).

The final section copies mp3s from an iTunes playlist to the Z.  Ultimately, it should then remove the file from the playlist.


Has anyone else attempted to put together a similar system?

Dave.

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Software / Opie-reader Support

« on: July 29, 2005, 10:55:51 pm »

I am in the market for a new handheld, one which will read my existing fiction files (mostly HTML and iSilo), so OpieReader seems like a great solution.  Now I just need a machine to run it! 

I am a Linux novice, and I don't really want to become an expert, at least not right away.  If I buy one of the recent clamshell Zaurii (Dynamism or eBay), which ROMs could I use and still have OpieReader run?  Better yet, which ROMs will it run on without a lot of tweaking.
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IMO, you'll want to use a sharp rom or cacko as these are the best out-of-the-box in terms of stability, features, and user-friendliness.  I've been using Opie Reader on a C760 & C860 with cacko for two years without any problem.  Installation is tweak-free and it runs great.

d.

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Mac Issues / Zmacsync 2.0b1 - For Tiger Is Here

« on: July 20, 2005, 07:21:38 pm »

Cool, this is really great news!
Although my SL5K is currently flashed with Sharp ROM v3.13 I would like to know if the ZMacSync (Tiger/Panther) do work with TKC ROMs?
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I've never tried this, but if you are using the Sharp PIM apps with the TKC rom you can probably get it to work.  It most certainly won't sync with the TKC pim applications.

d.

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Mac Issues / Zmacsync 2.0b1 - For Tiger Is Here

« on: July 19, 2005, 06:11:36 pm »

but for iCal, only copy... not really sync Mac -> Z copy
...
for Addressbook
it syncs for Mac -> Z

??  He says as much in his post.

1.5 was Mac->Z only (except Address Book) as well, but 2.0b1 does a much better job (does recurrence, group names, etc.).  Plus it uses the new Tiger SyncServices so hopefully we'll see Z->Mac sync soon.

Dave.

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General Discussion / The Ultimate Zaurus Software: Picsel Browser

« on: May 11, 2005, 07:34:38 pm »

How did it perform on the Clie?
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I had a clie ux50.  Picsel was cool, but it ran sluggish on the ux (as did Netfront).  The ux's cpu is significantly slower than on my c860.  That was one of the big reasons why I switched to the Zaurus.

d.

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General Discussion / The Ultimate Zaurus Software: Picsel Browser

« on: May 11, 2005, 02:17:07 pm »

I downloaded the above mentioned ipk and played around with it.  From what I could tell, the program searches for license information in a particular file (license.pli, I think) on the card.  I would guess that with this ipk installed and an SD card with a legitimate license file, it would work.  Obviously, I haven't tried this because I don't own the program.

Also, it may be possible to change the location that the program looks for said license file with a hex editor to somewhere off the card.  You would still need to own a valid license to use it though.

It would be interesting to know if this worked, but I'm not willing to spend that much money for Picsel to find out.  I liked it when I had a clie, but it came free :-).

Don't expect Sharp or Picsel to allow you to move it because that would allow someone to easily distribute pirate copies.

Dave.

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Software / Sharp's Photostorage

« on: April 09, 2005, 08:30:57 pm »

In this particular case the japanese strings were in the binary though.  I believe they were unicode characters and I used TextWrangler (mac) to view the binary.  I actually had to tweak things a bit with some regex to make it easier to work with.

d.

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Accessories / Irk Customizations

« on: March 31, 2005, 03:25:03 pm »

aI've been playing around with IRK's fantastic customizability.  I'm curious about what changes people have made to the default configuration, handy macros, etc.

Here's what I've done with my pockettop:

Quick network disconnect:
    CMD+d -- :QPE/Network:disconnectRequest(int):1

Netwok connect:
    CMD+U -- :QPE/Network:connectRequest()

Emulate FN+n:
    CMD+n -- #8217
    A lot of apps use this combo as a shortcut for a new item, etc.  I might change this to CMD+a because this key has 'new' printed on it.

Also had to change CMD+ADDRESS to #4154 to get the menu button emulation to work.