New Version Of Opie-reader

[rebski]

Thanks for the offer Tim but no, it is good for me to have my completist tendencies denied every once in a while.

[ZDevil]

So any news for a new pdaXrom version?

I can only find 0.7f from the pdaXrom old feed.   Texts display OK, but I just can't do bookmarks: they can't be saved and the program exits accidentally when managing bookmarking.

It's such a fantastic piece that is indispensble in every ROM or distro on Z!

[TimW]

So any news for a new pdaXrom version?

I can only find 0.7f from the pdaXrom old feed.   Texts display OK, but I just can't do bookmarks: they can't be saved and the program exits accidentally when managing bookmarking.

It's such a fantastic piece that is indispensble in every ROM or distro on Z!
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I have an outstanding action on myself to forward the current source onto the chap who does the recompilation for pdaXrom. My laptop is a bit sick ATM so it is taking a while to get around to it but as soon as I do I don't expect you will have to wait to long.

The bookmarking problem probably won't be fixed as I'm pretty sure it is an artifact of the port to the pdaXrom. Normally under X11 opie-reader looks for an environment variable called READERDIR to find where it should store its files. I don't know if this is used on pdaXrom but it may be worth trying to set this to something sensible and see if it starts working - but I have to admit I don't know exactly what was done to the pdaXrom port so this may not be sensible advice.

[willgan]

timw,

Is there any way that i can get the cvs version of the opie-reader?

[TimW]

timw,

Is there any way that i can get the cvs version of the opie-reader?
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You can get it from the [a href=\"http://handhelds.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/opie/noncore/apps/opie-reader/]opie CVS.[/url]

[kurochka]

i am having some problems with scrolling (using arrow keys) in fullscreen mode. the qtopia task bar appears as soon as i scroll up or down. the mode is still fullscreen mode but with the qtopia taskbar.
previous version (i) didnt have this problem.
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I can't reproduce this on my SL5000 and I can't find any changes which might have caused this. I'll do a line by line comparison when I get a chance (doing rcsdiff didn't reveal anything significant but sometimes the important difference can get "lost in the noise") but that'll be a long(ish) slow job.

One thing that may be worth trying is deleting ~/Applications/uqtreader/.keymap and redoing your button assignments (or at least going into the button settings dialog and reviewing the settings). I doubt that this is causing a problem but it iw worth a check.

i tried what you said but it didnt work. maybe if you can give me thr souce code i can take a look and test it with my 860. i hope others with the sharp rom and cxxx can tell me if this problem happenst to them.


tovarish
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This is not an isolated problem.  I have the same simptoms.  When I press an arrow key the fullscreen drops into a windowed mode although without the menu line. I used the h version before and did not have this problem.  I am using c3000 with Sharp Rom.  Tovarish, have you found a solution?

[tovarish]

This is not an isolated problem.  I have the same simptoms.  When I press an arrow key the fullscreen drops into a windowed mode although without the menu line. I used the h version before and did not have this problem.  I am using c3000 with Sharp Rom.  Tovarish, have you found a solution?
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this weekend i will get the source from cvs and see if i can solve anything. i knew my zaurus wouldnt be the only one to give problems

tovarish

[TimW]

This is not an isolated problem.  I have the same simptoms.  When I press an arrow key the fullscreen drops into a windowed mode although without the menu line. I used the h version before and did not have this problem.  I am using c3000 with Sharp Rom.  Tovarish, have you found a solution?
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this weekend i will get the source from cvs and see if i can solve anything. i knew my zaurus wouldnt be the only one to give problems

tovarish
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Send me an e-mail at timwentford AT hotmail DOT com and I'll send you the current source - I can't reach the opie CVS due to firewall issues so it is usually a little behind the current release. If you have RCS I can send you the RCS files so you can see the history, too - that might help tracking problems down.

[rebski]

Hi Tim

I have just flashed Cacko 1.23 to my C1000 and find strange behaviour with Opie Reader. On launching the app the screen goes black for several seconds (the first experience was quite heart stopping) and the screen of the app is out of proportion, the X in top right is too big and partially obscured by the menu bar and rotate is not supported. I have tried versions from 7e to 7j.

I had the same experience with FBReader so it is not specific to Opie Reader.

Just wondering if you have any ideas?

Perhaps I should also post the problem to the FBReader author in case he doesn’t pick up this thread.

[TimW]

Hi Tim

I have just flashed Cacko 1.23 to my C1000 and find strange behaviour with Opie Reader. On launching the app the screen goes black for several seconds (the first experience was quite heart stopping) and the screen of the app is out of proportion, the X in top right is too big and partially obscured by the menu bar and rotate is not supported. I have tried versions from 7e to 7j.

I had the same experience with FBReader so it is not specific to Opie Reader.

Just wondering if you have any ideas?

Perhaps I should also post the problem to the FBReader author in case he doesn’t pick up this thread.
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I don't have one of the clamshell Zaurii so I can't really say what is going on. I suggest that you tap and hold on the opie-reader icon and see what options are available there. One of them may help.

[rebski]

I am sorry to have troubled you so quickly after I flashed the rom. Having had the chance to play around with it I find that this problem manifests itelf with other apps also.

I shall direct it to Cacko on the ROM forum.

[rebski]

Just a follow on.

Maslovsky responded 'Clear "Display with magnified screen" check box in application properties'

Somehow I feel I should have known that.

[kurochka]

Oh, I never said how I love opie reader.  It is everything I need in a reader.  I am not an IPod-listening type and I spend my commuting time by reading on my Z.  TimW, thank you so much for all your hard work.

[kurochka]

Smooth scrolling function would be exremely useful but the default speed is too fast for me     Does anybody know if the speed can be modified?  If so, how?

[TimW]

Smooth scrolling function would be exremely useful but the default speed is too fast for me     Does anybody know if the speed can be modified?  If so, how?
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You have to map the Scroll faster and Scroll slower functions to a couple of buttons.

Go into Settings/Buttons and choose Scroll slower from the combo box at the top right. Then hit the button you wish to use to make the scroll speed slower. Then do the same for Scroll faster.

These scroll functions are a bit different from the others as they are context sensitive. This means you can map the up and down arrows to page up/down *and* to scroll faster/slower. The only affect the scroll speed while you are actually scrolling. The rest of the time they will be page up/down as normal.