Author Topic: Dasher (Read 4601 times)

dys · « **on:** December 11, 2003, 06:47:12 am »

Hi all,
Has anyone managed to get dasher to work on a 5500 ? I saw it being demo\'d at the UK Linux expo and I\'d love to try it on my Z. The problem is when the ipk is installed it seems to only contain libraries, but no executables to actually run dasher. I have tried install both the opie-dasher by itself and with its trainer ipk but it seems to make no difference. Has anyone else had better luck ??

Cheers
dys

TimW · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:55:22 am »

As I understand it, you don\'t need executables because it is run as an input method plugin. I haven\'t used it but I would expect a \"Dasher\" method to have been added to your pop-up on screen keyboard (ie you should be able to choose between Handwriting, Keyboard, Pickbooard, Unicode and *Dasher* now for your onscreen keyboard assuming a standard ROM).

Foxdie · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:55:51 am »

I google\'d for Dasher and found this page: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/...erSummary2.html

It looks complex and requires a lot of concentration to select the letters but I think it looks good. Could be useful for us Cxx0 users also

dys · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2003, 07:44:42 am »

Quote

As I understand it, you don\'t need executables because it is run as an input method plugin. I haven\'t used it but I would expect a \"Dasher\" method to have been added to your pop-up on screen keyboard (ie you should be able to choose between Handwriting, Keyboard, Pickbooard, Unicode and *Dasher* now for your onscreen keyboard assuming a standard ROM)

Yes thats what I thought from the locations of the files from the ipk. However the input methodwas never added to the list of those available so I wondered if there was something else I was missing ?

lardman · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2003, 08:01:38 am »

Restart opie?

dys · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2003, 05:05:01 am »

Yeah i tried that before I posted :wink: . I Played around a bit more but still cant seem to get anything out of it, even though the files seem to be present in the input methods directory ?? Anyone any ideas?

dys

TimW · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2003, 05:56:23 am »

Where did you get your ipk from? I\'ve tried an opie gcc3 version for my OZ device and it doesn\'t work and I\'ve tried (from another opie feed) a gcc2.95 one on my ROM 3.10 device but neither work - I suspect they are broken.

I tracked dasher back to its source [http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/dasherinput_0.1_arm.ipk] but when ever I download that I don\'t get a valid ipk (neither Opie nor Sharp type).

TimW · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2003, 06:17:18 am »

I\'ve just found this:

http://handhelds.org/hypermail/opie/84/8478.html

I suspect that dasher doesn\'t work yet 8^(

dys · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2003, 06:41:24 am »

Nice work Tim,

I\'d been using the packages from opie.handhelds.org 1.0.2 feed. Although I hadn\'t tried the ones direct from condon. The thread you founds does indicate that dasher is not quite ready yet but when it is I think it will be one of the fastest ways of inputting to the Z (based on my experience with it at the UK Linux Expo).

Oh well hopefully not to long to wait

dys

lardman · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2003, 07:38:35 am »

Looks like it might work, somehow:
http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/dasherzaurus.png
http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/zaurusdasher2.png

This might be the source: http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/dasherzaurus.tar.gz

Si

lardman · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2003, 09:45:41 am »

http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/dasherinput_0.1_arm.ipk

Works fine. It\'s an ar formatted ipk. Install it (I installed to my mmc card), then if you need to run \'ipkg-link add dasherinput\', then restart opie from the shutdown applet in the setting page.

I\'m not sure how useful it will be though, but it\'s a bit of fun.

Si

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