Patching minimo

Dougt from MiniMo has improved and checked in a patch I sent to him applied against the spatial navigation mozilla extension.

** new minimo maemo port release is coming.

** we are heading to BOSSA 2007 =) !!!!!

--Antonio Gomes

What is about to come ???? - update

Follows a list of features I'll be working for minimo maemo port for the next couple days:

• Add hardware key support (especially zoom_in/out and fullscreen).
• Updating minimo through default Maemo's Application Manager has problems.
• implement context sensitive menus for a stylus-oriented device.
• missing "home bar". (where is it ???)
  
• bookmark are not being properly persisted. (not yet implemented in minimo ???)
• Hack built-in flash plugin to make it work with minimo.
• make proxy work for FTP and HTTPS protocols.
• default home setting does not work.
• investigate crash on https://agenor.equipement.gouv.fr/ - maybe certificate ?
• problems inputting hebrew, russian, finish characters via vkb.
  

minor ones:

• clipboard operations (cut, copy and paste)
  
• track mozilla bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313665 (minimo exits crashing if X button if pressed)
• try to fix download dialog crash.
• 'open file' does not work.
  
• remove 'pushd/popd' commands from run-minimo script uses - they seem to be not supported. (FIXED in 0.16.8-1)
• proxy are not being set properly via vkb. (FIXED in 0.16.8-1)
  
• keep tarsbar on the top on fullscreen mode by default. (FIXED in 0.16.8-1)
• add menu item for toggle on/off spatial navigation / scrolling via arrow buttons. (FIXED in 0.16.8-1)
• remove 'enable ssr' and 'Set minimo as default browser' check buttons from preferences-general tab. (FIXED in 0.16.8-1)
• addind back ' X' button for tab closing. (FIXED in 0.16.8-2)
• look for a rotate screen solution.

ps : this list might grow up. It depends only on your feedback. Feel free to suggest anything.

--Antonio Gomes
tonikitoo at gmail dot com

Newest minimo coming with patches available.

Wow, after a "busy" Sunday (actually I woke up at 2 PM :)) I finally I got newest mozilla minimo cvs snapshot (18th Nov) built on maemo i386 environment. Even better, I got all my patches uptodated as well as a directory struture for building it. It looks like:

[sbox-maemo2-i386: ~/minimo/newest] > ls -R minimo/newest/
build/:
mozilla/

./do_it_all.sh

patches/:
armel-specific failed general maemo-specific old ongoing

patches/armel-specific:
buildfix_lots.diff buildfix_missing_chk_files.diff buildfix_preparea_and_dispatch_arm_sbox.diff old

patches/armel-specific/old:
075_OPTIMIZATIONS_xpcom_arm.diff 145_MAEMO_cs_mthumb_hack.diff 185_MAEMO_CODESOURCERY_hack_prdtoa.diff buildfix_shligsign_arm_sbox.diff

patches/failed:
185_MAEMO_CODESOURCERY_hack_prdtoa.diff minimo_shared.patch

patches/general:
ongoing runfix_encryto.diff runfix_gtkmozembed.diff

patches/general/ongoing:
command_line_parser.diff

patches/maemo-specific:
adding_debian_folder.diff adding_maemo_specific_files.diff disable_ssr_component.diff fullscreen_stuff_and_disable_google_view.diff prefs.diff softkb.diff~
adding_maemo_specific_code.diff bigger_menu_default_font_size.diff fix_loggin_bustage_mika.diff linking_against_dbus_and_osso_stuff.diff softkb.diff

patches/old:
adding_debian_folder.diff psm_working_on_minimo.diff.bak update_linux_package.patch

tarballs/
mozilla.tar.bz2


I am building it to armel right now, tomorrow I will see how good it runs on maemo 2.1. Hopefully, minimo will also completely move to garage.maemo soon. Keep tuned.

--Antonio Gomes

Firefox 2.0 and Helsinki Lauching Party - update

ps: This post is TOO LATE :)

We have a launching party also here in Helsinki for celebrating Firefox 2.0 releasing. Some goods shots ...




Check some of its new features out.

--Antonio Gomes

I've been abroad

from last week until december, I believe, I'll be out for work stuff in Helsinki, Finland ...

helsinki and espoo are great cities, nice people and bealtifil girls. Nokia build and infrastructure are also very good ...

Minimo/Mozilla (maemo port) repository - UPDATE

Note: for 'mistral' distribution has changed :)
Note 2: find BORA setup notes at http://tonikitoo.blogspot.com/2007/03/minimo-maemo-port-0169-1-available.html

Since last maemo port release, Minimo/Mozilla Browser has an arm repository for an easier installation/upgrade on the nokia 770. Follows instruction of how to set it up:

• from command line:

• "gainroot"
• $ echo "deb http://home.ufam.edu.br/~agan/minimo/ mistral/ " >> /etc/apt/source.list
• $ apt-get update && aptitude minimo

• from AppManager

• Add this entry into "new catalogue":
• web address: http://home.ufam.edu.br/~agan/minimo/
• Distribution: mistral/
• Components: n/a
• "Refresh list"
  
• Go to "Install new applications"
• pick minimo up.

This way, minimo's runtime dependencies (libxt6, libsm6 and libice6) were also up uploaded and are pulled down and installed if needed.

ps: the set up itself is quite easy and I'll maybe blog about it soon.
ps2: the trailing back slash is needed, I believe !!!! :)
--Antonio Gomes

minimo 016.4 (maemo port) available

New minimo 0.16.4-1 maemo-port available featuring:

$ cat debian/changelog
minimo (0.16.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

* improvements on softkb interaction (thanks to tim).
* arm and i386 repositories set at home.ufam.edu.br/~agan (thanks to rbelem).
* built with distcc (arm-linux-gcc/g++) (thanks to rbelem again)

Disclaimer:

1. VKB Thumb mode and handwriting recognition support were not tested/implemented so far
   
2. VKB will jump up only if minimo got started up after connection is up.
   
3. Some secure sites failed to loggin maybe due to some parameters not being passed in uri, broken submit methods ??.
4. Flash plugin is not supposed to work.
5. Most of preferences not implemented yet for linux.
   

Installing from command line:

• "gainroot"
• $ echo "deb http://home.ufam.edu.br/~agan/minimo/ binary-arm/ " >> /etc/apt/source.list
• $ apt-get update && aptitude minimo

or via AppManager

• Add this entry into "new catalogue":
• web address: http://home.ufam.edu.br/~agan/minimo/
• Distribution: binary-arm/
• Components: n/a
• Refresh list
  
• Install new applications
• pick minimo up.
  

Future work:

1. Fix security site browsing
2. Fix 'go' button
3. ZoomIN press crashes it.
4. Autocomplete "suckage"
   

--Antonio Gomes