X-Git-Url: https://git.toastfreeware.priv.at/gregoa/zavai.git/blobdiff_plain/0116d004befa829f907692950d60a95308478273..e4f1261a037dd7c30cfe4971ced9ade48d8e8b95:/README diff --git a/README b/README index fea88bf..82acb4a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ Getting it to work: * Install dependencies - apt-get install valac libglib2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgee-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev + # Build time + apt-get install valac libglib2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgee-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev libdevkit-power-gobject-dev - Optional: apt-get install polygen polygen-data + # Runtime + apt-get install devicekit-power + + # Optional runtime + apt-get install polygen polygen-data * Compile @@ -36,6 +41,11 @@ Getting it to work: cp /usr/share/applications/FBReader.desktop ~/.zavai cp conf/satmon.desktop ~/.zavai + * Copy accessory scripts in ~/.zavai + + cp hooks/display ~/.zavai + cp hooks/keyboard ~/.zavai + * Update the information about the polygen grammars installed in the system (optional) @@ -97,15 +107,38 @@ Features / guide * Alarms It is possible to set an alarm, which will be shown in the alarm window. When - the alarm expires, the phone wakes up if it is suspended, and zavai does - nothing but print an error message on standard error. + the alarm expires, the phone wakes up if it is suspended, and zavai vibrates + for 5 seconds. + + It is planned to use the AUX button to acknowledge the alarm and stop the + vibration; when this will happen, vibration can go on for more than 5 seconds. - When there will be a documented API to turn OFF the vibrator, I'll implement - vibration on alarm. When I'll implement some audio playing infrastructure, - I'll implement playing an audio file as well. + When I'll implement some audio playing infrastructure, I'll implement playing + an audio file as well. + + Also missing are a popup that tells that an alarm is ringing, and a notifier + for unacknowledged popups. Patches welcome. + Details: the alarms are scheduled with at(1). Please see omhacks for simple + suspend hooks that will wake up the phone to run scheduled at jobs. + + * Calendar + + You can reach the calendar from the menu or by clicking on the date in the + main screen. + + The calendar shows notes on every day. You can add notes just by typing on the + white space below the calendar. + + The notes are saved in ~/.zavai/cal/YEAR/MONTH/DAY.txt, feel free to: + - sync it with your main computer; + - create a tool that populates it using the information from your + favourite calendar system; + - interface zavai with a proper calendar system, without making the interface + harder to use (if you can). + Stability / design Zavai currently focuses on the interface side, trying to make it easy for me @@ -122,18 +155,37 @@ TODO list / wish list http://git.freesmartphone.org/?p=specs.git;a=blob_plain;f=html/index.html;hb=HEAD * Features to add: - + calendar, just the GTK calendar widget with buttons to go back, forth and - current (fill in with opimd if it will make sense) - = fill in day info with data coming from the laptop, but just read only, - without edit features. Good to check what's on for the day, and notes can - be taken with pen and paper for now - + Allow full text edit of text notes for every day - + Activate on double click from date - - switch backlight keep mode when on power/recharging - - the button changes the default for the current power mode + - volume control in power menu "Amp Spk" + (-> learn/test libalsamixer something) + /usr/share/vala/vapi/alsa.vapi + - space buttons from sliders, to avoid shutting down instead of lowering the volume + - fisheye list music player + (-> learn/test gstreamer libs) + - player page with seek/skip controls + - playlist editor + - chosen song start playing if nothing is being played + - chosen song moves to playlist editor: play, add to playlist, add dir to playlist + (show a standard list multiselectable with all the songs in the dir and + only the selected song selected; allow to select others, select all, add + selected to playlist) + - playlist as reorderable standard list, allow to delete tracks, reorder tracks + - save playlist to file to reload later + - pause with headset button + - lua config + - battery without devkit: do the parsing via lua + - contacts: show as a fancy focus+context list (see prefuse) + - vcard on e-vcard.{h,c} + - ical on libical-dev + - vcard+index file + - lua functions to read things + - zavai-calendar as a separate app + - zavai-contacts as a separate app - alarm - vibrate at alarm trigger - play sound at alarm trigger + - acknowledge alarms with AUX button + - then, vibrate and play sound for longer + - popup that tells that an alarm is ringing - leave expired alarm on screen until acknowledged (alarm status icon that also brings to alarm menu) - remember alarm names (on request, maybe with an add feature) and how @@ -141,6 +193,20 @@ TODO list / wish list - remember unexpired alarms persistently (again, a table in sqlite?) so that they can be reinstated if zavai is restarted - show active alarms and allow to delete them + - work without ogpsd + + power on/off the gps and start/stop gpsd + + set to keep the GPS on during suspend + - use the gpsd protocol to know if there is a fix or not + - suspend/resume hooks to put the GPS into low power mode + - next30: don't update if not shown currently on the notebook + - gtk_calendar_set_detail_func + - GSM power and network + - link to open SHR-dialer + - icon to show if there are new messages + - link to open SHR-messages + - switch backlight keep mode when on power/recharging + - the button changes the default for the current power mode + - unlock screen when receiving phone calls - GPX status icon (off, waiting for fix, recording) - GPX waypoint using AUX button - GPX + Audio track @@ -151,24 +217,21 @@ TODO list / wish list - turn on/off chip - start/stop wicd - start/stop wicd-client - - Simple wireless scanner (code from guessnet) + - Simple wireless scanner (code from guessnet, or minimal wicd client) - Suspend phone if not calling and gps is not on and backlight is not on (maybe with idle notifier?) - Phone from kapula (or just running kapula) - - Split polygen applet in a separate app, ran via a .desktop file - (faster zavai startup time, can then integrate a browser in the polygen - applet, makes more sense altogether) - - Is there a way to lock the screen completely turning off the touchscreen, so - that interrupts are not even generated? - Timezone selector - Location aware (show timezones in order of distance from current location) - Show timezone in clock * To find out - - Why sometimes the phone will stop acting normal and will completely ignore + + Why sometimes the phone will stop acting normal and will completely ignore the screen for the purpose of screen dimming, that is, it will dim the - screen even if I'm using the touchscreen? + screen even if I'm using the touchscreen? (it was old ousaged brokenness) + - Is there a way to lock the screen completely turning off the touchscreen, so + that interrupts are not even generated? * Not quite needed yet: - GPX log with more features (quality, course, speed, ...) @@ -177,7 +240,4 @@ TODO list / wish list - Add an audio note - Add a text note (tickling the text input method thing) If timeout expires, leave the waypoint with the automatic name - - restart zavai - (also on dbus fuckup) - (can be done by just quitting and let the runner script restart it) - get fix events without requesting the GPX resource (and then? gpx log all the time? what for?)