Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

Thanx, now works. Is there any "user manual" available for MM?

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

Yes, finally! Try the "Help" menu item. Some dialog boxes (like the "Manage Repositories" dialog) also have a question mark in the upper-right corner that can be selected to display context-sensitive help. Personally, though, I prefer the help browser that you get when you use the "Help" menu item.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

I just tried making my first poi icon (I was just using the default purple squares before). Any chance we could get it to be a png file so we can use the transparency layer to make non-rectangular icons if we want? If gnuite or Cezary or someone else implements that, I'll be happy to use my inkscape skillz to make everyone some nice (partially-transparent where appropriate) icons.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

have you tried making a PNG but giving it a JPG extension? I seem to recall that that should work, not sure if that preserves the transparency, though.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

The filename needs to end with .jpg just because that's what Maemo Mapper looks for, but the format of the file can be anything supported by GdkPixmap (including PNG). The same applies to the map data. Although all the map files have the .jpg extension, they are not all JPEG files. Street maps, for example, or almost always PNGs.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

Gnuite, hows it going :-)

I am wondering if you could answer a question for me. I have created a alternate window manager available for N800 and maemo-mapper runs nicely in a small window, but I have bound my zoom keys to window minimize and close window, so I can not switch zoom levels without switching window managers. Is it possible to get a feature added to switch zoom+- to left/right or up/down. Maybe a check box or something?


It works really good, I can be full screen, and press one button and switch to mplayer or canola. All full screen on different desktops.

Here is a pic, any ideas on how I might be able to rebind zoom on mapper?

http://penguinbait.com/MAPPER.JPG

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

I suppose I could add the ability to customize all of the keys (zoom buttons and d-pad buttons) in addition to the Escape key customization that is available now. That would give additional options to people that don't care about panning with the d-pad.

I'll see what I can do.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

That would be awesome, I love maemo-mapper. I need to make a small app that keeps the screen from blanking when runnning. Everything else works great though. I was worried that the center action would be thrown off by the size of the window, but it centers fine.


Another problem I had, I ran maemo-mapper and did something? and the window size when starting was messed up and maemo-mapper fails to launch complaining about the window shape/location (sorry I am being so descriptive, thats sarcasm btw) I dont have the error handy at the moment. I kept trying to start it and it would bomb, I went back to hildon and started up maemo-mapper and it came up, I closed it and switched back and it worked fine. For some reason at one point it got into a mis-shapen window and it would not start. I know my specs are way outside of what you are developing for, but I thought I would mention it


Thanks again,,,,

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

Maemo Mapper (by default) keeps the screen from blanking only in full-screen mode, and only when you are moving (as defined by your GPS receiver).

There is an option in the Settings dialog box that, when disabled, allows Maemo Mapper to keep the screen from blanking also in non-full-screen mode. (You still have to be moving, though.)


I'm not sure there's anything I can do about this without more detail. It's a risk of going outside of Hildon, I guess!

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800
 

I did not know (obviously) about the backlight option, thats one thing done and I did not even ave to do anything, gotta like that.

Yeah I did not expect much from the window error, if I run into it again, I will capture the error msg, and exit code.

I still think maemo-mapper is the best application made for maemo. You have done an awesome job developing it, you have come a long way, maemo-mapper is far better than gpsdrive ever was, as far as I am concerned. Have you ever considered making an x86 version, I think laptop users would love it. Do you think your source would compile on that platform?



, again awesome awesome job!!