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slcp	2010-04-01 15:56

Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

As per subject, I have been unable to enter any text into text field using canola on the n900...anyone else?

Only just realised since attempting to use the Picasa plugin :)

Arif	2010-04-01 18:46

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

I have the same. Also it doesn't index anything from MyDocs. And crashes whenever I want to change the theme.....and.....nevermınd :D

andrewfblack

2010-04-01 18:58

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

their is a reason it has never left devel they are not working on it for N900 from what I can tell I have reported the text entry box but they claim it is a fremantle bug and not anything with canola.

woodyear99

2010-05-29 05:44

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

I have no luck entering text in canola on my n900. I would like to add some videocast and podcast feeds. Can anyone tell me if I can manually edit files on the device to add the addresses? Tryin to find the canola folder on the device, can anyone guide me? thanks.

Gainullin

2010-05-30 12:52

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by woodyear99 (Post 687381)

Check this out https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6511

Quote:

I have found a work around for those interested, hope this helps you.
Once you have the text entry field up, start typing and then cancel the contact
search that appears and return to Canola. Press the power button once to bring
up the N900 menu and click back into the blank space at the bottom, thus
returning you to Canola once again. This seemed to solve it for the instance of
Canola I had open (until I closed and re-opened the app)
Apologies if this is at all unhelpful.

However, it didn't solve my problem as no Contact Search appears on my desktop.. if you will find any other solutions - pls post it here.

woodyear99

2010-05-30 15:48

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Tried those things, still cannot enter text :(

xomm	2010-05-30 15:55

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewfblack (Post 591763)

http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/stud.../t127230760962

They will be.

Canola lives once more...

And I confirm the power button workaround (it's the same as in Easy Debian LXDE):

Bring up the text field
Click in it and see if you can't type
Press the power button to bring up the menu
Dismiss the menu to get back to Canola
Type away.

woodyear99

2010-05-30 16:21

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Trying it but it refuses to let me type in video feed urls :(

andrei1089

2010-05-30 17:45

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Hello,

I'm the GSoC student working on the Canola port to N900 project.
The workaround mentioned by xomm to get keyboard input is not working anymore in PR1.2.
The problem is related to the EFL libraries, all EFL applications running on N900 have this bug not only Canola. I have a solution for it but as I am not sure it doesn't break anything else I want to discuss it more with the other Canola/EFL developers before posting it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by woodyear99 (Post 687381)

Can anyone tell me if I can manually edit files on the device to add the addresses? Tryin to find the canola folder on the device, can anyone guide me? thanks.

Canola stores almost everything in ~/.canola/canola.db (sqlite database), but I wouldn't recommend you to edit data manually.

patt2k

2010-05-31 00:32

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

I'm I the only who realized canola is not minimize' able ? :D

xomm	2010-05-31 01:07

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by patt2k (Post 690871)

I'm I the only who realized canola is not minimize' able ? :D

Control + Backspace?

woodyear99

2010-05-31 06:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andrei1089 (Post 690242)

Thanks for the response. I like Canola, it is pretty polished. Only two real issues I have are the ability to minimize and edit text of course. Still a nice app though :)

xomm	2010-05-31 17:04

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by woodyear99 (Post 691160)

Only two real issues I have are the ability to minimize

Quote:

Originally Posted by xomm (Post 690896)

Control + Backspace?

(This message is now at least 10 characters)

andrei1089

2010-05-31 20:50

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1 Attachment(s)

Here is a deb that should solve the keyboard input problem.
Be careful, using this deb it's like using any software from extras-devel. It may cause trouble to your device! Regular users are encouraged to stay away!

If you try it please report any problems by email or on this thread.

Thanks.

gabby131

2010-05-31 20:57

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

hmmmm canola auto-downloads the video from (example) youtube when streaming........is that normal? (i saw a "My Downloads" folder with videos and html links on my mmc)

gabby131

2010-05-31 20:58

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xomm (Post 692093)

(This message is now at least 10 characters)

hi! i cant get what that. can you please explain? in a noob way? :D

woodyear99

2010-06-01 01:07

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrei1089 (Post 692479)

Hmm so tempted to try this, will go on google to see how to use it.

xomm	2010-06-01 01:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gabby131 (Post 692496)

hi! i cant get what that. can you please explain? in a noob way? :D

woody Said he'd like the ability to minimize, right after I just answered it for patt2k.

If you're talking about the "This message is now at least 10 characters," it's because quotes don't count towards letters in a post, so I had to say something else.

Nipperoid

2010-06-01 02:02

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andrei1089 (Post 692479)

i copied to my device and tapped, it said "incompatible application package"

xomm	2010-06-01 02:03

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nipperoid (Post 692816)

i copied to my device and tapped, it said "incompatible application package"

Does dpkg work? (I don't know which options to append, so putting that off for now.)

woodyear99

2010-06-01 03:04

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xomm (Post 692796)

Ok let me rephrase that, I'd like to be able to minimize WITHOUT having to use the physical keyboard/buttons :p

andrei1089

2010-06-01 06:56

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

the package should be installed from xterm using dpkg -i <package_name>.Again, if you don't have basic terminal/dpkg knowledge you should better stay away from this package.

xomm	2010-06-05 02:14

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrei1089 (Post 693043)

the package should be installed from xterm using dpkg -i <package_name>.Again, if you don't have basic terminal/dpkg knowledge you should better stay away from this package.

I'm fine with testing things. Did some serious hacking with my N800 that involved 50+ reflashes and retries. ;)

It seems the fix doesn't work (On my device, at least). When you try and click inside the field, say, in the YouTube plugin, it dismisses the dialog. Looks like it's sending an "Enter" button push, because I hear the button sound when I click in the field.

Just curious, though. What else does this package affect, if anything?

S0urcerr0r

2010-06-05 02:48

Re: Canola is great - can you anyone else not input text into any of the text fields though?

any chance for a simple popup on screen keyboard for canola?

heres the keyboard keycodes:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=650625&postcount=5
but i think they may only reffer to the value assigned to the hardware keys, but i dont know.

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