[OS2008, Maemo 5] kchmviewer
 

New, fremantle build for N900:
Just enable extras-devel repository and kchmviewer should be available, don't forget to disable it once it is installed.
Please address any issues or thanks to maxkiva as he is reponsible for this port.


Diablo OS2008 maemo4.1 version:
Hello,
I've been looking for a while for a good chm reader in Diablo.
Unfortunately, all I could get was some readers from easy debian (gnochm, chmsee, xchm)
So I decided to compile&build a reader for maemo, and kchmviewer seems to be the best one(fully featured and based on QT)

It wasnt easy to build it, but I finally managed to understand the process, and complete it.

You can install it by downloading and launching the deb file in your tablet :
kchmviewer 4.1-1maemo3 for OS2008
or by enabling the extras-devel repository to make kchmviewer available.
Please note that it is recommanded that you disable extras-devel repository once kchmviewer is installed.


Old screeshots of the OS2008 port (status bar is removed now):

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9012/kchmviewer1.png
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5552/kchmviewer2.png
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3387/kchmviewer3.png

It looks quite responsive and way faster than any other easy debian reader.

Specials thanks to : qwerty12, Maemo-QT4 and Maemo SDK+

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

fbreader can also read chm files, but the more software/options the better! :)

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

Can fbreader load a 150 mb chm file ?
Does it show the TOC of a chm file ?
Does it load reasonably fast ?
I think the answer is : no, no and no.

I never liked fbreader, I use it because I have to, and I won't hesitate to use another reader when possible.

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

I have to agree with karatchov on this.

I never liked FBreader, it never worked for any of my 200 meg books, and I'm not even sure why I still have it installed.

So best of luck of this!

Can't wait to give it a try. :D

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

There's also GnoCHM (GTK/Gnome).

It is true that FBReader tends to load whole files before displaying them. Not only CHMs, but 50MiB Plucker take already a LOT to load. Files that open _instantly_ on the 33 Mhz Palm m130.

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

Thanks Javis.

I'll look into that while awaiting a future release from karatchov.

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

Oh, it's not ported -- i just wanted to say that being a GTK application it may "fit" better with Diablo and require less space which may be the reason for not using Easy Debian. But never really used KCHMViewer so who knows.

EDIT: Oh, it's python. Sorry for suggesting then ;)

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

You're such a tease! *lol*

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

Great! There used to be a siimilar reader for OS 2006 but it was never upgraded, nor was its source released. So this iis good news... do let us try it soon as you have something you feel comfortable releasing.

--denis

Re: kchmviewer for Mameo
 

I needed this now so I've uploaded it to extras-devel. I don't have any Qt knowledge so it was pretty much a straight build with minor changes. As such, I won't promote it to Extras, nor do I have plans to work on it, and the packaging is there if the OP wishes to take it and produce a proper port and upload that to extras-devel.