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Sorry about the lack of updates. Being a senior in high school keeps me busy. I have a couple updates planned, but just haven't had the time to implement them. Luckily, I have a break from some of my school activities, so hopefully I'll have time to work more on this.

bobkoure: Unfortunately, I think the only way for it to work for you would be to buy a bluetooth or USB keyboard and attach that to your n800. You should be able to sign on by putting your username and password in the GUI frontend, and then it should log you in automatically. Is this not happening? I'm not as familiar with RDP on Windows 2000, so there could be something I'm missing. Currently, the "enter" button (the button in the middle of the d-pad) is used to send the enter key to the remote computer. I find this more convenient; however, if a general consensus says that bringing up the thumb keyboard would be better, I can try to make it do that.

Win2k doesn't seem to connect automatically.
Not a big problem - I've decided I need a keyboard anyway. It would be nice to be able to bring up the soft keyboard with one of the hard keys for any N800 users that don't happen to have their keyboard along.
Maybe put the center button behavior in a conf (at least temporarily)?

BTW, this is in... python? I've been meaning to look for development tools for this beastie. Any thoughts on where to start?
Thanks!

Should be able to set Windows to show the Windows on-screen keyboard at the login screen, I think. (From the console, or after logging in with a keyboard...)

I'll have to look into adding a preference to bring up the on-screen keyboard when a certain button is pressed. Not sure if I'll be able to work it in, but I'll see what I can do...

If you need an onscreen keyboard at login, it seems that Siemens has one for download that will show at login. This actually just uses the built-in onscreen keyboard, but makes it show at the login screen. You can get a zip of the installer by clicking here. However... this will optimize the size of the keyboard for whatever resolution you're running at. So, switch to a lower resolution first, or you'll have a hard time using the keyboard...

Yes, this is written in python. If you're looking to start development, I would definitely check out python as a language. Combining it with glade for interfaces makes programming really easy. I actually started out by examining the code for the grandcentral dialer, but that's become a fairly complex file. I find the easiest way to learn is to look at the code of some simple programs, and then try to make your own simple program and work up from there. Good luck!

Actually, I've been using Python for some years now, but just to build CGI "quickie" utilities to suit my need of the moment.
Glade's new to me - I'll go check that out.
Thanks!

Well, after a lot of work, I finally have a new version that's 99% ready for release. The noteable feature of this update is the ability to specify the RDP5 "experience" flags. You can find this under "Advanced Preferences" under the brand-new "Experience" tab. I've included the presets from the Windows XP remote desktop client, and everything seems to work well. I'll be playing around with it tomorrow before pushing it to extras.

What else do I have planned? Maybe in this release, maybe in the next: a password dialog. Passwords are currently stored in plaintext, which isn't ideal. Soon, the frontend will check if you have a password filled out, and, if not, prompt you for one. This is only really a problem for n800 owners, as n810 guys have the hardware keyboard, but I think it'll be a good addition.

Want to try out the next version before it's released? Install this deb, and please report any issues you have!

TrueJ,

Is there a way for you to add what resolution that you wish to enter into a menu dialog setting. Right now I have to go into the Rdesktop.py and edited it to add the "-g 1280x1024 ". But sometimes I would like to go in at 1024x768. It would be nice not to have to edit that file to change resolution.

Benson,

Do you know if there is a way to make the FVWM go full screen, AFTER you click the scroll bars.....I know there is a MAXIMIZE Vertical, but there isnt a MAXIMIZE Horizontal. I wish there was a MAXIMIZE to screen with scrollbars. Because everytime I try to grab the lower corner to stretch the window to the full screen....if I miss.....it will sometimes bring the session behind the other windows....or even worse, it will start up a new session. Any thoughts....?

Thanks guys,
Steve

There's a possibility of adding that option, but I'll only add it if I also add scrollbars to the window. Until then, having that option would just serve to confuse people. I have worked a little on a solution, but haven't been able to find a simple working solution (I don't want to have to install FVWM, or anything else). Sorry...

Me again, any chance for a 770 compile...?

A new baby means not much $$ left for upgrades.

Thanks, Tony

I need to download the 770 sdk vmware image. Once I get that a 770 version should (hopefully) be no problem.

[edit]Looking at my options for SDK, you'll have to use OS2007HE. Hope this isn't a problem. Being a former 770 owner, I'd actually recommend this version anyway...