Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

I have my Opera home page set to http://en.wikipedia.org/ and it turns out to be the closest thing to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that I've found anywhere. Until recently people have spent thousands for less capable ink and paper encyclopedias, and most definably couldn't fit them into their pockets. So I guess I'd have to call Wikipedia the killer app that justifies the cost of the N800.

*********** BUT! ***************

Because of the mileage I've put on the ole eyeballs, I always zoom to 150% and go full screen taking several keystroks/button pushes before I can read my selection. Is there a way to configure Opera to default to these settings? Or do I just have to live with it?

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

First of all, you do know of Andrew's most bodacious mod for viewing the Wikipedia on your tablet, right? Of course you do, but still -- here's the url:
http://www.bleb.org/software/770/
with lots of other really cool stuff too.

Next, to alleviate eyestrain in Opera permanently, the trick is to change the size of the default font used by Opera. This can only be done by editing a configuration file buried in your tablet's filesystem. The file is called "/home/user/.opera/opera.ini" and you need to look for the line that says "Minimum Font Size=" followed by a number. Change that number to anything higher and your default font size will change accordingly (18 works for me).

I think there might even be a setting in there to get Opera to start in fullscreen (maybe called "kiosk" mode), but I have to admit I've never looked for that. Who knows? This could be your opportunity to discover something about the Internet Tablet you can share with the community.

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

Thanks Karel,
I changed the Wikipedia skin, an tried to edit the opera.ini file. Brought it up in xterminal in vi, found the line with /Size moved to the 7 (default size) removed the 7 with the "x" command, inserted 18 with the "a" command, and can't for the life of me figger out how to get vi back into command mode without an escape key. :confused:

I can't believe they put vi on this thing and then took away the escape key.
Help!!! :eek:

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Esc is the hardware key above menue - looks like a circular anticlockwise arrow.

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vi? vi??!!

That's not an editor, it's virtual S&M. :D

Request: Someone please port Emacs to the Internet Tablet, so we can have real flame wars in this forum. :rolleyes:

(OK, so I was only joking about vi, because I don't know how to be productive with it; mc's editor is my friend)

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

I dredged up old memories from a past life sysading a DEC PDP-11. Vi worked well there, but the VT100 terminals actually had an escape key.

Oh well, I installed Nano from repository
http://aerocode.org/maemo
dist: ./
comp: left blank

Had a little trouble installing it, it blew up my applications manager, but I was able to recover by refreshing.

It said it was installed, but I can't seem to find it. Oh well, at least it didn brick me ... so far :o

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

Ok, please excuse a total noobe here, but what exactly is mc's editor? And how can I find it?

Nano loaded up ok (took a long time) but it wants esc keys too. I can't believe Nokia (or whoever wrote the virtual KB for this thing) left off the esc key! :mad:

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

OK, I installed LeafPad, and that works well. Edited Opera.ini and can now read the HGTG.

Couldn't find anything about KIOSK mode though.

Thanks Karel

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

Search for Midnight Commander. Just make sure you do it in the old application catalogue:
http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog2006

IMO, the new catalogue is shite for anyone but the total, clueless, not-wanting-to-learn-anything-and-I-do-mean-anything-just-make-it-work-you-nerds newbie.

Oh, BTW, there is a hardware escape key, first key below the D-pad. I'm pretty certain it's mapped to the real esc-key value.

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

The escape key is not on the virtual keyboards because you actually have a real one. It's the hardware key just down from directional pad.

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That would be me :eek:
Thanks guys. I actually found mc myself and got it installed and up an running. I found the editor after I got LeafPad running. Being the total, clueless, not-wanting-to-learn-anything-and-I-do-mean-anything-just-make-it-work-you-nerds newbie I think I like LeafPad better. :rolleyes:

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YUP, Yup, yup! vi works now. Thanks again guys. Think I'll still use LeafPad though. I'm so much more comfortable in a GUI.

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

I think it's quite clear to everybody that there is no chance in hell of you ever fitting into the category in which you are trying to put yourself. :D

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The other option is to include in your user CSS page a redefinition of the font sizes, so your zoom stays at 100%, but the text is bigger.

I've not looked into this, but something like the following, based on my existing instructions:

Untested, YMMV.

HTH,

Andrew

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

Thanks Andrew,
I tried that, and it worked. Actully because of the extreem age of my eyeballs, I used 180%.

The results were somewhat less than acceptable as some text would be magnified, but others would not. I'm not sure of the reason, but it seemed to have something to do with footnotes. Having some text magnified and other text not REALLY screwed the page layout. I'll be undoing the edit later today when I have a break.

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Yeah, you'll need to look at the CSS to see which other styles need doing - as I said "something like the following" ;-)

You could also try replacing "p {" with "body {", whether that'll be better or worse, I've no idea.

Re: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 

Thanks again Andrew,

I'll give it a try.

The last programming I've done was on the afore mentioned PDP-11 44 in DEC Basic about 25 years ago, so the difference between "p" and "body" is completely lost on me.

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Most bodacious!! :D It works great! HGTG is up and running an legible w/o hitting the zoom buttons.

Now if I could just figger out how to make it come up full screen. ;)