Vidar's X windows port was no more than a simple build of the Real VNC viewer client with an additional option implement to pass in the password.

My port is intended to be used without needing xterm. I may support command-line options in a future release, but any options that could be passed in via the command-line would first need to be supported via the GUI first. GUI applications can support command-line options, but doing so certainly isn't a requirement for Maemo GUI applications.

Aaron

Hi Johan,

I tested this character, and it worked fine on my end. I also went through and tested every accented character, and all of them work on my end. I tested against the terminal application that comes with KDE (konsole). With konsole active in the VNC window, I went through and pressed each of the accented keys on the virtual keyboard, and all of them went through successfully.

The only character I could find that didn't work was one of the symbols, the "No" symbol, and this came through as a box, probably because the character isn't supported by konsole or because it's not supported in the terminfo or something like that.

So, to sum up, I cannot reproduce this bug report.

Aaron

Thanks. I will certainly try this in the next few days, but for now I have also installed tightvncserver on my target Debian box, and with that as the server your VNC viewer is working beautifully.

It really is amazing; I wouldn't have thought it practical to use VNC viewer on so small a device as the 770, but the 770's screen is so good that it really is practical and effective. Many thanks Aaron for your work on this port.

And finally a question: does anyone know how I can type control characters? (For Emacs.)

Regards,
Neil

New version now available: 0.2
 

A new version of the VNC viewer port is now available, 0.2. 0.2 provides a number of new features. The changelog is as follows:

* New feature: Added options dialog--provides ability to specify bit depth and shared connections
* New feature: Replaced host text entry and text combo box--allows user to choose previous hosts.
* New feature: Now saving and restoring following settings: hosts list, shared setting, default depth setting, and toolbar settings
* New feature: keeping track of most recent setting with respect to host, depth, and shared
* New feature: Added button to toolbar to show context window if provided by current input manager context
* Misc code cleanup

What does this mean? This means that it now remembers old host names, supports different bit depths, shared connections, and the ability to activate the virtual keyboard using a toolbar button. It remembers some other settings as well between sessions. This release provides some of the most requested features.

Grab it at http://www.aracnet.com/~alevinsn/vncviewer_0.2_arm.deb.

Aaron

Just installed the new version and the new features seem to work a treat. Great job Aaron!

Will a "ctrl-alt-del" feature be in the next release? Not being able to send that combination to unlock my winders servers is the only thing stopping me from using the app fully.

Otherwise you've done a great job so far. Thanks!

I plan to support Ctrl-Alt-Del and possibly some other keypress combos in the next major release (0.3). I'm taking a break from development, however, so 0.3 won't be available for at least a week.

One option for sending Ctrl, Alt, and other keys would be to use a bluetooth keyboard with the bluetooth input method. I don't have a BT keyboard, so I can't test it, but I know that someone posted early on mentioning that the VNC viewer worked with with the BT IM.

Aaron

I found that the application installer showed that I had installed version 0.1.1 installed, so I uninstalled it and installed the newer version.

Thanks for that,btw.

I'm was wondering if it made sense to have an "About" or "Info" dialog that would identify the version and include a link to the page where the latest version would be located.

Actually, as I think about it, the thanks isn't so btw. It's much more direct: Thanks!

Audio?
 

I've got a longish question that I thought I should better ask in a different thread, in case it really isn't a VNC issue.

But basically what I want to know is if audio can be sent from the desktop to the "viewer" as well as the display. (Does that make it a "viewer/receiver"?)

The thread where I explain what I'm after (not music, btw) is
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...=5899#post5899

And in a word it's TTS.

VNCviewer displayed portrait-style?
 

As it happens, one application I'd like to run remotely will only display in a window that is proportionally shaped AND portrait style.

FBReader, for one, and Frozen Bubbles, for another (IIRC), are apps that provide a portrait mode for viewing the app.

Probably not so many people would find this as useful as I, but would it be possible for VNC viewer to do the same?

(Btw, the app is Microsoft Reader.)

username
 

How can I enter a user name when connecting to a vnc server? It only allows me to select the password box.