Re: Grabbing original Sharp software and using it in OZ

On 8/25/06, Alessandro Pellizzari <shuriken-d98x/[email protected]> wrote:
> Il giorno mar, 22/08/2006 alle 12.52 -0700, Justin Patrin ha scritto:
>
> > The Sharp ROM runs QT/e and so the apps *may* run in Opie but wouldn't in GPE.
>
> Thank you. I thought it was like using KDE applications in Gnome, and
> that all you needed was a library. I now know this isn't so.
>
> > HOWEVER, Sharp/Cacko apps won't work in stock OZ because we are using
> > softfloat. You can try installing the oz-compat llibraries but it is
> > unlikely that the apps will work 100%. you would have a better chance
> > with a hardfloat version of OZ but you would have to compile it all
> > yourself and it wouldn't be officially supported by OZ (although OE
> > will support use of OE for the building).
>
> Yes,I know of the softfloat change. I prefer a faster OZ than a more
> compatible one, so I will keep using only OZ software, I think.
>
> Is there a (good) dictionary program for GPE. I now use ZBedic on
> OZ/Opie. I would like to have something similar, or something that uses
> edict or with a converter/repository form edict vocabularies.
>
> If this is not in OZ/OE I would also try to create a package for it
> (besides some problems I am having with OE. Another post to come :)
>

I don't know of any but if you don't find one (grep OE for dict ;-)
you should be able to add pretty much any X app into OE for your use
on GPE. That's the upside to GPE, it's X and can run pretty much any X
prog.

-- 
Justin Patrin

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