Re: Gnumeric on Maemo OS2008 (Nokia N810)

["Eduardo Lima (Etrunko)" <eblima gmail com>]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Hamish Good <Hamish Good njwfm com> wrote:
> Hi Eduardo,
>
>  Many thanks for your detailed response which has got me up and running.
>  I am not sure if you are a user of this application on the Nokia
>  terminal but in the short time I have had it installed (5 mins) I have
>  noticed that the application does not accept input directly into the
>  cell, it seems to be necessary to select the cell and then tap into
>  input box at the top of the screen before you start to type. Is this
>  correct? Do I have it set up incorrectly or is this a known issue.
>  I am looking to use this application as a mechanism for recording data
>  for an asset survey and I am hoping that the combination of the Nokia
>  N810 and Gnumeric will prove to be a lightweight solution with good
>  battery life and sufficient screen real-estate to make the device
>  useable. Obviously if one cannot type directly into the cell it's going
>  to make the solution a whole lot less attractive.
>  I would welcome your thoughts on this
>

It's a bug for the maemo version reported in GNOME bugzilla, take a look:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491676

It really makes sense to type directly into the cells now that we have
the N810 with a real keyboard. But in the case of 770 and N800, where
the virtual keyboard will take a big portion of the screen, the
visible area will be highly compromised as the keyboard will be almost
100% of the time visible.

I'll try to find a way to check in the program if we are running on
N800 or N810 hardware and so it can it behave properly on both cases.

Best Regards, Etrunko.

-- 
Eduardo de Barros Lima
INdT - Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia
eblima gmail com