RE: Gnumeric on Maemo OS2008 (Nokia N810)

["Hamish Good" <Hamish Good njwfm com>]

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

Kind regards

-----Original Message-----
From: Eduardo Lima (Etrunko) [mailto:eblima gmail com] 
Sent: 04 March 2008 13:52
To: Hamish Good
Cc: gnumeric-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Gnumeric on Maemo OS2008 (Nokia N810)

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Hamish Good <Hamish Good njwfm com>
wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Hamish,

> After some searching I found that a previous version of Gnumeric had
been
> ported to the Nokia N800. I attempted to use this distribution against
the
> newer tablet with the newer OS and found that it wouldn't install.
>
> Has anybody been able to get hold of a distribution that will install
on the
> newer tablet or indeed go the currently available distro to work on
the
> newer tablet? If so please can you tell me how?

Gnumeric is available for the latest device software (OS2008) in the
maemo extras-devel repository. To enable it follow these steps:

1) Open the Application Manager
2) On the App. Manager Menu, select Tools -> Application catalogue
3) On the dialog that opens, click on  "New" button
4) On the next dialog type in the fields:

Catalogue name: Maemo extras-devel
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Components: free non-free

Leave the Distribution field empty. When you close both dialogs,
refresh the application list and Gnumeric should appear in you list of
installable applications.

Best Regards, Etrunko.

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


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