Category Archives: Snippets
Run Nemo Apps on PlasmaActive
Currently, PlasmaActive is still lacking quite a number of apps. In order to, at least temporarily, circumvent this issue, one option is to use the corresponding Nemo apps. Usually Nemo apps are intended for smaller screen sizes like found in … Continue reading
FingerTerm on Plasma Active Update
There had been some changes in the layout of the Mer repositories some time ago. So in order to install FingerTerm now you need a different set of download repositories. Below is the updated snippet: Note that I had to … Continue reading
Recursive Update Script for SVN, Git, etc.
I am working with a bigger number of different version control systems. I use these from different locations, so I have the use-case of frequently updating those repositories. The following script recursively traverses a directory structure; once it finds a … Continue reading
FingerTerm on Plasma Active
Actually, I really like Plasma Active/Mer on my Archos G9 tablet. Though, I wasn’t too happy with the combination of the standard terminal app and the on-screen keyboard when using Plasma Active/Mer on my Archos G9. Issues that bugged me … Continue reading
QML Duck-typing Example
When one wants to achieve dynamic behavior in object-oriented languages like C++ or Java one approach is to leverage inheritance; e.g., one could define a base class or an interface that defines a method, say “foo()”, that must be implemented … Continue reading
Plasma Active / Mer vs. Archos 101 G9 Turbo vs. Touchscreen
With the current Plasma Active images available from basyskom I had the issue that the touchscreen of my Archos 101 G9 Turbo was not working. As it turned out the reason was simply that the required kernel module was not … Continue reading
Enable WLAN in Plasma Active on Start-up
Alright, the setting is this: I got an Archos 101 G9 Turbo with the goal to experiment/develop/play around with Plasma Active/Mer. I use the images available from basyskom. Unfortunately, with these images the touch screen on my G9 did not … Continue reading
Full Source Code for QML vs. C++ Example
Upon request I just uploaded the full source code of my previous example on how to exchange data and objects between QML and C++. You can find the full source including a short readme that explains how to build an … Continue reading
Packaging and Publishing MeeGo/Harmattan Applications for Mer/Nemo via OBS
MeeGo/Harmattan uses Debian-based packaging whereas Mer/Nemo uses RPM-based packaging. Additionally, there are also some differences with respect to using the OBS for publishing packages. This might lead to some confusion when one tries to package and publish packages for Mer/Nemo. … Continue reading
Identifying Dependencies when Developing for Mer/Nemo
I am currently working on packaging and publishing some of my applications for Mer/Nemo. Within that process I needed to lookup missing dependencies quite often. In this post I will write about some ways I found useful for looking up … Continue reading
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