Bug#498248: Use on embedded devices
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 03:16:55PM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote:
> Package: kstars
> Version: 4:3.5.9-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hello,
>
> now that I bought an OpenMoko FreeRunner mobile phone, and it has a GPS,
> I would like to be able to run a sky map software on it, so that I can
> go out in the night and automatically see a map of the sky over my head.
>
> On the FreeRunner, kstars takes about 6 minutes to start, and loading
> things such as the city list is probably not required if the position
> can be found through the GPS.
>
> Afterwards the refresh time is 1 second, although 5 minutes would
> probably be more than enough.
>
> Scrolling is so slow/lagging that I cannot even figure out if it happens
> by dragging or by clicking.
>
> The Settings dialog is truncated on the right (the screen is 480x640,
> and the right side of the Settings dialog ends up outside of the screen)
>
> Would it be hard to have a lightweight / embedded mode with a simplified
> interface that could be made to work in small devices?
>
>
You better ask direclty to upstream at http://bugs.kde.org
Whatever they answer will be targeted to kde 4.
ana
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