Port Requests


Hi all :)

Do you think mGBA would run nicely on the Pandora ?
mGBA is a new Game Boy Advance emulator written in C.

The project started in April 2013 with the goal of being fast enough to run on lower end hardware than other emulators support, without sacrificing accuracy or portability. Even in the initial version, games generally play without problems. It is loosely based on the previous GBA.js emulator, although very little of GBA.js can still be seen in mGBA.

Other goals include accurate enough emulation to provide a development environment for homebrew software, a good workflow for tool-assist runners, and a modern feature set for emulators that older emulators may not support.

mGBA is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and the code can be found onGitHub.
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Cheers, Magic Sam
 
Would it be possible to port something like Albert or kupfer to the openpandora?

The main menu is great, but I would love to just hit a key-combo and be able to type the name of the app I want. Much more comfortable, especially today with things like Spotlight and Cortana and the Dash in ubuntu.
 
There's Application Finder on default desktop (XFCE).
It takes a bit to open, depending on how many PNDs you have.

I don't know if there's an easy hotkey by default, but on Openbox i did setup Ctrl+2.

But i would take a look at Albert, i hope it works by just typing on the home screen, like Krunner does on Plasma 5 (aka KDE)
 
Application finder is pretty good I guess, its a little clumsy and still sometimes requires the nubs, but that's okay.

Is there some way I can activate it with a key combo?
 
Silent-Hunter said:
Does that work if you're not using dwm?
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I use it with i3, xfce and mate. it even works in a shell but it's kinda pointless then. you assign a hotkey to it, mod + d by default. if you press it a little bar appears instantly wherever you configure it to, and you can type away. it uses auto completion and is very neat.
 
Does anyone have a working build of wxLua?

If not, I think everything I need for compiling it is in Code::Blocks, but the instructions for compiling are a little odd, saying that you need to ./configure multiple times before all the dependencies will be found.

Eventually, I wanted to see if I could get ZeroBrane Studio working on the Pandora and package it into a PND. The only thing I see missing at the moment is wxLua.
 
Never tried that one (wxLua), but it should compile with latest Codeblocks PND.
The ZeraBrane Studio looks nice (but as always, assume that armv7l on inux mean armhf, that's bad for the Pandora).
 
True, but from what I could tell, the armhf support was mainly because they include armhf/x86/x86_64 builds of Lua in the source. Since we have our own build of Lua that can be pointed to in the startup script, I was hoping I could get it to run.
 
gameblabla said:
Just to let you know, mkxp now has support for OpenGLES.
Long story short, mkxp allows you to play Rpg Maker XP/VX games, much like EasyRPG.

You only need to set the define GLES2_HEADER for OpenGLES supprt.
I gave it a try on GCW0 but it quickly crashes after showing the titlescreen (due to crappy drivers).
It requires Ruby 2.1+ as well.
https://github.com/Ancurio/mkxp
https://github.com/gameblabla/mkxp-gcw
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Thanks, but I was already aware of this one.
I already used it to ported "To The Moon", and it's working ok on the Pandora (look here, in my beta lair).
 
So it doesn't sound like anyone wants to port that quicklaunch stuff I mentioned, and the Application Finder though helpful is bulky and not suitable for my needs. It got me thinking maybe its best I tried my hand at doing it myself instead of depending on the kindness of others. I'm hoping maybe someone here can help teach a man to fish just a little bit?

The problem is I'm not sure if I'm even on the right track. Let's say I take something like dmenu, as mentioned above. Can I take the source and using gcc build it? I've compiled some stuff on my own but I think I may be in over my head. Once I've done that I imagine I have to package it as a PND?

I've been reading the "make a PND" section of the wiki and think I get the general idea; when I get the binary I compile I assemble it with the necessary ancillary files. I assume a program like this will have to run at startup, is there some mechanism on the Pandora that supports that beyond adding it to init.d?

Sorry for the newbish questions, but maybe if I wrap my head around this I won't have to bother anyone and will be more self sufficient. Learning things like this and becoming more comfortable is also one of the reasons I bought a Pandora.
 
directive0 said:
So it doesn't sound like anyone wants to port that quicklaunch stuff I mentioned, and the Application Finder though helpful is bulky and not suitable for my needs. It got me thinking maybe its best I tried my hand at doing it myself instead of depending on the kindness of others. I'm hoping maybe someone here can help teach a man to fish just a little bit?

The problem is I'm not sure if I'm even on the right track. Let's say I take something like dmenu, as mentioned above. Can I take the source and using gcc build it? I've compiled some stuff on my own but I think I may be in over my head. Once I've done that I imagine I have to package it as a PND?

I've been reading the "make a PND" section of the wiki and think I get the general idea; when I get the binary I compile I assemble it with the necessary ancillary files. I assume a program like this will have to run at startup, is there some mechanism on the Pandora that supports that beyond adding it to init.d?

Sorry for the newbish questions, but maybe if I wrap my head around this I won't have to bother anyone and will be more self sufficient. Learning things like this and becoming more comfortable is also one of the reasons I bought a Pandora.
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I looked quickly at Albert. It's using CMake as build system, and just need Qt 5.2. It should compile easily with latest codeblocks PND, but packaging may be a bit tricky...
But you can try (not sure your knowledge, so I'll go step-by-step) :
1. Donwload codeblocks PND
2. Launch "Codeblocks Command Line", and type your sudo password
3. From here, go to a folder somewhere, in a Ext formated partition.
4. type
Code: 
git clone https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert.git
cd albert
mkdir build
cd build
ccmake ..
5. from here (the interactive cmake menu), select Build type and type "RelWithDebInfo"
6. select the destination folder and type "/mnt/utmp/albert"
7. type "c" to configure (should not make any error) than "g" to generate Makefile
8. type
Code: 
make
9. wait... It should build

I'll explain the packaging later, build-it first :)
 
I seem to have gotten wxLua and ZeroBrane Studio working well. I will package it into a PND and put it up onto the repo soon.

One thing I noticed is that it currently initializes glshim when it starts. @ptitSeb, does your build of wxWidgets initialize glshim? Will this make windowed usage not possible with newer SGX drivers?

@directive0 I just glanced at the source, and it looks like you should just be able to compile dmenu as long as you have x11/xlib.h available. The PND packaging process is pretty easy too if you end up getting it running (get your screenshots, icon, pxml, executable, libs, and startup script together in a folder and invoke pnd_make.sh). The hardest part to figure out is probably the startup script and making sure you don't write to NAND. Have a look at some of ptitSeb's start scripts, as they are done really nicely and have been easy to read for me.

Not sure about the best way to start a PND on boot, but I'd bet you'd need a script that searches for the PND file and invokes pnd_run.sh if it is found.
 
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