Category Archives: Mobile

Norwegian keyboard on the N950

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

The N950 is delivered with a keyboard without Norwegian keys, so I decided to map holding the function/arrow key and pressing comma (,), period (.) or asterix (*) to ø, æ and å, respectively. I you are Norwegian and just … Continue reading →

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Handling locked screen event in Qt for Maemo

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

If you want to pause an application to save battery power when the screen is turned off, you can do this by listening for the locked screen event in Qt for Maemo. However, this is not made easily available through … Continue reading →

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Handling application minimization in Maemo with Qt

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

When you are developing with Qt on Maemo you might want to minimize or detect minimization of your application to the dashboard. Qt lacks clean functions for these use cases, but thankfully it’s still very easy to accomplish them. Minimizing … Continue reading →

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Trafikanten on Maemo

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Update: The package was pushed to Extras testing on 2nd of October. It was delayed because Maemo’s package repository would not import the new package due to some trouble with the version numbering. There has been missing a native application … Continue reading →

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Skip the packaging step in Qt Creator 2.0

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Qt Creator finally has support for packages, but now it is lacking the support to disable them instead. Continue reading →

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Connect to your N900 while developing via usb

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Sometimes it feels good to be a bit lazy and let your OS do that boring terminal-typing for you whenever you connect a new device. Continue reading →

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