[Symbian-hacks] Re: Yet Another Bluetooth GPS Program

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 01:50:14PM +0000, Nick Burch wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> >I'll send another email after this one sometime later today with some 
> >improvements that I think would need to be made -- most importantly, it 
> >looks like there isn't any kind of timeframe when the UI has a chance to 
> >wait, for things like allowing users to set options.
> 
> I'm not happy about all the UI stuff - I just ripped off one of the 
> samples.

Yeah, I know nothing about Canvas, so this is proving to be a bit more
than a bear than I would have thought it would be. Right now, I've tried
to modify it so that I can do selection of the bluetooth device via
bt_discover, and the program crashes as soon as it runs the canvas
calls. I think that it's definitely cranky about something.

> I know I'm doing something wrong, because if I try to create a 
> appuifw.Listbox, python immediately exits :(

This is probably because Listbox looses the app, so the code just drops
through to the bottom, because there's no waiting lock. Most of my apps
are written inside a very different framework: I'll redo your code, see
if I can get it to work, and let you know.

> So, any help on making the UI stuff less sucky would be appreciated :)
> 
> >I'm to the point where I'm working too much to have enough free time to 
> >help every person who might stumble into my code. In the past, I've had 
> >time to scour the web for any person using it and complaining about how 
> >it doesn't work, but I'm working for two places right now for pay, so if 
> >I support everyone who uses it -- which is the expectation when you give 
> >things away for free -- I'd not only suck up all my free time, I'd be 
> >losing time I really need to be working.
> 
> I must admit I've never gone looking for such people. Most of the people 
> who come find me with problems tend to be helpful, so I haven't minded. 
> Perhaps the move into end-user mobile stuff will change that though...

Note that it's also early on a Monday morning, and I'm really cranky
that someone else one-upped me :)

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer