Re: [hpoj-devel] patch for hpojlcd.xpm

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Joe Piolunek wrote:
> When I attempted to start a second instance of xojpanel with the same 
> devicename, this error mesg displayed:
> 
> ]$ ./xojpanel mlc:par:0
> ptalChannelOpen(chan=0x0808AD28): provider failed open!
> Failed to open PML on device "mlc:par:0"!
> 
> The first instance of xojpanel continued to run though, which is an 
> improvement. Neither of the daemons crashed or needed a restart.
At the moment only one PML session is supported per device, but as you
noticed ptal-mlcd gracefully handles failed open attempts.  Eventually I
plan to add PML multiplexing to ptal-mlcd, but first I want to get the
PTAL PML functionality a little more solid before I try to add any more
complexity to the system.

> I made a new lcd background pixmap that doesn't have a spacing grid. It looks 
> ok when displaying one line of text, but I haven't checked it for readability 
> when both lines are displayed. I'll probably need to get some comments on 
> that later.
> 
> I put up on my site a screenshot of the latest xojpanel (running) with your 
> changes and mine. I think it looks reasonably good, but the graphics need 
> some more work.
Wow, that's really nice without the grid lines and with the slight color
gradient from top to bottom.  Since the text is black, I think the second
line (where the background is lighter) will look fine.  My only suggestion
right now would be to move the LCD text a little farther to the right so
it's centered.

David