Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] WG: USB based hd44780 units ...

[Paul K. <pau...@xs...>]

Michael Reinelt wrote:

>Hi Paul,
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>Nice to hear from you again!
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Alive and kicking :-)  Just have been a bit busy in the last months.

>There are two quite simple reasons:
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>#1: I don't speak C++
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You know it is not too late. You can still learn C++ ;-)

>#2: embedded systems, ucLinux et al may lack a C++ runtime environment
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Good point here. Although I am not sure how many embedded platforms are 
with C++ environments these days. Don't know about ucLinux, but don't 
these use GCC? So I am sure what would be missing.
Well never mind. C is fine too

>Hey, you're asking the Forbidden Question :-)
>I'm currently finishing the GPO support (just one driver left), next
>will be 'virtual rows' (scrolling, should be quite simple), and after
>that I'm going to work on key support.
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Sounds good

>The main problem is software design. I'm still not sure how keys should
>be handled best. But any ideas are very welcome!
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I'll see if I can dig up my button handling that I did in the past. That 
worked well.

Bye, Paul