From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 16:01:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01EB16A41F for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:01:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: from ox.eicat.ca (ox.eicat.ca [66.96.30.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A5C843D53 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:01:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by ox.eicat.ca (Postfix, from userid 66) id 8760312006; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:01:13 -0500 (EST) Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id 916601A06B8; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:01:04 -0500 (EST) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17342.37952.535764.677731@canoe.dclg.ca> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:01:04 -0500 To: Eugeny N Dzhurinsky In-Reply-To: <20060105162656.GA750@115-2.trifle.net> References: <20060105155118.GH743@115-2.trifle.net> <20060105162656.GA750@115-2.trifle.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 18) "Social Property" XEmacs Lucid Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Palm Tungsten E2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:01:20 -0000 >>>>> "Eugeny" == Eugeny N Dzhurinsky writes: Eugeny> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 05:51:18PM +0200, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky Eugeny> wrote: >> Is there any how-to available about how to convert and upload, for >> example, PDF document to Palm? Or how to synchronize Palm with >> JPilot? >> >> I installed JPilot from ports, but was not able to access my Palm >> (when attaching, and after pressing hotsync button on USB cable, >> Palm becomes available as /dev/ugen* ). I tried to set PILOTPORT to >> /dev/ugen0 and all other ugen* devices, but no luck :( Eugeny> okay, after rebuilding kernel i was able to connect with Eugeny> JPilot and see some data. Now I have questions - how can i Eugeny> upload, for example, PDF document or MP3 file? Well... that really is an 'evil palm' question, but I'll help you out. Basically, if it's a .prc or a .pdb, you can upload it directly to your palm. For all other kinds of files, you need to either have something on your palm that will "accept" them, or you need to convert them. Only recently has an open source pdf reader been available for the palm and only recently has 'docuements to go' accepted raw files. Previously, you had to be in windoze and use a conversion program. isilo is a popular conversion format that has UN*X support. Now... PDFs are a particular problem ... because even if you can convert them, they're a pain. PDF's are often generated with the assumption of being electronic paper and are notoriously hard to reformat (if they can be reformatted at all ... some are bitmaps of the text at resolution 'x' --- often 300). So even though you can download a pdf to your palm and read it, the whole experience is unfulfilling. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================