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PineNote Development/Apps

2023-01-22T11:17:06Z

MichiMolle:

= Development =

Here are some resources you may find helpful in learning to develop on embedded Linux devices:
* Great YouTube series introducing you to the kernel and lower-level components of Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ05pnHZqM
* https://embetronicx.com/
* https://bootlin.com/training/
* https://www.nand2tetris.org

Emulator recommendation for developing and testing PineNote apps: https://github.com/michaelshiel/picom-epaper

The PineNote is a specialized device, mainly due to the eink display having unique display and refresh characteristics.
Finding and configuring apps that work well sometimes requires a lot of tweaking and a lot exploring, especially for
applications containing fast screen updates and animations, as well as depend on a lot of colors.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLyJfbzbrU Here is a video] showing the performance of a few applications.

= Desktop Environments =

=== Sway ===

* [https://github.com/hmpthcs/WinkShell WinkShell] "Collected applications, configurations and scripts for using a wlroots-based compositor with an EPD (aka e-ink display). Currently supports Sway only."

* [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc/blob/main/sway/config/sway/config 0cc4m's config]

==== Getting touch + pen working on sway ====

If you notice that touching the screen works, but when you use the pen the mouse coordinates are inverted, don't worry! We can fix it! Set <code>rockchip_ebc.panel_reflection=0</code> on boot (see [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote_Development/Building_Kernel#Configuring_the_driver this page] for more info). Add the following line to your sway config:
<pre>
# This line rotates the mouse input by 180 degrees. See https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/1.11.3/absolute_axes.html
input "type:table_tool" calibration_matrix -1 0 1 0 -1 1
</pre>

=== Gnome ===
[https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/tree/main/gnome Maximilian's Config]

{{info|You may need to compile a [https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/blob/main/compile_mutter.sh modified mutter] as well.}}

==== GTK3 ====
High contrast style for eink-devices can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/gtk3-eink here].

==== GTK4 ====
High contrast style for eink-devices can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/gtk4-eink here].

= Application support on the PineNote =
== Notetaking ==

=== xournal++ ===
Works well, writing is pretty quick.

=== Obsidian ===
Works well, EInk-Theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/obsidian-eink here].

== Web Browsing ==

=== Firefox ===
Pretty good experience! Enabling GPU acceleration is helpful.

==== GPU Acceleration in Firefox ====
See [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc#firefox-hardware-acceleration 0ccam's notes here].

== "Cloud" ==
=== syncthing ===
High contrast theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/syncthing-eink here].

[[Category:PineNote]]

PineNote Development/Apps

2023-01-22T11:16:23Z

MichiMolle:

= Development =

Here are some resources you may find helpful in learning to develop on embedded Linux devices:
* Great YouTube series introducing you to the kernel and lower-level components of Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ05pnHZqM
* https://embetronicx.com/
* https://bootlin.com/training/
* https://www.nand2tetris.org

Emulator recommendation for developing and testing PineNote apps: https://github.com/michaelshiel/picom-epaper

The PineNote is a specialized device, mainly due to the eink display having unique display and refresh characteristics.
Finding and configuring apps that work well sometimes requires a lot of tweaking and a lot exploring, especially for
applications containing fast screen updates and animations, as well as depend on a lot of colors.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLyJfbzbrU Here is a video] showing the performance of a few applications.

= Desktop Environments =

=== Sway ===

* [https://github.com/hmpthcs/WinkShell WinkShell] "Collected applications, configurations and scripts for using a wlroots-based compositor with an EPD (aka e-ink display). Currently supports Sway only."

* [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc/blob/main/sway/config/sway/config 0cc4m's config]

==== Getting touch + pen working on sway ====

If you notice that touching the screen works, but when you use the pen the mouse coordinates are inverted, don't worry! We can fix it! Set <code>rockchip_ebc.panel_reflection=0</code> on boot (see [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote_Development/Building_Kernel#Configuring_the_driver this page] for more info). Add the following line to your sway config:
<pre>
# This line rotates the mouse input by 180 degrees. See https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/1.11.3/absolute_axes.html
input "type:table_tool" calibration_matrix -1 0 1 0 -1 1
</pre>

=== Gnome ===
[https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/tree/main/gnome Maximilian's Config]

{{info|You may need to compile a [https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/blob/main/compile_mutter.sh modified mutter] as well.}}

== GTK3 ==
High contrast style for eink-devices can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/gtk3-eink here].

== GTK4 ==
High contrast style for eink-devices can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/gtk4-eink here].

= Application support on the PineNote =
== Notetaking ==

=== xournal++ ===
Works well, writing is pretty quick.

=== Obsidian ===
Works well, EInk-Theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/obsidian-eink here].

== Web Browsing ==

=== Firefox ===
Pretty good experience! Enabling GPU acceleration is helpful.

==== GPU Acceleration in Firefox ====
See [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc#firefox-hardware-acceleration 0ccam's notes here].

== "Cloud" ==
=== syncthing ===
High contrast theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/syncthing-eink here].

[[Category:PineNote]]

PineNote Development/Apps

2023-01-21T15:37:03Z

MichiMolle: /* Application support on the PineNote */

= Development =

Here are some resources you may find helpful in learning to develop on embedded Linux devices:
* Great YouTube series introducing you to the kernel and lower-level components of Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ05pnHZqM
* https://embetronicx.com/
* https://bootlin.com/training/
* https://www.nand2tetris.org

Emulator recommendation for developing and testing PineNote apps: https://github.com/michaelshiel/picom-epaper

The PineNote is a specialized device, mainly due to the eink display having unique display and refresh characteristics.
Finding and configuring apps that work well sometimes requires a lot of tweaking and a lot exploring, especially for
applications containing fast screen updates and animations, as well as depend on a lot of colors.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLyJfbzbrU Here is a video] showing the performance of a few applications.

= Desktop Environments =

=== Sway ===

* [https://github.com/hmpthcs/WinkShell WinkShell] "Collected applications, configurations and scripts for using a wlroots-based compositor with an EPD (aka e-ink display). Currently supports Sway only."

* [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc/blob/main/sway/config/sway/config 0cc4m's config]

==== Getting touch + pen working on sway ====

If you notice that touching the screen works, but when you use the pen the mouse coordinates are inverted, don't worry! We can fix it! Set <code>rockchip_ebc.panel_reflection=0</code> on boot (see [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote_Development/Building_Kernel#Configuring_the_driver this page] for more info). Add the following line to your sway config:
<pre>
# This line rotates the mouse input by 180 degrees. See https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/1.11.3/absolute_axes.html
input "type:table_tool" calibration_matrix -1 0 1 0 -1 1
</pre>

=== Gnome ===
[https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/tree/main/gnome Maximilian's Config]

{{info|You may need to compile a [https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/blob/main/compile_mutter.sh modified mutter] as well.}}

= Application support on the PineNote =

== GTK4 ==
High contrast style for eink-devices can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/gtk4-eink here].

== Notetaking ==

=== xournal++ ===
Works well, writing is pretty quick.

=== Obsidian ===
Works well, EInk-Theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/obsidian-eink here].

== Web Browsing ==

=== Firefox ===
Pretty good experience! Enabling GPU acceleration is helpful.

==== GPU Acceleration in Firefox ====
See [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc#firefox-hardware-acceleration 0ccam's notes here].

== "Cloud" ==
=== syncthing ===
High contrast theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/syncthing-eink here].

[[Category:PineNote]]

PineNote Development/Apps

2023-01-18T08:23:03Z

MichiMolle:

= Development =

Here are some resources I have found helpful in learning to develop on embedded Linux devices:
* Great YouTube series introducing you to the kernel and lower-level components of Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ05pnHZqM
* https://embetronicx.com/
* https://bootlin.com/training/
* https://www.nand2tetris.org

Emulator recommendation for developing and testing PineNote apps: https://github.com/michaelshiel/picom-epaper

The PineNote is a specialized device, mainly due to the eink display having unique display and refresh characteristics.
Finding and configuring apps that work well sometimes requires a lot of tweaking and a lot exploring, especially for
applications containing fast screen updates and animations, as well as depend on a lot of colours.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLyJfbzbrU Here is a video] showing the performance of a few applications.

= Desktop Environments =

=== Sway ===

* [https://github.com/hmpthcs/WinkShell WinkShell] "Collected applications, configurations and scripts for using a wlroots-based compositor with an EPD (aka e-ink display). Currently supports Sway only."

* [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc/blob/main/sway/config/sway/config 0cc4m's config]

==== Getting touch + pen working on sway ====

If you notice that touching the screen works, but when you use the pen the mouse coordinates are inverted, don't worry! We can fix it! Set <code>rockchip_ebc.panel_reflection=0</code> on boot (see [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote_Development/Building_Kernel#Configuring_the_driver this page] for more info). Add the following line to your sway config:
<pre>
# This line rotates the mouse input by 180 degrees. See https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/1.11.3/absolute_axes.html
input "type:table_tool" calibration_matrix -1 0 1 0 -1 1
</pre>

=== Gnome ===
[https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/tree/main/gnome Maximilian's Config]

{{info|You may need to compile a [https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/blob/main/compile_mutter.sh modified mutter] as well.}}

= Application support on the PineNote =

== Notetaking ==

=== xournal++ ===
Works well, writing is pretty quick.

=== Obsidian ===
Works well, EInk-Theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/obsidian-eink here].

== Web Browsing ==

=== Firefox ===
Pretty good experience! Enabling GPU acceleration is helpful.

==== GPU Acceleration in Firefox ====
See [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc#firefox-hardware-acceleration 0ccam's notes here].

== "Cloud" ==
=== syncthing ===
High contrast theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/syncthing-eink here].

[[Category:PineNote]]

PineNote Development/Apps

2023-01-16T19:49:30Z

MichiMolle:

= Development =

Here are some resources I have found helpful in learning to develop on embedded Linux devices:
* Great YouTube series introducing you to the kernel and lower-level components of Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ05pnHZqM
* https://embetronicx.com/
* https://bootlin.com/training/
* https://www.nand2tetris.org

Emulator recommendation for developing and testing PineNote apps: https://github.com/michaelshiel/picom-epaper

= App support on PineNote =

The PineNote is a specialized device. Finding and configuring apps that work well will require a lot of tweaking and a lot exploring. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLyJfbzbrU Here is a video] showing the performance of a few applications.

== Desktop Environments ==
=== Sway ===
[https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc/blob/main/sway/config/sway/config 0cc4m's config]

==== Getting touch + pen working on sway ====
If you notice that touching the screen works, but when you use the pen the mouse coordinates are inverted, don't worry! We can fix it! Set <code>rockchip_ebc.panel_reflection=0</code> on boot (see [https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineNote_Development/Building_Kernel#Configuring_the_driver this page] for more info). Add the following line to your sway config:
<pre>
# This line rotates the mouse input by 180 degrees. See https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/1.11.3/absolute_axes.html
input "type:table_tool" calibration_matrix -1 0 1 0 -1 1
</pre>

=== Gnome ===
[https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/tree/main/gnome Maximilian's Config]

{{info|You may need to compile a [https://github.com/m-weigand/mw_pinenote_misc/blob/main/compile_mutter.sh modified mutter] as well.}}

== Notetaking ==

=== xournal++ ===
Works well, writing is pretty quick.

=== Obsidian ===
Works well, EInk-Theme can be found [https://github.com/MichiMolle/obsidian-eink here].

== Web Browsing ==

=== Firefox ===
Pretty good experience! Enabling GPU acceleration is helpful.

==== GPU Acceleration in Firefox ====
See [https://github.com/0cc4m/pinenote-misc#firefox-hardware-acceleration 0ccam's notes here].

[[Category:PineNote]]