Categories

Download

Spornikethon

  • If you enjoy my work, please donate.
  • Thanks in advance.
  • 5 euros
  • 10 euros
  • 20 euros
  • 50 euros

Bookmarks

image décorative : une jeune pousse

Hidtouch driver version 9.04.04

26 May 2009 — 08:00

It has been ready for a while, but I needed some time to write a decent user manual.

This version provide a better positionning, using data collected from the four corners for calibration.

A small tool has been packaged to ease collect data.

From now files are on the Sourceforge project page.

Thanks for the few people that gave a donation, it gave me a motivation burst to finish this version.

Almost done...

01 April 2009 — 00:00

The debugging was painful because I wanted to be too smart... but I finally got what I wanted. Even if it's not as perfect as I expected, It's quite satisfying.

Now I'm writing a better manual. And I have to package a small and crude but necessary tool to find out some of the driver setting.

If you are brave enough, all is on the SourceForge CVS server.

Hidtouch : some news and a roadmap

20 January 2009 — 09:30

I have not so much spare time in January, so the new version takes time to be written. However, I already could set up a SourceForge space, and the CVS is hosting the current version of the driver.

Roadmap

The next version of the driver will be more accurate in the cursor positionning. Then I will fix a problem when the screen is rotated using xrandr.

Then I will take time to produce a package for Ubuntu. I can support two other systems without reformating, so I plan to support debian and mandriva.

A methodology for CSS (3)

16 January 2009 — 08:55

Redefine the default HTML layout

One cause for the discrepancies of web pages layout among browsers lays in the default HTML layout that have been choosen by each browser developpment team. Thus the first thing a CSS stylesheet must do is setting this default layout explicitely : this is called "CSS reset stylesheet".

Example

This site uses the following reset stylesheet :

/*======================================================================
 *Réglages "utilisateur" pour ne pas dépendre des valeurs par défaut
 *du navigateur.
 */
address,
blockquote,
body,
caption,
center,
dd,
dir,
div,
dl,
dt,
form,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
li,
menu,
ol,
p,
table,
td,
th,
ul
{
font-size: 1em;
font-family: sans-serif;
}

a
{
cursor: pointer;
}
a:link
{
color: #3364a1;
background: transparent;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited
{
color: #337;
background: transparent;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:active
{
color: green;
background: transparent;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover
{
text-decoration: underline;
}

address
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: italic 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

big
{
font-size: 1em;
}

blockquote
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

body
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: 1em/1em sans-serif;
background: #fff;
cursor: default;
}

button
{
cursor: auto;
}

caption
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

code
{
font-size: 1em;
font-family: monospace; /*evite de redéfinir le gras/italique, ce qui
arrive avec font*/
}

div
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

dd
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

dl
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
}

dt
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

h1
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

h2
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

h3
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

h4
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

h5
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

h6
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

hr
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
}

html
{
margin: 0;
background: #fff;
}

input
{
cursor: auto;
}

kbd
{
font: 1em monospace;
}

li
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

ol
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 5%;
list-style: decimal;
}

ul ul ol ol,
ul ol ul ol,
ol ul ol ol,
ol ol ul ol,
ol ul ol,
ol ol
{
list-style: lower-alpha;
}

ol ul ol ol,
ol ol ul ol,
ul ol ol ol,
ol ol ol
{
list-style: lower-roman;
}

ol ol ol ol
{
list-style: decimal;
}

p
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
line-height: 1em;
}

pre
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 0%;
font: 1em/1em monospace;
}

samp
{
font: 1em monospace;
}

small
{
font-size: 1em;
}

sub
{
font-size: 1em;
}

sup
{
font-size: 1em;
}

td
{
line-height: 1em;
}

textarea
{
cursor: text;
}

th
{
font: bold 1em/1em sans-serif;
}

tt
{
font: 1em monospace;
}

ul
{
margin: 0em 0% 0em 5%;
list-style: disc ;
}

ul ul,
ol ol ul ul,
ol ul ol ul,
ul ol ol ul,
ol ul ul,
ul ol ul
{
list-style: circle;
}

ol ul ul ul,
ul ol ul ul,
ul ul ol ul,
ul ul ul
{
list-style: square;
}

ul ul ul ul
{
list-style: disc;
}

img
{
border-width:0;
}

Fix for Sporniket Nostalgie Sans typeface v8.12

24 Decembre 2008 — 00:05

There was holes in the typeface because of an error in the generation process. It has been fixed now.

Download SporniketNostalgieSans v8.12

Sporniket Nostalgie Sans typeface v8.12

22 Decembre 2008 — 08:00

An old project started 3 years ago, but I could work seriously on it only this year.

The design is freely inspired by my old Atari ST system font, without being constrained by the 8×16 pixel matrix.

This typeface supports some iso-latin encoding (ISO-8859-1 et ISO-8859-15) and some general ponctuation sign.

Download SporniketNostalgieSans v8.12

Sample of the typeface with a 150 pixels height

Hidtouch xorg driver version 8.11.01

01 Novembre 2008 — 10:17

This version fixe the button clic, so the touchscreen is now usable. The next feature will be the error correction of the positionning.

download xf86-input-hidtouch-8.11.01.zip

Xorg driver for HID usb touchscreens

30 Octobre 2008 — 00:38

I recently bought a laptop based on Clévo TN120R. The touchscreen is seen by Linux as a regular HID device, not an input device.

Fortunately I could write a driver that take can handle the touchscreen. There is not click event yet but the cursor moves as expected.

download xf86-input-hidtouch-8.10.30.zip

A methodology for CSS (2)

29 Septembre 2008 — 22:30

Using a master file

In order to be able to maintain , One has to understand what does a stylesheet in order to be able to maintain it. Our ability to understand is reduced when the number of rules is becoming high enough.

The usual solution to this problem consists in grouping rules that are somehow related in separated units, one CSS file by unit.

Then, one loads each unit either from the HTML page or through a master file that is in charge of loading them.

I recommand the latter, because in this case the HTML page does not have to care with the stylesheet organisation. In other words, subfile might be added or removed, the HTML page will not change.

Example

Here is the master file of sporniket-studio.com, as of the day I wrote this article :

@import "_base.css";
@import "_global.css";

@import "_part_accessibility.css";
@import "_part_header.css";
@import "_part_body.css";
@import "_part_poster.css";
@import "_part_footer.css";

A methodology for CSS (1)

25 Septembre 2008 — 08:20

It is necessary to have a methodology when writing a CSS that will be easy to maintain. I will present my thoughts on this topic accross a few articles.

  • Using a master file
  • Redifine default HTML formatting
  • Gathering rules by their usage in the fonctionnal structure of the page
  • Writing a variation of the CSS file for a specific media