Re: rotation naming (was: FS movong proposal)

On 21 Jun 2002 at 22:01, Maximilian Reiss wrote:

> Am Freitag, 21. Juni 2002 21:58 schrieb Ralf Meyer:
> > On 21 Jun 2002 at 8:04, Greg Gilbert wrote:
> > > * Holger Freyther (freyther_at_gmx.net) wrote:
> > > > Sorry greg you're mixing things up. the rotation settings app is
> > > > used for rotating apps. The 3850 will just be as usable without
> > > > the rotation app
> > >
> > > Your right, I'm confusing qt-embedded-rotation with opie-rotation.
> > > qt-embedded-rotation is the one with the necesarry fonts for using
> > > OPIE on a 3850.
> >
> > It is a bit confusing that if I don't install qt-embedded-rotation I
> > get a font _rotated_ at 270°. But if I want _no rotation_ at all
> > (0°) I have to install qt-embedded-rotation.
>
> I guess you have a 38xx Ipaq.

Wrong. We discussed some Psion related stuff on IRC.
I still have that Psion 5mx.

> There the display is build in rotated.
> We allready rotate it via the start script. So you need that font
> package.

I know I need qte-rotation. But I was asking about the stupidity in the naming.
Ipaq = rotated - don't need rotation
Psion = not rotated - you need rotation package.

Plain stupid in my book.
Received on Fri Jun 21 2002 - 20:14:27 EDT