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New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #1 Posted by pascal_meheut on 23 Apr 2013, 9:16 a.m. Hi, I've uploaded a new set of Qt emulators to sourceforge. They now support an option in Preferences/Display to use real fonts instead of bitmaps and a new skin, "Modern" with the same look as the iOS emulator. The goal is of course to support such a nicer display on iOS as well but for debug & ease of delivery, I've started by implementing it on the desktop versions first. Let me know what you think and especially which bugs you find before I start the iOS implementation.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #2 Posted by fhub on 23 Apr 2013, 10:46 a.m., in response to message #1 by pascal_meheut Hi, there's a small problem with the new real fonts: The emulator always starts with these new fonts, no matter what you set in the settings dialog. Even manually entering "UseFonts"="false" in the registry doesn't work - at the next start the fonts are back and this registry entry is changed to "true" again (even after switching it off in the settings). Franz

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #3 Posted by pascal_meheut on 23 Apr 2013, 11:26 a.m., in response to message #2 by fhub Quote: The emulator always starts with these new fonts, no matter what you set in the settings dialog. I've uploaded a new version which should fix this.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #4 Posted by fhub on 23 Apr 2013, 11:36 a.m., in response to message #3 by pascal_meheut Quote: I've uploaded a new version which should fix this. Yep, now it's working! Thanks, Franz

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #5 Posted by Ed Wright on 23 Apr 2013, 11:06 a.m., in response to message #1 by pascal_meheut I haven't used the Qt emulator yet. Do I have to build it or is there a windows executable on sourceforge?

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #6 Posted by fhub on 23 Apr 2013, 11:11 a.m., in response to message #5 by Ed Wright Hi, there's a ready-to-use Windows QtEmulator here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wp34s/files/emulator/ Franz

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #7 Posted by pascal_meheut on 23 Apr 2013, 3:23 p.m., in response to message #1 by pascal_meheut I just noticed a problem with font scaling on the Windows version only. Fonts are much nicer on Linux & OSX. I'll try to find a solution.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #8 Posted by pascal_meheut on 23 Apr 2013, 4:38 p.m., in response to message #7 by pascal_meheut The new version should look better on Windows. Also, every key has now a tooltip with its keyboard shortcut. Edited: 23 Apr 2013, 4:39 p.m.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #9 Posted by fhub on 23 Apr 2013, 5:03 p.m., in response to message #8 by pascal_meheut Quote: Also, every key has now a tooltip with its keyboard shortcut. Switching the tooltips OFF in the settings doesn't work: the registry key is set to 'false' but the tooltips are still displayed after a restart. Franz

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #10 Posted by pascal_meheut on 23 Apr 2013, 5:39 p.m., in response to message #9 by fhub Funny because I tested this one but you are right. I'll fix it tomorrow.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #11 Posted by pascal_meheut on 23 Apr 2013, 6:07 p.m., in response to message #10 by pascal_meheut A line had mysteriously disappeared. It should be fixed now.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #12 Posted by RalfGeiger on 24 Apr 2013, 12:46 p.m., in response to message #1 by pascal_meheut Quote: [...] Let me know what you think and especially which bugs you find before I start the iOS implementation. I hope the "direct" access to the h shifted keys are not there in the touch iOS Version. I think that would be difficult to use on such a small screen ... The font selection is a nice goodie though ... Thanks Ralf

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #13 Posted by pascal_meheut on 24 Apr 2013, 12:55 p.m., in response to message #12 by RalfGeiger Quote: I hope the "direct" access to the h shifted keys are not there in the touch iOS Version. I think that would be difficult to use on such a small screen ... Why don't you try the iOS version? And no, the direct access to h-shifted key is not there.

Re: New WP34s Emulators with better display Message #14 Posted by RalfGeiger on 24 Apr 2013, 2:32 p.m., in response to message #13 by pascal_meheut Quote: Why don't you try the iOS version? And no, the direct access to h-shifted key is not there. Actually I had the iOS Version at first and then installed your new Version of the Emulator, thats why I thought the direct access is a new feature ... Sorry for the "false alarm" ... Thanks Ralf

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