[Xastir] Xastir with RPi3B using a 3, 5" TFT touch screen 480x320

[F1MHV]

Many thanks to both of you for hints and tricks, I will try them and report.

Cyril F1MHV

> Le 20 avr. 2021 à 18:08, Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> I find the 800x480 7" touchscreen a bit difficult to use (IIRC some menus
> don't fit on the screen) using the 640x480 updates Brett mentions.  Part of
> that is the clumsiness of the touchscreen (my fat fingers aren't as precise
> as the mouse that Motif was designed for).
> 
> It would be unusable with a smaller screen resolution. The screen would be
> dominated by menus (some of them anyway) and status bar.
> 
> You can easily test this for yourself, just run xastir on a normal display
> and shrink the window to the number of pixels that match resolution you're
> considering.
> 
> -j
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 8:55 AM Brett Friermood <brett.friermood at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Cyril,
>> 
>> I don't know if I've heard of anyone using that small of a display, but
>> Xastir does have some built-in abilities to help with smaller displays.
>> However, to take advantage of them will require recompiling from source. If
>> you have not installed Xastir via that method already it could be a steep
>> learning curve for you.
>> 
>> Prior to compiling there is a flag in main.c (search for "LCD640x480TOUCH")
>> that can be uncommented to make the changes including moving where dialogs
>> display, swapping mouse button functions to work with touchscreens, and
>> reconfiguring the status message area. Additionally, changing the font to a
>> smaller size will help.
>> 
>> As the flag name implies, things were specifically set up for a 640x480
>> resolution, so I'm not sure how well it will work with such a small display
>> as you are using.
>> 
>> Brett KQ9N
>> 
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 1:16 AM f1mhv <f1mhv at free.fr> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Group,
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have feedbacks on using Xastir with a RPi3B together with 3,5
>>> » TFT touch screen 480x320 resolution screen? For the time being i have a
>>> partial and shrink Xastir window making-it unusable…
>>> 
>>> 73 de Cyril - DF1CHB - F1MHV
>>> 
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