On Thu, 24 May 2001, Baruch Even wrote:
> This is currently impossible, to use LyX you need an X-Server which is a
> pretty large beast usually and I doubt it was ported to a palm computer.
I guess everybody has read about this already from slashdot.org, but here
it goes: what about Agenda's VR3? It's a palm computer with Linux and
X-server. http://www.agendacomputing.com/products/system.html#spec
some technical specs: 8MB RAM + 16MB Flash Memory, 160x240 resolution.
Now i see 3 problems using LyX here:
Hard disk. Nobody has mentioned it, so am I correct that the 16
meg flash is used instead of hard disk? In that case it seems
impossible that they have put both X-server and Linux on it.
Can anyone comment that?
Definitely there isn't space for LyX, right?
Resolution. LyX window size can be quite nicely resized and the fonts
zoomed. However, that resolution is so low that it's probably
impossible to use LyX menus.
Keyboard: no keyboard. Unless the handwriting recognizion is pretty good,
the lack of keyboard is pretty bad. Maybe an external one can be
connected (such as happy hacking)?
Running LyX in another computer over network (using X protocol) should
solve first problem, though. Needs net connection.
8 MB should be adequate, I have previously run LyX with 8 meg memory too
(but it would require swap!)
