08-21-2021, 07:54 PM
I am also using Dino (as an XMPP client) on the PinePhone.
There is actually a feature/handy branch, which is exactly what it sounds like (they implemented libhandy, as Dino is apparently already a GTK program in the first place). But that means you will need to compile it from source (for now). Which is a slight pain, however OTOH it is also so cool that this is possible to even do this directly on the PinePhone (being that it is a regular GNU/Linux OS after all...)!
There is an issue thread about it at their Microsoft GitHub, in fact I gave my feedback on compiling on the phone in this post. I seem to be successful in compiling things only about 50% of the time, lol, but this actually went relatively painless. Oh yes, and disregard my comments about launching the compiled app, after some time (or a reboot maybe?) it started to "just work" like normal (in fact I guess I should report that back...).
There are a couple (lesser used) menus that you might need to work around by turning to landscape, but a good majority of the app (and all the "main" views) have been implemented in libhandy by now. It is quite useable at this point already!
There is actually a feature/handy branch, which is exactly what it sounds like (they implemented libhandy, as Dino is apparently already a GTK program in the first place). But that means you will need to compile it from source (for now). Which is a slight pain, however OTOH it is also so cool that this is possible to even do this directly on the PinePhone (being that it is a regular GNU/Linux OS after all...)!
There is an issue thread about it at their Microsoft GitHub, in fact I gave my feedback on compiling on the phone in this post. I seem to be successful in compiling things only about 50% of the time, lol, but this actually went relatively painless. Oh yes, and disregard my comments about launching the compiled app, after some time (or a reboot maybe?) it started to "just work" like normal (in fact I guess I should report that back...).
There are a couple (lesser used) menus that you might need to work around by turning to landscape, but a good majority of the app (and all the "main" views) have been implemented in libhandy by now. It is quite useable at this point already!
Cheers,
TRS-80
What is Free Software and why is it so important for society?
Protocols, not Platforms
For the most Linux-y experience on your Linux phone, try SXMO!
I am (nominally) the Armbian Maintainer for PineBook Pro (although severely lacking in time these days).
TRS-80
What is Free Software and why is it so important for society?
Protocols, not Platforms
For the most Linux-y experience on your Linux phone, try SXMO!
I am (nominally) the Armbian Maintainer for PineBook Pro (although severely lacking in time these days).