[Icon-tech] finding documentation ondevelopingprogramsforthebraille plus

[Patrick Van Oosterwijck]

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:12:27 -0500, Nick Gawronski  
<nick at nickgawronski.com> wrote:

> Hi, Well I have heard of both of those programs but the big question is  
> how to compile the c source code first so it will run on the braille  
> plus.  Is there any information anywhere about compiling c programs for  
> the arm processer?

Last I heard, the Icon used a cross compile system called OpenEmbedded  
(www.openembedded.org) to build its software for ARM.  I don't know if  
this is still the case.  Maybe Marc can chime in on this.
I wonder if another option would be to use binaries from the Debian armel  
branch.  I don't know if these binaries are compatible with the Icon base  
system?

As for Python development, I would also be interested in some tutorials on  
the classes provided for the Icon UI, and a list of Python modules  
available on the Icon.  As I don't have an Icon, I was also wondering if  
there is some kind of Icon UI "simulator" available to be able to develop  
on a Linux PC?  Or is the only test environment the Icon itself?

Patrick