Ctrl+Z instead of Ctrl+Alt+Z possibility

jkl
Hi,
I am new owner of Nokia N900 and I would love to use zotero there. It installs without problems, but there is no obvious way to launch an interface. The keyboard shortcuts can be re-defined, but only as Ctrl+Alt+something. Unfortunately, N900 is lacking the "Alt" key, so I cannot do anything with that. I can open the configuration panel using the menu, but that is all. The solution would be either to make some "bookmark" for xul file (if it is possible) or enable users to use just Ctrl+something shortcuts (plenty of those are free on N900 browser). I installed Firefox mobile as well, but this does not solve the problem. Before starting some overkill hacks I would like to ask the developers whether this could be possible. I am an experienced programmer in Pascal, PHP, javascript, C++, bash/sed/awk, beginner in Python and Java, but I have no experience programming Firefox plugins - if I was pointed to the correct file I could - in theory - do a "mobile fork", but I guess general switch in the configuration menu would be much cleaner. Some hack is already there anyway for the sake of Macs ;-) so it qwould not be probably such a big issue.
thanks for replies
George
  • dstillman
    There are Firefox extensions to change shortcut keys. See keyconfig. (There might be a newer build of that somewhere.) That won't work (easily) on the intra-pane shortcuts, which are implemented differently, but it should work for Ctrl-Alt-Z.

    Most extensions use two modifier keys for shortcuts, and it's unlikely we're going to change this in Zotero to accommodate a hardware limitation on a single device.
  • ajlyon
    Well, Ctrl-Z is taken by the generic undo function already. You can use the zotero://fullscreen address to open Zotero for now.
  • jkl
    ajlyon: thank you for your advice - the keymapping tool neets ctrl+alt+f12 shortcut to start :(.
    Going to URL you wrote works exactly as expected on my desktop, but on microB it just shows progressbar for ages and nothing other is happening for a couple of minutes. So far I was not patient enough to see any error message. When trying to install Zotero im Mobile Firefox I am getting an error message that versions do not match (mbile firefox is version 1.x). Is there a way to install zotero manualy or source editing/mods would be needed ?
  • dstillman
    I think it's pretty safe to say that you're on your own on this one.
  • ajlyon
    You may have to override extension compatibility to get Zotero to install in Mobile Firefox. Dan's right-- you're treading new waters here. Please do describe how things work and what issues arise, but as far as I know, no one has ever run Zotero under Mobile Firefox before.
  • jkl
    OK, I am going to explore new lands ;-) But as I wrobe above, I have no experience with xul programming, can you point me at least on some "XUL in 10 minutes" tutorial which would be valid for the current mobile Firefox ? Or - even better - give me info where the compatibility settings reside to be edited ? Or should I post to the dev-list (my post was rejected as I did not claim myself for being maemo developer) ? Iguess they would mind beginners (potentionally stupid) questions ...
  • ajlyon
    See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Extensions for basic infomation-- you'll need to set compatibility in install.rdf as described there.

    A list of useful links is at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/developers/ .
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