xmahjongg for iPAQ Linux

Unfortunately, that package was built against an older version of the C++ library than the current Familiar distribution ships with, and whether for that reason or for some other reason it generally crashes only a few moves into a game. So I rebuilt the xmahjongg binary myself from source, and it works. Update 2002.01.06: Thanks to quite a lot of help from Eddie Kohler, I've constructed smaller versions of all the UI elements, so everything fits on the screen - buttons, counter, and little yellow pips that tell you how many matches there are currently.

I've also worked a bit on some tilesets. I don't have anything I'm quite happy with yet; when I do, I'll put together a complete ipk with this binary and a few tilesets. In the meantime, if you're jonesin' for Mah Jongg, you can install my binary on top of the ipk from Damien's feed like so:

• Install xmahjongg_3.0b_arm.ipk from Damien Tanner's feed at http://ipaq.geekserve.org/.
• Grab the binary I built from http://www.aq.org/~js/ipaq/xmahjongg/xmahjongg-arm4l.bin and replace /usr/games/xmahjongg on your iPAQ with it. (This now has the smaller buttons and digits.)
• If you're going to be starting it from the menu, you'll probably want to adjust /usr/lib/menu/xmahjongg to use the small tileset by default, and then run update-menus. (The /usr/lib/menu/xmahjongg that's included by default uses a tileset that's way too big for the screen.) My /usr/lib/menu/xmahjongg says:
  ?package(xmahjongg):needs=X11 section=Games title="Mah Jongg" command="/usr/games/xmahjongg -t real-mini"
• You might also want to install one (or more) of the tilesets I'm working on, to supplement the real-mini tileset included in Damien's ipk. These should go in /usr/share/xmahjongg/tiles on your iPAQ. (Note - these are GIF files. You'll need to tell your browser you want to download them rather than just displaying them.) These are not quite ready for prime-time, but they're usable.
  • jaybasic-20x28.gif is kind of austere-looking, and I'm not done with it. Some of the tiles are just mock-ups, or stolen from the gnome.gif tileset. It's just a bit too wide for the screen if you're running ion, but playable. Here's a screenshot.
  • simple12x20.gif is partly inspired by the tileset that originally came with Tan Kok Mun's PalmJongg - the tiles are extremely simplified to conserve space. They're a bit small for the iPAQ screen (but that means you can use wide layouts if you like). Here's a screenshot.
  • mini-gnome.gif is just the gnome.gif tileset that comes with xmahjongg shrunk by 50% (in both dimensions). I find it a bit more legible than real-mini. Here's a screenshot.