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[Mitchell Reese <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, 28 April 2016 11:10:03 PM AEST, Stephen M. Webb 
<stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 16-04-27 11:24 PM, Mitchell Reese wrote:
> > Hi - am loving using Libertine, and chroot filesystems - great 
> > concept! Couple questions:
> >
> > 1. How do I edit which folders are shown to libertine apps? 
> > I.e., both with the 'puritine' container, and my custom
> > 'extra' container, I'm shown several folders in my home 
> > directory, but not all. I.e., Downloads is missing, as well as
> > several custom folders. I'm aware I can bind-mount to folders 
> > inside the chroot, but there seems to be the default
> > configuration somewhere that I'm missing.
>
> There is no place to configure what gets mounted.  It's 
> purposefully restricted for confinement reasons.

Figured this out. Folders can be added here:
.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/puritine

Of course, adding symlinms there won't work, and dragging files defeats the 
purpose. Bind mounting however works. I have a symlink in my /home/phablet 
directory called Storage that links to the sdcard. So after adding Storage 
under the above directory:

mount -o bind /home/phablet/Storage 
/home/phablet/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/puritine/Storage

Puritine apps can now access the sdcard through the file selection within 
the app. I suspect this will need to be rerun each boot, or run as a 
script.

Cheers,

Mitchell

> > 2. Gui for all Libertine apps is tiny!!! How do I edit the 
> > default libertine font sizes?
>
> Most desktop apps were designed for last century's hardware and 
> assume a display with 96 pixels per inch.  Today's 4k
> displays and pocket computer screens run at about 300 pixels 
> per inch or better.  That means when you open up a legacy
> application from last century on your phone or tablet screen, 
> it's going to be teeny tiny.  We're working on trying to
> upscale automatically, but (a) upscaling will look less than 
> satisfactory and won't be pixel-perfect and (2) there isn't
> enough screen real estate to show everything when upscaled.
>
> You'll find the legacy apps look OK on a large external monitor 
> with a traditional legacy pixel density.
>
> The only good solution to this problem is to bring the apps 
> forward to 2016 and port them to run natively.  That's up to
> the app developers.
>
> > 3. Libreoffice can't open documents from the content hub. 
> > libreoffice come up as an option, but won't actually open
> > anything. I currently can only open docs from withi. 
> > Libreoffice. Are there any workarounds for this?
>
> This is, unfortunately, still on the backlog for tasks left to do.



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