gemride

Gemini protocol browser for Symbian S60 3rd Edition FP2.

Features

• Gemtext rendering: headings, links, quotes, preformatted, word-wrap
• TLS
• Link navigation
• Retry-on-failure
• Fullscreen mode (press *)

Installation

Direct links: signed | unsigned

Build environment

Nokia E66 is the only Symbian phone I possess at the moment, so there's only one "success path" described in details below. This setup lets you do development on Linux and "hot reload" builds in VM.

Device preparation

TODO: Symbian jailbreak, TLS patch, TRK debug

VM preparation

• Install VirtualBox
• Create new VM, install Windows 7 SP1 (Eagle123 build with offline updates to 2024-01; vanilla + Legacy Update breaks Nokia PC Suite)
• Install the toolchain stack from the table below (Carbide 2.7, S60 3rd FP2 SDK v1.1, ActivePerl 5.6.1, CSL ARM 2005-Q1C, Nokia PC Suite 7.1)
• Install VirtualBox Guest Additions (enables shared folders and VBoxManage guestcontrol)
• Add a shared folder pointing at the Linux project dir, mounted as Y: with auto-mount + permanent
• Copy (mirror) C:\S60\ into Y:\S60\ so project and SDK share a drive
• Set a non-blank password on the auto-created user account (net user user <pw> from an elevated cmd) so VBoxManage guestcontrol and TRK auth work — blank-password accounts are blocked for non-console logons by default

Software versions

tldr: Carbide 2.7, S60 3rd FP2 SDK v1.1, ActivePerl 5.6.1, CSL ARM 2005-Q1C, Nokia PC Suite 7.1

Name	Version
ActivePerl 5.6.1 Build 635	5.6.635
Carbide.c++ v2.7	2.70.0000
CSL ARM Toolchain (arm-symbianelf) 2005-Q1C	2005-Q1C
Git	2.46.2
MSVC90_x64	1.0.1.2
MSVC90_x86	1.0.1.2
Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver	7.1.69.0
Nokia PC Suite	7.1.180.64
Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions 7.2.4	7.2.4.170995
PC Connectivity Solution	11.5.29.0
PowerShell 7-x64	7.2.24.0
S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, Feature Pack 2 v1.1	1.00.0000
Windows Driver Package - Nokia Modem (02/25/2011 4.7)	02/25/2011 4.7
Windows Driver Package - Nokia Modem (02/25/2011 7.01.0.9)	02/25/2011 7.01.0.9
Windows Driver Package - Nokia pccsmcfd (08/22/2008 7.0.0.0)	08/22/2008 7.0.0.0

Roadmap

End goal: make this piece of software complete and never touch it again while Gemini is alive.

• History
• Bookmarks
• Fullscreen
• Home page
• Cache, offline mode
• Test on other devices
• A+: Dark mode
• A+: GitHub Actions workflow

Links

See Awesome Symbian

License

Apache 2.0