df74a80594
Use the "number" property of the dial pad for the dialed number which takes care of cycling buttons. While we're at it, also make the clear button external to the number entry box, enlarging it and turning it into a backspace button. Closes #12
Calls
A phone dialer and call handler.
License
Calls is licensed under the GPLv3+.
Dependencies
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev libhandy-0.0-dev \
modemmanager-dev libmm-glib-dev libgsound-dev libpeas-dev
Building
We use the meson and thereby Ninja. The quickest way to get going is to do the following:
meson -Dprefix=/usr/local/stow/calls-git ../calls-build
ninja -C ../calls-build
ninja -C ../calls-build install
Running
Calls has a variety of backends. The default backend is "mm", which utilises ModemManager. To choose a different backend, use the -p command-line option. For example, to run with the dummy backend and some useful debugging output:
export G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
/usr/local/stow/calls-git/bin/calls -p dummy
If using ModemManager, Calls will wait for ModemManager to appear on D-Bus and then wait for usable modems to appear. The UI will be inactive and display a status message until a usable modem appears.
oFono
There is also an oFono backend, "ofono". This was the first backend developed but has been superceded by the ModemManager backend so it may suffer from a lack of attention.
The ofono backend depends on oFono Modem objects being present on D-Bus. To run oFono with useful output:
sudo OFONO_AT_DEBUG=1 ofonod -n -d
The test programs within the oFono source tree are useful to bring up a modem to a suitable state. For example:
cd $OFONO_SOURCE/test
./list-modems
./enable-modem /sim7100
./online-modem /sim7100
Then run Calls:
/usr/local/stow/calls-git/bin/calls -p ofono
Phonesim
One can also make use of the oFono modem simulator, phonesim (in the ofono-phonesim package in Debian):
ofono-phonesim -p 12345 -gui /usr/local/share/phonesim/default.xml
then, ensuring /etc/ofono/phonesim.conf has appropriate contents like:
[phonesim]
Address=127.0.0.1
Port=12345
run oFono as above, then:
cd $OFONO_SOURCE/test
./enable-modem /phonesim
./online-modem /phonesim
And again run Calls.