Hacking a box of 240×320 displays with the ESP8266

For the last few days, I have been playing with some small displays we have lying around in Labitat. We have ninety-odd of them from an old donation, and I thought it would be cool to be able to use them for some fun projects. The displays are ET024002DMU with a built-in ST7787 controller. They… Continue reading Hacking a box of 240×320 displays with the ESP8266

FVWM and Java application window focus

I found the solution for a problem that has been annoying me for quite some time. I am using FVWM for a window manager. A few programs written in Java, most notably the Arduino IDE, will not accept keyboard focus. As soon as the window is given focus using normal window-manager commands, it immediately loses… Continue reading FVWM and Java application window focus