DeltaChat (mostly) working on Librem5

Today, I managed to get DeltaChat working on the Librem5,
I had to use the Compositor option in the Mobile Settings app to get it to scale properly, but it looks really presentable.
Hopefully I can put it to good use.

One weird thing though: depending on which layout I choose in Squeekboard certain letters do not work. I hit the key and nothing happens.
In one layout it is the ‘s’, in another it is the ‘j’. I haven’t discovered a pattern just yet. It is the only app that does this.
On my MS Surface running Linux I haven’t noticed any such problems.

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I installed the Flatpak on a Librem 5 yesterday… didn’t have to use Compositor scale down option but I think I just needed to rotate the screen into landscape mode when adding email classic account.

Appears to be working great without scaling… just the Menu Bar on top looks strange on a mobile screen, especially as it’s not following the dark theme.

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just the Menu Bar on top looks strange on a mobile screen, especially as it’s not following the dark theme.

Have you tried the Dark themes in delta chat? Settings → Appearance → Theme

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Yes, dark theme was already selected by me, but in case someone else searches for this, I fixed it by these 3 steps:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Adwaita-dark"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme "prefer-dark"
  1. Flatseal → All applications → Environment:
    bbde356b1b3926d04fbd51bd000aea61acb6993a

Source:

This is for PureOS Byzantium. For Crimson and up-to-date postmarketOS, it works out of the box - all you have to do is choose dark mode in desktop appearance settings.

Thanks.