WAFs & Mesquite
WAFs are Kindle “applications”, which similar to Mesquito or KWebBrew applications, are really just webapps in fancy wrappers.
WAFs should be placed in /opt/var/local/mesquite, in its own folder, such as:
/opt/var/local/mesquite/store
For example, lets examine the Kindle store’s folder structure:
/opt/var/local/mesquite/store/
│ config.xml
│ config_bellatrix.xml
│ config_duet.xml
│ config_heisenberg.xml
│ config_rex.xml
│ config_wario.xml
│ config_yoshi.xml
│ config_yoshime3.xml
│ config_zelda.xml
│ index.html
│ privateCookies
│ store.js
│
├───images
│ spinner.gif
│
├───js
│ jquery.js
│ sprite_v1.js
│ sprite_v2.js
│
├───locales
│ ├───de
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───en-GB
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───es
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───fr
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───it
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───ja
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───nl
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───pt
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ ├───ru
│ │ └───strings
│ │ strings.js
│ │
│ └───zh
│ └───strings
│ strings.js
│
└───strings
config_wario.xml
privateCookies
strings.js
Most of the files are just dependencies used by the store, lets filter it down to whats interesting to us:
/opt/var/local/mesquite/store/
│ config.xml
│ config_bellatrix.xml
│ config_duet.xml
│ config_heisenberg.xml
│ config_rex.xml
│ config_wario.xml
│ config_yoshi.xml
│ config_yoshime3.xml
│ config_zelda.xml
│ index.html
│ privateCookies
│ store.js
│
├───images
│ spinner.gif
│
├───js
│ jquery.js
│ sprite_v1.js
│ sprite_v2.js
│
├───locales
│ └───en-GB
│ └───strings
│ strings.js
│
└───strings
config_wario.xml
privateCookies
strings.js
All WAFs have a config.xml file, which gives the Kindle the metadata which it needs to launch the WAF.
Additionally, notice the strings folder, whilst not required, Amazon has a standardized localisation method of using strings.js files in strings folders for each locale (ie: the locales folder).
More information on these is available in the sub-pages of this section.