Subj : Re: Android QWK readers.
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Fri Oct 23 2020 03:16 pm

Hello, Sean Dennis.
On 10/23/20 1:32 PM you wrote:

 CP>> Most apps are written in java. It is possible to do so in other 
 CP>> programing languages, it's just a bit more complicated, from what 
 CP>> I am learning.
 SD> Yes and no.  FreePascal has a Java compiler so you can write your 
 SD> program in Pascal but compiles into Java.  I don't know how well 
 SD> it works but might be something.

I was reading something about Android Studio you can write in C++ and other languages with additional NDKs. Might be the same type of thing.
 
 CP>> And I haven't figured out how to start the YModem-G it's supposed 
 CP>> to have to download a QWK packet.
 SD> You tap on fTelnet's "MENU" button and select "Download", IIRC.

I'll have to look again.  I can't recall a menu button.
 
 SD> I knew Chuck Forsberg way back when (I lived about 20 miles north 
 SD> of him).  He told me on several occasions that Zmodem was not 
 SD> designed to be used over telnet and to use YModem/YModem-G 
 SD> instead.

That's interesting. I've never used YModem before. I'm not sure why.
 
 CP>> That's true. Although, if you start with the code of an 
 CP>> open-source reader, I would think that it would be at least 
 CP>> somewhat easier.
 SD> Yes, it would be.  I have little interest in such a project as I 
 SD> don't use my phone for much else besides talking and texting.  
 SD> Maybe someone else will pick up the mantle from here.

I'm considering it. I definitely need to brush up on my programming.
 

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