[chirp_users] Chirp for Chromebook
I'd like to see Chirp (and FLDIGI) written for the Chromebook.
I think Chrome apps are written in javascript and HTML.
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, GCARES, EAA382.
Crome OS is going away, very soon according to Google, it will be merged into Android in the not too distant future.
On November 17, 2015 6:40:38 PM EST, "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
I'd like to see Chirp (and FLDIGI) written for the Chromebook.
I think Chrome apps are written in javascript and HTML.
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, GCARES, EAA382. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
That "very soon" is evidently 2017 which is a ways away - http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/29/9639950/google-combining-android-chromeos... . Even then, I think I was rightly corrected by Tom Hayward that there is a lot more to Chirp than just Python. It also needs PyGTK where "Py" is for Python and "GTK" is the GUI widgets that powers the Gnome Xwindows environment. I didn't find much for this required and that makes sense as that really takes Android in a direction that Google probably doesn't want.
To the Fldigi point.. that HF digital modes program uses Fltk (Fast Light Tool Kit) and native C++. Fltk depends on Xwindows but Android doesn't use Xwindows. The following thread has more details https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/fltkcoredev/pGEIyMOJw84 but the synopsis is it's probably not going to happen. Btw, there are several HF digital mode programs available on Google Play but they are usually fixed single-mode apps like PSK31, RTTY, SSTV, WX FAX, Navtex, APRS, etc.
--David KI6ZHD
On 11/17/2015 03:49 PM, Kenneth Bechtel wrote:
Crome OS is going away, very soon according to Google, it will be merged into Android in the not too distant future.
On November 17, 2015 6:40:38 PM EST, "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
I'd like to see Chirp (and FLDIGI) written for the Chromebook.
I think Chrome apps are written in javascript and HTML.
Android has an X-Windows stack as a 3rd party option (I use one), but I think that is the wrong direction to go.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 6:49 PM, David Ranch chirp@trinnet.net wrote:
That "very soon" is evidently 2017 which is a ways away - http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/29/9639950/google-combining-android-chromeos... . Even then, I think I was rightly corrected by Tom Hayward that there is a lot more to Chirp than just Python. It also needs PyGTK where "Py" is for Python and "GTK" is the GUI widgets that powers the Gnome Xwindows environment. I didn't find much for this required and that makes sense as that really takes Android in a direction that Google probably doesn't want.
To the Fldigi point.. that HF digital modes program uses Fltk (Fast Light Tool Kit) and native C++. Fltk depends on Xwindows but Android doesn't use Xwindows. The following thread has more details https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/fltkcoredev/pGEIyMOJw84 but the synopsis is it's probably not going to happen. Btw, there are several HF digital mode programs available on Google Play but they are usually fixed single-mode apps like PSK31, RTTY, SSTV, WX FAX, Navtex, APRS, etc.
--David KI6ZHD
On 11/17/2015 03:49 PM, Kenneth Bechtel wrote:
Crome OS is going away, very soon according to Google, it will be merged into Android in the not too distant future.
On November 17, 2015 6:40:38 PM EST, "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
I'd like to see Chirp (and FLDIGI) written for the Chromebook.
I think Chrome apps are written in javascript and HTML.
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2017, just about a year away, is the end of life, absolute drop dead. Development is now entering maintenance only phase. Point being, if we're talking porting, this would be low priority, and I'd recommend anyone currently using it to look for a migration plan.
On November 17, 2015 7:49:35 PM EST, David Ranch chirp@trinnet.net wrote:
That "very soon" is evidently 2017 which is a ways away - http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/29/9639950/google-combining-android-chromeos...
. Even then, I think I was rightly corrected by Tom Hayward that there is a lot more to Chirp than just Python. It also needs PyGTK where "Py" is for Python and "GTK" is the GUI widgets that powers the Gnome Xwindows environment. I didn't find much for this required and that makes sense as that really takes Android in a direction that Google probably doesn't want.
To the Fldigi point.. that HF digital modes program uses Fltk (Fast Light Tool Kit) and native C++. Fltk depends on Xwindows but Android doesn't use Xwindows. The following thread has more details https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/fltkcoredev/pGEIyMOJw84 but the
synopsis is it's probably not going to happen. Btw, there are several
HF digital mode programs available on Google Play but they are usually fixed single-mode apps like PSK31, RTTY, SSTV, WX FAX, Navtex, APRS, etc.
--David KI6ZHD
On 11/17/2015 03:49 PM, Kenneth Bechtel wrote:
Crome OS is going away, very soon according to Google, it will be
merged into Android in the not too distant future.
On November 17, 2015 6:40:38 PM EST, "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF"
nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
I'd like to see Chirp (and FLDIGI) written for the Chromebook.
I think Chrome apps are written in javascript and HTML.
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