I'm looking for some resources and documentation (and tools!) on how to program for PalmOS in Linux. Is there still something alive that I can take and fiddle with? Or it is pretty much dead?

Posted in: s/PDA

🦉 ResetReboot

2023-06-26 · 11 months ago · 👍 norayr

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🖥️ devalexwhite · 2023-06-26 at 18:03:

I’m also interested in this. Am thinking I’ll probably have to try running an ide with Wine. Worst case scenario there’s always Onboard C haha

🐙 norayr · 2023-06-26 at 19:31:

you can use freepascal: https://wiki.freepascal.org/PalmOS_port

🐝 Addison · 2023-06-27 at 02:30:

— PalmDB has a Discord server, in case you haven't joined it. It's fairly active.

🦉 ResetReboot [OP] · 2023-06-27 at 07:23:

@Addison That's great, just joined. I think, though, in the name of preservation, to make a couple posts here about how to develop for the platform. Discord, for me, is not a good place for archiving information (and some people here might not like the anti-features of Discord).

🐶 lori · 2023-06-27 at 11:52:

@ResetReboot definitely do! I agree about discord, palmdb's site has a lot of resources too but I'm sure the discord is full of info not documented anywhere so anything you can document is great

🐝 Addison · 2023-06-27 at 19:04:

Just echoing the sentiment that Discord is not the best for this kind of thing. I totally agree. I look forward to seeing your posts!

I had messed around with writing a simple app in C for my PalmPilot 1000 a couple of years ago. I think I used the PODS tools. I'll dig up what I'd worked on and see if I can't contribute here at some point as well.

— https://palmdb.net/app/palm-os-developer-suite

🐙 norayr · 2023-07-21 at 20:54:

not sure i have to express this, but yes, i wouldn't join discord.

i broke up with funtoo linux community since they moved to discord. it requires proprietary closed source client, it is tied to one company, so yes, not for me.

i moved back to gentoo.

🐙 norayr · 2023-07-21 at 20:55:

i like xmpp so much. the server is extremely easy to setup. there are lots of other open public servers that you just can join and open a room or several rooms there.

and it is decentralized. people who have accounts on other xmpp servers can join the room on other xmpp server.

it respects privacy - xmpp host would not provide any excessive data to the xmpp host which runs the multi user chat.

there are many clients.