There is no problem building j901 for iOS. There are some serious bugs that need to be fixed in the iOS ide/ui. The big problem is that the build/test/deploy process is so completely apple centric and that none of us are apple gui programming gurus.
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 8:35 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > Will it be easier if only the j engine be updated to j901 and keep its > ui/ide unchanged? I think j engine can also work for iOS because it can > work for jandroid arm64 cpu. > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 6:44 AM Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Jim, > > You have paid your dues! Hold on those funds and spend them more > foolishly > > than a donation to Jsoftware! > > > > Time for others to step up, or not. > > > > We will eventually get around to this, but it is not at the top of our > > priority list. Votes by donation pledges would get our attention. > > > > Anyone could do this with the J gpl source. If someone set up a credible > > project, we'd be happy to provide the current iOS ide source under a gpl > > license. > > > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 6:21 PM 'Jim Russell' via General < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It’s been a while since I kicked in anything to support Jsoftware and > my > > > old MacBook can’t keep up to the minimum requirements for the qt ide. > So > > J > > > 701 on my iPhone and iPad is important, meaning I would be willing to > > kick > > > in $100 or so from my social security check for an iOS upgrade. > > > But, good luck finding anyone else that can match the productivity of > you > > > guys! > > > > On Jun 22, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Agreed it would be a stable 901 with appropriate addons and ready for > > > > serious use. And it would be a base that would be kept current. > > > > > > > > I don't have a quote yet on an estimated consulting fee for this so > we > > > are > > > > all a bit in the dark. This work would not be done with normal > > Jsoftware > > > > resources, but would instead be done by a professional mac > development > > > > company who are in it, not for love, but money. > > > > > > > > Interesting to see how many others stick their neck out and say they > > > would > > > > 'throw money at it'. > > > > > > > >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 2:11 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I'd throw money at it. > > > >> > > > >> That said, if it's that much trouble, I imagine it should be a > stable > > > >> version of J9, with a good set of addons. (math/misc at the very > > least.) > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Raul > > > >> > > > >>> On Saturday, June 22, 2019, Eric Iverson <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> We'd very much like to update J for iOS (fix bugs, support latest > > iPad > > > >>> resolutions, improve interface, and update to 807/901). We have the > > > >> talent > > > >>> lined up to do it, but funding such a project is a problem for us, > > and > > > it > > > >>> would be money out of pocket, not just working for nothing. We want > > it > > > to > > > >>> be free or very cheap on the app store, so there is no money there, > > > >>> especially after apple takes its cut. I wonder if enough people > would > > > >> press > > > >>> the donation button if we put out a call? It is not a trivial > > project. > > > >>> > > > >>> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 1:35 PM Raul Miller <[email protected] > > > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> J on the iphone is still j701 > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I don't know how difficult the iphone deploy process is, but if > it's > > > >> not > > > >>>> too much trouble it might be nice to eventually get a update > there? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> (Or, if it is too much trouble, j701 still works...) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> Raul > > > >>>> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>>> For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>> For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > >>> > > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > >> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
