WInPoint Beta 6 Available

Tim Schattkowsky написал(а) к All в Dec 21 21:35:52 по местному времени:

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║ █ █ ████ Public Beta 6 ║
║ █ █ █ █ 2021-12-14 ║
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║ Complete Point Software for Windows ║
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║ Most notable changes since Beta 5: ║
║ ∙NEW Support for newer Windows vers ║
║ ∙NEW Support for UTF-8 Encoding ║
║ ∙NEW Improved CP866 support ║
║ ∙NEW Full Нi-ASCII support in Mails ║
║ ∙NEW Better support for gateways ║
║ ∙NEW Improved Localization ║
║ ∙NEW Charset handling improvements ║
║ ∙FIX Various improvements ║
║ ∙FIX Better time zone handling ║
║ ∙FIX Various bug fixes ║
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Нello All,

I produced an updated installation program along with the latest beta version. You can download it from

http://www.winpoint.org/WPSetup_382.zip

Regards,
Tim
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Nil A написал(а) к Tim Schattkowsky в Dec 21 00:19:40 по местному времени:

Нello, Tim!

Monday December 13 2021 21:35, from Tim Schattkowsky -> All:

TS> I produced an updated installation program along with the latest beta
TS> version. You can download it from

Nice job. Is it die hard Win32 app or it uses some modern framework, so can be ported? Also, do you distribute the source code?

Best Regards, Nil
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Tim Schattkowsky написал(а) к Nil A в Jan 22 22:45:27 по местному времени:

//Нello Nil,//

on 13.12.21* at *21:19:40* You wrote in rea *RU.FTN.DEVELOP
to Tim Schattkowsky* about *"WInPoint Beta 6 Available".

N> Nice job.

Thanks.

N> Is it die hard Win32 app or it uses some modern framework, so
N> can be ported?

Say its ... classic. Most code is from the 90s. So sure its Win32 :)

N> Also, do you distribute the source code?

Not currently. I try to do enough cleanup to share it in the future.

Regards,
Tim
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Nil A написал(а) к Tim Schattkowsky в Jan 22 01:02:14 по местному времени:

Нello, Tim!

Sunday January 09 2022 22:45, from Tim Schattkowsky -> Nil A:

N>> Is it die hard Win32 app or it uses some modern framework, so
N>> can be ported?
TS> Say its ... classic. Most code is from the 90s. So sure its Win32 :)

Qt framework initial release was back in 1995, so not totally true.

N>> Also, do you distribute the source code?
TS> Not currently. I try to do enough cleanup to share it in the future.

Because of the perfectionism anxiety, we still don't (won't) have НotDogEd sources.

Best Regards, Nil
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Tim Schattkowsky написал(а) к Nil A в Jan 22 23:32:24 по местному времени:

//Нello Nil,//

on 09.01.22* at *22:02:14* You wrote in rea *RU.FTN.DEVELOP
to Tim Schattkowsky* about *"WInPoint Beta 6 Available".

N>>> Is it die hard Win32 app or it uses some modern framework, so can be
N>>> ported?
TS>> Say its ... classic. Most code is from the 90s. So sure its Win32 :)
N> Qt framework initial release was back in 1995, so not totally true.

But this is Delphi :)

N>>> Also, do you distribute the source code?
TS>> Not currently. I try to do enough cleanup to share it in the future.

N> Because of the perfectionism anxiety, we still don't (won't) have НotDogEd
N> sources.

Its not that. Currently, Delphi 2007 is required to maintain the code. I want to bringt the code to compatibility with the current version so people actually can work on it. Getting there is probably very hard for people not familiar with the old frameworks so releasing the code would be pointless, but getting in the way of getting there.

Regards,
Tim
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Nil A написал(а) к Tim Schattkowsky в Jan 22 01:51:20 по местному времени:

Нello, Tim!

Sunday January 09 2022 23:32, from Tim Schattkowsky -> Nil A:

N>> Qt framework initial release was back in 1995, so not totally
N>> true.
TS> But this is Delphi :)

Oh, that's right. Borland Kylix was released in 2001.
But look, Deplhi is getting popular again according to the TIOBE Index https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ It's currently on the 14th place as of January 2022 and it was 19th a year ago.
From the Wiki Page: Delphi's compilers generate native code for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux (x64).\
You have all the potential to hit each platform with your modern FTN software!

Best Regards, Nil
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Tim Schattkowsky написал(а) к Nil A в Jan 22 10:45:10 по местному времени:

//Нello Nil,//

on 09.01.22* at *22:51:20* You wrote in rea *RU.FTN.DEVELOP
to Tim Schattkowsky* about *"WInPoint Beta 6 Available".

N>>> Qt framework initial release was back in 1995, so not totally true.
TS>> But this is Delphi :)

N> Oh, that's right. Borland Kylix was released in 2001. But look, Deplhi is
N> getting popular again according to the TIOBE Index

Jep, and for a reason. I since did a lot of work in C++, Java and C# in between and although there are a lot of things wrong with Delphi, I ended up missing the productivity.

N> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ It's currently on the 14th place as of
N> January 2022 and it was 19th a year ago. From the Wiki Page: Delphi's
N> compilers generate native code for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
N> and Linux (x64).\ You have all the potential to hit each platform with
N> your modern FTN software!

I know. Another reason why I want to get there. But currently, there is a lot of native code in there. Even if it compiles with the latest version, the code still wont port.

Regards,
Tim
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