The Centro runs on Palm OS 5.0 Garnett,which is one of the reasons I chose it over the last couple editions of Treo.
I did find an SSH client I can use, but it has a few issues, and is rather slow and unresponsive,not sure of it is the client or the connection though. I guess I will need to either get my Linux box back up, or leave my mactop running during the day. Thanks for the info, I explore some of those options and see what else I might want to run local. Maybe tf, or I may look into getting a better ssh client hacked and ported over. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Skywing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > My recommendation on using IRC/SILC from a mobile device, which may not > be the answer that you were looking for, would be to run irssi from a > dedicated location in screen, and connect in with an SSH client from your > device. > > > > Personally, I find this to be a much better arrangement than running an irc > client locally. Packet processing work is done remotely (and I can leave > irssi parked at the status screen when I am not looking at it), which means > the data link doesn't wake up on every channel message, which is easier on > your battery life. Plus, you aren't going to be losing your link every time > your phone gets restarted, you get on a plane, etc. (This was particularly > important for me, as my carrier deliberately drops data links after 24 hours > of continuous connectivity, requiring a reconnect to the PPP link with a new > IP address assigned (typically). Your carrier may not have this issue, > however.) > > > > If you go this route, you probably will want to turn off the clock in the > irssi ncurses UI, as screen updates every minute would be bad on battery if > you leave your SSH client habitually open. > > > > I don't know of a particularly good SSH client for PalmOS that might be > suitable for this, but I hacked up the PocketPC (Windows Mobile) port of > PuTTY to be suitable for my uses [auto-reconnect, bug fixes, some other > various improvements to reduce various frequently re-occurring headaches]. > Probably not particularly easy to port to PalmOS (unless your Palm is of the > Windows Mobile sort), though. > > > > This recommendation is a lil bit off-topic for the dev list at this point, > though. (Although the irssi dev list is pretty much dead as a doornail in > recent months, anyway.) > > > > - S > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Lee Lowder > *Sent:* Friday, August 29, 2008 12:25 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Dev questions > > > > I was wondering if anyone had done any work on porting irssi to the Palm > platform, and if not, if anyone would be interested. > > > > I've recently obtained a Palm Centro phone, and I have a data plan with my > carrier and I have the Palm SDK. > > > > And since irssi (macirssi on my mactop) is the only IRC client I find to be > worth using, I wanted to see if I could get it on my phone. > > > > I do have some dev experience, but not much specifically with Palm or with > irssi, other than some scripts. > > > > Thank you. >
