Thanks! I hadn't realized that (menu …) was required. Sent from ProtonMail mobile
-------- Original Message -------- On Jul 18, 2020, 11:27 PM, Alexander Burger wrote: > Hi Shaughan, > >> I'm stumped about how to get an app into PilBox: >> >> I make a directory myapp containing, among other things, a file named App.l. >> I >> zip the directory. > > This is good, but make sure that the file contains a name and a call to 'menu' > at minimum, because otherwise nothing will be visible. > > You may take "App.l" from the "hello" app as an example: > > "Hello World" > > (menu "Hello World!" > (<h1> "center fh" "Hello World!") ) > >> - In Termux, I enter 'termux-share ~/storage/downloads/myapp.zip'. Nothing >> happens. > > This should also be good. At least it works here, and it is my standard way of > installing apps. > > But I've heard that Android is quite picky sometimes in selecting apps for > sharing. > > Same can be achieved (with perhaps the same pickiness) if you use your > device's > file browser and select and share it from there. > >> - I go to PilBox PILs and try entering /storage/emulated/0/Download/myapp.zip >> and hitting the Download button. I get "Data not found". > > This does not work. The download button really means "download". It tries to > access a remote server in the global variable '*Repo'. It is set to > "software-lab.de" by default. > > If you have access to a server, upload "myapp.zip" there, then open the REPL > in > PilBox and enter (setq *Repo "myserver.com"). > > Now the Download button should work with "myapp" (without ".zip"). > >> - In Termux, I enter 'termux-open --send --chooser >> ~/storage/downloads/myapp.zip. A chooser pops up, and I choose PilBox. PilBox >> opens as a blank white screen that survives closing and reopening. > > Was your App.l file empty and did not contain the above minimum? That would > explain it ... > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
