Hoppi 1.3.2 Release

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Hi James,

Glad to see you solved your problem.

(11-13-2020 01:48 AM)JDW Wrote:  Just to let you know, you must use the "Serial" tab, NOT USB.

Yes, this is mentioned in the documentation: the USB/Serial button refers to the port on the calculator.

(11-13-2020 01:48 AM)JDW Wrote:  Paul, I still would appreciate knowing what the difference is between your INTEL version and the Mojave and Catalina versions. That is not described either in the README or "Hoppi Mac Application.pdf"

Well, Hoppi was written in Clozure Common Lisp which had some compatibility issues moving to Mojave and then to Catalina. So Hoppi had to be rebuilt with an updated CCL each time, hence the new releases. The source code, however, remained the same.

I say "was written" because now there is Hoppi 2, a complete rewrite of Hoppi in the Swift programming language using the Xcode IDE. This is something I've been working on (slowly) for the past few months and have just now released the initial version. I did this because (a) I wanted to be sure Hoppi had a future in a world of Big Sur and Apple Silicon, and (b) I wanted to learn Swift :-)

So if anyone is interested, and is running at least Catalina, hop over to cloudycat.com and follow the links. All bug reports welcome.

Note that I was going to hold off on the announcement until I'd done some more testing, but hey, might as well get some early feedback now. I haven't yet tried Big Sur though, not sure what will happen there.

Also note, functionality (and appearance) should be the same as Hoppi 1.4. I have plans for another feature I want to add soon, but it's not there yet.

Paul