Re: {bb} text pager support

[Sean MacGuire <sean@MacLawran.CA>]

Marc Sauton wrote:
> 
> That question went from my collegues:
> There is numeric page support, but, before I do something myself, is
> there any work already done for text pager ? (as it seems they become
> more and more used)

bb-page1.sh (line 590 or so) has a case statement for alpha
paging.  It depends on the protocol, and interface to the
alpha pagers in question.  Not to mention character limits
and other horrible format/pricing things, making it easier
to leave the case statement blank.

Fuzzy enough?

I know interfaces have been done for:

skypage (and any that use an e-mail interface)
qpage (for direct sending), 
GSM/TAP
etc.

> Thanks,
> Marc.

What kind of alpha pagers?  Should take about 10 minutes to
code, hours to get the data you need :)
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