Fernschreiber is a Telegram client for Salifish OS
Fernschreiber (German for teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletype or TTY) connects you with the Telegram network. It's still in an early development phase, but it already supports many of the most popular features such as:
Have fun with Fernschreiber!
Older SFOS Releases
Devices like the Jolla Phone don't support the latest SFOS version. Users who can't install the latest version from this page, please try: https://openrepos.net/content/werkwolfoldschool/fernschreiber-jolla-phon...
Issues and Feature Requests
Known bugs/issues and feature requests are available at https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues. In case you would like to report a bug or post a feature request, please do it there. Be sure to explain the bug or feature request in detail, that makes it easier to sort and prioritize.
Open Source and Contribution
Feedback about Fernschreiber is always appreciated (good, bad, improvement/feature ideas etc.).
You can contribute with a translation, a new feature or even a bugfix. The sources are on GitHub at https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber. Please acknowledge the GNU GPLv3 before contributing/forking. Thanks to all new and especially to the existing contributors!
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WerkWolf
Sat, 2021/02/06 - 23:56
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Known issue - the required standard codec is not available on SailfishOS, the replacement codec is not available on iOS.
yusssufff
Sun, 2021/02/07 - 22:50
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actually are you sure the codec isnt available in Sailfish?
The sailfish app 'recorder' allows to save 'wav' files using the pcm codec...
This creates voice notes that ios users can listen.
Thats also one (twisted) workaround for the time being: reccording the voice note with pcm codec with 'recorder' app and then sending the wav file with fernschreiber to the ios contact...
WerkWolf
Sun, 2021/02/07 - 23:57
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Yes, I'm sure - the codec is Opus, see https://core.telegram.org/tdlib/docs/classtd_1_1td__api_1_1voice_note.html - quote: "The voice note must be encoded with the Opus codec". And yes, of course PCM is there, but if we switched to PCM, other people would certainly complain about the file sizes. ;) Unless Opus is there or somebody contributes a working support for Fernschreiber, it's not an ideal solution.
PawelSpoon
Sat, 2021/02/06 - 08:55
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Wow, what an update where can.i donate ?
WerkWolf
Sat, 2021/02/06 - 12:47
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If you want to donate, please do it for a charity. The Free Software Foundation Europe for instance also accepts donations: https://my.fsfe.org/donate
PawelSpoon
Mon, 2021/02/01 - 09:12
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Nearly perfect ! Depecher has only two features that i miss: 1) forward a message, i.e. a pic. 2) share pkugin. Thanjs !
WerkWolf
Sat, 2021/02/06 - 12:46
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Forwarding should be possible - please select a message (context menu) and then press the forward button. Sharing might come later...
PawelSpoon
Sat, 2021/02/06 - 19:09
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I see reply, copy .. but no forward. aah ok, first select then .. :) ok thanks !
Branja
Wed, 2021/01/27 - 19:27
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Can anyone help me with my issue? There's no sound when I receive a massage. I've set everything properly in the settings.
WerkWolf
Fri, 2021/01/29 - 00:30
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That's a bug - notification sound will return in version 0.7.
Branja
Fri, 2021/01/29 - 09:39
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Good to know. Thank you for a quick response.
emchella
Tue, 2021/01/19 - 14:03
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In wkmbot , media haven`t controls for stopping , reproduction
sistux
Mon, 2021/01/11 - 14:08
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Hello! I use the program since an about a month. There no big problems till now. Only thing is the video playback: it plays not smoothly on my Sony XA2. Maybe you have some hints for me how to fix it?
Regards.
attah
Sat, 2021/01/09 - 18:15
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How do i add someone by their telegram username?
emchella
Fri, 2021/01/08 - 16:41
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I haven't notifications with software closed, not working in background in jolla1
For the others, seam more slow respect to Depecher, but definitely it's the most completed app for telegram in sailfish
Thank you
Enrico
WerkWolf
Fri, 2021/01/08 - 23:54
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If the app is closed, it's closed, so no strings attached. ;) If you want to receive notifications, you need to run it in background. There is a feature request to get a daemon to receive notifications while having the app closed (see https://github.com/Wunderfitz/harbour-fernschreiber/issues/21), but it's unlikely to be realized soon as the app should remain Jolla Harbour-compatible.
ferlanero
Fri, 2021/01/08 - 19:55
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The only remarkable issue in Depecher is its delay syncing messages, as Ferngfijbzwin does too. The only Telegram client avoiding messages syncing delays in SailfishOS is Yottagram. There is no other client out there performing as Yottagram does.
huggymann
Fri, 2021/01/08 - 00:03
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Hi, i registered my wrong number. Can i re-register?
WerkWolf
Fri, 2021/01/08 - 00:53
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Probably you need to remove the cache directory ~/.local/share/harbour-fernschreiber. After a restart of the app you should be able to register with another number.
Naumann
Thu, 2021/01/07 - 22:49
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Apple iOS users can't play my voice notes created with Fernschreiber. No issues with voice notes for Telegram users under Android.
WerkWolf
Thu, 2021/01/07 - 23:32
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A known issue - unfortunately. Under normal circumstances, voice notes need to encoded using Opus, but that's not yet available by default on Sailfish OS. So, Fernschreiber uses (as well as other native clients) Vorbis as fallback for now which doesn't seem to be supported on iOS. Probably there will be native Opus encoding support somewhen in the future - if not Opus support needs to be integrated somehow in the app itself.
broncheoli
Thu, 2021/01/07 - 21:42
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Hi Werkwolf,
I´ve got a question about the term "notifications". Does that mean there is a daemon running for background notification. Because in my case (XA2) and in the case of my wife (10) there are no notifications coming through. Am I doing something wrong or does Fernschreiber has to run minimized.
Thanks and keep on sailing.
PS: You don´t have a link to buy you some coffee
WerkWolf
Thu, 2021/01/07 - 23:41
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There is no daemon running and it's also unlikely that there will be one in the near future (we achieved Harbour compatibilitiy and that's good;)). So if you close the app, it is closed. For the notifications to work, you need to keep the app in the background (or as you say, run minimized).
PawelSpoon
Thu, 2021/01/07 - 12:17
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Update wont fix the sort problem. Uninstall install did it. Thanks !
ferlanero
Wed, 2021/01/06 - 04:10
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Tap on title bar to open search field works really good. Thanks!!
codeandcreate
Wed, 2021/01/06 - 03:04
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If some have the problem, that all chats are mixed up and the pinned chats or chats with new messages are not on top just delete the db.sqlite file in ~/.local/share/harbour-fernschreiber/harbour-fernschreiber/tdlib :) (all messages will be synced again, encrypted chats are maybe lost)
Branja
Wed, 2021/01/06 - 10:06
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It worked like a charm. Thank you.
glanternier
Wed, 2021/01/06 - 00:26
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Hello, on the Sony XA2 Plus the volume of voice note recordings is very low. Can we add a manual microphone volume option in the settings?
WerkWolf
Wed, 2021/01/06 - 00:38
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It's already on maximum - at least according to the settings in Qt Multimedia. I have that problem as well... Probably, files need to be normalized after recording, if anybody has tipps how to do that most efficiently, please let me know.
glanternier
Wed, 2021/01/06 - 17:40
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I see. In that case indeed volume normalization of the recording sounds like a better option. It seems that this microphone issue doesn't happen with phone calls. Is the phone using another mic for calls? Could that also be a solution?
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