I'm happy that you like it :)
1.) I wrote about Android here: https://lowresnx.inutilis.com/topic.php?id=476. For Linux you can compile it from the source code.
2.) To fit a nice source code editor in 160x128 pixels is not easy. Also the default font is for technical reasons 8x8, so there is not much space on screen for text (if I use the standard gfx system). To create a good editor is also quite a lot of work.
3.) I thought about it! Especially because you can do almost everything using PEEK and POKE, it would be a good fit for Assembly. But here are my reasons against it:
- It would NOT be faster than BASIC, because LowRes NX has a virtual limit of CPU cycles and the BASIC commands are already counted without any interpretation overhead. So BASIC in LowRes NX is as fast as Assembly would be.
- It would require a lot of new documentation. I would probably create a custom, simplified Assembly, to be consistent with the rest of the system. But then I would need to write documentation.
- I don't think we would get new users because of Assembly. Maybe a few, but it's probably not worth the effort.
And finally: I stopped developing new features for LowRes NX, I will just maintain it. Here are some more details about it: https://lowresnx.inutilis.com/topic.php?id=1782
Anyway, I'm always happy to hear that people still enjoy it :)