M2 interface to Xlib or Xtoolkit
Warwick Allison
libraries (Xlib and the Xt toolkit intrinsics).
Are they available (ftp, etc.) ?
Please e-mail (and post too?), as I only read this group fortnightly.
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Rob Nagler
d...@sdcc14.ucsd.edu (Don Anderson) writes:
> Also welcome would be any information
> on the status of the rumored GNU Modula-2 compiler.
O&A is supporting the implementation of GNU M2. The work is being
done at SUNY Buffalo. They are pretty busy people, but the work is
progressing. Expect to hear something by the end of '91 (as always,
maybe sooner). We read this list regularly, so don't worry, we'll
put a message here as soon as it is ready for Beta.
nic...@csi.forth.gr (Nicolas Chrissakis) writes:
> I am looking for libraries which would enable me to write code
> in MSDOS and UNIX operating systems.
In 1988, we distributed a freeware library called YAML. As far as we
are concerned, this is what will be distributed with GNU M2. We use
the library intensively and have expanded it on an as needed basis.
YAML runs on DECSta/Ultrix (Mocka, GPM, Powell), Sun/SPARC/68K (Sun
M2), and PC/DOS (Logitech 3.0).
war...@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) writes:
> I am searching for Modula-2 interfaces/bindings to the X windows
> libraries (Xlib and the Xt toolkit intrinsics).
> Are they available (ftp, etc.) ?
We use X windows on DEC and Suns (B&W and Color). With the Sep88
YAML distribution, we distribute a bunch of X defmods that we used
back in 1988 (X11R3). We are using X11R4 now and these are of course
available to all who want them. The matter is how.
We have been distributing the Sep88 version of YAML on floppies &
tape via physical mail for quite some time. We have received
basically no feedback so we haven't put any effort into doing another
release. We also haven't had many requests for the library in the
last year. All the bugs (except one) were found by us in our daily
use and incorporated into our copy, not the release. It takes time
for us to make a release, because we have to extract YAML out of our
unique (peculiar? esoteric?) software development environment.
I'll be very happy to run "tar cf /dev/rst0 /o/portlib" and mail it
to people (for a small handling fee). PC users would have to settle
for zoo files on N floppies (don't ask me what N is I don't know).
You would have to do some work to get it to compile. We also have
many C header files transliterated to M2.
I could update the YAML Sep88 directory structure, but this is a
non-trivial amount of work. I won't do this if only one person wants
it. I'm not even sure if I'll do this if 200 people ask for it. In
other words, send me e-mail and I'll think about it. There are 100
modules and some have different implementations (i.e. same file name,
but different directories). We also have a preprocessor which
supports "cpp"-like conditional compilation and use it throughout the
library to aid portability.
We aren't on Fido, FTP, or another net. If someone out there has a
few MB of disk space, they are certainly welcome to distribute the
library.
I've included our standard YAML blurb for those who want a better
description of the library.
Rob nag...@olsen.ch
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Synopsis
The library's foremost feature is its portability. Applications which
use the library should be portable (usually w/o modification) and the
library definition and current implementation should easily port to other
systems. The library was originally centered around I/O, but has been
expanded to include those facilities which we found were required for
Modula-2 application programming in general. The following is a short
list of features. Put the word "portable" in front of all items.
o Binary (Direct) I/O o Text I/O
o Program Arguments o Program Environment Variables
o Program Error Handling o Centralized Redirectable Error Output
o Memory Management o Light-weight Processes (Tasks)
o Low Level Memory Ops o CRC Computation
o Pseudo-Random Numbers o String Manipulation and Conversions
o Debugging Support o Terminal (Screen) Oriented I/O
o Generic List Facilities o Modula-2 Source Preprocessor
o Config File Parsing o I/O Name Management
o Directory I/O Facilities o Flexible Formatted I/O
o Useful Types & Constants
Window systems, network communications, graphics, and time/date modules
were not included, because they are less portable than the facilities
listed above. Perhaps we will release a separate package at some future
date which will support these facilities.
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