EPOC Programming Resources for RISC OS


It has been suggested that I might extend this Web site to include programming resources to help RISC OS users to develop for the EPOC platform. Everything I've seen has tended to be aimed at PC owners, but given that there are several Acorn owners producing applications, there may be some handy software tools squirreled away on various machines that others could benefit from.
I must make it clear that I'm not a very competent programmer, and the only thing I've released to the world at large is a plug-in for Mark Esposito's excellent Notepad for the S3a/c machines, so I'm looking for others to contribute applications.

Several of the PC-based PD and Shareware programmers are trying to foster the development of software by making EPOC tools available. That is especially true of Alan Richey of RMR Software, and several of the Palmscape members. There are also resources available via other third-party Psion Web sites, including Steve Litchfield's 3-Lib, the Five Alive and Total S5 sites, and Daniel Pfund's list of Psion Programmers.

As a few examples:

The plan is to make this into an Acorn-Psion Programmers Page (covering both the S3/a/c and S5/Geofox One ranges) with hints & tips, links to suitable programs for Acorn users, etc.

What software tools would Acorn owners want to be available to help you write OPL programs on RISC OS machines? I can't make any promises, but there's a chance that if the requests are reasonable then someone may volunteer to come up with the programs. I suspect that a Pocket Book or Series 5 emulator for RISC OS would be a bit unlikely, but smaller tools should be perfectly possible, given sufficient interest.

Please let me know if you have anything you've developed to make EPOC programming via RISC OS easier, and that you'd be happy to share with others, or if you've any suggestions of other applications, or the time and ability to produce some of the items requested.
Email me at JWoodthorpe@ndirect.co.uk and I'll start a collection of suitable software to be made available via this site and Archive Magazine. Ideally, I'd like to make the applications themselves available (or link to other sites where they can be downloaded), along with some instructions as to how you have used them, so please contact me first rather than sending me a random selection of undocumented files!

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