Using the Tools

Programming Tasks

Project Builder Guide	Draft documentation on Project Builder, Apple's integrated development environment for the Yellow Box. The current version gives you a sample of what's to come and documents how to create and manage projects, find information in project files, and localize projects. Future versions of this manual will include more information, such as how to build and debug projects.
Interface Builder Guide	Draft documentation on Interface Builder, Apple's graphical interface editor for the Yellow Box. The current version gives you a sample of what's to comeand describes how to create connections and subclasses. Future versions will include more information, such as how to create and manage nib files and set options for the interface elements.

Note: The above guides cannot be displayed in Project Builder, but you can view them in a web browser. Both guides are located in:

/System/Documentation/Developer/YellowBox/TasksAndConcepts

(On Yellow Box for Windows, substitute the installation directory (NEXT_ROOT) for /System.) In this directory, click PB/PBTOC.html to open the Project Builder Guide; click IB/InterfaceBuilder.TOC.hmtl to open the Interface Builder Guide.

The following documentation was written for OPENSTEP 4.2, the product on which Rhapsody and Yellow Box for Windows are based. It is more extensive than the documentation described above, but parts of it are out of date.

OPENSTEP Tools and Techniques

Procedures for completing programming tasks in OPENSTEP that involve the use of the development tools, for example: creating and managing a project, composing an interface, building a project, and debugging code. PDF format.

Tools Reference

Compiler	Compiler and linker options; C++ extensions.
Debugger	Instructions for command-line use, plus reference information for gdb commands and options.
Preprocessor	Directives, macros, conditionals, and precompiled headers.
Assembler	General information about syntax, layout, and directives, plus instructions for specific architectures.
Yap	PostScript previewer.
Rhapsody Runtime Architecture	Information for assembly programmers and compiler writers. This information largely mirrors the MacOS PowerPC Runtime conventions, with one additional convention described in the "Indirect Calls" section. This document is available as PDF document RhapsodyRuntime.pdf at: /System/Documentation/Developer/OperatingSystem/

Commands and Services

You can view HTML files that describe various command-line tools and services installed on Rhapsody platforms. These files, which are installed in both /System/Documentation/Administration and /System/Documentation/Developer, are useful for both developers and administrators. Using an Internet browser, navigate to the directories listed below and open the file with "toc" in its name to view the table of contents for that command or service.

/System/Documentation/Developer/Commands/

Directory	Description
gm4	GNU m4 macro processor
flex	Scanner generator
cvs	Concurrent Versions System (source control)
bison	Parser generator (YACC compatible)
autoconf	Creating automatic configuration scripts

/System/Documentation/Administration/Commands/

Directory	Description
bash	"Bourne-Again" SHell
bc	Arbitrary percision calculator
copi	GNU CPIO
diff	Differences between files and directories
gzip	Data compression
tar	Archiver tool
zsh	Z Shell

/System/Documentation/Administration/Services/

Directory	Description
apache	Web server (open index.html for table of contents)
sendmail	Internetwork mail router