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- readme.doc emx 0.9a INTRODUCTION 05-Dec-1994
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- Copyright (c) 1990-1994 by Eberhard Mattes
-
- *** See history.doc for important information ***
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- Welcome to emx 0.9a, an environment for creating 32-bit programs for
- OS/2 2.x and DOS. You can use the GNU C compiler to compile programs
- for emx. The main design goal of emx is to simplify porting Unix
- software to OS/2 2.x and DOS. Moreover, you can create `native' OS/2
- programs, including Presentation Manager applications.
-
- The emx package includes:
-
- - emx.dll, emxio.dll, emxwrap.dll and emxlibc.dll dynamic link
- libraries for OS/2 2.x
-
- - emx.exe DOS extender for running 32-bit programs under DOS
-
- - emxfpemu, W. Metzenthen's FPU (387) emulator
-
- - emxbind.exe for creating .exe files which work both under OS/2 2.x
- and DOS
-
- - emxomf.exe for converting .o object files (a.out) to .obj object
- files (OMF). With emxomf and LINK386 you can create OS/2 programs
- that don't need emx.dll
-
- - emximp.exe for creating import libraries
-
- - emxexp.exe for creating a list of export definitions from object files
-
- - C header files and a complete C library
-
- - a simple graphics library for 320x200 (256 colors) mode
-
- - a library for screen output in windows
-
- - header files and a library for using sockets of IBM TCP/IP for OS/2
-
- Additionally, the following GNU programs are available compiled and with
- patches and sources:
-
- - GCC 2.6.3, the GNU C compiler, supporting the C, C++, and Objective
- C language
-
- - GAS 2.3, the GNU assembler
-
- - GDB 4.13, the GNU debugger
-
- - ld, the GNU linker
-
- - ar, nm, size, strip, objdump: some GNU utilities for dealing with
- binary files
-
- - texinfo, the GNU documentation system
-
- - Patches for the GNU sources
-
- - Patched source for GCC, GAS, GDB, ld, ar, nm, size, strip, objdump,
- info, makeinfo, texindex. You can compile all these programs with
- the files that come with emx (but you also need a make utility, such
- as dmake).
-
- You can get the complete unpatched GNU sources by anonymous ftp from
- prep.ai.mit.edu and other archives, for instance ftp.uni-stuttgart.de.
-
- Additionally, the following libraries are provided:
-
- - some parts of the BSD C library
-
- - BSD curses library
-
- - Henry Spencer's regexp library
-
-
- Packages
- --------
-
- emx is packaged in the following files:
-
- emxrt.zip emx runtime package
- emxsrcr.zip Source for the emx runtime package
- emxdev.zip emx development system (without compiler)
- emxsrcd.zip Source for the emx development system
- emxview.zip emx documentation in OS/2 .inf format
- emxample.zip Sample programs
- emxtest.zip Test programs (used for testing emx and the libraries)
-
- GNU programs compiled for emx, patches and patched sources:
-
- gnudev.zip GNU development tools compiled for emx
- gnuview.zip gnudev.inf (gnudev.doc in OS/2 .inf format)
- gppdev.zip Additional GNU programs and files for compiling C++
- gobjcdev.zip Additional GNU programs and files for compiling
- Objective C
- gnupat.zip Patches for GNU sources
- gnudoc.zip Documentation for GNU programs (texinfo sources)
- gnuinfo.zip GNU texinfo (includes info file browser)
- gnusrc.zip Patched GNU sources (ld, ar, nm, size, strip, objdump,
- info, termcap, GPPDEMID)
- gccsrc1.zip Patched GNU sources (GCC 2.6.3, part 1)
- gccsrc2.zip Patched GNU sources (GCC 2.6.3, part 2)
- gccsrc3.zip Patched GNU sources (GCC 2.6.3, part 3)
- gassrc.zip Patched GNU sources (GAS 2.3)
- gdbsrc1.zip Patched GNU sources (GDB 4.13, part 1)
- gdbsrc2.zip Patched GNU sources (GDB 4.13, part 2)
- gppsrc.zip Patched sources of libg++ 2.6.1
-
- BSD libraries compiled for emx with sources:
-
- bsddev.zip BSD libraries (curses etc.)
- bsddoc.zip Documentation for BSD libraries
- bsdsrc.zip Source for BSD libraries
-
-
- Installing emx
- --------------
-
- For unpacking, you need unzip v5.0 or later which is available from
- many archives. Look for files named
-
- unzip50.exe MS-DOS executable for unzip
- unz50_32.exe OS/2 32-bit executable (unzip 5.0)
- unz512x2.exe OS/2 32-bit executable (unzip 5.12)
- unzip512.exe OS/2 or DOS executable (unzip 5.12)
-
- Read INSTALL.DOC to learn how to install emx.
-
- After unpacking the emx runtime and development system packages,
- you'll find further information in the following files:
-
- \emx\doc\COPYING.EMX emx & library license, license overview
- \emx\doc\COPYING GNU General Public License
- \emx\doc\install.doc Installation guide
- \emx\doc\emxrt.doc User's guide to the emx runtime package
- \emx\doc\emxdev.doc Application developer's guide
- \emx\doc\libref.doc C library reference
- \emx\doc\build.doc Compiling the sources
- \emx\doc\history.doc Change log
- \emx\doc\future.doc Things to do
- \emx\book\emxrt.inf .inf version of emxrt.doc
- \emx\book\emxdev.inf .inf version of emxdev.doc (optional)
- \emx\book\libref.inf .inf version of libref.doc (optional)
-
- After unpacking the GNU and BSD packages, you'll find further
- information in the following files:
-
- \emx\doc\COPYING GNU General Public License
- \emx\doc\COPYING.LIB GNU Library General Public License
- \emx\doc\COPYING.BSD BSD license (for libraries bsd and curses)
- \emx\doc\COPYING.IOS Additional information for iostream library
- \emx\doc\gnudev.doc GNU development tools information
- \emx\doc\bsddev.doc BSD library information
- \emx\book\gnudev.inf .inf version of gnudev.doc (optional)
- \emx\book\bsddev.inf .inf version of bsddev.doc
-
-
- Legal stuff
- -----------
-
- emx is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- emx is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with emx; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- See \emx\doc\COPYING.EMX and \emx\doc\COPYING for details.
-
- Instead of a list: All the trademarks used in this document and all
- the other emx documents are registered to whoever it is that owns
- them.
-
-
- Where to get emx
- ----------------
-
- emx is available for anonymous ftp on
-
- ftp.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.18.15]: /pub/systems/os2/emx-0.9a
- ftp-os2.cdrom.com: [192.153.46.2]: /os2/32bit/unix/emx09a
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.1]: /packages/os2/32bit/unix/emx09a
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.198]:
- /pub/comp/os/os2/devtools/emx+gcc
-
- Other files of interest
- -----------------------
-
- emx does not come with a `make' utility. I recommend dmake 3.8. It's
- available for anonymous ftp on
-
- ftp.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.18.15]: /pub/systems/os2/programming/support/
- ftp-os2.cdrom.com: [192.153.46.2]: /os2/all/program/
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.198]:
- /pub/comp/os/os2/devtools/
-
- Executables are in dmake38x.zip, source code is in dmake38s.zip.
- dmake38.zip contains both dmake38s.zip and dmake38x.zip.
-
- The emx graphics library currently supports only the 320x200 VGA mode
- and some 16-color modes. Johannes Martin has created a graphics
- library for various SVGA cards. It is available for anonymous ftp on
-
- ftp.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.18.15]: /pub/systems/os2/emx-0.9a/contrib/
- ftp-os2.cdrom.com: [192.153.46.2]: /os2/32bit/unix/emx09a/contrib/
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.198]:
- /pub/comp/os/os2/gnu/emx+gcc/contrib/
-
- You need svgakt*.zip (or svgakit*.zip) and vesa*.zip (or
- vesa_emx*.zip, * is the version number).
-
- If you want to convert the texinfo files (GCC documentation, for
- instance) to OS/2 on-line books (.inf files), I recommend Andreas
- Kaiser's texi2ipf program:
-
- ftp-os2.cdrom.com: [192.153.46.2]: /os2/32bit/unix/tex/txi2ipf1.zip
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.198]:
- /pub/comp/os/os2/gnu/doc/txi2ipf1.zip
-
-
- Joining the mailing list
- ------------------------
-
- An emx-related mailing list has been created: emx-list. The address
- for people to request to be added to or removed from the list is:
-
- listserv@eb.ele.tue.nl
-
- To subscribe, send a message containing
-
- sub emx-list Joe User
-
- to listserv@eb.ele.tue.nl. Of course, you should use your name
- instead of Joe User's name. To unsubscribe, send a message containing
-
- unsub emx-list
-
- to listserv@eb.ele.tue.nl.
-
- By default, your messages to emx-list are not acknowledged. To tell
- the list server to send acknowledge your messages, send a message
- containing
-
- set emx-list mail ack
-
- to listserv@eb.ele.tue.nl.
-
-
- Thanks
- ------
-
- Thanks to Ron Guilmette for providing copies of the ANSI C and POSIX.1
- standards.
-
- Thanks to Kolja Elsaesser, Steffen Haecker, and Kai Uwe Rommel for
- contributing code to the emx C library.
-
- Thanks to Holger Veit for preparing the TCP/IP header files.
-
-
- The author
- ----------
-
- The author of emx is
-
- Eberhard Mattes
- Teckstrasse 81 (TeX: Teckstra\ss e)
- D-71696 Moeglingen (TeX: M\"oglingen)
- Germany
-
- Internet: mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (subject to change)
-
- No telephone calls please! It must be stressed that the author does
- not reply to letters if you don't include return postage
- (international postal reply coupon if you are outside Germany) and a
- self-addressed envelope.
-
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