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- New for STEVIE v3.69b
-
- I saw a request on Info-IBMPC for MS-DOS executables, so I reached out
- and snarfed the source package from uunet.uu.net (AKA 192.48.96.2)
- via anonymous ftp:
- comp.sources.misc/volume11/stevie3.69a
- part01.Z .. part06.Z
-
- One of the files indicated ascii.h was missing, so I had to go back and
- snarf ALL the bloody source (part01.Z..part08.Z) from
- comp.sources.misc/volume8/stevie3.68
- to find the single missing file .. sigh .. (No, I do NOT remember which
- one the ascii.h was in.)
-
- Then I downloaded the whole mess, converted the Unix source files to
- MS-DOS text format (thanks, FLIP), fired up my Turbo C v2.0 MAKE, and
- naturally found it wouldn't work on the DOS_TC.MK makefile.
-
- Read through the PORTING.DOC and figured out a little. Especially
- enjoyed the final instruction:
-
- "compile and debug the editor"
-
- yeah .. right .. sure ..
-
- Fired up Turbo C interactive mode, figured out the various settings
- (things like Compact model, unsigned chars, word alignment, etc.)
- (now all in TCCONFIG.TC for your edification when YOU try to do this mess),
- figured out from the Turbo C makefile which source files I'd need for the
- Turbo C compile (about all that makefile was good for!),
- made LOTS of tweaks and patches to stop Turbo C from complaining TOO much,
- and FINALLY got this sucker to compile!
-
- Matter of fact, it works pretty good! I'm using STEVIE v3.69b to write this
- short document. Can't STAND the screen flashing when I give a wrong command,
- try to cursor down beyond last line, etc., but I guess that's ok.
-
- So .. you wanted executables for MS-DOS .. you got it! This version's
- compiled with BIOS defined, so no NANSI requirement .. and you'd better be
- PC-compatible! I also defined HELP (despite the warning that it takes up
- precious data space). See ENV.H for details on the defines.
-
- I suppose I oughtta upload the entire package to SIMTEL, but heck with it
- for now. I'll just include executables and docs. I'm throwing in the
- SETENV.EXE and CTAGS.EXE utilities also (freshly compiled), although
- I donno WHY they're included with STEVIE. Whupped up a little doc for
- SETENV from the source file also.
-
-
- Regards,
- David Kirschbaum
- Toad Hall
- kirsch@usasoc.soc.mil