home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!wupost!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!mail-enters-news
- From: bergstro@src.honeywell.com (Pete Bergstrom)
- Subject: Using Toolkit with GCC - Any problems?
- In-Reply-To: gogol@diku.dk's message of 18 Aug 92 12: 44:44 GMT
- To: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Message-ID: <9208181323.AA09738@data.src.honeywell.com>
- Posted-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 08: 23:08 CDT
- Sender: daemon@src.honeywell.com
- Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:23:08 GMT
- Received-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 08: 23:10 CDT
- Lines: 41
-
- gogol@diku.dk (Peter Skov Knudsen) wrote:
-
- >I'm considering buying the Developer's Toolkit, but before I do
- >I want to make sure that it will do what I excpect it to do. So
- >could anyone out there help with the following:
- >
- >1) I'm told that the Developer's Toolkit comes with the required libraries
- >and header files to exploit the full OS/2 2.0 API. Now I don't want to
- >invest the $$$ in C Set/2, so is it possible to use the Toolkit with
- >GCC 2.1 in any sensible manner. Do I just replace the headers in
- >/gnu/os2-include with the ones from the Toolkit, copy the Toolkit's libraries
- >to /gnu/lib and start developing, or is there more to it? Anybody with experience
- >using the Toolkit with GCC 2.1, please comment on how seamlessly the two
- >integrate.
-
- The only other thing I had to do was edit all of the header files to
- include an 'asm("x")' at the end of the prototype for each and all
- functions x. If someone could tell me how to do a diff that others
- could use to patch *their* header files, I'll upload my changes to
- ftp-os2.
-
- >2) What exactly does the Workframe/2 do. Sadly, in Denmark there's no
- >special offer on the Developer's Workbench, so I have to buy the Toolkit
- >and Workframe/2 seperately. I just asked about the prices, and it shows
- >that I have to bleed aprox. $125 for Workframe/2. What does it do that
- >justifies this price?
-
- My opinion is that it's mostly a "Pretty Make". Of course, in the
- U.S., it contains the LIB.exe program that the Toolkit doesn't, so
- I'll probably have to buy the workframe just to use that.
-
- >I know that this propably belongs in the FAQ, but I couldn't find any
- >detailed information - especially 1) is a bit unclear. Any comments
- >will be mostly appreciated.
-
- A lot of what IBM's up to is unclear and needs to be fixed.
- Fortunately, a lot of IBMers lurk in this newsgroup and I hope
- they're communicating some of these more significant gaffes to the
- right people to be fixed.
-
- Pete
-