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- Short: Easy graphic support for the PCQ pascal compiler
- Author: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
- Uploader: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
- Type: dev/misc
-
- Windowlib is a link module for use with the fine PD PCQ pascal compiler on
- the amiga. It provides useful functions to do graphics with this compiler,
- together with some intuition support (menus & gadgets). This is mostly
- maintained for the beginner in Pascal, to have nice graphics without much
- efford, and can be (and has been) used to teach pascal.
-
- Together with the library itself and one include file which defines all its
- functions, several examples have been included to demonstrate the functions.
-
- This package has been inspired by the graphics functions of the Atari XL
- basic and later on the GFABASIC (which used the syntax and the functions of
- the XL basic version). The gap that most pascal compilers do not come with
- graphic functions has been filled by this, giving higher attractivity to
- start with this language rather than with the (UGLY) basic. But don't expect
- too much, since this library goes not much behind the GFABASIC standards.
- In special, no "sprite" related graphics have been added yet.
-
- Most of these examples has been worked out to teach pascal to my neighbor,
- Ernst Besser, who is a teacher in arts. Since the usual pascal teach program
- (calculate the area of an rectangle) is quite boring, I started this project,
- resulting in a higher motivation for learning a computer language. After
- all, I think pascal should be the first language to start with, although
- I'm not a fan of (it's to "german" compared to C.... :-).
-
- ____________________________________________________________________________
-
- The THOR-Software Licence
-
-
- This License applies to the computer programs known as "WindowLib" and
- its example programs, contained in this archive.
- The "Program", below, refers to such program.
-
-
- The programs and files in this distribution are freely distributable
- under the restrictions stated below, but are also Copyright (c)
- Thomas Richter.
-
-
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- Limitations.
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- THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY. THERE IS NO
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-
-
- Usage:
- Unpack this archive.
-
- Copy the contents of LIB to the library drawer of PCQ,
- usually assigned to LIB:
-
- Copy the contents of the "Examples" folder whereever you
- keep your sources.
-
- Copy the contents of the "Utils" drawer to the "Utils"
- subdirectory of the PCQ include folder.
-
- Copy this file whereever you want it.
-
-
- To compile pascal programs with windowlib and the PCQ compiler, add the line
-
- {$I "Include:Utils/windowlib.i"}
-
- to your pascal program directly under the PROGRAM statement. Add the lines
-
- InitGraphics;
-
- {your main program goes here}
-
- ExitGraphics;
-
- to your main program to initialize and shut down the windowlib, where your
- private code that does the graphics should go between.
-
- Compile your program as usual, but link your code with LIB:window.o like
- in the following line:
-
- BLink FROM "prog.o" TO "prog" LIB LIB:window.o LIB:PCQ.lib SC ND
-
- where "prog" is the name of your program.
-
-
- To make live even easier, the examples come with setting files for the
- graphical make utility "ClickMake", which is also available from THOR or
- from the aminet, but not contained in this archive. You may download it from
- the aminet sides or from my home page, given at the end of this text.
-
- Using ClickMake, you can compile these examples with one click of a button.
-
-
- Besides the compiler, these examples are setup to work with:
-
- 1) the most popular CED editor.
- 2) the PCQ compiler (-:
- 3) the PhxAss assembler. This one can be also downloaded from the AmiNet
- 4) the BLink PD linker. Again, this can be found on the net.
-
- Each of them has been tested, but if you have trouble, contact me:
-
-
- Thomas Richter
-
- EMail: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de
-
- WWW: http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~thor/thor/index.html
-
-
- To find out more about the functions of the windowlib, read the include file
- in Utils/windowlib.i or study the examples.
-
-
- Thomas Richter , February 1997
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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