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- Using Oberon-A from CD-ROM
-
- Oberon-A is organised under the assumption that the directory tree it is
- in is writeable. However, it should be possible to use it from a CD if
- some care is taken.
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- * Normally, the library modules are compiled as part of the initial
- installation. This version has the library modules pre-compiled so that
- it is ready to run. Ignore the installation instructions in
- Oberon-A.doc, and do not use the Install/CompileLibs script.
-
- * The only other installation required is some Assign and Path commands,
- which are placed in the script Install/Install-CD. This requires an
- argument, which is the path name of the Oberon-A tree.
-
- * The setup files for FPE are in the Oberon-A/S directory. FPE
- automatically loads a default setup from this directory on startup,
- and there are menu items to load and save the default and alternate
- setups in this directory. When using FPE from CD, ignore these menu
- items. Instead, use the "Load Setup-Select Setup..." and
- "Save Setup-Select Setup..." menu items to load and save setups from
- and to writeable media.
-
- * The tutorial in FPE.doc assumes that you are able to write to the
- directory containing the FPE source code. Copy the source code in the
- Source/FPE directory to writeable media before trying the tutorial.
-
- * The compiler always opens error files in the current directory. This
- means that the current directory must always be on writeable media
- when the compiler is run. When compiling source on the CD, first copy
- it to writeable media. Alternatively, use full path names to specify
- the file(s) to be compiled, and use the DST command line option to
- direct the output to writeable media. The other Oberon-A utilities
- should be handled in a similar way.
-
- Future releases of Oberon-A will remove as many of these restrictions as
- possible, and should make it possible to run directly from the CD.
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