X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: Mike Fahlbusch Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: RSXNTDJ Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:19:17 +1030 Message-ID: References: <41eb11da$1$25421$afc38c87 AT news DOT optusnet DOT com DOT au> <41EB1F08 DOT 7020304 AT acm DOT org> <41ebb569$0$16979$afc38c87 AT news DOT optusnet DOT com DOT au> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Chariot netconnect - http://www.chariot.net.au X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Lines: 131 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.87.95.150 X-Trace: 1106869901 lon-reader.news.telstra.net 80143 203.87.95.150 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:53:51 +1100, "News Reader" wrote: I tried to use rsxntdj a few years ago. The first version I tried (1.2?) seemed to work ok, but I could never get later versions working, including 1.51. Even with the first version I tried, everything would work ok, then I would make a small change to the djgpp spec file (say to add a graphics library) and everything would stop working. These are the compilers I use (all free! ): Mingw 32-bit windows compiler: www.mingw.org with MSYS command line environment (rxvt, bash etc): http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml IDE for mingw (includes mingw): http://bloodshed.net/dev/ cygwin allows unix source programs to compile and run under win32. It's a hefty download but worth it: http://cygwin.com/ Microsoft VC++ command line compiler: http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ Borland C++ (previously Inprise, previously Borland! ) I don't use this one, but if you want a full featured IDE, look for Personal: http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/all_products.html Graphics: for many different platforms: http://alleg.sourceforge.net or: http://www.libsdl.org/index.php for handheld devices: http://www.gapidraw.com/ opengl is included in cygwin and available for other environments if you are looking for top quality graphics. As always, please read the license that comes with the package before releasing any software. >"Cesar Rabak" wrote in message >news:41EB1F08 DOT 7020304 AT acm DOT org... >> News Reader rfperirh: >> > About my previous post: >> > >> > RSXDJ was wrong, RSXNTDJ seems to be the right term, Sometimes I like >> > to abbreviate just a bit too much. : ) >> > >> > ***************************************************** So if there >> > was/is still anybody using this old vehicle to compile Win32 >> > compatible stuff with DJGPP, please give me your feedback! >> > ***************************************************** >> > >> > In the meanwhile I have recompiled some of my DOS32 stuff to Win32 >> > console format using RSXNTDJ, and, surprisingly enough it was working >> > without further modifications. >> > >> > The immediate advantage I am getting is that WinXP does not resize my >> > console window to 80 columns anymore while the programs execute, >> > which was a bit of a nuisance for some applications. >> > >> Just for the sake of completeness of the report, would you mind telling >> us the remaining environment used? >> >> DJGPP gcc version et al? >> >> -- >> Cesar Rabak >> > > >1) Latest release-versions of everything: > >djdev203, bnu215, gcc343, mak3791 >rsxntdj151 >WinXP SP2 > > >2) Latest message from the test lab: > >It seems that RSXNTDJ is not linking properly with the current >configuration (gcc, ld). The old linker patch supplied with >RSXNTDJ is not working. The gccw32.exe program does exactly >the same thing as gcc.exe would do. It can link Win32 functions >to a console based program but this will crash as soon as the >first Win32 function is called. > >So I have to conclude that my thought, RSXNTDJ would generate >Win32 compatible (console) programs, was purely imaginary. > >Also my guess that RSXNTDJ generated programs would >not force the console window to be resized to 80 columns, >was wrong, because this is not RSXNTDJ related. Someone, >either the Delorie team or Microsoft seem to have fixed the >console window's desire to resize itself for compatibility >reasons in the past couple of months. > >Thanks guys! > > Sig: Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. -Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)