Hi,
> Just thought I'd bring this back up as I am currently working on > one of the core components to transition it from Borland to OpenWatcom. > In looking at the code, I noticed that for internationalization, > the CATS library is used. right. so far there's no central, shared source for CATS, but take MORE as an easy example. the actual source is kitten.* prf.c talloc.c tcdummy.c for best effects, tcdummy.c should be fitted to Watcom as Watcom probably also has some functions that are - for our needs - overkill. > One version of the FDISK source code > didn't have the source or the library file for CATS. > So in getting back to this developer studio, it appears obvious the > previous chain that there was no real agreement on an editor. editor ??? EDLIN is the official DOS editor ;) > However, we do have a general agreement on the toolset, primarily > because the spec says so, that being OpenWatcom C (or C++) and NASM. Because the spec says so. aha. unfortunately the spec changes every other year. without much discussion ... > LIke I mentioned before, the DOS API is well represented, which > makes this easy. The next task is the supporting libraries, like CATS for > example. > So to take a page from Linux, FreeDOS pretty much includes > OpenWatcom. It supports the core DOS functions. If a package called > FreeDOS Build Tools/Headers or whatever was built, what are the > common 3rd party libraries, such as internationalization, for > example that we could include to make building (re-building) things easier? kitten.* prf.c talloc.c tcdummy.c are shared between a couple of projects. not much else. RTL comes as given by the compiler people Borland or Watcom), and not sooo compatible. Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
