> > 
> > While I may be wrong, I could have sworn that this file,
> > "x86-ami-bin.lha" were the x86 developer gcc files to crosscompile
> > with (aminet).  Heh, proprietary mess....  sounds like my computer
> > room!
> 
> I need some proprietary cable tie-backs, velcro and sticky tape for
> mine :)

I'm considering large hooks in the ceiling :-P

> I haven't looked at Aminet in about 6 months. Maybe there is a tool
> for it. Huzzah if there is :)

Filename        Directory Size Age Description 
x86-ami-bin.lha dev/gcc   2.8M 17 Binutils v2.9.1 - Amithlon x86
binutils (68k hosted)

x86-ami-gcc.lha  dev/gcc  3.8M  17  GCC v2.95.3 - Amithlon x86 cross
compiler (68k hosted)
 
Thar be tha' files!

(shhhh, not mentioning where that was cut 'n pasted from)

 
> Not while we have Amigas and Pegasoses (Pegasii? :) to build with.

8-)

> > maybe?)  PostScript, now that brings back nightmares of late night
> > coding excursions.
> 
> NOOO!!! DON'T MENTION THAT! People will be reminded about the lack
> of printing support. Whooops.. maybe that was worse :)

Hahaha!  Well, before I can complain about V's printing issues, I have
to figure out how to get Amithlon to use my USB printer...  Some
advice: don't use a combination of COBOL and Perl to write a PS
interpreter... It causes leperacy.

  
> Well right now I'm wondering how I can improve V's JS without a running
> copy of Voyager. There is stuff I half finished and plenty of stupid
> and lame missing parts from the JS specs I can implement. It's sitting
> and wondering what to do to do it that is the issue.

Steal someone else's? 8-)  Run UAE for Unix/Linux?  you've got me
there, I don't see how you do much of the things you do without
actually running the stuff on the machine it's designed for! 

> I would really like to implement one or two cool JS features but then
> they'd require someone to walk the code with me and explain where I can
> add things.

How about "Server-Death-Ray," a built in function that destroys any
server that requires one to use IE?  What?!!?  I don't mean crashing
it, or erasing data, but making the thing go "BOOM" :-)  

Helping with JS is something above my capabilities, ATM.  I could
write some nifty ARexx tie-ins, but someone would have to have an idea
of what a nifty tie-in is. Like, if someone made the page-link (inside
the popup) go to a specific ARexx script, I could make the script :-)


> > partial to just upping the specs :-)  "Are you running V on an ECS
> > 8Meg system?  Too bad, it's not supported, goodbye."  8-)
> 
> Okay. I have an idea.
> 
> I implement family support. You get nicer looking fonts if you use
> ttf.library. Maybe, just maybe, I will implement some kind of mapping
> codepages from webpage-specified to browser-default, or maybe let you
> specify a font for different encodings (so for instance you could have
> ArialPolish for iso-8859-2 - just like a user here does).
> 
> Then that is it. Amiga 68k font support dead.

I take it you mean the font system supplied with AmigaOS?  You don't
mean the processer itself do you?  Seems to me the guy with a 75Mhz
060 and a ton of ram could deal with fonts...

> The rest is PPC, x86, and whatever-else specific, since it will require
> a great deal more snazzy stuff than AmigaOS 3.1 generally runs on. 
> 
> Sound good?

Oh, I think I see what you mean.  To have font support, you must have
PPC/x86/etc.  That *could* work; however, before jumping off of the
deep end...  You may want to check with the guy working on the
coldfire accl ( http://www.cdtv.org.uk/coldfire/ ).  If the thing is
slated to be produced, then dropping 68k support may not be a good
idea afterall.  I don't know if this project is "hopeful," "wishful
thinking," or "going to happen."  I do not know the validity of this
project, but it seems serious.

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Regards,

Dave 'Targhan' Crawford

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