[Coco] Rainbow IDE in Wine

[Joel Ewy]

That's pretty cool, Roger.  You know, aside from the ability to run
compiled binaries, the WINE libraries can work at a source level,
translating Windows API calls to native Linux system calls.  I believe
that some of the Corel apps (aside from WordPerfect which already
existed in a UNIX version since time immemorial) were ported to Linux in
this way.  Often this is not useful, since people don't have the source
for Windows binaries, but you do have the source for your IDE...  It may
be quicker to make a native Linux version by building against the WINE
libraries than re-writing the code.  Something to think about.

JCE

Roger Taylor wrote:
> I managed to set up my Linux laptop today with a wireless connection
> to my network, and remote desktop.  From my Vista laptop I decided to
> call up the linnie desktop and play around... so I ran Firefox.. went
> to rainbowide.com, clicked on the download link, then Linux asked me
> to open it in Wine, which I did...
>
> To my surprise, Rainbow ran the installer just like it would under
> Windows, and the IDE showed up in the Wine menu under Programs.  And,
> Rainbow runs under Wine.  I see some flaws, but I just ran a project
> right out of the box (bubblesort), and it built!  That means CCASM got
> installed as well, and the other assemblers.  The IDE readout window
> shows no problems for the build.  The main toolbar didn't show up, and
> the tab controls are missing, but that's probably because of a bug in
> the toolbar, and my subclassing of the MDI tabs.
>
> This is the closest thing we can have for now for getting Rainbow on
> Linux, but I'm not sure how practical it will be for serious use. 
> Anybody already do this, and do you have any stories?
>
> Now it's on the porting CCASM to Linux... only I'm going to cheat, and
> do it all from Vista, never touching the linnie box.  :)
>