[Coco] OS-9 Library generation

[Bill Pierce]

Gene, In the c.prep sources, the line length var is in the defs right near the top of the main.
I noticed last night as I was reading the changes in the docs (yours) that you had increased the "defines buffer". That may be the cause of the error I'm seeing after I fix the line length (needs more). Also, none of my code is ansi compliant and I noticed c.prep19b is geared more towards ansi as it mentions that quite a bit in the docs. My code's just plain old K&R X MW C. Would that make a difference?

 

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, May 13, 2015 10:35 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Library generation


So now I am wondering what
he did do.  I *think* I have a copy of his 
version on my web page, but have not
actually looked at the sources.


For one thing, this is
where the "scope" of a variable is controlled.  
The correct use of that means
the you can have a var named "maxi" used 
at various places in the code that
reference their own local copy of 
that var, but not the same named var in some
other section of the code.  
So I'll have to brush up on that in the red C K&R
book before I make any 
huge changes.

I also have a cp22.lzh on my page, but I
wasn't sure if I was doing it 
right, so I haven't promoted it as being correct.
I recall using it 
once or twice, but it has not been thru the wringer of
building 
something like rzsz-3.3.6 again that I can recall. I didn't collect
that 
and pack it til 2010, at which time my memory was at leat 16 years 
rusty.
I put it up to serve as raw material for whoever might want to 
take it for a
walk and who knew enough about compilers to fix any of my 
goofups.

In the
meantime, just to define whats what, there are 3 c.prep19's on my 
site.  The
unadorned one I know is mine, and IIRC the a/b versions are 
Willards.  Give the
plain c.prep19.lzh version a shot at it and see if 
you still get the same
problems with line lengths.  That way I might be 
able to figure where to
start.

Do you have a copy of cntx5?  Its a rather elementary syntax checker,

making sure you closed all the (, [, ", ', etc pairs needed.

That also could,
in todays environment, stand to be improved even more I 
am sure, but it has
sure caught a boatload of typu's for me in the past.
I wrote that originally on
the coco, then ported it and made quite a few 
extensions on the amiga, where I
was using SAS/C, then backported it to 
the coco again as version 5.

> You're welcome to take
a look at my sources any time (I could use the
> advice), but be prepared for
"The Spaghettiville Horror" LMAO.
> Actually, it's not THAT bad, but it gets the
job done.

I have a Dr's appointment early this afternoon, but I'll see if I can

locate my srcs again & see if I can make the command line buffer bigger.

Sometime this evening if I can get this rusty old brain back into it.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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