nanogui: Thread: Kaffe port

Greg,

I'm trying to use libungif.so to make Kaffe rendering gifs.
But there is DrawText() func in this lib's header (gif_lib.h) and in MWin's
wingdi.h. That makes compiler unhappy.
In Win32 DrawText is simple defined as DrawTextA or DrawTextW, so to
complile all the stuff Kaffe just undefs DrawText before including
gif_lib.h.
Could you advise me some workaround to compile it all under MWin?

Regards,
- Roman

: I'm trying to use libungif.so to make Kaffe rendering gifs.
: But there is DrawText() func in this lib's header (gif_lib.h) and in
MWin's
: wingdi.h. That makes compiler unhappy.
: In Win32 DrawText is simple defined as DrawTextA or DrawTextW, so to
: complile all the stuff Kaffe just undefs DrawText before including
: gif_lib.h.
: Could you advise me some workaround to compile it all under MWin?


Well, you'll either have to change libungif or Microwindows.
If  you want to hack Microwindows, it's pretty easy.  Change
the following files:

microwin/src/mwin/wingdi.c
microwin/src/include/wingdi.h

Just change DrawText to DRAWTEXT, or DrawTextA, then
recompile everything.  If DrawText is used in any demo,
then it should be changed there.

Another option might be (I haven't tested this) to
#define DrawText DrawTextA
in microwin/src/include/windows.h, at the very top.  In this way,
all programs should be modified with this one change.

Regards,

Greg

Joshua,

Yes, I'm the one who keeps Kaffe port moving forward. I have running version but it is buggy enough to be considered as release. It is not even completed yet.

> I don't know if you are on the nanogui list or not,

> but I sent out a message yesterday looking

> for just such a port.

I'm in the nanogui list now.

> Do you know where I can find the microwindows Kaffe

> port? Is there anything I can do to help?

I have the MWin's Kaffe port. Also, I sent a copy to Jean-Eric Cuendet. He's also interested in it, but I don't know the state of his Kaffe port now.

Of course there are things to do, mostly concerning TTFs styles support (bold, underlined) and another stuff. But almost all things require from us to be familiar with Microwindows. I'm not familiar, thats why I do not implemented them yet. Do you know Microwindows? Did you have experience in hacking Kaffe on X?

Any help from you will be appreciated.

Apart, I believe Greg will help us with MWin to do the work on Kaffe port properly, Greg?

Regards,

- Roman

Apart, I believe Greg will help us with MWin to do the work on Kaffe port
properly, Greg?

- you bet.  In fact, if you have a tarball of what you've got working, along
with instructions for how to run some demos, it would help me
fix issues associated with Microwindows.

I am working on the three items that you forwarded to the list earlier,
and should show some progress in the next day or so.

Regards,

Greg

> Of course there are things to do, mostly concerning TTFs styles support
> (bold, underlined) and another stuff. But almost all things require from us
> to be familiar with Microwindows. I'm not familiar, thats why I do not
> implemented them yet. Do you know Microwindows? Did you have experience in
> hacking Kaffe on X?
> Any help from you will be appreciated.

I don't know microwindows yet, but have been reading up and will start
compiling soon.  I've never even used Kaffe before, but again I'm willing
to learn.  Any pointers to get me started?  Any tasks that need to
immediately be done and that a novice in mwin and kaffe could pull off
would be gladly accepted.  I'll try getting kaffe running on mwin with the
clio until I run into problems otherwise.

Also, Roman, what is that encap2.ond file you attached earlier and how do
I open it?

Cheers,
josh

> Also, Roman, what is that encap2.ond file you attached earlier and how do
> I open it?

You should forget about encap2.ond file. It is probably problems with my
outgoing mail server. Sorry. It happens sometimes when I try to send cc to
####@####.####

In article ####@####.####
 ####@####.#### wrote:
>
>
>>> Which version of Kaffe did you port? 1.0.5? CVS version?
>
>It is difficult to say that i've ported it now. Java apps work but look
>ugly. However it is known what to do.
>I've played with 1.0.5 kaffe-snap as you advised. Have problems with CVS
>access here.
>
>>> Good work. What do you plan to do with Kaffe on MWin?
>
>Thanx, I'll be dealt with embedded stuff too. Why JVM? It simplifies
>developing/debugging on another platform (MS Windows) and then porting java
>soft to linux.
>Also, I need something like a browser (pure java i think, and small
>footprint). Do you know such a browsers?
>
>Regards,
>- Roman

I'd suggest Espial's Escape browser - http://www.espial.com/products/escp.html
Unfortunately, Escape doesn't really work with Kaffe yet - it works with Blackdown and
IBM's JDK right now. :(

Amy
-- 
Wordprocessors are for the lame... use TeX

              Amy Fong ####@####.####

Since there seems to be interest in kaffe, let's get started.  Anyone know
where I can get the latest and greatest mwin kaffe port? Roman, is the one
you're working on available?

Cheers,
josh

> Since there seems to be interest in kaffe, let's get started.  Anyone
know
> where I can get the latest and greatest mwin kaffe port? Roman, is the
one
> you're working on available?

I can send my version by email. But as I told before it is not completed
yet. If you want to play with it I can send this current stuff.

Regards,
- Roman

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Roman Guseynov wrote:
> 
> I can send my version by email. But as I told before it is not completed
> yet. If you want to play with it I can send this current stuff.
> 

Yes, that would be great.  Thanks.  I'll keep you posted on what I do with
it.

-josh-