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FDOSTUI
FreeDOS Text User Interface
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Following are the preprocessor macros that are used when compiling applications.
| Macro | Description ---------— |
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| NT | Windows target |
| FLAT | 32-bit addressing mode |
| CURSES | GNU/Linux or BSD target |
FDOSTUI uses "unsigned char" for character types. By default, Open Watcom compiler reports to use this, which can be toggled off by the 'j' switch. It appears, however, that the C++ compiler defaults to signed char and will generates errors. Therefore, when passing paramaters to routines accepting an unsigned char it is neccessary to use a cast to elminate the error.
FDOSTUI uses the Open Watcom C/C++ compiler and tools.
Other compiler tools will not work because assembler routines expect the __watcall register passing conventions. In addition, library calls specific to Open Watcom are used throughout the code.
The library can not be compiled in the small, compact or huge memory models. Use either the medium (mm) or large (ml) memory model. The default memory model is medium.
To compile, change into the make directory of FDOSTUI, and type "wmake -f owd16.mak."
The above command will build the object files and library. The object files are placed in the "..\obj\owd16" directory and library "fdtuid16.lib" in the "..\lib" directory.
The library can be compiled for 32-bit Protected Mode.
To compile, change into the make directory of FDOSTUI, and type "wmake -f owd32.mak."
The above command will build the object files and library. The object files are placed in the "..\obj\owd32" directory and library "fdtuid32.lib" in the "..\lib" directory.
Open Watcom provides both the CauseWay and Tenberry DOS/4GW extenders. The FDOSTUI library should work with either of them transparently. However, the CauseWay extender is preferred because it is free software.
The library can be compiled for 32-bit Windows.
To compile, change into the make directory of FDOSTUI, and type "wmake -f oww32.mak."
The above command will build the object files and library. The object files are placed in the "..\obj\oww32" directory and library "fdtuiw32.lib" in the "..\lib" directory.
The library can be compiled using the GNU compiler collection provided by MinGW. For Windows see msys2. Under GNU/Linux, see your distributions MinGW cross compilation package.
To compile, change into the make directory of FDOSTUI, and type "make -f mingw.mak." To work correctly, this requires GNUMake as the make tool.
The above command will build the object files and library. The object files are placed in the "..\obj\mingw" directory and library "libfdtuimgw.a" in the "..\lib" directory.
Under GNU/Linux, substitute c++ with i686-w64-mingw32-g++.
Wine emulator can be used to run the application.
Visual Studio command line tools can be used to build FDOSTUI library. Set the command line environment using the "vcvarsall.bat" batch file. The batch file is located in the Visual Studio VC directory. For example, in Visual Studio 12, you would enter the following commands:
To compile, change into the makevs directory of FDOSTUI, and type "nmake."
The above command will build the object files and library. The object files are placed in the "..\obj\vs32" directory and library "fdtuivs.lib" in the "..\lib" directory.
The library can be compiled for GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems using the curses library.
To compile, change into the makedirectory of FDOSTUI, and type "make -f ncur.mak." The makeile is compatible with both GNU and BSD make.
The above command will build the object files and library. The object files are placed in the "../obj/ncur" directory and library "libfdtuicur.a" in the "../lib" directory.
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