1. Re: Linux > Eu Question
- Posted by jbrown105 at speedymail.org Sep 20, 2003
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On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 03:25:44AM +0000, Al Getz wrote: > > Hello there, > > Sounds interesting. > What ive decided is that i guess ill wait until i get > the thing installed, then take it from there. Prolly for the best. > I'd like to be able to use the same program > in both Windows and Linux, but is that even possible? Yes. Not easy unless you use a special library tho. > > Im already using Win API calls in the program in > question, so im wondering what you do in Linux > if you cant call the Win API ? Call glibc, call the kernel (NOT RECOMMENDED), call one of hundreds of add-on libs (ncurses, Xlib, GTK, Qt, maybe even KDE or GNOME), etc. If you must use the Win API in Linux, try WINE or Winelib. I tried to make an interface for Eu but I never got it to work. :[ > > Take care, > Al > > jbrown > jbrown105 at speedymail.org wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 04:45:08PM +0000, Al Getz wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Anyone know if Linux has anything like Ole/COM in it, > > > or can it be implemented as in Windows using Euphoria? > > > > > > Im asking because i was thinking of converting the Display > > > Server to Ole/COM for the interprocess communications. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Al > > > > > > > Kernel has no support for anything on that level. There are semaphores, > > message queues, and shared memory, but thats it. > > > > Going way beyond that, the desktop environments, such as KDE and GNOME, > > seem > > to provide something akin to it. (KDE 2.x had KOM, which was basicly the > > equivent of ActiveX for KDE programs as I understood it. KOM is a sortof > > C++ > > extention, tho. You might have to do a bit of research, here. Matt > > Lewis's work > > in using C++ in Euphoria will also be invaluable.) > > > > There is also RDC.e by Pete E, it lets Euphoria programs call routines > > in > > other euphoria programs. > > > > jbrown > > > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > > > > -- > > You too can spend five years in prison; just distribute this program > > once US Senator Hollings's CBDTPA bill is passed into law: > > perl -e 'while(<>) { print;}' > > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! -- "Is there peace in heaven, or is that merely an illusion?" - Someone