Re: Linux Dos Euphoria and Llama
Ferlin Scarborough wondered:
> Will Llama run under Linux yet?
No, there are quite a number of things that need to happen first:
1. I need to get my machine working properly. It seems like all my time on
the computer has been spent fiddling trying to get the hardware to work
again. Grrrr...
2. XLib wrappers need to be written. Robert has announced that the latest
version talks to XLib, and Pete posted an example he had made for Peu, which
also runs under Linux and links to DLLs. But the XLib functions, data
structures and macros need to be wrapped before they can be called from
Euphoria - and there are tons of them. The function calls and data
structures are fairly simple. But the macros are *scary* - Pete basically
had to decompile C code to get his macros working.
3. I have to learn XLib programming. It doesn't look that difficult, but
it's not something that will happen overnight. I expect to spend a lot of
time being frustrated with a lot of basic things.
4. Llamma classes need to be ported - primarily Drawable, Pixmap and Window.
This won't happen until the wrappers are coded.
5. Emulated control classes need to be finished. This is probably the most
difficult part. Because of licensing restrictions, C++ library dependance,
and so on, I've decided that the best plan is to write the controls myself.
As you can imagine, this will entail a lot of work. I hope to farm it out to
other people, but that portion of the library is not ready for prime time
yet.
Other than that, it's ready to go! 
-- David Cuny
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