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- This is the Idol public distribution directory.
- Read idol.man and idol.doc for details on running Idol.
- Read systems.doc for system-dependent notes, such as how to
- build Idol for your system.
-
- The Idol source is idol.iol; the Idol booting kit is idolboot.icn.
- In addition to these two files, there is a system-specific Icon file
- which must be linked in to produce an Idol executable: so far there
- are files amiga.icn, mpw.icn, msdos.icn, mvs.icn, os2.icn, unix.icn,
- and vms.icn.
-
- BUILDING IDOL
-
- If you are running MS-DOS, the file install.bat contains the sequence
- of commands necessary to build Idol. This sequence consists of:
-
- (1) Compile idolboot with a line such as
- icont -Sr1000 -SF30 -Si1000 idolboot msdos
-
- (2) Install an Idol environment directory with a line such as
- iconx idolboot -install
-
- For MS-DOS, this generates a batch file named idolt.bat which
- you would then execute to create the environment directory.
- For other systems, idolboot creates the directory itself.
-
- (3) Translate Idol from its idol.iol source file with a line such as
- iconx idolboot idol msdos.icn
- (Again, on MS-DOS, this generates a batch file named idolt.bat
- which you should then execute.)
-
- This makes a good initial test of the system's operation.
-
- In addition there are several other files with extension .iol; these
- are unfinished fragments of Idol source code for your perusal.
- Contributions are of course welcome!
-
- Note that Idol is still a work in progress, and this must be
- considered a test distribution. Support for non-UNIX systems is
- minimally tested; feel free to add code to support your system
- and send it in.
-
- The -strict flag not only generates paranoid code for public field
- access, it generates extra warning messages when inherited fields
- are named in a subclass.
-
- Mail cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (or uunet!arizona!cjeffery)
- when you have questions or bug fixes for Idol.
-