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- REMIND version 3.0 for OS/2
-
- This file contains instructions for compiling Remind under OS/2 with
- Eberhard Mattes' emx/gcc compiler and with the Microsoft C compiler.
- There are a number of targets in Makefile.os2, including OS/2-only
- versions and bound versions (programs which run under OS/2 and DOS).
-
- Note that there is also support for OS/2 using the Borland C
- compiler--see the file README.BCC for details.
-
- REMIND is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program. Details are given
- in the man page, "remind.1".
-
- 1 - Read the file COPYRIGHT. (This may be called COPYRIGH on your
- MS-DOS system.)
-
- 2 - To compile Remind for OS/2, you must use the Microsoft C compiler
- or emx/gcc. You must also have a decent version of 'make', such
- as dmake or GNU make.
-
- 3 - Examine the file config.h and adjust parameters as needed
-
- 4 - Examine the file Makefile.os2 and adjust parameters as needed.
-
- 5 - Type:
-
- make -f Makefile.os2
-
- to see a list of targets. For example,
-
- make -f Makefile.os2 emx
-
- will build a 32-bit emx version which runs under OS/2 2.x and DOS.
-
- The file "defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
- as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
-
- NOTE that I do not have access to an OS/2 system, so support for this
- system may not be as good as I'd like.
-
- OS/2 support is courtesy of Russ Herman <rwh@gov.on.ca>, Norman Walsh
- <norm@ora.com>, and Darrel Hankerson <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>.
- However, if you have problems, please contact me.
-
- OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
-
- Remind has support for languages other than English. See the file
- "lang.h" for details. The language support may vary - you can change
- only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage
- instructions and error messages as well. See "french.h" for an
- example of the latter.
-
- If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
- English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
- However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable
- Remind scripts.
-
- At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign
- language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
- If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
- too.
-
- Take a look at the files "english.h" and "german.h" if you want to add
- support for your favourite language. If you do add another language
- to Remind, please let me know! Here are the basic guidelines:
-
- - Your language file should be called "lxxx.h", where lxxx is the first 8
- characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
-
- - You should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English name of your language,
- with the first letter capitalized and the rest lower-case.
-
- --
- David F. Skoll <dfs@doe.carleton.ca>
- 986 Eiffel Avenue
- Ottawa, Ontario K2C 0J2
- CANADA
-
- Tel. (613) 225-8687
-
-