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new file README.Watcom for instructions on using Watcom-Win32.zip

README.Watcom (text/plain), 4.33 KB, created by Marc Peter on 2006-05-07 05:48:39 UTC

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>Using SDL under Windows with the OpenWatcom compiler
>====================================================
>
>Prerequisites
>-------------
>
>I have done the port under Windows XP Home with SP2 installed. Windows
>2000 should also be working. I'm not so sure about ancient Windows NT,
>since only DirectX 3 is available there. Building should be possible,
>but running the compiled applications will probalbly fail with
>SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx. The windib driver should work, though.
>
>To compile and use the SDL with Open Watcom you will need the following:
>- Open Watcom compiler. I used version 1.5. The environment variables
>  PATH, WATCOM and INCLUDE need to be set appropriately - please consult
>  the OpenWatcom documentation and instructions given during the
>  installation of the compiler.
>  My setup looks like this in owvars.bat:
>    set WATCOM=C:\watcom
>    set INCLUDE=%WATCOM%\h;%WATCOM%\h\nt
>    set PATH=%PATH%;%WATCOM%\binnt;%WATCOM%\binw
>- A fairly recent DirectX SDK. The original unmodified DX8 SDK works, as
>  well as the minimal DirectX 7 SDK from the Allegro download site
>  (<http://alleg.sourceforge.net/files/dx70_min.zip>).
>- The SDL sources from Subversion
>- The file Watcom-Win32.zip (now available in Subversion)
>
>
>Building the Library
>--------------------
>
>1) In the SDL base directory extract the archive Watcom-Win32.zip. This
>   creates a subdirectory named 'watcom'.
>2) The makefile expects the environment variable DXDIR to be set to the
>   base directory of a DirectX SDK. I have tried a stock DX8 SDK from
>   Microsoft as well as the minimal DirectX 7 SDK from the Allegro
>   download site.
>   You can also edit the makefile directly and hard code your path to
>   the SDK on your system.
>   I have this in my setup:
>     set DXDIR=D:\devel\DX8_SDK
>3) Enter the watcom directory and run
>     wmake sdl
>4) All tests from the test directory are working and can be built by
>   running
>     wmake tests
>
>Notes:
>
> The makefile offers some options to tweak the way the library is built.
> You have at your disposal the option to build a static (default)
> library, or a DLL (with tgt=dll). You can also choose whether to build
> a Release (default) or a Debug version (with build=debug) of the tests
> and library. Please consult the usage comment at the top of the
> makefile for usage instructions.
>
> If you specify a test target (i.e. 'wmake tests' for all tests, or
> selected targets like 'wmake testgl testvidinfo testoverlay2'), the
> tests are always freshly compiled and linked. This is done to
> minimise hassle when switching between library versions (static vs.
> DLL), because they require subtly different options.
> Also, the test executables are put directly into the test directory,
> so they can find their data files. The clean target of the makefile
> removes the test executables and the SDL.dll file from the test
> directory.
>
> To use the library in your own projects with Open Watcom, you can use
> the way the tests are built as base of your own build environment.
>
>
>Test applications
>-----------------
>
>I've tried to make all tests work. The following table gives an overview
>of the current status.
>
> Testname        Status
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>checkkeys       +
>graywin         +
>loopwave        +
>testalpha       +
>testbitmap      +
>testdyngl       +
>testerror       +
>testfile        +
>testgamma       +
>testgl          +
>testhread       +
>testiconv       - (all failed)
>testkeys        +
>testlock        +
>testoverlay     + (needs 'set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx')
>testoverlay2    + (needs 'set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx')
>testpalette     +
>testplatform    +
>testsem         +
>testsprite      +
>testtimer       +
>testver         +
>testvidinfo     +
>testwin         - (fading doesn't seem right)
>testwm          +
>torturethread   +
>testcdrom       +
>testjoystick    not tested
>threadwin       +
>
>
>TODO
>----
>
>There is room for further improvement:
>- Test joystick functionality.
>- Investigate fading issue in 'testwin' test.
>- Fix the UTF-8 support.
>- Adapt the makefile/object file list to support more target systems
>- Use "#pragma aux" syntax for the CPU info functions.
>
>
>Questions and Comments
>----------------------
>
>Please direct any questions or comments to me:  <mailto:macpete@gmx.de>
>
>   Happy Codig!
>
>   Marc Peter

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