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From: hermens@groucho
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Simple Question on THINK C
Message-ID: <1990Dec17.221555.16011@groucho>
Date: 17 Dec 90 22:15:55 GMT
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Reply-To: hermens@ted.cs.uidaho.edu (Leonard Hermens )
Organization: University of Idaho, Moscow
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In article <32575.276B8C21@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) writes:
>Matthew C. Scallon writes in a message to All
>
>MCS> I wrote a simple 
>MCS> program, no window management commands, no menu management commands, 
>MCS> nothing. The program compiled fine, but it didn't link, and the 
>MCS> keywords above were listed as "undefined." How can I get them 
>MCS> un-"undefined?" I'd appreciate any help. 
>MCS> Thanks, 
>MCS> Mat
>
>As far as I know, it is impossible to compile *any* Mac program that works 
>with
>the operating system that doesn't require the Window Manager, etc. This is 
>because
>all input/output to the screen is done via the QuickDraw toolbox routines in
>ROM, and THESE assume that the various managers have been initialized (and 
>therefore
>the various <#includes> have been <#include>-ed). Your best bet is to get a
>copy of the "Macintosh C Programming Primer," and step through it. ("Macintosh
> 
>Revealed" and "Inside Macinstosh" vol 1-4 would help also). You might also 
>step
>through the sample program "Hello World" that is included with the compiler,
>and, of course, read the manual tutorial on how to create  simple programs 
>using
>"Hello World," Bullseye" and "MiniEdit" [chapters 3,4,5].
>
>Lawson
                  Or you can use the UNIX compatibility code that
                  puts a window on the screen that acts like a
                  simple UNIX terminal.  All I/O is UNIX-like and
                  simple commands like printf will work just fine.

Leonard


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Leonard Hermens     hermens@ted.cs.uidaho.edu
Department of Computer Science
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83843