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From: higgin@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with Manx C
Message-ID: <557@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 15:52:17 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 30 15:52:17 1986
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In article <805@princeton.UUCP> chiu@princeton.UUCP (Kenneth Chiu) writes:
>Well, I finally bought a compiler.  Now I can do something real programming,
>instead of just playing around.  I have run into a few things that might
>be bugs, though.  If any who has the Manx compiler wouldn't mind some
>correspondence, I would like to compare notes with some one when I run into
>a problem.
>
>1.  The z editor doesn't seem to recognize :s/pat/repl/ commands.  This is
>    quite a disappointment, since I use global substitutions sometimes.

You're right - it doesn't have a replace command (I use MicroEmacs).

>2.  The z editor also doesn't seem to recognize an options file.  I tried
>    putting a z.opt file in the current directory and trying to define
>    ZOPT in the environment.  And in the file I tried "ts=8", ":ts=8",
>    ":set ts=8", "set ts=8", etc.
>

Right - they're document features which don't exist.

>2.  Many of the amiga functions (such as Lock) are defined: struct Lock *Lock().
>    I can't find such a structure defined in any of the .h files.  I did find
>    struct FileLock, though, and the Lattice compiler seems to define as
>    struct FileLock whatever the Manx compiler has as struct Lock.
>

Where is a struct Lock used or defined, or even mentioned?  True, the
AmigaDOS manuals mention Locks everywhere, but in terms of C, it means
struct FileLock.

>3.  "grep -f BPTR foo.h" will not find "BPTR" in foo.h.  "grep -f bptr"
>    will find "BPTR," though.
>

I don't use grep because search (while far from perfect) works ok, and is
(apparently) faster.

>4.  Their bulletin board for technical support doesn't answer.  Maybe they
>    need some technical support too. :-)
>--

Call the PERSONAL technical support - they're pretty good.
Even when I got on the tech BBS a few times ages ago, my questions were
never answered.

>Kenneth Chiu                                              UUCP: princeton!chiu
>Princeton University Computer Science Department        BITNET: 6031801@PUCC

Hang in there Kenneth, Manx C is an excellent package (I've been using it
since before it was released).  Version 3.3 should be out in August which
should be a big enhancement (especially for 1.2 users/developers), and
doubles will not be just floats in disguise, etc.

Regards,
		Paul Higginbottom (Happy Manx User)

Disclaimer: I do not work for Commodore, and my opinions are my own.