Re: [Freedos-devel] FreePascal near to far pointer conversion

2023-11-12 Thread Rugxulo via Freedos-devel
Hi, On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 5:46 AM Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel wrote: > > On 12.11.2023 02:44, Rugxulo via Freedos-devel wrote: > > But I still have not found an elegant solution yet to do a widening > conversion of an untyped pointer from near to far. > Should be rarely needed though.

Re: [Freedos-devel] New FreeDOS Edlin 2.23 is out on Sourceforge!

2023-11-12 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
And re-mirrored to the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio. :-) Thanks! On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 10:24 AM Gregory Pietsch wrote: > > Oops! I keep forgetting to change the version numbers in the config.h and > batch files. Fixed and re-uploaded the files to SourceForge. > -- Gregory > > > On

Re: [Freedos-devel] New FreeDOS Edlin 2.23 is out on Sourceforge!

2023-11-12 Thread Gregory Pietsch via Freedos-devel
Oops! I keep forgetting to change the version numbers in the config.h and batch files. Fixed and re-uploaded the files to SourceForge. -- Gregory > On 11/12/2023 11:07 AM EST Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > > Thanks! I always love a new Edlin release. :-) > > I've mirrored it on

Re: [Freedos-devel] New FreeDOS Edlin 2.23 is out on Sourceforge!

2023-11-12 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
Thanks! I always love a new Edlin release. :-) I've mirrored it on the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio. Here's the link: https://ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/edlin/2.23/ For anyone interested, the video Gregory mentioned is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yapAepxbaT4

[Freedos-devel] New FreeDOS Edlin 2.23 is out on Sourceforge!

2023-11-12 Thread Gregory Pietsch via Freedos-devel
When Jim compiled Edlin 2.22 for the video, I noticed that the OpenWatcom compiler emitted a warning. Of course, this caused a disturbance in the Force. The new version 2.23 cleans up that warning, and therefore FreeDOS Edlin can now be thrown into the gladiatorial arena and slay the software

Re: [Freedos-devel] libm-0.6 and libmpi-0.2

2023-11-12 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
Hi everyone! For anyone who needs more info: libmpi is a Multiple Precision Integer library, and libm is a C math library. Both are public domain. You can find both on the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/devel/libs/libm and /files/devel/libs/libmpi. Thanks Gregory! Here are the

[Freedos-devel] libm-0.6 and libmpi-0.2

2023-11-12 Thread Gregory Pietsch via Freedos-devel
In a world where mathematicians are the lowest of the low, I have sent Jim the latest versions of these low-level libraries. These versions contain mostly bug fixes. I am still wondering if someone out there can check the math. -- Gregory___

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreePascal near to far pointer conversion

2023-11-12 Thread Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel
On 12.11.2023 02:44, Rugxulo via Freedos-devel wrote: FarAddr internal function Thanks, that brings me further :-) I also changed my coding style from a more C oriented style to a more Pascal like. Unlike in C, one does not have to pass around (explicit) pointers that often. For example