Hi everyone I know not everyone follows the freedos.org website, so I wanted to share these recent news items:
**IA-16 GCC toolchain and libi86 library, Jan 2022 version** TK Chia has released the new version of IA-16 GCC and the Libi86 library. IA-16 GCC is a version of the GNU GCC compiler for 16-bit DOS. Programs compiled with IA-16 GCC will run on any PC, but requires a '386 or better to compile. From TK Chia's description: "This is a very unofficial DJGPP/MS-DOS-hosted (32-bit x86) port of the GNU C and C++ compiler toolchain to the IA-16 target (16-bit Intel x86) by Rask Ingemann Lambertsen, Andrew Jenner, myself, and various contributors. The toolchain itself is 32-bit, but it will output 16-bit code." A few changes in this release: options to check for '286 CPU when compiling for that target + Newlib with multi-byte character support + uname and realpath are implemented + bug fixes + other improvements. Full change log are in the release notes. You can find this new release at IA-16 GCC on GitLab. We've also mirrored this at the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /files/devel/c/gcc-ia16. At the same time, TK Chia also released an updated version of the Lib86 library. This is a library of routines for DOS programs, meant to be used with the IA-16 GCC toolchain. Full changes are listed in the release notes, but highlights include: new BIOS functions in bios.h + _searchpath in dir.h + _displaycursor and _setcolor in graph.h + _setbkcolor partially implemented + bug fixes + other changes. You can find the new release at Lib86 on GitLab. We've also mirrored this version at Ibiblio, in /devel/c/gcc-ia16/libi86. (I'm trying to do more work in IA-16 GCC, so I'm really excited for this release!) ** Updated DWED editor for DOS ** DosWorld released a new version of the DWED text editor. If you haven't used DWED, it's worth a try. Features include: Support files over 64k + Support syntax highlight (C / Pascal / Asm / Xml / Html / Txt etc) + Support multiple file editing at the same time + Support internal clipboard (up to 32k) + Don't require DPMI-server or 80286 CPU. Written in TurboPascal. Looks like the latest version is a minor update: added Windows clipboard support (via system2 lib) and can be used in Windows or Dosbox. You can find the source code and screenshots at DWED on GitHub and the new release on DWED release 2022-01-12. MIT License. _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
