Ion Popescu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am planing to switch from CW to GCC. FAQ
> mentioned that apps developed using gcc should install
> LibC.prc along with them. Is this an extra overhead
> compared to using CW? Or is CW doing static-linking
> all the time?
GCC provides some standard functions (notably a version of printf) which
are in LibC.prc, but this file is missing from my copy. You don't need
to install this file unless you use any of those functions. As long as
you stick to PalmOS functions, you'll be fine
>
> 3. I also need some tools to convert my resource
> files. If there are no tools to convert Metrowerks
> files, can I extract it from the .prc file?
There is no way (AFAIK) to convert resource files between the two
formats, but if you just want to "cut and paste" your resources from the
CW version, run "pilot-file -V foo.prc" (pilot-file is in pilot-link;
the V must be capital). This will produce a .bin file for each
resource. Add these files to your build-prc command line to include
them in the GCC-produced file (you must not include any code resources
from CW).
>
> 4. Do I need both pilot-link.XXX and prc-tools.XXX?
pilot-link is not strictly necessary for development, but it does
contain some useful utilities. pilot-file can inspect the contents of
.prc and .pdb files, and pilot-xfer can send files to the device.
Ben Darnell
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