Lenny Palozzi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to get this answer straight from the Linux development
> community. Is the palm pilot development software for Linux(GCC/Copilot)
> lagging behind from the Windows equivalent. My issue is specifically with
> the Copilot Emulator on Linux. I found under windows POSE as an
> indespensible tool, xcopilot on the other hand I have found to be buggy
> and unstable. I cannot install any applications on xcopilot and its
> crashed numerous times(using Palm OS 3).
>
The software on Windows is currently more up to date than the Un*x
equivalent. Deficiencies I'm aware of include:
* GCC does not support multiple code segments - your apps are limited to 32k
of code (or 64k with some clever hackery)
* The include files for PalmOS3 are not included in the distribution (I have
installed them by hand, however, and they work fine)
* POSE on Windows has many more features than xcopilot
To address your specific concerns, I use hotsync rather than xcopilot's
install app feature. I start the emulator with the command line "xcopilot
-serial -debug gdb -debugargs /dev/ptyqf". In a separate terminal, I set the
environment variable PILOTPORT to /dev/ttyqe and run "pilot-link -i
foobar.prc".
I think someone is in the process of porting POSE to Linux.
>
> Are the lights going out for developing for the Palm on *nixes?
>
> Can xcopilot run the latest Palm OS's/ROMS?
I successfully use both the 2.0 and 3.0 debug ROMs from Palm's website. 3.1
won't work because xcopilot doesn't understand the EZ processor.
>
> Is anyone having success in developing palm apps on Linux?
Yes
Ben Darnell
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