On 2/7/03 1:19 PM, "Steven Fisher" wrote: > It is also completely unusable under Mac OS X as > shipped, and even after updating all the components > you will still have to wait about 25 seconds per > step when debugging.
This is not true. I use CodeWarrior for Palm exclusively in Mac OS X, and Palm development is my full-time occupation (and yes, I am paid to do it! ;). Stepping during debugging is very slow under Mac OS X, but still usable (albeit a little painful)... I just try to write my code correctly the first time so I don't have to debug! ;) That said, it appears that Metrowerks will be killing the Mac-hosted version of CW for Palm (although there's been no official announcement... Ben, I'm looking at you!). For this reason, I'm in the process of moving development to prc-tools. It works well on Mac OS X, and it's free (as in beer)! However, don't expect a polished IDE/GUI like you get with CW. You can use Apple's IDE (Project Builder), but it's not fully integrated with prc-tools. GDB works as expected for debugging, but (strangely) I've discovered that stepping is nearly as slow as in CW... maybe it's really a problem with the Mac version of POSE. I've even gotten DDD (the *nix graphical front-end for GDB) to work for debugging palm apps under X11, although it's rather clunky and slow. If you're interested in prc-tools for Mac, you can find a nice installable distribution of it at <http://sidewww.epfl.ch/~crivelli/prctools-osx/index.html>. Mac OS X is still a very viable for Palm development. However, when I started Palm development in early 1997, the Mac was almost the preferred platform for development - now it's a bit of a second-class citizen. Big surprise, eh? > Question: Can I communicate the Palm with the Mac > via the Infrared ports? The HotSync manager should allow you to configure this capability. It worked for me with my Pismo G3 laptop under OS 9, but I haven't tried under OS X (...I traded my Pismo in for a 12" G4 PB :). Craig -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
