wlr@beach.cis.ufl.edu (William Ricker) (09/01/89)
I've finally gotten around to try to port Jove 4.13 to msdos using Turbo C 2.0. Mostly by using macros to define microsoft's dos and bios interface into Turbo C's. So far so good. I can execute jove and all looks fine. However, when I try to load a file, the file gets mugged and I get the following error message: Tmp file READ error; to continue editing would be dangerous Which it is. Continuing to edit results in the old ctlr-alt-del sequence. Any body got TC port working? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance bill -- Bill Ricker wlr@vlsi2.ee.ufl.edu 141 Turkey Creek wlr@beach.cis.ufl.edu Alachua, FL 32615 bill%ricker.UUCP@ufl.edu (904) 462-3377 gatech!uflorida!ricker!bill
mem@zinn.MV.COM (Mark E. Mallett) (09/07/89)
In article <20816@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> wlr@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes: >I've finally gotten around to try to port Jove 4.13 to msdos using >Turbo C 2.0. Mostly by using macros to define microsoft's dos and bios >interface into Turbo C's. So far so good. I can execute jove and all >looks fine. However, when I try to load a file, the file gets mugged >and I get the following error message: > Tmp file READ error; to continue editing would be dangerous This may or may not be your answer. I've seen something like this happen under MSDOS (with JOVE, that is) when the temp directory that I had designated (when compiling JOVE) did not exist. When the amount of text is large enough, JOVE will begin swapping it to a temp file in that temp area. If it can't open that file, bad things happen. Check to see that you have created the temp directory that you told JOVE to use. -mm- -- Mark E. Mallett Zinn Computer Co/ PO Box 4188/ Manchester NH/ 03103 Bus. Phone: 603 645 5069 Home: 603 424 8129 BIX: mmallett uucp: mem@zinn.MV.COM ( ...{decvax|elrond|harvard}!zinn!mem ) Northern MA and Southern NH consultants: Ask (in mail!) about MV.COM