a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant) (01/03/91)
> don@brahms.udel.edu writes: > > > Any help, suggestions, reasonably documented example code, etc., will > be happily accepted. > > Thanks Well, I can't help you with 2.0 examples, but I can tell you this: The Fred Fish Freely-redistributable software collection (over 400 disks) is a great source for source code (please forgive the pun :-) I have 35 disks full of stuff I've pulled off those disks (and some other places, too) and they are an invaluable aid to learning. Something else you might want to check out is the Amiga C Manual. It's a three-disk set of examples and should be available at an FTP site near you. I don't know what an FTP site is so I can't help you find one or figure out how to access it. -Ron Tarrant a976@Mindlink.UUCP
don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) (01/03/91)
No doubt it's been asked before, but where might I be able to find some
documentation on taking advantage of the new 2.0 features? I never did much
under 1.3 because things like opening windows, etc, looked a bit complex.
From the little bit of source I've looked at of 2.0-specific software (PSX
and ToolManager), it looks as if things have gotten easier (of course, that
may also be due to the fact that I've relearned C since the last time I
tried doing any non-CLI-based intuition programming under 1.3), but
I can't get too far on only two examples.
Anyway, I've got a little bit of free time (I hope) coming up, and I
figure now's a good time to start doing some Amiga-secific programming.
So, for those who haven't guessed my question by now, where might I find
some documentation for 2.0? I'm using SAS 5.10 (my 5.10A was supposed to
be in the mail several weeks ago, but...). I have the 1.3 Includes &
Autodocs RKM, several generic C books, and just the above-mentioned source
listings to learn from.
I know of the existence of the DevCon notes, but apparently you've got
to be a developer and pay extra to get them... too expensive of a proposition
for me at this point. How soon might I hope to see 2.0 RKMs? I imagine
it'll be a while, since 2.0 itself isn't set in stone yet.
It'd probably also be useful for me to find a decent book on Amiga
programming in general, to get some kind of idea what exactly terms like
IDCMP, BPTR, messages, etc. are supposed to mean to me. My programming
experience thus far has been mostly generic C and Modula-II; that's apparently
all I'll get from school until I start taking grad-level classes (the
exception, I hope, being the Op Systems class next semester...)
One question someone might answer for me which could probably be
very helpful in deciphering code... what exactly is a tag? It's not
something I've run across before. What is its function, and how is it stored?
Any help, suggestions, reasonably documented example code, etc., will
be happily accepted.
Thanks
--
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here. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.fnf@fishpond.uucp (Fred Fish) (01/13/91)
In article <4314@mindlink.UUCP> a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant) writes: >Well, I can't help you with 2.0 examples, but I can tell you this: >The Fred Fish Freely-redistributable software collection (over 400 disks) is a >great source for source code (please forgive the pun :-) People have been asking why I don't have more WB2.0 specific examples available. The answer of course, is that nobody has sent any in. Anyone with source examples is encouraged to submit them... -Fred -- # Fred Fish, 1835 E. Belmont Drive, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA # 1-602-491-0048 asuvax!mcdphx!fishpond!fnf
SteveX@omx.UUCP (Steve Tibbett) (01/18/91)
In article <1991Jan12.165058.18826@fishpond.uucp> fnf@fishpond.uucp (Fred Fish) writes: >People have been asking why I don't have more WB2.0 specific examples >available. The answer of course, is that nobody has sent any in. Anyone >with source examples is encouraged to submit them... A few of the things I've done recently (PSX, AddTools, AppIconX (done but not distributed yet) come with source, and make good 2.0 programming examples - feel free to use 'em. (How about a 2.0-specific disk? That would make non-2.0 people happy, and I think there is probably enough 2.0 specific stuff to fill a disk). 2.0 (or A3000-specific) stuff from my BBS: starblnkrs.lzh 25776 25-Dec-90 2.0 Commodities/GadTools screen blanker wshupd.lzh 6782 25-Dec-90 ConMan update for 2.0 compatability winman.lzh 8446 09-Dec-90 Window manipulator, goes on Tools menu psx.lzh 19638 09-Dec-90 Public screen manager, for 2.0 only slist.lzh 3072 09-Dec-90 List system structures, like Wack pubscrns.lzh 12753 09-Dec-90 Yet another Public Screen manager iff2src.lzh 18205 09-Dec-90 2.0-only IFF Image to C Source converter AddTools11.LZH 8368 04-Dec-90 Add items to the Workbench tools menu Cxmoff.lzh 6272 03-Dec-90 Turns off mouse after so many keystrokes memoration.lzh 2689 23-Oct-90 Memory Rationing, for low mem testing battmem.zoo 5960 18-Oct-90 Preferences editor for A3000 Battmem newalert.zoo 10862 13-Oct-90 Replacement ALERTS for 2.0 - Text descr SetWB.LZH 6385 13-Oct-90 Workbench 2.0 Workbench Manipulator BootCache.LZH 6591 13-Oct-90 Bootblock to turn off 68020/030 cache wb2hacks.lzh 6668 09-Aug-90 Icon Remapper and a new Clock Pointer kickreboot.lzh 4074 28-Jul-90 Adds a COLD Kickstart boot to 3000 Tools Starburst.LZH 1712 28-Jul-90 Enables the '*' wildcards in ADos 2.0 SetNoClick.LZH 4848 28-Jul-90 Set the 'NoClick' bit on 2.0 trackdisk (If anybody sees any 2.0/A3000 specific item that I don't have, please send it to me or let me know where I can get it - I'm trying to keep that section of my BBS as up to date as possible). -- ...Steve Tibbett...bix=s.tibbett...Plink=STEVEX...BBS=613-731-3419... ...VirusX=4.01...Insert Disclaimer Here...