1PERLEPOC(1)            Perl Programmers Reference Guide            PERLEPOC(1)
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NAME

6       perlepoc - Perl for EPOC
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SYNOPSIS

9       Perl 5 README file for the EPOC Release 5 operating system.
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INTRODUCTION

12       EPOC is an OS for palmtops and mobile phones. For more information look
13       at: <http://www.symbian.com/>
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15       This is a port of perl to the epocemx SDK by Eberhard Mattes, which
16       itself uses the SDK by symbian. Essentially epocemx it is a POSIX look
17       alike environment for the EPOC OS.  For more information look at:
18       <http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/>
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20       perl and epocemx runs on Epoc Release 5 machines: Psion 5mx, 5mx Pro,
21       Psion Revo, Psion Netbook and on the Ericsson M128. It may run on Epoc
22       Release 3 Hardware (Series 5 classic), too. For more information about
23       this hardware please refer to <http://www.psion.com/>
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25       Vendors which like to have support for their devices are free to send
26       me a sample.
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INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC

29       You can download a ready-to-install version from
30       <http://www.oflebbe.de/perl/perl5.html>
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32       You will need at least ~6MB free space in order to install and run
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35       Please install the emxusr.sis package from
36       <http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/> first.
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38       Install perl.sis on the EPOC machine. If you do not know how to do
39       that, consult your PsiWin documentation.
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41       Perl itself and its standard library is using 4 MB disk space.  Unicode
42       support and some other modules are left out. (For details, please look
43       into epoc/createpkg.pl). If you like to use these modules, you are free
44       to copy them from a current perl release.
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STARTING PERL ON EPOC

47       Please use the epocemx shell to start perl. perl integrates with the
48       conventions of epocemx.
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50   Features of Perl on Epoc
51       The built-in function EPOC::getcwd returns the current directory.
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53   Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
54       Features are left out, because of restrictions of the POSIX support in
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57       ·   socket IO is only implemented poorly. You can only use sysread and
58           syswrite on them. The commands read, write, print, <> do not work
59           for sockets. This may change iff epocemx supports sockets.
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61       ·   kill, alarm and signals. Do not try to use them. This may be
62           impossible to implement on EPOC.
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64       ·   select is missing.
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66       ·   binmode does not exist. (No CR LF to LF translation for text files)
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68       ·   EPOC does not handle the notion of current drive and current
69           directory very well (i.e. not at all, but it tries hard to emulate
70           one). See PATH.
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72       ·   Heap is limited to 4MB.
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74       ·   Dynamic loading is not implemented.
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76   Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
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79       ·   You will need the epocemx SDK from Eberhard Mattes.
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81       ·   Get the Perl sources from your nearest CPAN site.
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83       ·   Unpack the sources.
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85       ·   Build a native perl from this sources... Make sure to save the
86           miniperl executable as miniperl.native.
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88           Start again from scratch
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90                 cp epoc/* .
91                 ./Configure -S
92                 make
93                 cp miniperl.native miniperl
94                 touch miniperl.exe
95                 make
96                 perl createpkg.pl
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98                 emxsis perl.pkg perl.sis
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SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC

101       I'm offering this port "as is". You can ask me questions, but I can't
102       guarantee I'll be able to answer them. Since the port to epocemx is
103       quite new, please check the web for updates first.
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105       Very special thanks to Eberhard Mattes for epocemx.
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AUTHOR

108       Olaf Flebbe <olaf@oflebbe.de> <http://www.oflebbe.de/perl/perl5.html>
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LAST UPDATE

111       2003-01-18
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