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6 README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
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9 Perl 5 README file for the EPOC Release 5 operating system.
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12 EPOC is an OS for palmtops and mobile phones. For more informations
13 look at: http://www.symbian.com/
14 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/
19 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/
24 Vendors which like to have support for their devices are free to send
26 me a sample.
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29 You can download a ready-to-install version from
30 http://www.oflebbe.de/oflebbe/perl/
31 You will need at least ~6MB free space in order to install and run
33 perl.
34 Please install the emxusr.sis package from
36 http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/ first.
37 Install perl.sis on the EPOC machine. If you do not know how to do
39 that, consult your PsiWin documentation.
40 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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47 Please use the epocemx shell to start perl. perl integrates with the
48 conventions of epocemx.
49 Editors on Epoc
51 A suitable text editor can be downloaded from symbian
52 http://www.symbian.com/developer/downloads/files/editor.zip
53 Features of Perl on Epoc
55 The built-in function EPOC::getcwd returns the current directory.
56 Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
58 Features are left out, because of restrictions of the POSIX support in
59 EPOC:
60 · socket IO is only implemented poorly. You can only use sysread and
62 syswrite on them. The commands read, write, print, <> do not work
63 for sockets. This may change iff epocemx supports sockets.
64 · kill, alarm and signals. Do not try to use them. This may be
66 impossible to implement on EPOC.
67 · select is missing.
69 · binmode does not exist. (No CR LF to LF translation for text files)
71 · EPOC does not handle the notion of current drive and current
73 directory very well (i.e. not at all, but it tries hard to emulate
74 one). See PATH.
75 · Heap is limited to 4MB.
77 · Dynamic loading is not implemented.
79 Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
81 Sorry, this is far too short.
82 · You will need the epocemx SDK from Eberhard Mattes.
84 · Get the Perl sources from your nearest CPAN site.
86 · Unpack the sources.
88 · Build a native perl from this sources... Make sure to save the
90 miniperl executable as miniperl.native.
91 Start again from scratch
93 cp epoc/* .
95 ./Configure -S
96 make
97 cp miniperl.native miniperl
98 touch miniperl.exe
99 make
100 perl createpkg.pl
101 emxsis perl.pkg perl.sis
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105 I'm offering this port "as is". You can ask me questions, but I can't
106 guarantee I'll be able to answer them. Since the port to epocemx is
107 quite new, please check the web for updates first.
108 Very special thanks to Eberhard Mattes for epocemx.
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112 Olaf Flebbe <olaf@oflebbe.de> http://www.oflebbe.de/oflebbe/perl/
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