[Oberon] Oberon for a C++ user.

[Aubrey.McIntosh at alumni.utexas.net]

(I keep hitting ctl-enter as I would in Facebook.  It sends the composed
mail at that point.  Pfft.)

Thus far, I am able to open the repository window and load the system's mod
files into an editor window, but I don't know yet where the actual
directories are on my system.

I suppose this counts as a very quick success.


On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:36 AM, <Aubrey.McIntosh at alumni.utexas.net> wrote:

> The software binarywas installed in /usr/bin/bbcb
>
> I executed this, and the software started.  The windows were overlaid on
> my desktop and not in a BB window.  I have enough experience with BB that I
> was able to orient myself to the menu bar fairly quickly.  I created a test
> subsystem, compiled it, and found the subsystem directory in ~/<subsystem>.
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:34 AM, <Aubrey.McIntosh at alumni.utexas.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I have this Ubuntu version:
>>
>> amcintosh at aubrey-OptiPlex-760:~$ lsb_release -a
>> LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-
>> noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-
>> 3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-
>> amd64:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-
>> noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch
>> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
>> Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
>> Release: 14.04
>> Codename: trusty
>>
>>
>> I downloaded the .deb and installed it, without checking whether the
>> supporting libraries were already installed or not.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Pablo Cayuela <pablo.cayuela at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone in the list besides authors want to try linux version of BB? It
>>> seems that no one is listen but Lars, though he does not want to install it
>>> because of Russian text somewhere.
>>> Give it try!
>>>
>>> http://gitlab.molpit.org/blackbox/freenix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Skulski, Wojciech <
>>> skulski at pas.rochester.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lars:
>>>>
>>>> > I'm not a component pascal blackbox expert and I could be mistaken,
>>>> but so
>>>> > far from reading the help, for example finding mouse x y coords after
>>>> a
>>>> > click, seems to require message handling code.
>>>>
>>>> I recommend to look at the actual example. The gory detail becomes
>>>> apparent when actually doing some mouse handling and the screen graphics.
>>>> Dig into it. You will learn how it is done. I recommend looking at the
>>>> graphics package Gr which I wrote about fifteen years ago and I still use
>>>> it occasionally.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.zinnamturm.eu/downloadsDH.htm --> scroll down to Gr,
>>>> download and install the package, read the documentation, exercise the menu
>>>> items (without even understanding what kind of scientific problem it is
>>>> addressing), and finally open the code and read through it.
>>>>
>>>> Gr will show you quite a few nontrivial techniques. IMHO it is an ideal
>>>> package to study because it is relatively small, but it is not a demo. It
>>>> is a serious piece of software for doing serious work. It has been used by
>>>> students, engineers, and by myself.
>>>>
>>>> At the same time Gr is sufficiently non-ideal to demonstrate a somewhat
>>>> messy design of the real life software motivated by real life needs.
>>>>
>>>> As a final remark, I do believe that for its purpose (waveform display)
>>>> Gr is more robust, faster, and better suited than a lot of widespread
>>>> mainline graphics software accompanied by thick books. Till recently I
>>>> thought that Gr was a closed chapter. I am now changing this assessment.
>>>> Comparing some popular graphics software with Gr I am coming to the
>>>> conclusion that within its application area Gr is better suitable despite
>>>> being frozen for some fifteen years.
>>>>
>>>> The only concern that I have about Gr (or any other BB software) is
>>>> lack of Linux port. But I have heard that Wine works, though I never used
>>>> Wine myself.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Wojtek
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>>
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
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> Aubrey McIntosh, Ph.D.
> 1502 Devon Circle
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>
>


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