[Oberon] Oberon for a C++ user.

[Aubrey.McIntosh at alumni.utexas.net]

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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