perl5.git.perl.org Git - perl5.git/blame_incremental

... / ...

Commit	Line	Data
	1	If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
	2	see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
	3	specially designed to be readable as is.
	4
	5	=head1 NAME
	6
	7	README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
	8
	9	=head1 SYNOPSIS
	10
	11	Perl 5 README file for the EPOC Release 5 operating system.
	12
	13	=head1 INTRODUCTION
	14
	15	EPOC is an OS for palmtops and mobile phones. For more informations look at:
	16	http://www.symbian.com/
	17
	18	This is a port of perl to the epocemx SDK by Eberhard Mattes, which
	19	itself uses the SDK by symbian. Essentially epocemx it is a POSIX
	20	look alike environment for the EPOC OS. For more information look at:
	21	http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/
	22
	23	perl and epocemx runs on Epoc Release 5 machines: Psion 5mx, 5mx Pro,
	24	Psion Revo, Psion Netbook and on the Ericsson M128. It may run on Epoc
	25	Release 3 Hardware (Series 5 classic), too. For more information about
	26	this hardware please refer to http://www.psion.com/
	27
	28	Vendors which like to have support for their devices are free to send
	29	me a sample.
	30
	31	=head1 INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
	32
	33	You can download a ready-to-install version from
	34	http://www.oflebbe.de/perl/perl5.html
	35
	36	You will need at least ~6MB free space in order to install and run perl.
	37
	38	Please install the emxusr.sis package from
	39	http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/ first.
	40
	41	Install perl.sis on the EPOC machine. If you do not know how to do
	42	that, consult your PsiWin documentation.
	43
	44	Perl itself and its standard library is using 4 MB disk space.
	45	Unicode support and some other modules are left out. (For details,
	46	please look into epoc/createpkg.pl). If you like to use these modules,
	47	you are free to copy them from a current perl release.
	48
	49	=head1 STARTING PERL ON EPOC
	50
	51	Please use the epocemx shell to start perl. perl integrates with the
	52	conventions of epocemx.
	53
	54	=head2 Features of Perl on Epoc
	55
	56	The built-in function EPOC::getcwd returns the current directory.
	57
	58	=head2 Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
	59
	60	Features are left out, because of restrictions of the POSIX support in
	61	EPOC:
	62
	63	=over 4
	64
	65	=item *
	66
	67	socket IO is only implemented poorly. You can only use sysread and
	68	syswrite on them. The commands read, write, print, <> do not work for
	69	sockets. This may change iff epocemx supports sockets.
	70
	71	=item *
	72
	73	kill, alarm and signals. Do not try to use them. This may be
	74	impossible to implement on EPOC.
	75
	76	=item *
	77
	78	select is missing.
	79
	80	=item *
	81
	82	binmode does not exist. (No CR LF to LF translation for text files)
	83
	84	=item *
	85
	86	EPOC does not handle the notion of current drive and current
	87	directory very well (i.e. not at all, but it tries hard to emulate
	88	one). See PATH.
	89
	90	=item *
	91
	92	Heap is limited to 4MB.
	93
	94	=item *
	95
	96	Dynamic loading is not implemented.
	97
	98	=back
	99
	100	=head2 Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
	101
	102	Sorry, this is far too short.
	103
	104	=over 4
	105
	106	=item *
	107
	108	You will need the epocemx SDK from Eberhard Mattes.
	109
	110	=item *
	111
	112	Get the Perl sources from your nearest CPAN site.
	113
	114	=item *
	115
	116	Unpack the sources.
	117
	118	=item *
	119
	120	Build a native perl from this sources... Make sure to save the
	121	miniperl executable as miniperl.native.
	122
	123	Start again from scratch
	124
	125	cp epoc/* .
	126	./Configure -S
	127	make
	128	cp miniperl.native miniperl
	129	touch miniperl.exe
	130	make
	131	perl createpkg.pl
	132
	133	emxsis perl.pkg perl.sis
	134
	135	=back
	136
	137	=head1 SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
	138
	139	I'm offering this port "as is". You can ask me questions, but I can't
	140	guarantee I'll be able to answer them. Since the port to epocemx is
	141	quite new, please check the web for updates first.
	142
	143	Very special thanks to Eberhard Mattes for epocemx.
	144
	145	=head1 AUTHOR
	146
	147	Olaf Flebbe <olaf@oflebbe.de>
	148	http://www.oflebbe.de/perl/perl5.html
	149
	150	=head1 LAST UPDATE
	151
	152	2003-01-18
	153
	154	=cut