=head1 NAME
-README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+perlepoc - Perl for EPOC
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-Perl 5 README file for the EPOC operating system.
+Perl 5 README file for the EPOC Release 5 operating system.
=head1 INTRODUCTION
-EPOC is a OS for palmtops and mobile phones. For more informations look at:
-http://www.symbian.com/
+EPOC is an OS for palmtops and mobile phones. For more information look
+at: L<http://www.symbian.com/>
-This is a port of perl to EPOC. It runs on the Psion Series 5, 5mx,
-5mx Pro, Psion Revo and on the Ericson M128. I have no report about
-the Psion Netbook or the S7. For information about this hardware
-please refer to http://www.psion.com.
+This is a port of perl to the epocemx SDK by Eberhard Mattes, which
+itself uses the SDK by symbian. Essentially epocemx it is a POSIX
+look alike environment for the EPOC OS. For more information look at:
+L<http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/>
-=head1 INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
-
-You will need ~4MB free space in order to install and run perl.
-
-Install perl.sis on the EPOC machine (most likely a PSION Series 5,
-5mx). If you do not know how to do that, you are on your own.
-
-Perl itself and its standard library are using 2.5 MB disk space. I
-left out unicode support modules and modules which will not work with
-this version. (For details look into epoc/createpkg.pl). If you like
-to use them, you are free to copy them from a current perl release.
-
-Get ESHELL from symbian:
-http://developer.epocworld.com/downloads/progs/Eshell.zip
-
-Now you can enter: perl -de 0 in order to run the perl debugger. If
-you are leaving perl, you get into the system screen. You have to
-switch back manually to ESHELL. When perl is running, you will see
-a task with the name STDOUT in the task list.
-
-=head1 USING PERL ON EPOC
-
-=head2 IO Redirection
+perl and epocemx runs on Epoc Release 5 machines: Psion 5mx, 5mx Pro,
+Psion Revo, Psion Netbook and on the Ericsson M128. It may run on Epoc
+Release 3 Hardware (Series 5 classic), too. For more information about
+this hardware please refer to L<http://www.psion.com/>
-You can redirect the output with the UNIX bourne shell syntax (this is
-built into perl rather then eshell) For instance the following command
-line will run the script test.pl with the output redirected to
-stdout_file, the errors to stderr_file and input from stdin_file.
+Vendors which like to have support for their devices are free to send
+me a sample.
-perl test.pl >stdout_file <stdin_file 2>stderr_file
-
-Alternatively you can use 2>&1 in order to add the standard error
-output to stdout.
-
-=head2 PATH Names
-
-ESHELL looks for executables in ?:/System/Programs. The SIS file
-installs perl in this special folder directory. The default drive and
-path are the same as folder the executable resides. The EPOC
-filesystem is case-preserving, not case-sensitive.
+=head1 INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
-EPOC uses the ?: syntax for establishing a search order: First in C: (RAM),
-then on D: (CF Card) and last in Z: (ROM).
+You can download a ready-to-install version from
+L<http://www.oflebbe.de/perl/perl5.html>
-The perl @INC search path is now implemented with '?:'. Your perl
-executable can now live on a different drive than the perl library or
-even your scripts.
+You will need at least ~6MB free space in order to install and run perl.
-ESHELL paths have to be written with backslashes '\', file arguments
-to perl with slashes '/'. Remember that I/O redirection is done
-internally in perl, so please use slashes for redirects.
+Please install the emxusr.sis package from
+L<http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/> first.
-perl.exe C:/test.pl >C:/output.txt
+Install perl.sis on the EPOC machine. If you do not know how to do
+that, consult your PsiWin documentation.
-You can automatically search for file on all EPOC drives with a ? as
-the driver letter. For instance ?:\a.txt searches for C:\a.txt,
-D:\b.txt (and Z:\a.txt).
+Perl itself and its standard library is using 4 MB disk space.
+Unicode support and some other modules are left out. (For details,
+please look into epoc/createpkg.pl). If you like to use these modules,
+you are free to copy them from a current perl release.
-=head2 Editors
+=head1 STARTING PERL ON EPOC
-A suitable text-editor can be downloaded
-from symbian http://developer.epocworld.com/downloads/progs/Editor.zip
+Please use the epocemx shell to start perl. perl integrates with the
+conventions of epocemx.
-=head2 Features
+=head2 Features of Perl on Epoc
The built-in function EPOC::getcwd returns the current directory.
-=head2 Restrictions
+=head2 Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
Features are left out, because of restrictions of the POSIX support in
EPOC:
=over 4
-=item *
+=item *
-backquoting, pipes etc.
+socket IO is only implemented poorly. You can only use sysread and
+syswrite on them. The commands read, write, print, <> do not work for
+sockets. This may change iff epocemx supports sockets.
=item *
-system() does not inherit ressources like: file descriptors,
-environment etc.
-
-=item *
-
-signal, kill, alarm. Do not try to use them. This may be
+kill, alarm and signals. Do not try to use them. This may be
impossible to implement on EPOC.
=item *
EPOC does not handle the notion of current drive and current
directory very well (i.e. not at all, but it tries hard to emulate
-one) See PATH.
+one). See PATH.
=item *
-You need the shell eshell.exe in order to run perl.exe and supply
-it with arguments.
+Heap is limited to 4MB.
=item *
-Heap is limited to 4MB.
+Dynamic loading is not implemented.
=back
=item *
-You will need the C++ SDK from http://developer.epocworld.com/.
-
-=item *
-
-You will need to set up the cross SDK from
-http://www.science-computing.de/o.flebbe/sdk
-
-=item *
-
-You may have to adjust config.sh (cc, cppflags) for your epoc
-install location.
-
-=item *
-
-You may have to adjust config.sh for your cross SDK location
+You will need the epocemx SDK from Eberhard Mattes.
=item *
=item *
-Build a native perl from this sources...
+Build a native perl from this sources... Make sure to save the
+miniperl executable as miniperl.native.
+
+Start again from scratch
cp epoc/* .
./Configure -S
- make perl.a
+ make
cp miniperl.native miniperl
- make perl
- make ext/Errno/pm_to_blib
- perl link.pl perlmain.o lib/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a \
- lib/auto/Data/Dumper/Dumper.a \
- lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.a lib/auto/IO/IO.a \
- lib/auto/Socket/Socket.a \
- lib/auto/Fcntl/Fcntl.a lib/auto/Sys/Hostname/Hostname.a \
- perl.a `cat ext.libs`
+ touch miniperl.exe
+ make
perl createpkg.pl
- wine G:/bin/makesis perl.pkg perl.sis
+ emxsis perl.pkg perl.sis
=back
-=head1 SUPPORT STATUS
+=head1 SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
I'm offering this port "as is". You can ask me questions, but I can't
-guarantee I'll be able to answer them.
+guarantee I'll be able to answer them. Since the port to epocemx is
+quite new, please check the web for updates first.
+
+Very special thanks to Eberhard Mattes for epocemx.
=head1 AUTHOR
-Olaf Flebbe <o.flebbe@gmx.de>
-http://members.linuxstart.com/~oflebbe/perl/perl5.html
+Olaf Flebbe <olaf@oflebbe.de>
+L<http://www.oflebbe.de/perl/perl5.html>
=head1 LAST UPDATE
-2000-09-18
+2003-01-18
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