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Mario de Sousa

Hi Guys, Please don't despair. I've been a little quiet, but I have been working on the PID controller. I hope I will be able to upload something next week. From then on, I will be working on the modules to get the LPLC to work with the cards one of Perry Sink's contacts will so gratefully be sending me. Once the PID controller is working, the only thing stopping us from making a first release (which will hopefully attract more people) is a working IEC language compiler. Unfortunately, I won't be taking time off to do this, so somebody else will have to do it. So what we really need right now is only _one_ person to complete the IEC compiler that is already half done. From then on we can start the snowball down the mountain. Any takers?? Of course, it would be nice to get autoconf and automake to work on the project, but that is only to make it easier for the code to compile under different systems. It is not really required for a first release, but since somebody did promise to get this working, I hope he won't forget and manage to find himself a couple of hours to devote to this project. Cheers, Mario. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mario J. R. de Sousa [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The box said it requires Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux _______________________________________________ LinuxPLC mailing list [email protected] http://linuxplc.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxplc
 
> Of course, it would be nice to get autoconf and automake to work on > the project, but that is only to make it easier for the code to compile > under different systems. It is not really required for a first release, > but since somebody did promise to get this working, I hope he won't > forget and manage to find himself a couple of hours to devote to this > project. That would be me. I haven't forgotten, but I haven't found those hours yet. :^( Any specific autoconf/automake features most desired? Or just the basic './configure --prefix=<wherever>' structure? Zach _______________________________________________ LinuxPLC mailing list [email protected] http://linuxplc.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxplc
 
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Dan L. Pierson

I also promised to look into it but haven't had the time to do anything but bone up a bit on the current state of autoconf and automake. Doesn't look like I'll have more time for a couple of months :-( However, I did find the new book: Gnu Autoconf, Automake and Libtool by Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey and Ian Lan Taylor, New Riders, ISBN 1-57870-190-2. All of the authors are contributors to or maintainers of one of the tools. It's really very good. The initial request for autoconf support was related to getting shared library support in the project. The short answer to that appears to be: set up the project to use libtool and Linux shared library support will automagically appear. IMHO, that should be a high priority. Dan Pierson _______________________________________________ LinuxPLC mailing list [email protected] http://linuxplc.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxplc
 
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Curt Wuollet

Please guys, don't let me make you feel guilty. What I am trying to do is get some help on board. A few have contributed a lot. I am deep in awe and appreciation and want all to recognize your efforts and try to find the ways to get some horespower behind you. There are a lot of really creative people we haven't heard from. Regards cww _______________________________________________ LinuxPLC mailing list [email protected] http://linuxplc.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxplc
 
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Johan Bengtsson

I might be able to do a quick and dirty one (at least from IL if that could help), but I can not start during the next two months. The graphical languages takes more time since they require some kind of editor to be made. /Johan Bengtsson ---------------------------------------- P&L, Innovation in training Box 252, S-281 23 H{ssleholm SWEDEN Tel: +46 451 49 460, Fax: +46 451 89 833 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.pol.se/ ---------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LinuxPLC mailing list [email protected] http://linuxplc.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxplc
 
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Mario de Sousa

> (...) > > Any specific autoconf/automake features most desired? Or just the basic > './configure --prefix=<wherever>' structure? > > Zach Hi Zach, Thanks for your help. Let's just start with the basic features. No need to make things complicated for the moment... What I would really like to see is shared object libraries. That is the whole object of using autoconf and automake. You can keep that in mind as you start off with the basic features. Cheers, Mario. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mario J. R. de Sousa [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The box said it requires Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux _______________________________________________ LinuxPLC mailing list [email protected] http://linuxplc.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxplc
 
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