[GEM Development] OpenWatcom Bindings, C editor and spreadsheet

[Steve Nickolas]

I wish there were more apps for PC GEM.  There's a lot more on the ST.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, francois.vanzeveren at brutele.be wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am exploring the world of INTEL GEM and has a few questions.
>
> 1) Currently, I am using the RHIDE environement under FreeDOS
> to learn GEM programming in C. But, coming from the Atari GEM
> world, I am used to a fantastic GEM based editor with syntax
> highlighting: Qed (whose sources are available). Is there
> something similar for the INTEL GEM?

Not aware of it.  Maybe it would be something worth porting?

> 2) I have download and install the OpenWatcom compiler and
> tools on my new FreeDOS/OpenGEM box. I would like to build the
> appropriate gem bindings in order to use this compiler as
> well. But I have no clue about the procedure to follow... Is
> there some documentation explaining what to do?

Dunno, I'm not aware they were ported to Watcom. :<  As Watcom is a free 
compiler that can compile all the way down to 8088, and is more powerful 
than Pacific and about on par with a mix of Borland and DJGPP, I think it 
would be generally more useful these days.

> 2) I am looking for a spreadsheet application: what are the
> alternatives under INTEL GEM? Under Atari, there are K-Spread,
> VIP, Texel, 3D-Calc, etc...

I *think* there's something called sc or something on PC GEM.  It didn't 
take off like Atari GEM did so there's really not as much software for it. 
:/

>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> François
> _______________________________________________
> gem-dev mailing list
> gem-dev at simpits.org
> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/gem-dev
>

-uso.