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Re: X Windows front-end for NQC?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:57:16 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum writes:
> In article <G94Bpo.2op@lugnet.com>, "Richard Sutherland"
> <richard@webbox.com> wrote:
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> > Ultimately, I would like to see a FLTK front end for NQC that I could run
> > on
> > either my desktop box or the Agenda. Is anyone currently working on
> > porting
> > NQC to the Agenda (Linux VR) or an X based front end? If not, I could
> > start
> > on it and I do not suspect it will be difficult to get the command line
> > version running with the tower dangling off the Agenda. We will have to
> > wait for some of the IR driver code to make NQC use the internal IR, but
> > starting the porting process now seems like a fair idea.
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> I'm not familiar with the Agenda, but if you have a gcc compiler for it,
> several hundred K of heap space, and basic file I/O, then the port of
> NQC itself generally comes down to one thing: serial interface class
> (platform/PSerial_xxx.cpp).
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> For that, if it is a basic Unix style interface, then the existing
> serial class should work fine (perhaps just tweak the Makefile to point
> at the correct default device name). Otherwise, you'll need to write
> your own implementation of the PSerial class. This is almost trivial if
> you already know the OS calls for serial access...you just have to
> supply the appropriate wrapper functions for open,close,read,write,etc.
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> Dave
Thats great! I have a working GCC cross compiler for the Agenda (A Linux
Based PDA http://agendacomputing.com ). The little box uses standard
/dev/ttySx so I suspect the porting will go well. This means I will have
the tower hanging off the PDA, but I really hope one day to use the Internal
IR. Since you have nicely isolated the serial interface, if the IR can
eventually support it, the re-writing should not be to difficult.
To reduce clutter on the list (this is a bit less than general interest :-),
if anyone is interested in this project send me an email and I will let you
know how it goes. I am still interested in an RCXCC like X Windows
front-end to NQC if anyone knows of such a project...
Thanks,
Rich
rich at brickbots dot com
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| (...) I'm not familiar with the Agenda, but if you have a gcc compiler for it, several hundred K of heap space, and basic file I/O, then the port of NQC itself generally comes down to one thing: serial interface class (platform/PSerial_xxx.cpp). For (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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