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| 131 | .IX Title "PERLEPOC 1" |
| 132 | .TH PERLEPOC 1 "2006-01-07" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide" |
| 133 | .SH "NAME" |
| 134 | README.epoc \- Perl for EPOC |
| 135 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| 136 | .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
| 137 | Perl 5 \s-1README\s0 file for the \s-1EPOC\s0 Release 5 operating system. |
| 138 | .SH "INTRODUCTION" |
| 139 | .IX Header "INTRODUCTION" |
| 140 | \&\s-1EPOC\s0 is an \s-1OS\s0 for palmtops and mobile phones. For more informations look at: |
| 141 | http://www.symbian.com/ |
| 142 | .PP |
| 143 | This is a port of perl to the epocemx \s-1SDK\s0 by Eberhard Mattes, which |
| 144 | itself uses the \s-1SDK\s0 by symbian. Essentially epocemx it is a \s-1POSIX\s0 |
| 145 | look alike environment for the \s-1EPOC\s0 \s-1OS\s0. For more information look at: |
| 146 | http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/ |
| 147 | .PP |
| 148 | perl and epocemx runs on Epoc Release 5 machines: Psion 5mx, 5mx Pro, |
| 149 | Psion Revo, Psion Netbook and on the Ericsson M128. It may run on Epoc |
| 150 | Release 3 Hardware (Series 5 classic), too. For more information about |
| 151 | this hardware please refer to http://www.psion.com/ |
| 152 | .PP |
| 153 | Vendors which like to have support for their devices are free to send |
| 154 | me a sample. |
| 155 | .SH "INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC" |
| 156 | .IX Header "INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC" |
| 157 | You can download a ready-to-install version from |
| 158 | http://www.oflebbe.de/oflebbe/perl/ |
| 159 | .PP |
| 160 | You will need at least ~6MB free space in order to install and run perl. |
| 161 | .PP |
| 162 | Please install the emxusr.sis package from |
| 163 | http://epocemx.sourceforge.net/ first. |
| 164 | .PP |
| 165 | Install perl.sis on the \s-1EPOC\s0 machine. If you do not know how to do |
| 166 | that, consult your PsiWin documentation. |
| 167 | .PP |
| 168 | Perl itself and its standard library is using 4 \s-1MB\s0 disk space. |
| 169 | Unicode support and some other modules are left out. (For details, |
| 170 | please look into epoc/createpkg.pl). If you like to use these modules, |
| 171 | you are free to copy them from a current perl release. |
| 172 | .SH "STARTING PERL ON EPOC" |
| 173 | .IX Header "STARTING PERL ON EPOC" |
| 174 | Please use the epocemx shell to start perl. perl integrates with the |
| 175 | conventions of epocemx. |
| 176 | .Sh "Editors on Epoc" |
| 177 | .IX Subsection "Editors on Epoc" |
| 178 | A suitable text editor can be downloaded from symbian |
| 179 | http://www.symbian.com/developer/downloads/files/editor.zip |
| 180 | .Sh "Features of Perl on Epoc" |
| 181 | .IX Subsection "Features of Perl on Epoc" |
| 182 | The built-in function EPOC::getcwd returns the current directory. |
| 183 | .Sh "Restrictions of Perl on Epoc" |
| 184 | .IX Subsection "Restrictions of Perl on Epoc" |
| 185 | Features are left out, because of restrictions of the \s-1POSIX\s0 support in |
| 186 | \&\s-1EPOC:\s0 |
| 187 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 188 | socket \s-1IO\s0 is only implemented poorly. You can only use sysread and |
| 189 | syswrite on them. The commands read, write, print, <> do not work for |
| 190 | sockets. This may change iff epocemx supports sockets. |
| 191 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 192 | kill, alarm and signals. Do not try to use them. This may be |
| 193 | impossible to implement on \s-1EPOC\s0. |
| 194 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 195 | select is missing. |
| 196 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 197 | binmode does not exist. (No \s-1CR\s0 \s-1LF\s0 to \s-1LF\s0 translation for text files) |
| 198 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 199 | \&\s-1EPOC\s0 does not handle the notion of current drive and current |
| 200 | directory very well (i.e. not at all, but it tries hard to emulate |
| 201 | one). See \s-1PATH\s0. |
| 202 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 203 | Heap is limited to 4MB. |
| 204 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 205 | Dynamic loading is not implemented. |
| 206 | .Sh "Compiling Perl 5 on the \s-1EPOC\s0 cross compiling environment" |
| 207 | .IX Subsection "Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment" |
| 208 | Sorry, this is far too short. |
| 209 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 210 | You will need the epocemx \s-1SDK\s0 from Eberhard Mattes. |
| 211 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 212 | Get the Perl sources from your nearest \s-1CPAN\s0 site. |
| 213 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 214 | Unpack the sources. |
| 215 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 216 | Build a native perl from this sources... Make sure to save the |
| 217 | miniperl executable as miniperl.native. |
| 218 | .Sp |
| 219 | Start again from scratch |
| 220 | .Sp |
| 221 | .Vb 7 |
| 222 | \& cp epoc/* . |
| 223 | \& ./Configure -S |
| 224 | \& make |
| 225 | \& cp miniperl.native miniperl |
| 226 | \& touch miniperl.exe |
| 227 | \& make |
| 228 | \& perl createpkg.pl |
| 229 | .Ve |
| 230 | .Sp |
| 231 | .Vb 1 |
| 232 | \& emxsis perl.pkg perl.sis |
| 233 | .Ve |
| 234 | .SH "SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC" |
| 235 | .IX Header "SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC" |
| 236 | I'm offering this port \*(L"as is\*(R". You can ask me questions, but I can't |
| 237 | guarantee I'll be able to answer them. Since the port to epocemx is |
| 238 | quite new, please check the web for updates first. |
| 239 | .PP |
| 240 | Very special thanks to Eberhard Mattes for epocemx. |
| 241 | .SH "AUTHOR" |
| 242 | .IX Header "AUTHOR" |
| 243 | Olaf Flebbe <olaf@oflebbe.de> |
| 244 | http://www.oflebbe.de/oflebbe/perl/ |
| 245 | .SH "LAST UPDATE" |
| 246 | .IX Header "LAST UPDATE" |
| 247 | 2003\-01\-18 |