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gogol@diku.dk (Peter Skov Knudsen) wrote:

>I'm considering buying the Developer's Toolkit, but before I do
>I want to make sure that it will do what I excpect it to do. So
>could anyone out there help with the following:
>
>1) I'm told that the Developer's Toolkit comes with the required libraries
>and header files to exploit the full OS/2 2.0 API. Now I don't want to
>invest the $$$ in C Set/2, so is it possible to use the Toolkit with
>GCC 2.1 in any sensible manner. Do I just replace the headers in
>/gnu/os2-include with the ones from the Toolkit, copy the Toolkit's libraries
>to /gnu/lib and start developing, or is there more to it? Anybody with experience
>using the Toolkit with GCC 2.1, please comment on how seamlessly the two
>integrate.

The only other thing I had to do was edit all of the header files to
include an 'asm("x")' at the end of the prototype for each and all
functions x.  If someone could tell me how to do a diff that others
could use to patch *their* header files, I'll upload my changes to
ftp-os2. 

>2) What exactly does the Workframe/2 do. Sadly, in Denmark there's no
>special offer on the Developer's Workbench, so I have to buy the Toolkit
>and Workframe/2 seperately. I just asked about the prices, and it shows
>that I have to bleed aprox. $125 for Workframe/2. What does it do that
>justifies this price?

My opinion is that it's mostly a "Pretty Make".  Of course, in the
U.S., it contains the LIB.exe program that the Toolkit doesn't, so
I'll probably have to buy the workframe just to use that.

>I know that this propably belongs in the FAQ, but I couldn't find any
>detailed information - especially 1) is a bit unclear. Any comments
>will be mostly appreciated.

A lot of what IBM's up to is unclear and needs to be fixed.
Fortunately, a lot of IBMers lurk in this newsgroup and I hope
they're communicating some of these more significant gaffes to the
right people to be fixed.

Pete