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Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:27:11 PST8
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Trip preparation

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Nice capsule of your presentation, Lynn, plus a little more.

Lynn H. Maxson wrote:
> We have a road map, giving us a set of stops along the way.
> For reasons almost of necessity our first stop, building a GUI
> with OS/2 Presentation Manager, will prove our most difficult
> and thus most challenging. We have an excellent guide in Bob
> Blair. You can look forward to including it as part of your
> comfort zone. We will take the time necessary for that to
> occur. Its mastery will make the remaining stops essentially
> routine. That should lead to a successful journey.
>

> So first we will focus on providing a means of entering and
> maintaining source code, an GUI editor. We will begin with an
> understanding of how the Watcom editor works. That means I
> need to insure that everyone has access to a copy of its
> source code. I will do that.
>

Ok, I have taken the first two baby steps: 1) downloaded the Watcom C/C++/Fortran compiler; 2)
started looking at the SRC. Notice I said started. I looked at a lot of .h and .c files and came
up for air bewildered. I lost hope when most of the files said "when you figure out what this
routine does fill in the explanation here". If a bunch of smart people that have gone on before me
don't know what is happening, what chance do I have? I've got my hand raised full overhead seeking
help before I go down for the third time. Somebody kindly point me to the life guard station so
I'll know where and how to start understanding this stuff.

Sheridan

PS Lynn, check out jEdit. It has a PL1 entry in the abbreviations section. Its colorizer may
understand PL1. If true, that may help us patch up the Watcom editor at some point.

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