Re: [MiNT] Gentoo FreeMiNT (off topic)

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
> Paul Wratt wrote:
>
>> if there was a place those could be placed within reach on mint
>> development, then that would the better option, but there is not, and
>> there seems to be no inclination to provide one, why?
>
> If you're talking about SLB documentation then only the
> slbopen()/slbclose()-calls are documented in the current docs in
> FreeMiNT. There are no docs on how to create a shared library. There are
> also other aspects of MiNT that isn't documented, like the socket-stuff.
>  So updating the programming docs is definitely something that needs to
> be done.
>
not SLB specifically, but the MiNT and XaAES stuff in genereal, but
thanks for the heads up on the SLB docs

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>> as for the SBL and OVL programming docs, where did you get them?
>
> OVL is not a standard form of overlay, it's just a common suffix to use
>
I was afraid of that, but it makes documenting somewhat easier

> on loadable modules of various sorts. SLB programming docs can be found
> in tos.hyp (broken links in the version currently on toshyp.atari.org,
>
I must make time to get the html version fixed. Does anyone currently
have a problem using the HYP version from cvs (I am presuming the HTML
version is generated from current CVS)

> but it's OK on a slightly older HYP-version I have on my Milan) and in
> the MagiC programming docs.
>
found here:
http://www.bygjohn.fsnet.co.uk/atari/mdp/

> Jo Even
>

I have broken up my reply to make it more palletable, and easier to reply to

Paul