NOTES ON PROGRAMS IN THIS DIRECTORY


The C program by John Toebes named TrueCIO, which appeared in the June/July
1986 issue of The Amigan Apprentice & Journeyman, appears here as a source
file and a compiled object file under that name.

The program shows how single-character input/output may be obtained on
Amiga--according to the C manuals. The problem with C programs run out of
CLI is demonstrated if you run budgy_trap in CLI. When you press ^\, you
see the problem in full. The source for budgy_trap refers only to the
standard header file, stdio.h (see budgy_trap.c).

A new Budgy file will run properly if linked with TrueCIO.o. See the
source file, budgy.c. That program, compiled and linked, is on disk as
budgy_ok.

Budgy.o is a compiled (but not linked) version of budgy.c, using the
techniques demonstrated by TrueCIO.c.  When it is linked together with
TrueCIO.o, to obtain single-character output on Amiga, the program runs as it
should. So linked, it is called 'budgy_ok'. Run it out of CLI and see how
well it works.

An explanation of what is wrong and how it was corrected appears in the
above-referenced issue of the Amigan Apprentice and Journeyman, copies of
which may be had from The Amigans, at PO Box 411, Hatteras, N.C. 27943, for
$4.50 for the complete issue. Reprints of the article itself are available
for $1 at the same address.

Files on this directory are commented below:

  budgy_trap.c    Original source for program run in CLI
  budgy_trap      Compiled and linked version to be run in CLI

  TrueCIO.c       Source for the solution.
  TrueCIO.o       Compiled but not linked

  budgy.c         Source for program which works.
  budgy.o         Compiled version, not yet linked with TrueCIO.o
  budgy_ok        Linked version; runs well.