On Jan 5, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Robert Purves wrote:

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> Robert Covington wrote:
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>> 1. What percentage of the current FB5 tool (FBtoC), could perhaps  
>> work as is, at least for a while, without any change, in an  
>> objective C compiled program?
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> 100%, because all legal C is legal Objective-C.

I meant what portion output is not currently the (oft mentioned as  
the problem) Carbon-tainted contamination of that C.  I really must  
not be articulating things clearly at all, as I mean to.

That's not 100 percent, but probably something like ...80?

> Anyone wishing to attempt FBtoCocoa should look at the runtime,  
> particularly build_goodies/AppThings.c, which deals with windows,  
> buttons and menus.
> For instance you could locate the FBWindow() function and take the  
> baby step indicated below.

Will take a look...

...looking...

Good gosh, who was it who forgot to add all the Cocoa stuff to FBtoC  
5.4.x!

What an outrageous oversight. ;)

I'll see what I can do to help since I'm the one running me yapper,  
but I use globals. Its a Global Village. The modem-merrier.

rc
Inventor, Eunuch-code and founder, Global Alliance of FSSpectors

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> #define FB_WINDOW_STATEMENT_IS_COCOA 1 // set to 0 or 1
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> #if FB_WINDOW_STATEMENT_IS_COCOA