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1 | NAME\r |
2 | PerlCE - perl for Windows CE\r |
3 | \r |
4 | DESCRIPTION\r |
5 | PerlCE is a simple port of perl to Windows CE. The program\r |
6 | is currently linked with a simple console window, so it also\r |
7 | works on non-hpc devices.\r |
8 | \r |
9 | The simple stdio implementation creates the files stdin.txt,\r |
10 | stdout.txt and stderr.txt, so you might examine them if your\r |
11 | console has only a liminted number of cols.\r |
12 | \r |
13 | When exitcode is non-zero, a message box appears, otherwise the\r |
14 | console closes, so you might have to catch an exit with\r |
15 | status 0 in your program to see any output.\r |
16 | \r |
17 | stdout/stderr now go into the files /perl-stdout.txt and\r |
18 | /perl-stderr.txt.\r |
19 | \r |
20 | LIMITATIONS\r |
21 | No fork(), pipe(), popen() etc.\r |
22 | \r |
23 | ENVIRONMENT\r |
24 | All environment vars must be stored in HKLM\Environment as\r |
25 | strings. They are read at process startup.\r |
26 | \r |
27 | PERL5LIB - Usual perl lib path (semi-list).\r |
28 | PATH - Semi-list for executables.\r |
29 | TMP - Tempdir.\r |
30 | UNIXROOTPATH - Root for accessing some special files,\r |
31 | i.e. /dev/null, /etc/services.\r |
32 | ROWS/COLS - Rows/cols for console.\r |
33 | HOME - Home directory.\r |
34 | CONSOLEFONTSIZE - Size for console font.\r |
35 | \r |
36 | You can set these with cereg.exe, a (remote) registry editor\r |
37 | or via the PerlIDE.\r |
38 | \r |
39 | REGISTRY\r |
40 | To start perl by clicking on a perl source file, you have\r |
41 | to make the according entries in HKCR (see wince-reg.bat).\r |
42 | cereg.exe (which must be executed on a desktop pc with\r |
43 | ActiveSync) is reported not to work on some devices.\r |
44 | You have to create the registry entries by hand using a \r |
45 | registry editor.\r |
46 | \r |
47 | FILES\r |
48 | $(UNIXROOTPATH)/dev/null - nul simulation, needed for perl -V\r |
49 | $(UNIXROOTPATH)/etc/services - services file\r |
50 | \r |
51 | /perl-stdin.txt\r |
52 | /perl-stdout.txt\r |
53 | /perl-stderr.txt \r |
54 | \r |
55 | PERLFILES \r |
56 | Only a limited set of perl files is provided in the\r |
57 | distribution archiv. You have to copy the original PERL5LIB\r |
58 | files from a perl for win32 installation and put the\r |
59 | distributed files into the right directories.\r |
60 | \r |
61 | Do not copy any Win32/X86 dlls from your PC to the device...\r |
62 | \r |
63 | The following files are a reasonable minimum if you want to do\r |
64 | some socket stuff:\r |
65 | \r |
66 | ./auto\r |
67 | ./auto/DynaLoader\r |
68 | ./auto/DynaLoader/autosplit.ix\r |
69 | ./auto/DynaLoader/dl_expandspec.al\r |
70 | ./auto/DynaLoader/dl_findfile.al\r |
71 | ./auto/DynaLoader/dl_find_symbol_anywhere.al\r |
72 | ./auto/IO\r |
73 | ./auto/IO/IO.bs\r |
74 | ./auto/IO/IO.dll\r |
75 | ./auto/Socket\r |
76 | ./auto/Socket/Socket.bs\r |
77 | ./auto/Socket/Socket.dll\r |
78 | ./Carp\r |
79 | ./Carp/Heavy.pm\r |
80 | ./Carp.pm\r |
81 | ./Config.pm\r |
82 | ./DynaLoader.pm\r |
83 | ./Exporter\r |
84 | ./Exporter/Heavy.pm\r |
85 | ./Exporter.pm\r |
86 | ./IO\r |
87 | ./IO/File.pm\r |
88 | ./IO/Handle.pm\r |
89 | ./IO/Socket.pm\r |
90 | ./IO.pm\r |
91 | ./SelectSaver.pm\r |
92 | ./Socket.pm\r |
93 | ./strict.pm\r |
94 | ./Symbol.pm\r |
95 | ./warnings\r |
96 | ./warnings/register.pm\r |
97 | ./warnings.pm\r |
98 | ./XSLoader.pm\r |
99 | \r |
100 | XS\r |
101 | The following Win32-Methods are built-in:\r |
102 | \r |
103 | newXS("Win32::GetCwd", w32_GetCwd, file);\r |
104 | newXS("Win32::SetCwd", w32_SetCwd, file);\r |
105 | newXS("Win32::GetTickCount", w32_GetTickCount, file);\r |
106 | newXS("Win32::GetOSVersion", w32_GetOSVersion, file);\r |
107 | newXS("Win32::IsWinNT", w32_IsWinNT, file);\r |
108 | newXS("Win32::IsWin95", w32_IsWin95, file);\r |
109 | newXS("Win32::IsWinCE", w32_IsWinCE, file);\r |
110 | newXS("Win32::CopyFile", w32_CopyFile, file);\r |
111 | newXS("Win32::Sleep", w32_Sleep, file);\r |
112 | newXS("Win32::MessageBox", w32_MessageBox, file);\r |
113 | newXS("Win32::GetPowerStatus", w32_GetPowerStatus, file);\r |
114 | newXS("Win32::GetOemInfo", w32_GetOemInfo, file);\r |
115 | newXS("Win32::ShellEx", w32_ShellEx, file);\r |
116 | \r |
117 | DLLS\r |
118 | In the newest version, my celib.dll is needed. Some XS dlls\r |
119 | might be needed. Currently, Socket and IO are provided.\r |
120 | \r |
121 | BUGS\r |
122 | Opening files for read-write is currently not supported if\r |
123 | they use stdio (normal perl file handles).\r |
124 | \r |
125 | If you find bugs or if it does not work at all on your\r |
126 | device, send mail to the address below. Please report\r |
127 | the details of your device (processor, ceversion, \r |
128 | devicetype (hpc/palm/pocket)) and the date of the downloaded\r |
129 | files. \r |
130 | \r |
131 | I currently have only a Compaq/MIPS HPC, a Jornada/SH3 HPC and\r |
132 | a Jornada/ARM HPC, so I can only test on these devices and\r |
133 | under the Emulators.\r |
134 | \r |
135 | INSTALLATION\r |
136 | This is only a suggestion...\r |
137 | \r |
138 | * Unpack the tar archive on your desktop.\r |
139 | * Create directories /bin, /lib/perl5, /home, /dev and /etc,\r |
140 | possibly on a CF card with the path to the card \r |
141 | prepended (i.e. /memcard/bin etc).\r |
142 | * Copy perl.exe, perl56.dll and celib.dll from your desktop to\r |
143 | /bin. The dlls can also be copied to your /windows\r |
144 | directory, but if you use a CF card, you might want to store\r |
145 | them there.\r |
146 | * Copy the other DLLs to the corresponding auto directory.\r |
147 | * Copy any needed perl module-files to /lib/perl5.\r |
148 | * Create the registry entries.\r |
149 | * If you need tcp service-name resolution, create\r |
150 | the file "services" in /etc and put int the entries you need.\r |
151 | \r |
152 | * Under WINCE200, all dlls must be copied to the windows\r |
153 | directory.\r |
154 | \r |
155 | MISC\r |
156 | If you think a certain XS module should be ported, send\r |
157 | me mail and explain why.\r |
158 | \r |
159 | If you write useful scripts for perlce, please send me\r |
160 | a copy.\r |
161 | \r |
162 | TERMINAL\r |
163 | There are simple terminal control sequences now. See the\r |
164 | readme file that comes with the console program.\r |
165 | \r |
166 | AUTHOR\r |
167 | Rainer Keuchel <coyxc@rainer-keuchel.de> 2001\r |
168 | \r |