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[Phpgroupware-developers] google "summer of code" program (fwd)
by Christophe Ochal 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hello, Might intrest some of you folks ;) (yes, i'm spamming!) *** FORWARDED MESSAGE *** Original author: Chris Weiss Written on: 01/06/2005 *** Beginning of forwarded message *** this sounds like a great way to get some things done! $500 goes to the mentor to justify the time that will be needed to help the student. And if you're a student, this could be a nice way to earn $4500 over the summer. http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html The Summer of Code is Google's program designed to introduce students to the world of Open Source Software Development... Google will provide a $4500 award to each student who successfully completes an open source project by the end of the Summer... http://code.google.com/mentfaq.html How does it work? Google is providing a stipend of $5000 per developer, of which $4500 goes to the successful applicant and $500 to the mentoring organization upon completion of a project. _______________________________________________ Phpgroupware-developers mailing list Phpgroupware-developers(a)gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/phpgroupware-developers *** End of forwarded message *** Kind regards -- Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. -- Lily Tomlin Amon_Re Christophe Ochal Hoge Buizemont 168 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium Mobile: 0032 (0)479/46 45 74 http://www.kefren.be http://www.metalfest.be

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Article for amiGBG
by Christophe Ochal 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hello, Say, any of you PR people willing to write up an article for amiGBG? (Or any of you planning to be there?) I received an inquiry for more info about the project, but i'm not very good at writing texts. The one who does it gets a cookie ;) Kind regards -- I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal Amon_Re Christophe Ochal Hoge Buizemont 168 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium Mobile: 0032 (0)479/46 45 74 http://www.kefren.be http://www.metalfest.be

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Aspell
by Ochal Christophe 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi all, I opened a forum on the dev.amigaopenoffice.org site specific for aspell, please use this to discuss bugs instead of the tasks field in the projects.

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Calling DaveyD ;)
by Ochal Christophe 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

David, I tried to post a news item on the http://www.amigaopenoffice.org site, but couldn't get past the htmlarea3 text boxes due to JS errors (both with Firefox & IE), also, clicking on 'PM' in the forum there gives a page not found error. Cheers

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Update time
by Mark Bond 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hi All, Its that time again... Can everyone provide an update of their status please (ie no time anymore, status of porting projects/tasks etc). Regards, Mark (Assitant to Project Manager)

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My Email has changed
by Martin Merz 17 May '05

17 May '05

Hi All, I've changed my ISP, and the old email address will expire in a view days. Please use mason at masonicons.de to contact me. Thanks in advance. Kind Regards, Martin "Mason" Merz www.masonicons.de I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

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My Email has changed
by Martin Merz 17 May '05

17 May '05

Hi All, I've changed my ISP, and the old email address will expire in a view days. Please use mason at masonicons.de to contact me. Thanks in advance. Kind Regards, Martin "Mason" Merz www.masonicons.de I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

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by Info - Amigaplatform 13 May '05

13 May '05

Hi to all, what about amiga openoffice ? Is the porting delayed ? Cancelled o stopped ? The mailing list is empty of news... Regards

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Re: [OO.org-OS4] Getting involved - coding
by Belxjander Serechai 03 May '05

03 May '05

I can answer some questions about assembler... as conversion from Assembler -> C is what appears to be the case... When it comes to the OS libcall mechanism thats fine you't have to know the calls and arguments only for the project internal functions... re-compilation would be interesting but simplistic as long as everything is accounted for I don't have any style tips for code-layout but suggest you break up the assembler and check what sections are "re-usable" reworking functions accordingly --- Tony Wyatt <wyattaw(a)optushome.com.au> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > On 2/05/2005, you wrote: > > > Are there any projects up for grabs that I can > look into ? > > > What about some advice on coding habits? I'd ask > privately, but the answer > will be of general interest anyway, both in the > project I am currently > working on and those in the future like OO and > Kaffe. > > Much old 68k code is fast and efficient because it > relies on parameters like > library and structure pointers remaining persistent > in allocated 68k > registers, eg a2, a6 always point to particular > structures. In a big > module consisting of dozens if not hundreds of very > small functions, only > one or two registers are ever used for volatile > data. Most parameters are > passed in assumed registers, so loading of arguments > is minimised. > > So what is a good way to maintain this register > shortcut in a C version of a > big program originally written in assembler? > Obviously I can specify > parameters to be passed in 68k registers, but I am > trying to write this thing in > a portable fashion, machine-independent. > > I have no experience with PPC code yet. Is there a > way to ask gcc to use > registers for certain parameters, in a > platform-independent way? I want the > C code to remain pure ANSI-compliant. It would be > nice to leave the code > unchanged from its present SAS/C environment to PPC > and gcc. > > cheers > > > _______________________________________________ > Openoffice-os4 mailing list > Openoffice-os4(a)samfundet.no > https://lists.samfundet.no/mailman/listinfo/openoffice-os4 > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

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Re: [OO.org-OS4] Re: Getting involved - coding
by Belxjander Serechai 02 May '05

02 May '05

Faster to convert the M680x0 assembler directly to PowerPC assembler conversion to C is a different skill and keeping fixed registers for the lifetime of the program whomever wrote that code has created issues for anyone trying what you want... as registers don't map properly outside assembler --- Tony Wyatt <wyattaw(a)optushome.com.au> wrote: > Hi Belxjander, > > Maybe I didn't describe it very well. The project is > to convert 68k > assembler into C that can be compiled on the A1 to > native PPC code. But > there are some other implied requirements, for > example, it must run like > greased lightning and be portable code that can be > easily recompiled for the > next platform that AOS is ported to. > > I have translated most of the 68k assembler into > ANSI C, and I use SAS/C to > compile it into 68k binary. That binary runs on my > A4000 and on the A1 > (emulated) exactly the same way as the original > assembler version. When the > translation and debugging of the C version is > complete, I will use GCC to > compile it for PPC on the A1. > > The 68k code depends on a2, a3, a6 always pointing > to particular structures. > That makes it quick to call a function, because > those registers do not have > to be set up before the call. In C, though, I have > to pass the pointers as > function arguments each time. I *could* define a > proto that uses 68k > registers, but that would be useless when I > recompile the C code for the > PPC. Meantime I am stuck with having to load > arguments onto the stack for > the simplest function call, which in the 68k > assembler case, might not have > to load any registers at all. Bloody slow. > > So the question is really: is there a > platform-independent way to > allocate some registers as permanent pointers, > persistent over the whole > program? Has this problem come up elsewhere in OS4? > What have other > developers done? > > cheers > > > _______________________________________________ > Openoffice-os4 mailing list > Openoffice-os4(a)samfundet.no > https://lists.samfundet.no/mailman/listinfo/openoffice-os4 > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

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