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Compiling CircleMUD
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under Microsoft Windows 95 and NT
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by Jeremy Elson (jelson@circlemud.org)
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For help, write to help@circlemud.org
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There are a number of different compilers available for Microsoft Windows
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95 and NT that can be used to compile CircleMUD. Each compiler works
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differently, so each compiler has a different set of instructions.
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For up-to-date information on compiling CircleMUD under Windows, check out
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Rob Baumstark's page at http://shirak.circlemud.net/
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We currently have instructions for using the following compilers:
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1. Cygnus CYGWIN (Formerly Cygnus GNU-Win32). This is a FREE
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compiler for Microsoft Windows 95 and NT! If you don't own a
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compiler, you can just download this one off the net and get
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Circle up and running in no time. Read the file README.CYGWIN
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(submitted by David Goldstein <goldstei@cs.sunysb.edu>).
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Please note however that the CYGWIN system is not recommended
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for those unfamiliar with the Unix environment.
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2. Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.x -- read the file README.MSVC4
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3. Microsoft Visual C++ version 5.x -- read the file README.MSVC5
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4. Borland C++ -- read the file README.BORLAND
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5. Watcom C++ v.11 -- read the file README.WATCOM
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It should be possible to compile CircleMUD using other compilers that are
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not listed here, or other versions of these compilers -- as long as they
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support long filenames, etc. However, we don't have instructions handy
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for those compilers. Rob's page (http://www.connect.ab.ca/~rbmstrk) has
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a lot of useful information about compiling under Windows; try looking
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there for tips.
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However, it not easy (and maybe even impossible) to compile at all
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under Windows 3.x or DOS because they lack a number of features that
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Circle requires such as the Win32 API and long filenames. It is
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theoretically possible to compile under Windows 3.x by finding 3.x API
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equivalents to the Win32 API calls, and changing all the filenames in
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the entire distribution to fit the 8.3 DOS/Win3.x filenaming standard,
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but I will never do this.
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Have fun!
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Jeremy Elson
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jelson@circlemud.org
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(To get help, write to help@circlemud.org)
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