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DOS Web browser for 8088 class machines
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MicroWeb SRC bug #16

Closed eltoneo closed 2 years ago

eltoneo commented 2 years ago

Re: https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/

MicroWeb, DosLynx and Arachne Chat board: https://tinyurl.com/yacddu53

Hi, Booted to DOS traps MicroWeb makefile error with this '....\src\dos\dos' problem.

(ERROR: E059 unable to open '....\src\dos\dos')

Please rectify this MicroWeb src bug! Thanks

jhhoward commented 2 years ago

OK so the issues with building using the DOS version of OpenWatcom:

  1. No long file name support. I was able to rename Interface. and Renderer. to avoid these problems so this is fairly easy to resolve.
  2. Limited buffer size for command arguments. If the arguments sent to wpp.exe are too long then it fails with a 'Arg list too big' error. For example this argument is too long: wpp lib\mtcp\tcplib\packet -0 -ml -DCFG_H="tcp.cfg" -oh -ok -ot -s -oa -ei -zp2 -zpw -we -ob -ol+ -oi+ -i=lib\mTCP\TCPINC\ This is a pain. I would have to either rearrange the directory structure of the project (because adding lib\mTCP\ exceeds the argument buffer size) or perhaps I could rearrange the compilation of the mTCP library into a static lib and link it to the rest of the project.
eltoneo commented 2 years ago

OK so the issues with building using the DOS version of OpenWatcom:

  1. No long file name support. I was able to rename Interface. and Renderer. to avoid these problems so this is fairly easy to resolve.
  2. Limited buffer size for command arguments. If the arguments sent to wpp.exe are too long then it fails with a 'Arg list too big' error. For example this argument is too long: wpp lib\mtcp\tcplib\packet -0 -ml -DCFG_H="tcp.cfg" -oh -ok -ot -s -oa -ei -zp2 -zpw -we -ob -ol+ -oi+ -i=lib\mTCP\TCPINC\ This is a pain. I would have to either rearrange the directory structure of the project (because adding lib\mTCP\ exceeds the argument buffer size) or perhaps I could rearrange the compilation of the mTCP library into a static lib and link it to the rest of the project. [ O-W v2 fork supports LFN ] (https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2/releases/tag/Current-build)