[softwarelist] Re: 32-bit OPro applets.
- From: Colin Ferris <cferris@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:25:54 GMT
In message <mpro.nel7wb02ex4hx01yg.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5 Nov, Colin Ferris wrote in message
> <fe70f96154.cferris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> In message <aaabee6154.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5 Nov 2014 Chris Johnson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>> In article <5c35e66154.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>> Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> The fact that you were using tinct before (I assume if you have only
>>>> now set the choices to use os only) *may* have caused some of your
>>>> problems. As far as I remember, tinct was thought to be the culprit of
>>>> a number of random problems in the early days of the BB. Since the
>>>> Netsurf developers have no access to the tinct source code, it is
>>>> unlikely to be fixed in the near future.
>>
>> Looking at Tinct and Iconv - both look as written in Assembler.
> Iconv should be ARMv7 aware: it's written in C and the source code is
> available to the developers.
Sorry my mistake - must have mixed up some files :-(
>> This program is dated 2006 - For use with the RiscPc/Iyonix.
> Er, the last version of Iconv is dates 2013...
Yes - same here - should double check!!
> Tinct is another matter. You need to turn it off in NetSurf's choices for
> use on modern hardware, but AFAIK there's no need to comment it out of the
> !Run file.
If anyone want to - any errors given with using 'Tinct' - you could
pass them on to me.
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Colin Ferris Cornwall UK
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