That was exactly what I was trying to figure out too. I'm glad Ken asked first though, haha. Glad I'm not the only one. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:04 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans Is there a reason your going back to an old bit of source when Liblouis is maintained so well? Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:22 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Arthur Pirika Subject: Re: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans Cool -- thanks for working on this. Hopefully, the result can be a better NFBTrans, not just a 32-bit compatible one. Jamal On 7/30/2010 7:02 AM, Arthur Pirika wrote: > I've also taken a look at this code, and while it does seem pretty > portable, the only part that looked fishy at first was an asm file, > but all it does is pc speaker sound output. > However, the code's a wash with #defines, #ifdef DOS's and unixes, > djgpp's, etc. Also, for instance, it sets some hard limits on path > lengths. 127 if it's dos, and 1024 if it's unix. Btw, I'm looking into > this with open watcom, using it's win32 compilers. > > Just some thoughts, > Arthur. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:38 PM > Subject: Re: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans > > >> Thanks. Please share any notes from your efforts. If you run into a >> problem and report it here, someone else may be able to help. >> >> Jamal >> >> >> On 7/29/2010 10:32 AM, Joseph Lee wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I'll try it via VS2008 (I have 32-bit machine). >>> Cheers, >>> Joseph >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal >>> Mazrui >>> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:33 AM >>> To: programmingblind >>> Subject: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans >>> >>> NFBTrans is a free, open source braille translator available at >>> >>> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/nfbtrans.asp >>> >>> The last version released is a 16-bit process, so will not run on >>> 64-bit Windows. I am looking for a C programmer who can compile a >>> 32-bit version using the included source code. The distribution does >>> include make files for Unix-like systems, so my hope is that the >>> code is written in a portable enough manner that a skilled C >>> programmer would be able to recompile it for platforms of today without >>> much difficulty. >>> >>> Can anyone do this via MinGW, or if not, with another C compiler? I >>> would gladly post an updated distribution for anyone to use freely. >>> >>> As an option in the Open Other Format command, Control+Shift+O, >>> EdSharp uses the existing NFBTrans for back translation of .brf or >>> .brl files into plain text (e.g., books downloaded from BookShare or >>> NLS). This does not work on Win64, however. >>> >>> Jamal >>> __________ >>> View the list's information and change your settings at >>> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3035 - Release Date: >>> 07/28/10 17:38:00 >>> >>> __________ >>> View the list's information and change your settings at >>> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >>> >> __________ >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> >> > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind