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elj-win32: A win32 compatible SmallEiffel Distribution

Written by Geoff Eldridge.

• Distribution of the SmallEiffel Compiler -0.80 for Windows 95/NT.
• Version 0.40 - 17 June 1999
• GNU GPL and copyrighted freeware.

elj-win32 0.4 Release: The GNU Eiffel win32 Distribution by Geoff Eldridge

The 0.40 distribution includes:

• the -0.78 (05 Jun 99[2]) release of SmallEiffel [3].
• the 04 Jun 99 release of lcc-win32 [4] (the backend ANSI compiler) with IDE (WEDIT) and fully functional Resource Editor.
• the GRAPE Eiffel win32 GUI library (see the manual - pdf [5]).
• The GOBO[6] and Pylon[7] libraries pre-installed and configured.
• SEEd, a simple and useful SmallEiffel IDE with syntax highlighting, shift and click feature/class navigation, etc.
• Lots of ``getting started'' material (eg Eiffel Online Documentation [8]),
• Plus lots more ..

Installation of the elj-win32 GNU Eiffel win32 compiler is simple and complete. It installs as per a normal ``Setup'' installation and you will be running the sample programs shortly after updating the elj-win32 environment variables on your system.

ftp access will hopefully become available shortly through the SmallEiffel download network [9].

Thank you to all the beta testers. Please contact me if there are any problems that I may introduced into the final distribution.

This 0.4 release is a major improvement on the 0.3 release which is approximately 11 months old (with SE -0.80). Many people have contributed to making this ``bootstrap'' release possible and I thank them for their efforts and inspiration.

Finally, I believe that non-trivial Eiffel and Eiffel GUI applications can be constructed using this open source distribution and that SmallEiffel adds another important dimension to Eiffel world. I hope you find it helpful and useful, and that you might be able to contribute back to the elj-win32/SmallEiffel projects if and when you can.

Geoff Eldridge

-- geoff@elj.com
-- http://www.elj.com/

Web References:

[1] elj-win32: The GNU Eiffel win32 Distribution

http://www.elj.com/elj-win32/

[2] The -0.78 SmallEiffel Release announcement:

http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/Mailing-list/msg00178.html

[3] SmallEiffel: The GNU Eiffel Compiler

http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/

[4] lcc-win32: A ANSI C (win32 aware) Compiler and Tools

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

[5] The GRAPE (Eiffel win32 GUI) Tutorial (120 Pages):

http://www.elj.com/open-source/grape/grape-doc.pdf

[6] GOBO: A portable Data Structure Library. Eiffel Lex and Eiffel Yacc.

http://www.gobosoft.com/

http://www.gobosoft.com/eiffel/gobo/structure/

http://www.gobosoft.com/eiffel/gobo/gelex/

http://www.gobosoft.com/eiffel/gobo/geyacc/

[7] Pylon

http://www.altsoft.demon.co.uk/free/pylon.html

[8] Eiffel Online Documentation

http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=489608637

[9] SmallEiffel Download Network:

http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/general/download.html

ELJ-WIN32 Home Page

Anyway, the Home Page for the `elj-win32' Distribution is:

http://www.elj.com/elj-win32/

ELJ-WIN32 Mailing List

There is also an `elj-win32-discuss' email discussion Group at:

• to subscribe send an email to: elj-win32-discuss-subscribe@makelist.com
• http://www.findmail.com/list/noframes/elj-win32-discuss/info.html

Maintainer

If you have any comments, feedback, etc, please contact Geoff Eldridge ( geoff@elj.com )

Eiffel liberty Journal

The ``Eiffel Liberty Journal'' has been created to expose the Eiffel Language and Method to a broader audience. The Home Page is at:

http://www.elj.com/

and regular (almost daily) updates are advised on the `What's New' page at:

http://www.elj.com/new/

We hope you visit often and in particular we encourage your contributions.
Again contact Geoff Eldridge (geoff@elj.com).

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