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The BeOS is the exciting new operating system designed natively for the Internet and digital media. Programmers are drawn to the BeOS by its many state-of-the-art features, including pervasive multithreading, a symmetric multiprocessing architecture, and an integrated multithreaded graphics system. The Be engineering team also built in many UNIX-like capabilities as part of a POSIX toolkit. Best of all, the BeOS runs on a variety of Intel architectures and PowerPC platforms and uses off-the-shelf hardware.
This book explores the BeOS from a POSIX programmer's point of view, providing a comprehensive and practical guide to porting UNIX and other POSIX-based software to the BeOS. BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications will help you move your favorite UNIX software to an environment designed from the ground up for high-performance applications.
* Supports BeOS Release 3
* Provides a step-by-step guide to the porting process from downloading the source code to installing the application
* Explains how to port off-the-shelf utilities like Emacs and Perl as well as your own programs and tools to the BeOS
* Offers a comprehensive POSIX reference for anyone who is porting or writing software for the BeOS
* Furnishes a simple catalog of tools and features available on the BeOS
From the Author
The complete solution for porting Unix apps to the BeOS
When the BeOS was first released, it was obvious to me and many others that it would be a platform that suited both the GUI lover, and the Unix style command line interface geek. Developing for the former requires you to learn the BeOS API, including the client/server system, BMessages and the objects and classes that make up the BeOS interface. But if you want to take advantage of the POSIX support included with the BeOS and use the wide range of open source software such as that from GNU and many others. However, there are problems with the BeOS when it comes to porting Unix applications. Not all of the features, functions and programs are supported, and those that are have bugs, gaps, or just plain don't work. The idea behind BeOS: Porting Unix Applications was therefore to guide the reader from downloading the source code to using the application. This involves how to extract the archives you've downloaded, how to use the configuration systems, including how to make them work with the BeOS, and how to plug the gaps and missing areas of the BeOS functionality.
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