Debug build of Draw

Trying to make a debug build of Draw, e.g. using !Debug complains that VerIntern/Messages.h is missing. Has anyone else managed to get the debug build to work recently?

Found it.

DiscDev.RiscOS.Sources.Lib.RISC_OSLib.rlib.VerIntern.h.messages

Why a !Debug build fails to find it is a bit of a mystery.

To build the file must be in the directory Export.Apcs-32.Lib.Risc_OsLib
Export in Risc_OsLib “forgets” to do this. you have to copy the rlib directory and modify the line in draw.cflex
#include “VerIntern.messages.h” =>
#include “rlib.VerIntern.messages.h”
There are other bugs,

I cheated slightly, omitting the rlib folder, to avoid editing the source.

DiscDev.RiscOS.Export.APCS-32.Lib.RISC_OSLib.VerIntern.h.messages

There are further bugs.

If I #define TRACE 1 then it says “Not enough memory for C library”.

I’ve got it to build now. The bug is mentioned here

The file “c.flex” that includes VerIntern/messages.h is very similar to the c.flex that’s actually in RISC_OSLib. The main difference is that it calls Draw’s ftrace functions rather than RISC_OSLib’s trace functions.

I think the way to go is improve RISC_OSLib’s c.trace to match Draw’s c.ftrace so that it isn’t necessary to have a custom copy of c.flex?

isn’t necessary to have a custom copy of c.flex?

Custom copies of anything that is normally generic are bad news, the only question that ever arises is how bad.