[fpc-devel] SymbianOS port

[Peter Vreman]

At 15:17 12-8-2006, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I would like to start a SymbianOS port of the compiler.
>
>What are the guidelines for the very early stages of a port?
>
>I mean, should I wait until it´s reasonably working before inclusion
>on svn, or we could create a symbianos directory now, and add it´s
>targets to the makefiles? I think the second option would be easier
>for me to work with.

1. Add symbian target to the compiler
2. Take the closest existing RTL as a start and start implementing it 
for Symbian


>I would like to target both i386-symbian (the emulator) and arm-symbian.
>
>Also, SymbianOS has many incompatible versions and User Interface
>models. There are 4 different SDKs for it. What would be a good way to
>select which SDK you wish to target? I think it would be rather ugly
>to add 4 directories for symbian os, and new sdks can be developed in
>the future. Perhaps some defines could be used? Like UIQ3, UIQ2, S60,
>etc

User interface can be added in different units. The RTL only provides 
basic access and does not  use it. That is then upto for example the LCL.


Peter