On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 10:07:30AM +0200, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> PicDude wrote :
>
> > I could not get it to run under Linux (using Wouter's Python
> > programming SW), ...
>
> Have you looked at the C-only port of XWisp at :
>
> http://www.robh.nl ?
>
> Select the "XWisp2..." link under "Newest material:"

I took a 5 minute look. Now I feel I can comment.

For Linux I don't think that Rob's port is as effective as for Windows or
OS/2. The primary reason is that virtually every Linux distribution either
has Python, or allows for it to be trivially installed. BTW it doesn't
compile for a number of reasons:

1) File name case conflicts: xwisp2.c vs. XWisp2.c
2) Missing header files: io.h, direct.h
3) space/tab conflicts in the Makefile.

Of course the port is doable with some work. But it'll still take some work.

While I haven't tested Wouter's XWisp Python code, I did play extensively
with Wouter's ZPL.py. Same programming language, same programmer, so
probably the same issues: You may need to get and install a fresh pyserial
module to get everything to work. Other than that it should be drop and
play.

Hope this helps,

BAJ

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