COMPILING YAP UNDER WIN32 (WIN95, WIN98, NT, 2000)

Yap should compile under both cygwin and Visual C++ 6.0. We next describe
how to do it from scratch.

$YAPSRC is the directory where you can find the sources
$YAPVERSION  is the current version for YAP.

CYGWIN:

	This is our suggested approach as YAP can use GCC features to
generate faster code. You should install the CygWin environment first,
as available from sourceware.cygnus.com and mirrors. YAP should
compile under cygwin 20.1 but we suggest using the newer 1.1.1 (April
Release), which has a more complete implementation of the WIN32 API
and uses GCC2.95.2 instead of egcs. The compilation steps under the
cygwin shell are as follows:

	mkdir cyg
	CC="gcc -mno-cygwin" $YAPSRC/configure
	make
	make install

	The "-mno-cygwin" disables the use of the cygwin dll. The
compiler will use the mingw32 environment instead.

	You should also check the default installation path which is
set to "/PROGRA~1/Yap" in the Makefile. This should correspond to
"/Program Files/Yap".

VISUAL C++:

To the best of my knowledge, Yap compiles cleanly under VC++ release
6.0.

First, it is a good idea to build Yap as a DLL:

1. create a project named yapdll using File.New. The project will be a
DLL project, initially *empty*.

NOTICE: Either the project is named yapdll or you must replace
YAPDLL_EXPORTS to match your project names in c_interface.h and
c_interface.c.

o add all .c files in the $YAPSRC/C directory and in the
$YAPSRC/OPTYap directory to the "Source Files" (use FileView).

o add all .h files in the $YAPSRC/H director, $YAPSRC/include directory and in the $YAPSRC/OPTYap subdirectory to the "Header Files".

o include the .h from .m4 files and config.h. You can find these files at $YAPSRC/VC/include.

o You may want to go to Build.Set Active Configuration and set Project Type to Release

o set Project.Project Settings.C/C++.Preprocessor.Additional Include Directories to include the $YAPSRC/H, $YAPSRC/VC/include, $YAPSRC/OPTYap and $YAPSRC/include.

The syntax is:

$YAPSRC\H, $YAPSRC\VC\include, $YAPSRC\OPTYap, $YAPSRC\include

o Build: the system should generate an yap.dll and an yap.lib.

o Copy the yapdll.dll file to your path. The yapdll.lib should be copied to
where the linker can find it (you can also give the explicit path).

2. create a second project  say wyap with File.New. The project will be a
WIN32 console project, initially empty.

o add $YAPSRC/console/yap.c to the Source Files.

o add $YAPSRC/VC/include/config.h and the files in $YAPSRC/include/ to
the Header Files.

o You may want to go to Build.Set Active Configuration and set Project Type to Release

o you will eventually need to bootstrap the system by booting from
boot.yap, so write:

	-b $YAPSRC\pl\boot.yap

	in Project.Project Settings.Debug.Program Arguments

o You need the sockets and yap libraries. Add

ws2_32.lib yapdll.lib to

to

Project.Project Settings.Link.Object/Library Modules

You may also need to set the Link Path so that VC++ will find yap.lib.

o set Project.Project Settings.C/C++.Preprocessor.Additional Include Directories to include the $YAPSRC/VC/include and $YAPSRC/include.

The syntax is:

$YAPSRC\VC\include, $YAPSRC\include

o Build the system.

o Use Build.Start Debug to boot the system, and then create the saved state with

['$YAPSRC\\pl\\init'].
save_program(startup).
^Z

That's it, you've got YAP and the saved state!

The $YAPSRC\VC directory has the make files to build Yap4.3.17 under VC++ 6.0.

Problems with this release:

	o alarm/3 does not work in WIN98. This seems to be a limitation of WIN98.
	o signals still do not work properly with console applications :-(.
	o ??


Enjoy!

Vitor