I have just aquired XTools and I wanted to know what options (if any) I
should choose when creating a new proyect so that I can use code
allready
written, but for Borland's C++ for Windows. I wrote some programs for
University
and I would like to keep developing them on my Mac, but keeping them
useful
when transfering to PC again, at University. The thing is we use PC
there,
and I have a Mac (obviuslly, I know), so I would need to be able to
write
code that is compilable on both platforms.
The most important thing to keep in mind here will be to use functions
that exist on both platforms. That can sometimes be a bit of a
challenge, as I'll explain next....
A few problems I'm having is with functions, such as 'getch()' and the
conio.h
library. I don't know if they can be added, where?
conio.h is a Borland-specific library. It isn't even Windows-specific;
it's only part of Borland's tools. The closest thing on Unix-like
systems (including Mac OS X) is the 'curses' library. You can use the
curses library by adding /usr/lib/libncurses.dylib to your project. If
you look at the man page for getch ('man getch' in Terminal), you'll
see that it's in curses.h. Just #include that header, link against the
library, and it'll work.
Other functions from conio.h might be tougher to implement, since ones
like kbhit() just don't exist on Unix-like systems. A quick Google
search for each API and either "Unix" or "Linux" should help you figure
out how to implement them on Mac OS X.
Hope this helps,
Eric
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