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Using PRC-Tools

This manual documents the extra tools and particular caveats associated with using the GNU Compiler Collection, GCC, to compile programs for Palm OS. It corresponds to the current pre-release development version of prc-tools (so some functionality described may not be present in earlier releases), and was last modified on 26 November 2003.

1. Palm OS-specific GCC features    Features (and mis-features) specific to Palm OS.

2. Global data    Accessing global data.

3. Special projects    Large applications, libraries, stand-alone code, etc.

4. Definition files    Using a project definition file.

5. Using a debugger    Enabling and using a debugger.

6. Post-linker and other tools

6.1 build-prc    Combine resources into a single .prc database.

6.2 multigen    Generate support files for multiple code resources.

6.3 stubgen    ...or for shared libraries.

6.4 obj-res    Make resources from a bfd executable.

6.5 palmdev-prep    Inform GCC of the locations of Palm OS SDKs.

6.6 trapfilt    Decode Palm OS trap vectors.

1. Palm OS-specific GCC features		Features (and mis-features) specific to Palm OS.
2. Global data		Accessing global data.
3. Special projects		Large applications, libraries, stand-alone code, etc.
4. Definition files		Using a project definition file.
5. Using a debugger		Enabling and using a debugger.

6.1 build-prc		Combine resources into a single .prc database.
6.2 multigen		Generate support files for multiple code resources.
6.3 stubgen		...or for shared libraries.
6.4 obj-res		Make resources from a bfd executable.
6.5 palmdev-prep		Inform GCC of the locations of Palm OS SDKs.
6.6 trapfilt		Decode Palm OS trap vectors.