Re: Frustrating problem with GNO & ORCA

[mcafee@umich.edu (Sean McAfee)]

In article <D4EFz2.37M@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>In article <3i5m4v$ql8@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
>Sean McAfee <mcafee@umich.edu> wrote:
>> >Which version of ORCA/C and which
>> >version of GNO?

>> 1.1 and 2.0, respectively.

>This is your problem.  GNO 2.0.x is intended to work with version 2.x
>of the ORCA languages and shell.  ORCA/C 1.1 is incompatible with
>GNO's libraries (not to mention _seriously_ buggy).  Get an upgrade to
>ORCA/C 2.0.3 and your problems will go away.

>Do you really have GNO 2.0, or is it actually 2.0.4?

It's 2.0.4.  I wrote "2.0.4" in my original article, but then I checked the
spine of the GNO manual and saw "2.0", so I cancelled the article and resent
it with the new version number.  The next time I ran GNO I realized my
mistake, but figured "Screw it."

>I suggest you reinstall ORCA/C, after deleting all files and
>subdirectories in the libraries directory.  You should then be able to
>use ORCA/C properly from either ORCA/Shell or from GNO.  You will not
>be able to write GNO-specific programs until you get ORCA/C 2.0.3.

Well, I found another way around my problem.  I had a copy of Orca/Pascal
lying around, so I tried installing that, and found that that text editor
actually functioned.  So, I added C as an additional language, and finally
was able to edit and compile C programs from the text shell.  I still can't
compile from GNO, but I'll try to get ORCA/C version 2 as soon as possible.

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