Programming for Palm OS/PrcTools
PRC-Tools can be used to cross compile Palm OS software on UN*X compatible systems such as Linux, BSD and Cygwin.
installation
editinstalling Palm OS SDKs (development material) on Linux
editSource a Palm OS SDK and place it in /tmp, then:
cd /usr/local/share sudo tar xzf /tmp/palmos-sdk-5.0r3-1.tar.gz sudo mv sdk-5r3 palmdev
installing PRC-Tools on Debian Lenny
editShould you find that prc-tools is not packaged for Lenny:
cd /tmp wget http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/pool/main/p/prc-tools/prc-tools-arm_2.2.90.cvs20030306-6_i386.deb wget http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/pool/main/p/prc-tools/prc-tools-doc_2.2.90.cvs20030306-6_all.deb wget http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/pool/main/p/prc-tools/prc-tools-m68k_2.2.90.cvs20030306-6_i386.deb wget http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/pool/main/p/prc-tools/prc-tools-utils_2.2.90.cvs20030306-6_i386.deb wget http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage/snapshot/Debian/pool/main/p/prc-tools/prc-tools_2.2.90.cvs20030306-6_all.deb sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 sudo dpkg -i *.deb
testing PRC-Tools with Hello World
editCreate a file called HelloWorld.c, then:
m68k-palmos-gcc HelloWorld.c -o hello m68k-palmos-obj-res hello build-prc Hello.prc "Hello" HELO *.hello.grc
Although a Makefile makes for less typing.
debugging with GDB
edit- build with the -g and -O0 options
- m68k-palmos-gdb App (where App is the object code fed into build-prc)
- target pilot localhost:6414
- start the app on POSE