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Using Oberon-A from CD-ROM
Oberon-A is organised under the assumption that the directory tree it is
in is writeable. However, it should be possible to use it from a CD if
some care is taken.
* Normally, the library modules are compiled as part of the initial
installation. This version has the library modules pre-compiled so that
it is ready to run. Ignore the installation instructions in
Oberon-A.doc, and do not use the Install/CompileLibs script.
* The only other installation required is some Assign and Path commands,
which are placed in the script Install/Install-CD. This requires an
argument, which is the path name of the Oberon-A tree.
* The setup files for FPE are in the Oberon-A/S directory. FPE
automatically loads a default setup from this directory on startup,
and there are menu items to load and save the default and alternate
setups in this directory. When using FPE from CD, ignore these menu
items. Instead, use the "Load Setup-Select Setup..." and
"Save Setup-Select Setup..." menu items to load and save setups from
and to writeable media.
* The tutorial in FPE.doc assumes that you are able to write to the
directory containing the FPE source code. Copy the source code in the
Source/FPE directory to writeable media before trying the tutorial.
* The compiler always opens error files in the current directory. This
means that the current directory must always be on writeable media
when the compiler is run. When compiling source on the CD, first copy
it to writeable media. Alternatively, use full path names to specify
the file(s) to be compiled, and use the DST command line option to
direct the output to writeable media. The other Oberon-A utilities
should be handled in a similar way.
Future releases of Oberon-A will remove as many of these restrictions as
possible, and should make it possible to run directly from the CD.