using eclipse

[tux]

> what utils one needs to program the robot in linux

start here:
http://adambots-live.sourceforge.net/

join the mailing list too:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/l...s-live-support

Very low volume now, but hopefully will pick up as next
year's competition gets closer.

[dasRatsel]

yea -- bout that wiki site -- i c'n never figure out just how to actually find the download link f'r the graphical pic loader (gtk) / WINE wrapper 'n' all that jazz -- i also cant find em on sourceforge .. so .. uh...

[tux]

> i c'n never figure out just how to actually find the download link f'r the graphical pic loader

I've never seen a graphical pic loader for linux.


> WINE wrapper

I've never seen a wrapper either. There is a gentoo ebuild that sets up mplab, and there is a Makefile.

I usually just keep a text console open in the directory and do:

make
make load
make read

[dasRatsel]

uh -- ok -- so that adam bots thing is just a joke?

anyway -- i'm intreagued by the ebuild -- i'm guessin its not in portage by default -- where c'n i get it?

~xavier

[tux]

> uh -- ok -- so that adam bots thing is just a joke?

You mean this one?
http://adambots-live.sourceforge.net...oaderFrontends

I don't think it is a joke... more like a plan.


> anyway -- i'm intreagued by the ebuild -- i'm guessin its not in portage by default -- where c'n i get it?

Try their cvs repo. I believe that is where I got it:
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=118894

First make a new directory, then go in there and ...

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/adambots-live login

When it asks for a password, press enter. Then ...

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/adambots-live co -P .

Yes, you need the dot at the end of the line.

[dasRatsel]

ahhh -- so close -- so close

k -- i finally managed to emerge everything (after some doing since the digest files were corrupt or somethin like that) 'n' i got a hold of the make files that should make things work --- which leads to a rather curious problem:
i keep getting a make error on the line that says "include .conf/*" where it says no such file or directory
so i comment out the two lines that say that (one at the top / one at the bottom) and when i try to "make all" it says:
/bin/sh: line 1: .conf/00all_targets: No such file or directory
make: *** [update_targets] Error 1
make: Target `all' not remade because of errors.

again with that .conf directory -- what's up with that? -- i cant even begin to imagine what it might be...please help

~Xavier

PS: thanks for indulging my new found desire to get this working in linux

[prograid]

ahhh -- so close -- so close

k -- i finally managed to emerge everything (after some doing since the digest files were corrupt or somethin like that) 'n' i got a hold of the make files that should make things work --- which leads to a rather curious problem:
i keep getting a make error on the line that says "include .conf/*" where it says no such file or directory
so i comment out the two lines that say that (one at the top / one at the bottom) and when i try to "make all" it says:
/bin/sh: line 1: .conf/00all_targets: No such file or directory
make: *** [update_targets] Error 1
make: Target `all' not remade because of errors.

again with that .conf directory -- what's up with that? -- i cant even begin to imagine what it might be

Are you using the managed make feature I else or are you using somthing else?

If you are using linux you probably should be downloading GNU Make instead of MinGW. Other than that things should work fine.

[dasRatsel]

yea -- i'm just GNU make -- the problem is in that .conf/* thing -- did i forget to configure something ?

[prograid]

Originally Posted by dasRatsel

yea -- i'm just GNU make -- the problem is in that .conf/* thing -- did i forget to configure something ?

Oh I just realized something, try changing the make command from mingw32-make to make. Select your project. Go to project, properties, C/C++ Build and change your build command to make.

[tux]

>> i keep getting a make error on the line that says "include .conf/*" where it says no such file or directory

You may need to create that directory, and create a blank file in there. Try the updated Makefile that I posted to the mailing list. It should be in the mailing list archives.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/f...forum_id=44800

The update is a bit more involved, as it creates a python script to parse out the messages when you have an error during the compile.

>> yea -- i'm just GNU make -- the problem is in that .conf/* thing -- did i forget to configure something ?
> Oh I just realized something, try changing the make command from mingw32-make to make.

This whole thread is really off-topic here. I do not believe he is trying to use eclipse at all. Sorry. You should probably take any adambots questions to their mailing list, or else start a new thread here.

[prograid]

Originally Posted by tux

>> i keep getting a make error on the line that says "include .conf/*" where it says no such file or directory

You may need to create that directory, and create a blank file in there. Try the updated Makefile that I posted to the mailing list. It should be in the mailing list archives.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/f...forum_id=44800

The update is a bit more involved, as it creates a python script to parse out the messages when you have an error during the compile.

>> yea -- i'm just GNU make -- the problem is in that .conf/* thing -- did i forget to configure something ?
> Oh I just realized something, try changing the make command from mingw32-make to make.

This whole thread is really off-topic here. I do not believe he is trying to use eclipse at all. Sorry. You should probably take any adambots questions to their mailing list, or else start a new thread here.

I'm pretty sure that he is trying to use eclipse. I'm assuming he's using the plugin I wrote for eclipse. The plugin generates a makefile for you that's supposed to work with GNU Make.

[dasRatsel]

yea -- sorry for not being very discriptive -- i wasnt actually using the plugin f'r that error -- i just added the .conf directory 'n' put all the files that the makefile wanted -- but now i get make errors when it tries to compile the .o files -- it simply says Error 1

so i tried the plugin and it compiles well enough -- problem is when it hits the linker -- it claims it cant find mplink -- i even tried adding wine to the command // adding the full path // doing both at the same time // even using _mplink.exe == nothing works -- what am i doing wrong now?

thanks

~xavier

[dasRatsel]

blah -- ok --

Linking... -
Done!                                            


Finished building: FRCfalcon.hex
Build complete for project falcon

so i got it working with the eclipse plugin - trick is the makefile for the wine-wrapper wasnt written right so it only installed mcc18 and not mplink --- it claims everything was successful -- the only thing it complained over was the lack of /etc/mcc-wrapper/mplink.conf file and i shoud run mcc-setup (which i couldn't find) but it seemed ok without it -- and i'm rather curious -- where did it put the hex? -- i've searched my entire disk 'n' i cant find it --[cant find a cod or cof files either]

~xavier

[prograid]

Originally Posted by dasRatsel

the only thing it complained over was the lack of /etc/mcc-wrapper/mplink.conf file and i shoud run mcc-setup (which i couldn't find) but it seemed ok without it -- and i'm rather curious -- where did it put the hex? -- i've searched my entire disk 'n' i cant find it --[cant find a cod or cof files either]

Check the FRC Debug or FRC Release, (you'll probably have FRC Debug) folder of you Eclipse project. It should be there along with a cof file. (Cod file generation is supressed by default in my plugin since you can't debug with MPSIM in Eclipse anyway). The *.o files and a map file should be there also.

[dasRatsel]

yea -- nothin -- did i forget to set some variable to tell it to make the output file or something?

linker output:

Building target: FRCfalcon.hex
mplink /Files/FIRST/code/falcon/18f8520user.lkr /aINHX32 /o FRCfalcon.hex encoder.o gyro.o ifi_startup.o ifi_utilities.o main.o pid.o printf_lib.o robot.o user_routines.o user_routines_fast.o   /l/opt/mcc18/lib /Files/FIRST/code/falcon/FRC_alltimers.lib
WARNING: Cannot find /etc/mcc-wrapper/mplink.conf. Run mcc-setup
Microchip Linker
Linux WINE wrapper version CVS-HEAD
Copyright (c) 2004 Adambots-Live
http://adambots-live.sourceforge.net

(oh yea -- is there a way to supress those things that say compiling -- they're just junking up the output window to the point where i cant read the outputs from the compiler 'n' linker)