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PortingSpacetoWindows1

1.INTRODUCTION

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AportofSpacetotheWindowsplatformisrequired,becauseTannerEDAwantstosellit.

First,thecompleteSpacesoftwarewaseasyportedtoWindowsusingtheCYGWIN3

environment.ButusingCYGWIN,youmustgoaccordwiththetermsoftheGNU

GeneralPublicLicense(GPL).

Second,wehavelookedforMinGWandUWIN.UWIN(fromATT)lookstobea

goodcandidate,butwasnoteasytoinstallforcrosscompilation.TheMinGW4environment

wasdirectlymoresuccessfulinstalledandused.Thus,weareusingtheMinGWenvironment

forportingtheSpacesoftware.TheMinGWbaseruntimepackageisuncopyrightedand

thew32apiisfreetouse(seetheMinGWlicensingtermsonsite).

NotethatTannerisonlyinterestedintheSpacecoretools.TheSpaceextractor(space,

space3d)andneededprograms(makeboxl,makegln,makemesh,makesize,makedela,

makesubres,tecc).FuthermoresomeNELSIS(database)programs(mkpr,rmpr,rmdb,

dbcat,dblist,getproc,icdman,...).Thegraphicprogramsarenotported(dali,helios,simeye,

spock,view3d,Xspace).

1.WindowsisashortnamefortheMicrosoftWindowsOS(likeWindows98/ME/XP),themostused

OperatingSystemon32-bitsPersonalComputers(PCs).

2.TannerEDA,adivisionofTannerResearch,Inc.TannerEDAisaleadingproviderofPC-basedEDA

softwaresolutionsforthedesignofICs.TannerToolssupportsWindowsXPandVistaplatforms.

3.CYGWIN,GNU+Cygnus+Windows,aLinux-likeenvironmentforWindows.

4.MinGW,theMinimalistGNUforWindowsen