ac> Write your own makefiles from information extrapolated 
 ac> from the ones supplied.  You can still use dmake if you 
 ac> want to.  :-)

Exactly one option I'm considering.  The source is large enough and
(logically) spread out over a directory tree structure that without some
sort of make file setup it won't easily compile....

 > Since open watcom claims to plan to port the code to Linux, *if* that 
 > happens, it might easy getting Max to compile there.... 

 ac> I don't know about that.  It's one thing for them to port to compiler, 
 ac> another thing entirely to port their C libraries.  I don't really see 
 ...
 ac> Linux C++ compiler (part of Kylix 3) just uses the 
 ac> standard #include files from /usr/include/, and links with glibc.

We are in similar thoughts about the reality of Open Watcom being ported
and really used in a Linux enviornment.  But if it happens, it could
help...

Any way...  Take care....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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