Oberon/Linz Oberon, V4

Wikibooks:Oberon ETH Oberon A2 Links Oberon software for V4 at JKU Linz Installing Archives are available from JKU Linz page, JKU Linz Oberon V4 for MS Windows in a zip file, JKU Linz FTP (user anonymous and pwd anonymous is not working) and from Sourceforge. Specific installation instructions are available for Linux and for MS Windows. The instructions should also help with Amiga, HPUX, Macintosh, MIPS, PowerMac, Sparc and UV4. In Linux install according to instructions in http://olymp.idle.at/~tanis/INSTALL. Configuring System configuration is discussed in the mailing list. A thread begins at 2021-01-11. Some specific details are in a message at 2021-02-04. The boot process for the various platforms needs review and consolidation. Font Configuration The font used in title bars and menues and in new documents can be set by this command. System.Set System DefaultFont := Syntax14.Scn.Fnt The appearance of extant Text can be changed globally by font mapping. First, display the extant mapping. System.Get FontMap Then set preferred mappings as in this example. System.Set FontMap Syntax10.Scn.Fnt := Arial14.Scn.Fnt System.Set FontMap Syntax10i.Scn.Fnt := Arial14i.Scn.Fnt System.Set FontMap Syntax10b.Scn.Fnt := Arial14b.Scn.Fnt System.Set FontMap Syntax10m.Scn.Fnt := Arial14m.Scn.Fnt Refer to the mailing list at 2020-11-22. Starting V4 on Linux V4 is started by the sob script. $which sob /usr/local/bin/sob Start V4. cd <workingDirectory> sob Usage Notes Bug Fixes Source Text Explanation Revised Source Text MODULE Files ...PROCEDURE GetTempName() ... n := tempno; When a system runs for more than 24 days after booting, tempno can be negative whereas the WHILE loop in GetTempName works only if n >= 0. See mailing list. MODULE Files ...PROCEDURE GetTempName() ... n := tempno MOD 80000000H; Module Sources ../V4.Sort.Mod/ Wikibooks:Oberon ETH Oberon A2