Re: [clisp-list] How to configure serial port in clisp for Windows/Linux

[Angel P. <ang...@ya...>]

Thanks a lot and sorry for the mess.
Regards, AngelP

--- On Sun, 9/13/09, Sam Steingold <sd...@gn...> wrote:

> From: Sam Steingold <sd...@gn...>
> Subject: Re: How to configure serial port in clisp for Windows/Linux
> To: cli...@li..., "Angel Popov" <ang...@ya...>
> Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 6:36 AM
> Hi,
> 
> > * Angel Popov <natrycbcbi@lnubb.pbz>
> [2009-09-11 14:36:34 -0700]:
> >
> > Is it possible to configure serial port in
> windows/clisp.
> > I have googled around and get to setting DCB. In c it
> would be:
> >    DCB dcb;
> >
> >    FillMemory(&dcb, sizeof(dcb), 0);
> >    dcb.DCBlength = sizeof(dcb);
> >    if (!BuildCommDCB("9600,n,8,1",
> &dcb)) {   
> >       // Couldn't build the
> DCB. Usually a problem
> >       // with the
> communications specification string.
> >       return FALSE;
> >    }
> >    else
> >       // DCB is ready for
> use.
> > Is it possible to do this in clisp, or I should go
> through clisp's
> > extension mechanisms?
> 
> CLISP does not offer an interface to these functions at
> this time.
> this means that you will have to either use FFI or external
> modules.
> 
> > Can you please point me some link where can I start
> from?
> 
> http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/dffi.html
> http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/modules.html
> 
> especially
> http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/modules.html#mod-ffi-vs-c
> 
> since you are on woe32, you might be without a C compiler,
> so, unless
> you are willing to install cygwin or mingw, you will be
> stuck with FFI.
> 
> 
> 
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