CSCI 102 - Resources for Labs & Assignments

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General Links

• Using X-Win32 - How to use Unix windows on a PC. This is what you'll do when you want to work on your assignments or labs
• Emacs Basics - A quick tutorial on the Emacs editor.  Also see Emacs in Color for syntax highlighting
• Programming at Home - Some links to information about using USC's resources from off-campus. 
• Learning FTP - Transferring files between Unix and Windows
• Tar/GZIP Instructions - How to do backups

EzWindows-Related Links

• EzWindow Basic Functions Reference - Shows some of the basic commands you'll need
• EzWindows Examples Directory - Explanations of all the examples
• Using curses with EzWindows: (1) Here's a sample program that prints out the numeric value for a key entered from the keyboard and (2) here's the Makefile to compile and link the curses program.
• EzWindows on a PC - Links to instructions for installing EzWindows on a PC, if you want to try
• Making your own Makefile - The examples and labs will come with a Makefile, but if you want to make your own project, you'll need to create a Makefile, here's how.
• The Button Class - how to use the Button Class so you don't have to make your own.
• Tips on Making Bitmaps for EzWindows. (You can draw your own pictures in a window)
• What an EzWindows timer-based program looks like - astronomical simulation
  Download a program This is an astronomical simulation that should compile completely if you make sure the Makefile is correct for where you put the files. The entire set of code is provided. This is a simulation of our solar system, given that they all start in a line. Notice how short ApiMain is. All the real work is done in the timer function - and the CelestialBody functions that are called from the timer function.

  To extract the source code (and Makefile) from this file, enter 'gtar xvzf ezwinsample.tgz' from your Unix account in the directory where you have downloaded the file. You should see a Makefile and the source code files. You may have to modify the Makefile for your environment, so it compiles fine. Once this is set, you should be able to compile and run the code.

• Using curses with EzWindows example program
  This is a simple one-file EzWindows example that uses the timer capability to call a function called doit once per second (every 1000 milliseconds). It prints an entered character as a decimal number.