Minor clarifications.
[emacs.git] / src / s / vms.h
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1 /* system description header for VMS
2 Copyright (C) 1986, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
6 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
11 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
18 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
19 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22 * Define symbols to identify the version of Unix this is.
23 * Define all the symbols that apply correctly.
26 #ifndef VMS /* Decus cpp doesn't define this but VAX C does */
27 #define VMS
28 #endif /* VMS */
29 /* Note that this file is used indirectly via vms4-0.h, or some other
30 such file. These other files define a symbol VMS4_0, VMS4_2, etc. */
32 /* SYSTEM_TYPE should indicate the kind of system you are using.
33 It sets the Lisp variable system-type. */
35 #define SYSTEM_TYPE "vax-vms"
37 /* NOMULTIPLEJOBS should be defined if your system's shell
38 does not have "job control" (the ability to stop a program,
39 run some other program, then continue the first one). */
41 /* #define NOMULTIPLEJOBS */
43 /* INTERRUPT_INPUT controls a default for Unix systems.
44 VMS uses a separate mechanism. */
46 /* #define INTERRUPT_INPUT */
48 /* Letter to use in finding device name of first pty,
49 if system supports pty's. 'a' means it is /dev/ptya0 */
51 #define FIRST_PTY_LETTER 'a'
54 * Define HAVE_PTYS if the system supports pty devices.
57 /* #define HAVE_PTYS */
59 /* Define HAVE_SOCKETS if system supports 4.2-compatible sockets. */
61 /* #define HAVE_SOCKETS */
64 * Define NONSYSTEM_DIR_LIBRARY to make Emacs emulate
65 * The 4.2 opendir, etc., library functions.
68 #define NONSYSTEM_DIR_LIBRARY
70 /* Define this symbol if your system has the functions bcopy, etc. */
72 /* #define BSTRING */
74 /* subprocesses should be defined if you want to
75 have code for asynchronous subprocesses
76 (as used in M-x compile and M-x shell).
77 This is generally OS dependent, and not supported
78 under most USG systems. */
80 #define subprocesses
82 /* If your system uses COFF (Common Object File Format) then define the
83 preprocessor symbol "COFF". */
85 /* #define COFF */
87 /* define MAIL_USE_FLOCK if the mailer uses flock
88 to interlock access to /usr/spool/mail/$USER.
89 The alternative is that a lock file named
90 /usr/spool/mail/$USER.lock. */
92 /* #define MAIL_USE_FLOCK */
94 /* Define CLASH_DETECTION if you want lock files to be written
95 so that Emacs can tell instantly when you try to modify
96 a file that someone else has modified in his Emacs. */
98 /* #define CLASH_DETECTION */
100 /* Define the maximum record length for print strings, if needed. */
102 #define MAX_PRINT_CHARS 300
105 /* Here, on a separate page, add any special hacks needed
106 to make Emacs work on this system. For example,
107 you might define certain system call names that don't
108 exist on your system, or that do different things on
109 your system and must be used only through an encapsulation
110 (Which you should place, by convention, in sysdep.c). */
112 /* In olden days, VMS filenames did not support hyphen (i.e., the "-"
113 character). You can #undef this in vmsX-Y.h for newer versions. */
115 #define NO_HYPHENS_IN_FILENAMES
117 /* Do you have the sharable library bug? If you link with a sharable
118 library that contains psects with the NOSHR attribute and also refer to
119 those psects in your program, the linker give you a private version of
120 the psect which is not related to the version used by the sharable
121 library. The end result is that your references to variables in that
122 psect have absolutely nothing to do with library references to what is
123 supposed to be the same variable. If you intend to link with the standard
124 C library (NOT the sharable one) you don't need to define this. (This
125 is NOT fixed in V4.4...) */
127 #define SHARABLE_LIB_BUG
129 /* Partially due to the above mentioned bug and also so that we don't need
130 to require that people have a sharable C library, the default for Emacs
131 is to link with the non-shared library. If you want to link with the
132 shared library, define this and remake xmakefile and fileio.c. This allows
133 us to ship a guaranteed executable image. */
135 #define LINK_CRTL_SHARE
137 /* Define this if you want to read the file SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT for user
138 information. If you do use this, you must either make SYSUAF.DAT world
139 readable or install Emacs with SYSPRV. */
141 /* #define READ_SYSUAF */
143 /* Traditionally, filenames on VMS are always upper case. */
145 #define FILE_SYSTEM_CASE Fupcase
147 /* On VMS these have a different name */
149 #define index strchr
150 #define rindex strrchr
151 #define unlink delete
153 #ifndef _GNUC_
154 extern double mth$dmod(double, double);
155 #define drem mth$dmod
156 #endif
158 /* Some time routines are missing in the VAX C RTL, or needs some
159 extra bit of code */
160 #define tzset sys_tzset
161 #define localtime sys_localtime
162 #define gmtime sys_gmtime
164 /* On later versions of VMS these exist in the C run time library, but
165 we are using our own implementations. Hide their names to avoid
166 linker errors */
167 #define rename sys_rename
168 #define execvp sys_execvp
169 #define system sys_system
171 #ifndef GNU_MALLOC
172 /* Hide these names so that we don't get linker errors */
173 #define malloc sys_malloc
174 #define free sys_free
175 #define realloc sys_realloc
176 #define calloc sys_calloc
178 /* Don't use the standard brk and sbrk */
179 #define sbrk sys_sbrk
180 #define brk sys_brk
181 #endif
183 /* On VMS we want to avoid reading and writing very large amounts of
184 data at once, so we redefine read and write here. */
186 #define read sys_read
187 #define write sys_write
189 /* sys_creat just calls the real creat with additional args of
190 "rfm=var", "rat=cr" to get "normal" VMS files... */
191 #define creat sys_creat
193 /* fwrite forces an RMS PUT on every call. This is abysmally slow, so
194 we emulate fwrite with fputc, which forces buffering and is much
195 faster! */
196 #define fwrite sys_fwrite
198 /* getuid only returns the member number, which is not unique on most VMS
199 systems. We emulate it with (getgid()<<16 | getuid()). */
200 #define getuid sys_getuid
202 /* If user asks for TERM, check first for EMACS_TERM. */
203 #define getenv sys_getenv
205 /* Standard C abort is less useful than it should be. */
206 #define abort sys_abort
208 /* Case conflicts with C library fread. */
209 #define Fread F_read
211 /* Case conflicts with C library srandom. */
212 #define Srandom S_random
214 /* variable length too long... maybe */
215 #if 0
216 #define do_line_insertion_deletion_costs do_line_insertion_deletion_cost
217 #endif
219 /* Cause initialization of vmsfns.c to be run. */
220 #define SYMS_SYSTEM syms_of_vmsfns ()
222 /* VAXCRTL access doesn't deal with SYSPRV very well (among other oddities...)
223 Here, we use $CHKPRO to really determine access. */
224 #define access sys_access
226 #define PAGESIZE 512
228 #define _longjmp longjmp
229 #define _setjmp setjmp
231 globalref char sdata[];
232 #define DATA_START (((int) sdata + 511) & ~511)
233 #define TEXT_START 512
235 /* Baud-rate values from tty status are not standard. */
237 #define BAUD_CONVERT \
238 { 0, 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, \
239 2000, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600, 19200 }
241 #define PURESIZE 330000
243 /* Stdio FILE type has extra indirect on VMS, so must alter this macro. */
245 #define PENDING_OUTPUT_COUNT(FILE) ((*(FILE))->_ptr - (*(FILE))->_base)
247 #define NULL_DEVICE "NLA0:"
249 #define TERMCAP_NAME "emacs_library:[etc]termcap.dat"
251 #define EXEC_SUFFIXES ".exe:.com"
253 /* Case conflict with Xlib XFree () */
254 #define xfree emacs_xfree
256 /* What separator do we use in paths? */
257 #define SEPCHAR ','
259 /* arch-tag: 76bc2b70-46d1-4334-8f12-955c0d0ca6d4
260 (do not change this comment) */