Resource Compiler - Joke

[Martin Iturbide]

Hello

There was a discussion on a mailing list commenting the issue that we have several IBM Resource Compilers that works in a different ways.

I was going to suggest standardizing everything by improving the open source Wacom Resource Compiler (wrc) to have the final resource compiler for the platform, but I remembered this joke.


Regards

[Digi]

There are too few coders for OS/2 for this situation to be real.  And standardizing the resource compiler is a good idea.

[Andi B.]

but I remembered this joke.

That's no joke. That's exactly what will happen if you invent a new wrc version.

[Mentore]

There are too few coders for OS/2 for this situation to be real.  And standardizing the resource compiler is a good idea.

Well, I'm afraid that would be no joke either. Actually though, I think we could use a single resource compiler.
What would be the standard? We may start from the latest WRC, but where do we want to go?

(Clearly I'm no expert in this part. So bear with me if I touch an already clear point.)

Mentore

[Dave Yeo]

There are too few coders for OS/2 for this situation to be real.  And standardizing the resource compiler is a good idea.

Well, I'm afraid that would be no joke either. Actually though, I think we could use a single resource compiler.
What would be the standard? We may start from the latest WRC, but where do we want to go?

(Clearly I'm no expert in this part. So bear with me if I touch an already clear point.)

Mentore

wrc works for many a resource but is missing some keywords so more complex resources need a specific rc. The discussion that Martin referred to was that wrc is missing the SS_AUTOSAVE keyword.
This could be fixed but lack of resources says it won't be fixed.

[Martin Iturbide]

Hello

Once I asked why don't ArcaOS comes with the latest IBM's RC (Version 5.00.007 ) instead of version  4.00.011. And it is because the .rc files that are in C:\OS2 and some components (makeini) are incompatible with RC 5.00.
- https://mantis.arcanoae.com/view.php?id=2748

I think that the wild dream will be that a tunned "wrc" would be able to work with both version of .rc files. (ver 4 and 5)

Regards

[Andi B.]

I think that the wild dream will be that a tunned "wrc" would be able to work with both version of .rc files. (ver 4 and 5)

When not even IBMs RC4 and RC5 are compatible enough, why do you think a version of wrc can be ever be compatible with both?

[Dave Yeo]

You could have "wrc -4" and "wrc -5" for different compatibilities.