I finally got a version of my game Xconq (7.0d32) loaded onto my
MacBSD machine - it built and RAN!

Two portability nits - "dl" is apparently defined in BSD curses.h, but
is not in the standard curses.h (I already beat jtc up about that -
so convenient to have a core member in one's office! :-) ).

Second, to link X programs, I needed to link against libSM.a and libICE.a.
I suppose these are new and wonderful libraries for R6, but aren't they
supposed to be glued into libX11.a or some such?

Of course, X11 Xconq on a mono 640x480 looks pretty ugly, certainly much
worse than the native Mac Xconq, but this is the first time I've had
it on such a small screen, just have to work on the layout and monochrome
handling code.  Athena widgets are terrible...

Also, I tried running one of my more complicated scenarios under the
curses Xconq, and it coredumped, but the kernel crashed and never actually
made a core.  I pressed the "Macsbug button" and got a register state,
will pass the numbers along if anybody has a use for them.  (jtc asks -
how do you get to ddb, a la PC NetBSD?)

But these are all nits - Xconq is a big ol' gnarly game program, and
I can build and run it under MacBSD.  That's all *I* wanted out of a
1.0 release!  1/2 :-)

(For those who haven't heard of it, Xconq is an Empire-type game that
includes extensive game design machinery.  It's been around on Unix
machines for a long time, and more recently I've been expanding it,
doing a nice Mac port, and making the AI more intelligent.  If you
want to help beta test the latest version, send me mail.  Is Xconq
free software?  Of course!)

							Stan Shebs
							shebs@cygnus.com