1. Setting your environment by "make config" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "make config" is necessary to let the Makefile know your environment. Type in "make config" at a prompt and you will be asked as follows: $ make config KON Kanji ON Linux console Binary Directory [/usr/local/bin]? The characters between the brackets are the default settings. If you hit ENTER key without typing in anything, you are accepting the setting. When you execute "make config" for the first time or after "make clean", authors' specifications will be shown between the brackets. Otherwise, you will see the settings you specified last time. The followings are the questions asked in the "make config" routine. If you do not like the default settings, you must input your specifications. Binary Directory Specify a directory for installing "kon" and other tools. Library Directory Specify a directory for installing "kon.cfg" file. Support VGA driver Use VGA screen mode to display Japanese characters. Support J31SX driver Use J3100SX (DCGA?) screen to display Japanese characters. Support MOUSE driver Link the mouse driver with the "kon" program and use mouse under Japanese screen mode. Support Minix/V font loader Install the Minix/V font loader (fld.minix) to "Binary Directory" you specified in the second question. Install $fontx1 font loader Install the $fontx1 font loader (fld.fontx) to "Binary Directory" you specified in the second question. You can not answer "y" here if you want to install $fontx2 font loader. Install $fontx2 font loader Install the $fontx2 font loader (fld.fontx) to "Binary Directory" you specified in the second question. You can not answer "y" here if you want to install $fontx1 font loader. Install J3100ROM font loader Install the font loader for J3100SX ROM fonts (fld.j31rom). Install new "syslogk" Install "syslogk" into /etc directory. 2. Running "make" to compile kon for your system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After finishing the "make config" procedure, you can start compiling the program by running "make". If the program is generated without any trouble, try to install the program by running "make install" with the root privilege. In the "make install" procedure, the install program tries to copy the "kon.cfg" file to the directory you designated in the "make config" questions. If your old "kon.cfg" is already in the directory, the install program renames the old one into "kon.cfg.org" and copies the new "kon.cfg" file to the directory. "make instbin" installs binary files only and does not install the "kon.cfg" file. Please make sure to install the new "kon.cfg" file by running "make install" because the content of the "kon.cfg" file has been changed since the last version. 3. Configuring the "kon.cfg" file ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "KON" reads the "kon.cfg" file at the time of execution. The rule of writing entries in the "kon.cfg" file is: entry:[alias 1:alias 2:...] the items for the entry KON is not case-sensitive about the entry names. Each line that contains the items must begin with a TAB character. If a line begins with a '#' sign, the line is considered as a comment and KON ignores it. You can specify the following types of items under a entry: boolean - on/off choice - choose one from the lists numeric - write decimal values string - type in characters in special formats ** ATTENTION ** You must write the first two items (i.e., NORMAL and STARTUP) in your "kon.cfg" file. ============================================================================== NORMAL (string type) Choose one of the video drivers (such as Stealth, ProIIs, VGA9), whose first items are as follows: VGA - VGA, SVGA, EGA video driver VGAFM - VGA, SVGA, EGA video driver with the font modification feature (see below) J3100SX - TOSHIBA J3100SX video driver Then write "Normal" as the alias of the name of your video driver. Numbers that follow the first item are the value of VGA registers, the screen size (dots), the number of columns, and the number of lines. You can modify the number of characters displayed on screen by changing these values. However, except the standard VGA resolution (640x480), the relations between the values of VGA registers and the number of characters displayed on screen vary depending on each video card. The standard VGA entry is defined as NORMAL in the original "kon.cfg". If you are fortunate enough, your video card's configuration is already in the "kon.cfg" file; just type in "NORMAL" following the entry and you may be able to use high-resolution Japanese screen. In that case, don't forget to delete "NORMAL" from "VGA" entry. When you create entries, whose type is either "VGA" or "VGAFM", for your video card, you must also write: the values of VGA registers the numbers of horizontal and vertical dots the numbers of columns and lines The values of VGA registers can be retrieved from your video card by using "vacuum.exe" in the "tools" directory; the program is for DOS. See "tools/README" for details. ============================================================================== STARTUP (string type) The commands you want to run in the startup process are specified here. The number of commands written in this section is arbitrary. It is necessary to write a command that loads ZENKAKU fonts. Loading HANKAKU fonts is optional. Examples follow: to use fontx's fonts: /usr/local/bin/fld.fontx /dos/lib/font/jpnhn16x.fnt /usr/local/bin/fld.fontx /dos/lib/font/jpnzn16x.fnt to use MINIX's fonts: /usr/local/bin/fld.minix /usr/lib/fonts/publicfont.ank /usr/local/bin/fld.minix /usr/lib/fonts/publicfont.k14 to use compressed font files: zcat /dos/lib/font/jpnhn16x.fnt.Z | /usr/local/bin/fld.fontx zcat /dos/lib/font/jpnzn16x.fnt.Z | /usr/local/bin/fld.fontx or zcat /usr/lib/fonts/publicfont.ank.Z | /usr/local/bin/fld.minix zcat /usr/lib/fonts/publicfont.k14.Z | /usr/local/bin/fld.minix ============================================================================== PELS (string type) "PELS" defines color palettes. This entry is necessary when you choose one of VGA or VGAFM video drivers. There must be 16 lines under this entry, and each line contains 3 decimal values for Red, Green, and Blue. There are "STDPEL" and "REVPEL" entries in the standard "kon.cfg" file. STDPEL stands for standard palette, and REVPEL stands for reverse palette. Define PELS as an alias for either STDPEL or REVPEL. ============================================================================== MOUSE (choice type) Select one of the mouse drivers from the following: Microsoft, MouseSystems, BusMouse, MMSeries, Logitech, None If the Logitech driver does not work with your Logitech mouse, please try Microsoft. ============================================================================== MouseBaud (choice type) Specify the baud rate for your serial mouse. Choose one of the following: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 1200 is the default setting. This is effective when your mouse driver is one of the following: Microsoft, MouseSystems, MMSeries, Logitech ============================================================================== MouseDev (string type) Specify the device name of your mouse. This entry is effective when you choose an item other than NONE for the MOUSE entry. ============================================================================== HardScroll (boolean type) Specify whethter to use hardware scroll. The default is ON. This is effective on VGA, VGAFM, and J31SX. ============================================================================== VgaFontOffset (numeric type) Specify the offset address when loading VGA fonts. If '1' is given here the fonts will appear one dot higher than usual. The default is 0. ============================================================================== BeepCounter (numeric type) Specify the length of beep by 1/100 seconds. The default is 5. ============================================================================== CursorInterval (numeric type) Specify the interval time of cursor blinking by 1/10 second. the default is 5. If you do not want the cursor to blink, choose 0 (zero). ============================================================================== SaveTime (numeric type) Specify the length of time before the screen saver start working. The default is 4. ** ATTENTION ** The screen saver does not work if you choose not to blink the cursor, because KON times the length by counting the number of blinking. ============================================================================== KanjiCursor (boolean type) When KanjiCursor is ON, the width of the cursor becomes ZENKAKU size. The default is ON. ============================================================================== CursorTop, CursorBottom (numeric type : for VGA and VGAFM drivers.) Specify the size of the cursor. 0 +--------+ | | |--------| <-- CursorTop |********| |********| |********| |********| |********| 15 +--------+ <-- CursorBottom ============================================================================== BoxCursor (boolean type : for the J3100SX driver) When BoxCursor is ON, the cursor's shape is a box. ============================================================================== SavePlane3 (boolean type : for VGA and VGAFM drivers) When SavePlane3 is ON, KON saves the font data that are in the third page of VGA. The default is OFF. This item is not necessary if you do not use Trident video cards. ============================================================================== SjisKanji (boolean type) When SjisKanji is on, KON uses Shift-JIS code instead of EUC for its second kanji code. The default is OFF (using EUC for the second kanji code.) ============================================================================== StartupMessage (boolean type) When StartupMessage is ON, KON displays the greeting messages in the startup procedure. The default is ON. ============================================================================== 4. The Font Modification Function ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The hight of KON's fonts are 16 dots by default, but the VGAFM driver can make the fonts smaller by reducing the hight of a character to less than 16 dots. (The original idea is credited to Mr. Matsui Takao : mat@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp) The VGAFM driver calculates the hight (lines) of a character from the number of dots in the NORMAL entry and the number of lines. Then the driver displays characters by reducing the hight of a character if necessary. By using MINIX's public fonts, the VGAFM driver can create fonts that are fairly readable. In this case, the number of lines on a screen increases by 30 percent. 480-dot screen can have 40 lines, and 600-dot screen can have 50 lines. This function may be particularly useful for notebook computers. 5. Other information about the "kon.cfg" file ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If there are several entries that have the same name, the first entry will be effective. If an entry has an illegal name, the entry will be ignored. The maximum number of characters in a line is 255. An entry can have a maximum of 1023 bytes of characters. _____________________ If there are any questions regarding this translation, please send messages to: NBB02702 (NIFTY-Serve) 72111,2702 (CompuServe) or respective Internet addresses. Nakagome Tomoyuki
