How To Print Text?

[samsky]

hi

i am looking for a way to print text to the dreamcast, at the moment i have the DDEr4 setup with code::blocks and this is the code i have:

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int main(other stuff...)
{
 do
    {
     cout << "\nHello world!\n" << endl;
     void bfont_draw(uint16 *buffer, int bufwidth, int c);
    }while(10 > 5);
}

Is there something i am doing wrong. and how would i go about updating my kos version, I have tried using cygwin but it does not work...

thanks

[BlueCrab]

All you've done with that code is declare that there is a function called bfont_draw() that takes those arguments. I suggest looking at the video/bfont example that comes with KOS to figure out what you need to do.

I also suggest that if you don't have much experience in programming, you might want to try to get your feet wet programming for the PC first. It is a bit of a pain to debug code on the Dreamcast, especially if you don't have the appropriate hardware (BBA or Coder's Cable), so its not really an ideal target to start with. Also, I'd highly recommend using C instead of C++ if you're going to do Dreamcast stuff.

As for updating KOS, if you've never built a compiler or worked with a *nix-like system, its probably not going to be the easiest thing in the world to do. Newer versions of KOS do tend to require newer versions of GCC, Binutils, and Newlib (especially Newlib) so you'd have to build them too. I don't use Windows myself, so I really can't help you to figure out stuff enough in Cygwin to do it.

[Maturion]

It is a bit of a pain to debug code on the Dreamcast, especially if you don't have the appropriate hardware (BBA or Coder's Cable)

Don't forget the SD-Adapter, which is also quite handy for debugging.

[BlueCrab]

It is a bit of a pain to debug code on the Dreamcast, especially if you don't have the appropriate hardware (BBA or Coder's Cable)

Don't forget the SD-Adapter, which is also quite handy for debugging.

It is still not nearly as useful as having a live terminal to work with on the PC side, as you get with dcload/dc-tool. Sure, its easier to copy a file to a SD card than it is to burn a cd for each test, but only marginally.

[RyoDC]

It is still not nearly as useful as having a live terminal to work with on the PC side, as you get with dcload/dc-tool. Sure, its easier to copy a file to a SD card than it is to burn a cd for each test, but only marginally.

So with dc-load and dc-tool you still need to burn updated version of your program to a disc? How long program are uploaded through dc-load?

[Neoblast]

Speaking of which, it would be nice to output the debugger gdb info on the sd card ( a text file ) to debug easier for those who don't have a bba...