Re: [bug-gawk] gawk: questions:

[Aharon Robbins]

Hi.

> > Can you advice me some person who can help me to start developing
> > dynamic extensions? this includes installation of all needed
> > software(i work under windows), basic dynamic extension examples,
> > resource information and some little help.

Your best bet will be to install cygwin, including git, bison, the
GNU compiler tools and the GNU autotools.  Once you have cloned the
git repository, you can

        cd gawk
        ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make && make check

All the tests should pass.

> Please start by reading the documentation.

Once you're in the gawk directory, you can then

        cd doc; make html

to make an HTML version of the documentation, which will probably be the
easiest way to read it. (You will need makeinfo installed, as well.)

If you have not read the full manual, I suggest doing so.  You may find
that you can do some of the things you'd like to do without having
to extend gawk itself.  Otherwise, the chapter on the extension API is
quite complete, including some simple examples.

Good luck and Happy Hacking,

Arnold