Hi all. I really want to help MenuetOS, but am still learning ASM (ie. no where near the level of skill needed to help.).

But I know C++ fairly well. Can C++ be used on MenuetOS right now? What special things would I have to do to get a C++ compiled app working?

Hi, I know just a little C++ so I can just advise you, ASM is the only language which will be used for MenuetOS official release so I advise you to code a little game, afterwards you can upgrade the game if possible or create a new game with the new skills you learned. games will always be welcome i guess.

It's not gonna work because MenuetOS does not have a C++ compiler at present date. Plus, you can no more compile a C++ program on a compiler for some other OS and then slap that program in Menuet, expecting it to work, than can you write a program in C++ on Windows, compile it using MSVC++, then slap it on a Macintosh and expect it to work---ain't gonna happen.

If you want to code for MenuetOS at present, your choices are either program in fasm for it or...see if, by some stroke fortune, someone, somewhere has made a compiler or interpreter for some other language for it and learn and use that. You really just should be using asm on it though.

You can program whit ASM BASIC a very powerfull languaje. See this example program:

asmbegin
include 'libc.asm'
asmend

rem comentario
rem Variables

s#=0
v#=0

rem Ciclo Principal
rem Primero dibuja la ventana y los botones

paint(0)
label lp1
eventloop(0)
delay{50}
goto lp1

function paint(1)
begin_draw{}

rem Dibujando la Ventana

draw_window{200,200,20+(80*5),30+(25*,0x03000080,0x800000FF,0x000080}
draw_button{15,200,80,15,0xCC0000,2}
print_text{20,206,0xFFFFFF,"Recalcular"}

rem Coordenadas X e Y

rem Contador
a!=1
b!=1
rem Pedazo de ASM
label lop

a!=a!+1
b!=b!+1

putpixel(a!,190,0xE7E6A0)
putpixel(10,b!,0xE7E6A0)

if a!<200 then goto lop : endif

end_draw{}
end

function eventloop(1)
a!=^get_event{}
if a!=1 then paint(0) : exit : endif
if a!<>3 then exit : endif
a!=^get_button{}
if a!=1 then stop : endif
if a!=2 then print_text{20,60,0xFFFFFF,"Recalculando"}

(...)

Im programing a mini API , so will be more easy ....

You CAN program in C for Menuet! You should go to Jarek homepage (I forget his url... sorry) or write directly to him (spideros1 'at' wp 'dot' pl)!

I don't know of any C++ compilers, sorry, but I've used sphinx C-- (if you know C you will feel at home with it) to make some menuet stuff. google it, the website has info about how to make meos apps.

If ld lets you make flat binaries, it may be possible to use GCC - but thats just an idea, not backed up by any information =).

PS: if Sniper was refering to C--, sorry =).

LD can produce flat binary ! And I use GCC+Binutils This is how I make MENUET01 executables
in my C library. I've just written crt0.0 stub which is linker by gcc in this order:
/menuetos/lib/crt0.o appfiles /menuetos/lib/libc.a somepath/libgcc.a
so I get flat binary (/menuetos/lib/app.mld script describes format).