6.11.3 The target operating system

The menu item "Compile|Target" allows to specify the target operating system for which the sources will be compiled. Changing the target doesn't aect any compiler switches or directories. It does aect some denes dened by the compiler. The settings here correspond to the option -T (see page 5.1.4) on the command-line. The compilation target dialog is shown in gure (6.22).



Figure 6.22: The compilation target dialog

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The following targets can be set:

Dos (go32v1)
This switch will dissapear in time as this target is no longer being maintained.
Dos (go32v2)
Compile for dos, using version 2 of the Go32 extender.
FreeBSD
Compile for FreeBSD.
Linux
Compile for linux.
OS/2
Compile for OS/2 (using the EMX extender)
Win32
Compile for windows 32 bit.

The currently selected target operating system is shown in the menu item in the "Compile" menu. Standard this should be the operating system for which the IDE was compiled.