Call me special, but why not make a .batch that does this in two clicks? On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:24 AM, Campbell Barton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Bjørnar Frøyse <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I had some trouble setting it up on Windows, even after reading the guide > > several times over. > > I am not a software developer per se, but I am familiar with many aspects > > of the process. > > Compiling my own source was a completely new experience. > > > > My main misunderstanding was that I did not get/understand the > relationship > > between Cmake and VS. > > I did not know that I had to generate a solution using Cmake (I had no > idea > > what Cmake was, > > and the info on their site was, understandably, geared towards people who > > already know what it is). > > > > This might fall under programming 101, and might not be something that > you > > should need > > to cover on the wiki. (It might even work as a filter for people who are > in > > over their head.) > > > > Right now, there's so much info on the page (refering to the Windows page > > here: > > > http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender/Windows/msvc/CMake > > ) > > that it's hard to make out what part is the important one to get started, > > at least for > > someone new to compiling in general. > > > > Having the default standard build process highlighted and defined in a > few > > numbered steps > > would have been a much clearer starting point for me. > > > > That's my two cents on the matter. > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Campbell Barton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Even if this is from lack of experience, Id be curious to know > >> specifics about which steps in the docs newer devs trip-up on, it may > >> be the docs can be improved to avoid others running into similar > >> errors. > >> > >> -- > >> - Campbell > > MSVC docs are very poorly maintained, we just don't have many active > devs using Windows as far as I can tell, so these docs lag behind. > > Its still referring to MSVC2008 and MinGW on this page... why? > > Even so, I don't think you should have to understand exactly whats > going on between (cmake/msvc/nvcc... etc) just to get a working build. > With well written instructions you should be able to follow them and > build Blender without too much trouble. > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
