Here's a status update: Today, roughly following instructions from: http://code-factor.blogspot.com/2006/11/compiling-factor-on-windows.html
I have: - installed MinGW and MSYS - compiled Factor successfully - started Factor with http://factorcode.org/images/latest/boot.image.x86 Factor booted up and started compiling words, but then: Words calling ``alien-invoke'' cannot run in the interpreter. Compile the caller word and try again. delegate f alien-invoke-error-library "freetype" alien-invoke-error-symbol "FT_Init_FreeType" - I understand that I also need freetype http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mingw/freetype-2.1.9-mingwPORT.ta r.bz2 Instructions on how to install http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/mingwPORT but to install this I need wget http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/wget-1.9.1-mingwPORT.tar.bz2?download And here's where I ran out of energy... :) I've failed to understand what exactly mingwPORTs are supposed to do, other than completely confuse everybody. Regards, Anton. P.S. In the above post, there is *no question*. I am not asking for anything. I've just posted it in case anyone would like to comiserate on the burgeoning complexity of everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
