Hello, In view of the recent discussions about the Windows port, I think it is time to make a progress report, and clear some misconceptions.
I have been building native gschem on Windows for some time. It is not that hard, really. The existence of a native port of GTK is a great help. I struggled with guile for a while, until I tried version 1.8.1, which mostly builds out-of-the-box (yes, I am aware about the current compatibility problems). gEDA/gaf code is already quite portable, the past effort was not all lost. Basically, when the compiler complains about missing symbols, I just comment the lines around the offending function or macro. Usually, gschem runs mostly fine in spite of the missing parts (no random crashes or serious misbehaviors). I do plan on submitting the patches eventually, but not in the raw stage they are right now. First, I want to add proper tests to configure.ac, providing suitable alternatives to the missing code. Then they will be submitted, one at a time, with suitable explanations. In this regard, some voluntary help is always welcome. I would put off work on a Windows binary installer at least until most issues are identified and resolved. Regards, Cesar _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
