On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 01:38:59AM -0200, Cesar Strauss wrote: > 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
What compiler do you use for that? CL< > 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 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
