On 2011-07-28 10:37+1000 Sisyphus wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan W. Irwin" > >> If cmake-2.8.5 doesn't work properly for you, then I would recommend >> trying MinGW/MSYS instead which has been tested fairly extensively by >> our developers who use Microsoft Windows and also by me for the wine >> version of Windows > > Not so sure about the "MSYS" bit. Alan, did you really mean to recommend MSYS > ? > > The MINGW installation advice at > http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Configure_PLplot_for_MinGW/CLI > > states (regarding MSYS): > > "The MSYS command window (rxvt) is somewhat awkward to use with an > interactive program. It buffers the output, so that the question what device > you want (as printed by plinit()) appears only after you have given an > answer. The net effect is that the program appears to hang. It is easier to > use an ordinary DOS-box." > > Assuming that to be the case, I've always used cmake/mingw in the Windows > cmd.exe shell to build plplot - where it all works well. > I'm a bit doubtful that there's something to be gained (and nothing to be > lost) by using msys. > (However, I haven't actually tried using MSYS.) > > Cheers, > Rob
Hi Rob: I have had no trouble with MSYS on the wine version of Windows, and I believe others have had success with MSYS on Microsoft Windows as well so the information on our wiki may be dated. Furthermore, MSYS gives you a much more up-to-date bash version than what you get with winbash. And bash scripts are what we use to run all the PLplot tests that have been built into our CMake-based build system. So with MinGW/MSYS you can run (if you have used the cmake option -DBUILD_TEST=ON) test targets such as "test_noninteractive" and "test_interactive" to do a thorough test of PLplot on Windows. However, it is probably fair to say that MinGW alone would be a simpler environment than MinGW/MSYS to build PLplot for those not interested in detailed testing of PLplot. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general