On 10/21/2012 04:18 PM, Thomas Jollans wrote: > On 10/20/2012 09:33 PM, bsquared wrote: >> Hello, >> >> It's been a while since I have looked at Vala. I am preparing to write >> a simple app that I would like to make available for Linux and Windows. >> >> I am having trouble finding documentation to cross-compile an app >> written in Vala to Windows binary. I want to code the project in Anjuta >> and compile both Linux and Windows versions from this code base using >> Linux mingw tools. > > The fact that you're using Vala shouldn't make much of a difference. If > you're using a build system that is capable of cross-compiling C code > with GCC and compiles Vala to C instead of using a short-cut, then you > should be able to follow the documentation for cross-compiling with your > chosen build system. > > If you're using Anjuta, you should have some IDE support for > autoconf/automake, and these build tools, while notoriously unintuitive, > are extremely powerful, quite well documented, and have as good support > for cross compiling as you're likely to get. I expect that any > documentation of cross-compiling to windows using automake will apply to > a Vala project that uses automake's built in Vala support. > > > Cross compiling will still be a pain in the ass, of course. Also, if you > ask me, you shouldn't rely on wine for testing, but rather get a copy of > Windows to run in a VM (or, ideally, on actual hardware), or just don't > release Windows binaries in the first place. > > Thomas Jollans >
Thanks for your response. I don't plan to reply solely on wine for testing -- just for preliminaries. -- Regards, Brian _______________________________________________ vala-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
