On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Ben Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/3/21 Pau Garcia i Quiles <[email protected]>: >> Hello, >> >> If you don't mind using CMake ( http://cmake.org ) instead of Scons, >> here is a starting point: >> >> http://dgwarp.hd.free.fr/vcproj2cmake.rb >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Scott Ritchie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> For a while now I've been hoping someone would tackle a pet project of >>> mine. It occurred to me that it would be a great summer of code project. >>> >>> Basically, I want a magic script that can convert a visual studio >>> project file into a winelib-aware, scons-powered, linux-compatible build >>> system. This would make it very easy for a Windows-only Visual Studio >>> project to be ported. >>> >>> Now, normally, someone writing portable code would probably want to use >>> scons from the start instead of Visual Studio, but Winelib throws a monkey >>> wrench into this process by making formerly non-portable code suddenly Linux >>> compatible. >>> >>> As a good example application to test, the program eMule would be a good >>> candidate - it's open source, works great in Wine, is built with Visual >>> Studio, and has no good native equivalents. >>> >>> I've added a work in progress wiki page on the Wine wiki here: >>> http://wiki.winehq.org/SconsWine >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm not sure whether this will function better as an scons summer of >>> code project or a Wine one, nor am I sure where a student would be able >>> to find a good mentor. Accordingly, I'm emailing both mailing lists, >>> and hoping for some feedback, particularly if it doesn't sound feasible. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Scott Ritchie > > There are so many different build systems. Classic Make, GNU Make, > scons, setuptools ... there must be plenty I don't know about too. A > framework for adapting Visual Studio projects to some generic format > which can then be processed into whatever native make-like system you > want would probably be the way to go, but also involve a *lot* more > work than just making a scons or CMake variant :) >
Monodevelop can open and use Visual Studio projects. It may be a useful foundation to build a plugin on that would accomplish the goal of building directly from the existing solution. I think it can open vs2003 and beyond but only works well with vs2005 and beyond. I use it all of the time to build .net projects both from the gui and from the command line. Chris
