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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ahmad Zawawi <ahmad.zaw...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Alien::wxWidgets questions To: Mark Dootson <mark.doot...@znix.com> Hi, Thanks for the quick reply :) > > I use mingw-w64 32 and 64 bit gcc compilers to build against all current > versions of ActivePerl. A recent gcc from mingw.org works too. > I was referring the broken ActivePerl PPM gcc + dmake support. The one you get when you run cpan Alien::wxWidgets (after a fresh ActivePerl installation) and it tells you that it cannot find a working compiler and it downloads the one from ActiveState PPM repository. I will post the exact log if you are interested. VC++ CL is not registered in PATH unless you explicity call "%VS_STUDIO_HOME%\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat" first. > Occasionally, in the past, a particular release of ActivePerl broke gcc > compatibility, though I can't remember the last one. (one of the 5.10.1 > releases) > > For this reason I'm in the habit of still using ExtUtils::FakeConfig, > creating my own libperl5xx.a and loading a Config_w64.pm > ( http://www.wxperl.co.uk/building/Config_w64.pm ) > >> - What are the supported Alien::wxWidgets configurations of over >> Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms? > > Not sure what you mean? > Alien::wxWidgets compiler / platforms tested support matrix. For example: On Linux, Alien::wxWidgets links to libs or from source. Supports only gcc? On win32, gcc or VC++ cl (ActivePerl). Only gcc on strawberry and Cygwin. On Mac, only gcc also? >> - How can one could 'require Alien::wxWidgets;' and then call >> Alien::wxWidgets->compiler without a 'use Alien::wxWidgets' it? >> >> Please note that I am asking about the supported configurations to >> develop a proper Wx::Scintilla test plan. Hopefully, I will get more >> tester reports for Wx::Scintilla on different platforms. >> >> P.S. I need PAUSE *co-maintainer permission* on Wx::Event so I can >> extend it without the PAUSE indexer complaints. > > you can also defeat indexer by splitting the package line > > package > > Wx::Event; > Fixed in 0.09. Thanks for the tip :) > alternatively, you can add your events in your XS code - which may be the > preferred way for new stuff. See Wx source > ext/richtext/RichText.xs > Thanks, I will take a look at it. > Hope it helps. > > Mark > > It helped a lot. Thanks, :) Ahmad M. Zawawi
