Well, I got this to work after some finagling. This is installing Perl 5.38.2 via the msys2 based instructions, here <https://github.com/The-Perl-Cottage-Guild/HOWTO-Windows-GUI-Applications/tree/master/wxPerl> .
Also, wxGlade looks to be up to version 1.1.0 - when I go to install wxPython to set up for wxGlade, I get a warning that wxWidgets 3.2 conflicts with 3.0 (installed for wxPerl). Should I continue down this path? I also installed Strawberry Perl, but then thought I'd better check to see if these steps still worked. I can try it with Strawberry Perl (as opposed to doing all this in msys2's terminal), but I need explictly steps for: 1. install wxWidgets (link to file or page with file, please) 2. do some edits to Alien::wxWidgets (clear steps needed) 3. install Wx and Wx::Demo via Strawberry Perl's cpanm 4. need to install wxGlade (no clue) 5. then need to install PAR Packer/pp 6. finally, need steps to generate single file .exe (I think) I've reached the levels of confusion that I had long again when Zaki was kind enough to help me. Seems there are 2 potential routes here: 1. try t do things inside of msys2 2. do things with Strawberry Perl - so what approach is the officially recommended one? What steps do I then need to work through? Finally, is it worth me updating what's at https://github.com/The-Perl-Cottage-Guild/HOWTO-Windows-GUI-Applications/tree/master/wxPerl ? Thanks! Brett PS: I had screenshots but the mailing list software rejected it due to it being over some number of bytes. On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM Brett Estrade <brett.estr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose I'll add that maybe if we got Alien::wxWidgets working, they > would consider including it in a distro - that would be a game changer, > especially if it also came with PAR Packer (and it may already idk). I > would actually pay for a bundle like that. > > Brett > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 3:48 PM Brett Estrade <brett.estr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you, I will give that a shot! >> >> Last year we (Houston PM) did a stream showing how to get some of the way >> there, >> >> (info and stream link) >> >> >> https://github.com/The-Perl-Cottage-Guild/HOWTO-Windows-GUI-Applications/tree/master/wxPerl >> >> Zaki (this guy https://github.com/zmughal) was able to figure out some >> patches to make it happen, but I stopped short of trying to package >> anything thinking that perhaps it was a bit too hacky. I need to see if >> he's on this list and ask him to join if not. >> >> Can you take a look at the instructions when you have time to see if it's >> a good basis for taking the next stap of packaging it up into an EXE or >> provides some hints to fix Alien::wxWidgets upstream? >> >> I don't really understand what Alien::wxWidgets is doing, is it making >> sure all the compiler flags are correct for the wxPerl XS bindings?. >> >> I need to run through them again to see if the instructions still work. >> Ultimately, what Zaki did was leverage the patches that Debian uses to >> provide wxPerl via their apt system. >> >> Cheers, >> Brett >> >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM Johan Vromans <jvrom...@squirrel.nl> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:37:31 -0600, Brett Estrade wrote: >>> >>> > On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 7:46 AM Johan Vromans wrote: >>> > > Since a number of people here on the list have expressed their needs >>> for >>> > > such a feature it must be possible to combine forces and turn one of >>> the >>> > > approaches into a state of the art, robust and well-documented >>> toolkit. >>> > >>> > What is the first step? Is it worth resurrecting Citris Perl even >>> though >>> > (as far as I can tell) the version of Perl supported is old? >>> >>> Citrus Perl is too old. My current minimal version requirement is 5.26. >>> In >>> particular, the 'signatures' feature and support for Object::Pad make it >>> possible to develop better (and more reliable) programs. >>> >>> I'd suggest to install a recent Strawberry distribution. On top of it, >>> install a binary wxWidgets kit from wxWidgets.org (compiler compatibility >>> for Strawberry is MinGW-w64 8.1). >>> >>> The main hurdle is to get Alien::wxWidgets up and running. It is too old >>> to >>> understand the post-3.0 structure of wxWidgets. I gave up and manually >>> installed the Alien::wxWidgets modules by copying from source, bypassing >>> the wxWidgets build/install. After copying the modules, I added a >>> manually >>> crafted data module for the new wxWidgets. >>> >>> After these steps, I can (re)build and install wxPerl 3.x and I have a >>> stable environment for program development. >>> >>> For GUI development I'd suggest wxGlade. It works well, has decent >>> support >>> for perl code generation, and good support from the >>> developers/maintainers. >>> >>> Best, of course, would be if the Strawberry team would add wxWidgets (and >>> wxPerl) to their standard distribution. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and >> may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use >> or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please >> contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original >> message. 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