Hello Ruida,
> With the host site for Xcircuit/Win32 went down, there is no place to
> get a updated native Xcircuit for windows user.
>
> For a guy with very little knowledge about programming, it's almost
> impossible to compile Xcircuit from source code. Believe me, I've done
> my homework and spent a whole week without any luck.
>
> First, I tried to follow your instruction to build a Cygwin version of
> Xcircuit. I did everything you mentioned and ended up with tones of
> errors associated with elements.c.
>
> Then I found Satya's patch for compile on Windows by digging into old
> email archive. I applied the patch to the source code and managed to
> let Visual Studio to compile the code, however, there are still errors
> from tclxcircuit.c , which I have no idea how to get rid of them.
>
> To reach out more users for Xcircuit, it is really necessary to
> provide a Xcircuit setup file for Windows user. My personal
> experience shows that it is nearly impossible to compile Xcircuit
> from source for average Windows user. Please make a Windows version of
> Xcircuit available so Windows user don't have to go through the
> hassle.
I'm sorry to hear about your difficulty with compiling XCircuit under
windows. However, I need to tell you that (1) I am not a Windows user
(I have to borrow my kids' computer if I have to use Windows for some
reason), and (2) I don't have any Windows compiler like Visual Studio.
The "native Windows API graphics" version of xcircuit was developed
by Michael Goffioul (who I haven't heard from since 2008, although he
may still be reading the xcircuit-dev posts). I have developed the
code quite a bit since then, and it does not really surprise me to find
that the native Windows API support code no longer works. But I can't
do much about updating it.
On the other hand, the Cygwin version should work okay, as long as you
don't confuse it with the native Windows API version (they are not
compatible). I have not generated a precompiled version for some time,
so I promise to put out a new one. At the moment, I am buried under a
load of work involved with a wafer tape-out from MultiGiG, but once
that's done, or if I have some time on the weekend, I will post an
updated version. If you don't see anything within two weeks, please
send me a reminder email.
There is also a cross-platform version of xcircuit being developed by
Kuba Ober, but I don't know what the status of that is right now.
Perhaps Kuba can weigh in with an update.
Finally, the geocities site *does* exist in a mirror archive where it
can be found at:
http://www.oocities.org/sw286000/
This might be all you are looking for. I thought I had made this
link update on the xcircuit website, but that appears not to be true.
I will take care of that now.
Thanks,
Tim
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