Re: Generated Headers - Quite the Can of Worms
Vin Shelton writes:
HST wrote
> So, what compiler are you using at this point -- some MS compiler, or
> are we talking mingw here?
This is Visual Studio 6. Building with a newer version of VS will
require a whole 'nother set of work.
Mingw (either 32 or 64) remains a dream for the future - ideally we
could cross-compile using one of those compilers. Still dreaming.
:-)
Ah, OK. I will see if I can remember how to install/run the free VS6
setup (I think there is one???).
>> After running the make-mswin-unicode.pl script, I get a bunch
of
>> definitions that refer to WINBOOL, which is not a native Windows type.
>
> Hmm. I suspect a combination of my bad memory and unfamiliarity with
> the overall build architecture is to blame, but I didn't think your
> should have to run that at all, should you?
No, but I had compile difficulties building a Windows native (XP,
32-bit) executable with your new intl-auto-encap files, so I decided
to see if regenerating the intl-auto-encap files made a difference.
Understood.
> If you did, it should be part of configure, right? I will have
to try harder to understand the
> division of labour.
The Windows native build does not use configure. See nt/config.inc
and nt/xemacs.mak if you're curious (and you have a strong stomach -
MS nmake syntax is not for the weak).
Indeed -- been years since I had to use it, but the memory lingers. . .
In general, we could treat the intl-auto-encap files like configure
-
we check them in, but people who are sufficiently interested should be
able to regenerate them. Prior to the most recent w32api changes, the
intl-auto-encap files had not been updated for years.
Understood.
>> Here is the first such message:
>>
>> console-msw.c
>> C:\Cyg_opt\src\xemacs-21.5-2015-03-26\src\intl-auto-encap-win32.h(105) :
>> error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier
>> 'qxeSHGetNewLinkInfo'
>
> Can you send a copy of your intl-auto-encap-win32.h, so I can look at
> what is different?
Sorry if I misled you, but I don't think it makes any difference.
Using your intl-auto-encap-win32.h, here is what I see:
...
Stop.
[good advice :-]
Thanks for thinking about this.
You're welcome, of course, and whatever it was you thought you needed
to apologise for, you didn't.
ht
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