Re: Windows-Alter number of rows

[John Machin <sjmachin lexicon net>]

On 15/09/2006 11:59 AM, Tristan Wallbank wrote:
> I am running Gnumeric on Windows and cannot figure out how to change the 
> number of rows allowed in gnumeric.
> The suggestions to date have been to alter the file gnumeric.h according 
> to the following instructions found on the FAQ page of the gnumeric website
>
> /Edit SHEET_MAX_COLS and SHEET_MAX_ROWS in src/gnumeric.h and re-compile/
> Unfortunately, the windows version does not seem to have this file.

That's because the Windows kit is an execute-only distribution. You 
would have to get the source, plus the Windows version of the libraries 
that Gnumeric depends on, and compile it.

So I'll ask the question for you, seeing I'm interested in compiling 
Gnumeric myself ...

What do I need (apart from the source code) to build Gnumeric on 
Windows? Which versions of gcc does it work with? What version of gcc is 
recommended? Is there a recipe anywhere? Do I have to install cygwin?

Cheers,
John