Re: [anjuta-list] Couple of problems with Anjuta

[Igor Korot <ikorot01 gmail com>]

Sebastien,

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Le 27/02/2016 16:04, Igor Korot a écrit :
> > You probably misunderstood my comment.
> > My wxWidgets is compiled in 2 different directories - one against GTK+2
> > and one
> > against GTK+3. So its like this:
> >
> > wxWidgets -> GTK+2 build
> > wxWidgets -> GTK+3 build
> >
> > And I want to switch between those different configuration. So in
> > essense I need the
> > configuration of the project to work.
>
>
> I still don't understand your setup. If you compiled two versions of
> WxWidgets, you still have to install them.

No, it is one wxWidgets version which is compiled against both GTK+2 and
GTK+3. Those 2 configuration just stored in different directories.

> Then, if it's planned in WxWidgets itself, you can install both versions at
> the same time.
>
> If not, it's always possible to install them in a different directory, using
> the --prefix option of the configure script.
>
> All this has nothing to do with Anjuta.

Yes, I can install both of them in a different directories, but then I
will still need a way
to switch between them in Anjuta.

> > For the quick test I can try to install wxWidgets GTK+2 build and try it
> > but I really prefer to work with the project configuration.
>
>
> What does it mean exactly to work with the project configuration?

If I install wxWidgets version compiled against GTK+2 I can just try to compile
unchanged project in Anjuta and see whether it will be compiled successfully
or not.

> In Anjuta, you can have several configurations for one project. Each
> configuration has a different build directory and a different set of options
> that you can pass to the configure script and that's all.
>
> By default, you have some predefined configurations (Debug, Profile,
> Optimize...) with a directory and a default set of options. You can create
> new configurations, so eventually a Gtk+2 and Gtk+3 configuration. Anjuta
> will only create a new directory and use some user define option when
> running the configure script.
>
> It's up to you to make sure that you use a different version of WxWiget
> based on these options. It could needs that you write a custom configure.ac
> and Makefile.am file.

Is it going to be me or Anjuta?
I have a lot of experience with MSVC and I used KDevelop 3.x in the past.
In KDevelop you can change the project settings and its all yopu needed to do.
Then it goes to compile and you can see the command it is using to compile
the file in the output window. So you can easily see what is going on,
especially
if you are not very familiar with configure and friends and don't have
experience
writing Makefile and rely on IDE to do that for you.

> The one provided by the WxWidget project wizard don't do that for sure but
> it defines an option --wx-config in the configure script. Perhaps you can do
> what you want by using this option and setting it to the path of wx-config
> of the installed version compiled with Gtk+2 or of the installed version
> compiled with Gtk+3.

OK, how can I get access to wx-config inside Anjuta project properties
dialog?

> > Everything should be configurable - otherwise it defeats the purpose of
> > IDE.
>
>
> I haven't exactly the same definition. For me an IDE should make common
> things easier, to do everything, you have to write your build file yourself.

Well adding include and lib paths is a common task. And whatever developer
adding, should override the default settings of the project created.
As a developer
I do know where to point those settings in order to compile the project.

> > Let's say my project is called test.
> > So in the project window I have:
> > Root branch called "test".
> > Under it I have 2 branches: po and src - I set up project to have
> > internationalization.
> > Under the src branch I have a branch called test.
> > Under the branch called test I have my source and header files.
> > So for which branch of the project tree I should change the properties?
> > I'm asking because I can do that for all branches: root, src and test.
>
>
> You need to change that on the target. I suppose that it's what you call
> src/test. This branch src/test should have a different icon that src and po
> and the properties dialog must be named Target properties and not Group
> properties.
>
> But, note that such settings is valid for all configurations, so it wouldn't
> allow you to select between a build using Gtk+2 or Gtk+3. Moreover it has
> nothing to do with project template or configuration handling.

OK, so I have one more question: how do I create a second build configuration
inside the project? Should I do "Project->New Target"? But then how do I switch
between them?

Thank you.

> Best Regards,
>
> Sébastien