Re: Porting Between Linux and Windows

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2012, Eric Tavenner wrote:

> I am trying to teach myself C++.  My goal is to be able to write code for
> the same app in either Linux or Windows, and compile for both from the same
> code.  Is this possible?

Yes, not much of a problem, particular if you cross-compile on 
Linux.

> I have Code::Blocks 10.05 on both OSes, (Fedora 17 and Windows 7) on a 64
> bit machine.  Currently Fedora has GTK 2.24.10 and Windows has 2.22.1.  Is
> this going to cause problems with compiling?

You'll just have to watch out for symbols that are new in GTK 2.24, 
but there aren't many of those and they're clearly indicated in the 
developer documentation.

You say you're learning C++. If you have good reason to do that, 
then fine, but note that GTK itself is written in C and is 
C-oriented. Using C++ will complicate matters. You say you're new to 
this, so let me point out that C and C++ are separate languages and 
although C++ interfaces for GTK are available (gtkmm) the more 
standard development path is to use C with GTK.

Allin Cottrell