Re: Compiling a GTK application on windows

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek etf cuni cz>]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:06:58PM +0200, richard boaz wrote:
> no, gtk on windows doesn't suck, but at the same time, isn't issued by
> microsoft either, thus different (wrt IDE's), requiring some "by-hand" work.
> 
> i have a rather large project, designed under linux, also cross-compiled
> into windows binaries.  i've gone down both roads of compiling directly
> under windows (cygwin), and now simply cross-compiling on LINUX, even going
> so far as to create the install .exe on LINUX.

Could You recommend some "HOWTO" or tutorial? (I mean cross-compiling,
I don't care that much about cygwin...)

Thanks!

> both solutions work, and, as far as i'm concerned, it works great (when the
> "by-hand" setup is not regarded as a hindrance).  maybe it doesn't work for
> you, or the way you'd like, but then almost the entirety of MS output falls
> into that category for me.
> 
> *de gustibus non est disputandum*
> 
> ciao,
> 
> richard
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Lothar Scholz <llothar web de> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Robert,
> >
> > RP> There really isn't any point trying to make people like Lothar see the
> > RP> light. Some folks are just so brainwashed into believing that an
> > RP> "integrated development environment" is the only option on Windows that
> > RP> they have become clinically incapable of grasping the simple fact that
> > RP> for anyone who knows what they're doing (and may be doing something
> > RP> more complex than the Visual Studio "Hello world" example) IDEs
> > RP> universally just get in the way, and make is your friend.
> >
> > This attitude against windows is the reason why i only can recommend
> > to stay away from GTK on windows. It sucks.
> >
> > By the way i use an editor and hand written non autotools makefiles
> > in my windows projects.
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >  Lothar                            mailto:llothar web de
> >
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