Comments on: Porting code to Windows http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/ Matt Browns thoughts on Life, Linux and lots of other things... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:18:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Snark http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Snark Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:26:27 +0000 http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/#comment-932 I ported gnomemeeting/ekiga on win32, using mingw on win32, then improving to be able to cross-compile from GNU/Linux for win32, again using mingw. Use mingw. Use autotools. Use libtool. Use pkg-config. Choose your tools wisely :-) I ported gnomemeeting/ekiga on win32, using mingw on win32, then improving to be able to cross-compile from GNU/Linux for win32, again using mingw.

Use mingw.
Use autotools.
Use libtool.
Use pkg-config.

Choose your tools wisely :-)

]]> By: Mark Brown http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Mark Brown Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:00:50 +0000 http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/#comment-930 Defining WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN on the command line avoids a lot of hassle with incompatibilities between header versions. Defining WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN on the command line avoids a lot of hassle with incompatibilities between header versions.

]]> By: matt http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-928 matt Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:59:06 +0000 http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/#comment-928 The final application that we're heading towards is intended to sit as a Windows taskbar applet. The advice that I had received was that it would make our task much easier if we have everything in Visual Studio. The final application that we’re heading towards is intended to sit as a Windows taskbar applet.

The advice that I had received was that it would make our task much easier if we have everything in Visual Studio.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Anonymous Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:33:10 +0000 http://www.mattb.net.nz/blog/2006/04/08/porting-a-code-to-windows/#comment-927 Just out of curiosity, why would MinGW not work here? Note that nowadays, you can build a library with MinGW and use it with MSVC or vice versa, so even if the project you want libtrace for requires MSVC, you could still use MinGW for libtrace itself. For example, libSDL builds for Windows come from a MinGW cross-compile, even though MSVC users make use of them. Just out of curiosity, why would MinGW not work here? Note that nowadays, you can build a library with MinGW and use it with MSVC or vice versa, so even if the project you want libtrace for requires MSVC, you could still use MinGW for libtrace itself. For example, libSDL builds for Windows come from a MinGW cross-compile, even though MSVC users make use of them.

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