[brailleblaster] Re: We need a reliable procedure for compiling C libraries for all platforms.
- From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:06:56 -0600
Hi John -- I thought I'd be doing windows, although if you find someone more
experienced with windows requirements, I understand it might take less time.
This project has been helpful to me in learning tech details that I didn't
know before. I have MSYS and MinGW on my machine for building your C
library, and I also have cygwin as a potentially better environment.
My question is, how does java fit into an environment like cygwin? I tried
compiling a java file using javac in cygwin and had it fail -- but I don't
know yet what version of java cygwin is using. It isn't calling my windows
installation of javac. So I think I need to go to the cygwin site and see
if they have jdk6 for download.
I'm still waiting for comments on the files I sent yesterday.
Take care.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:45 AM
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: We need a reliable procedure for compiling C
libraries for all platforms.
Alex,
Thanks for the offer. My websites need some work before they are up
again. When that is done I will post the latest versions of
liblouisutdml and liblouis on www.abilitiessoft.com and post a message
on the list with instructions for compiling them for BrailleBlaster.
Greg Kearney is having a lot of trouble compiling the software for the
Mac. He will be happy to get your files.
I can take care of Linux. now we need someone who will take on the
responsibility for Windows.
John
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 06:30:49PM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> What would you like me to compile on the Mac?
>
> I will be busy until Friday, but I hsould have some time to work on this
> after that.
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 2010-12-14, at 12:38 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > Before we can implement subcommands like emboss we must have a reliable
> > procedure for compiling C and C++ libraries for all platforms. While we
> > figure this out, I can also decide how to designate the embossers on
> > various platforms.
> >
> > You will see in my draftbb3.zip file which I sent last week that there
> > is a bin directory with varrious subdirectories for command-line tools,
> > libraries and "shared" files and documents. This wilol make it possible
> > for liblouis and liblouuisutdml to find their tawbles and files
> > automatically. Additional C libraries should be put in the lib
> > subdirectory.
> >
> > We must also be ab le to quickly compile things for all platforms when
> > new releases are made.
> >
> > Once we have such compilations and the Java code to handle subcommands
> > we can release BrailleBlaster for both this list and the
> > libllouis-liblouisxml list. There have been several examples of user
> > frustration in trying to compile source code. The BrailleBlaster release
> > will contain the binaries in the bin directory.
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, WI USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
>
> Alex Jurgensen,
> VoiceOver Trainer,
> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org
>
--
John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, WI USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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