[liblouis-liblouisxml] win32 liblouis

Hi all,

 

I have been using liblouis for last 4 years, but after a year's interval I
updated 5 files from 1.7.0, and liblouis is not compiling for windows
mobile.

 

I have downloaded the file: liblouis-1.7.0.tar.gz

 

Files are: compileTranslationTable.c, liblouis.h, lou_backTranslateString.c,
lou_translateString.c, and louis.h.

 

I get 102 errors during compilation which are similar to:

 

1>C:\Program Files\Windows Mobile 6
SDK\Smartphone\include\ARMV4I\prsht.h(70) : error C2143: syntax error :
missing '{' before '*'

 

After searching on google I found a Microsoft knowledge base article saying
that I should include windows.h

 

So I changed the following code in liblouis.h on line 47

 

#ifdef _WIN32

#define EXPORT_CALL __stdcall

char * EXPORT_CALL lou_getProgramPath (void);

#else

 

to

 

#ifdef _WIN32

#define EXPORT_CALL __stdcall

char * EXPORT_CALL lou_getProgramPath (void);

#include <windows.h>

#else

 

The above step reduces the errors to 3:

 

1>..\compileTranslationTable.c(53) : warning C4013: 'strerror' undefined;
assuming extern returning int

1>..\compileTranslationTable.c(53) : error C2065: 'errno' : undeclared
identifier

1>..\compileTranslationTable.c(3955) : error C2065: 'PACKAGE_VERSION' :
undeclared identifier

1>..\compileTranslationTable.c(3955) : error C2099: initializer is not a
constant

 

If I comment out, then compile errors are solved,  but I get link errors
when I link liblouis with my code

 

1>liblouisce.lib(compileTranslationTable.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol strdup referenced in function strdupWrapper

1>liblouisce.lib(compileTranslationTable.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol getenv referenced in function lou_getTable

 

It seems windows compatibility is broken in liblouis or I am doing something
wrong.

 

Regards

Dinesh

 

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philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because
plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because
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philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

 

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