Re: MinGW and MSYS
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:50:17 -0500
I've been working on the document. The latest version is available at
http://www.abilitiessoft.com/windows-build.html
John
On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 02:15:34PM -0500, qubit wrote:
> Thanks John -- I didn't think to look there -- now I'll have to go there
> and see what else you have set up.
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [1]John J. Boyer
> To: [2]programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: [3]qubit
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:13 AM
> Subject: Re: MinGW and MSYS
> Attached is a draft of an html file that will ultimately be part of
> [4]www.abilitiessoft.com It addresses the problems of buildingand
> accessing
> this environment.
>
> John
>
> On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 06:22:36AM -0400, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> > Since that is a GNU-related project, as far as I know, it would be
> good
> > to have especially good documentation on how to use it. I think such
> > documentation should include any accessibility tips that may be
> relevant
> > either in the development environment or in building resulting
> > applications that are as accessible as possible for end-users on
> various
> > platforms.
> >
> > Jamal
> >
> >
> > On 4/2/2010 7:10 PM, qubit wrote:
> > >Greetings. A question:
> > >I need to work on some software that requires MinGW to emulate linux
> on my
> > >windows box.
> > >I honestly don't know why they distribute MinGW and MSYS separately
> since
> > >they appear to be interdependent. But I built MinGW first as I
> wasn't sure
> > >from the documentation which needed to come first.
> > >Both builds went off with no problems, but there are paths that need
> to be
> > >reset -- but the problem is that MSYS seems to put the root directory
> 2
> > >levels down from MinGW and put /MinGW in its PATH variable.
> > >Anyway, to make a long story short, there are several ways I could
> proceed,
> > >all requiring altering files in either MinGW or MSYS.
> > >Does anyone else use this environment? How do you do the build?
> > >Slightly annoyed. Oh well.
> > >TIA for any suggestions.
> > >--le
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