Re: MinGW and Wx
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:21:56 -0500 (EST)
Thanks for the info. I find it unfortunate that a seperate DLL is
needed. For me, part of the purpose of using C++ would be to create a
stand-alone executable.
Jamal
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, jaffar wrote:
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:46:30 +0800
> From: jaffar <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx
>
> Hi Jamal. One more thing i forgot to add is that If you compile your
> WxWidgets apps with MinGW or Cygwin, then you'll have to ship the MinGW DLLS
> produced when you compile the WxWidgets Source. For example, If you
> dynamically compiled the most up-to-date unicode Version of WxWidgets which
> is 2.8.6, then you'll have to ship the LibJpeg-GCC-U.dll with your own app.
> Of course the DLL you have to ship depends on the nature of the App you are
> creating, and the example above is just to demonstrate your distribution
> requirements. Cheers!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:37 AM
> Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx
>
>
> Thanks for that info, Marlon. Can you compare MinGW and the free
> Borland compiler?
> Jamal
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Marlon Brandão de Sousa wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:07:47 -0200
> > From: Marlon Brandão de Sousa <splyt.lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx
> >
> > Hello,
> > You can use strip to do the executables smaller.
> > They won't be as small as vc generated, but they won't be very big either.
> > please take a look at http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-cpp-size
> > and read how to achieve this.
> > hth
> > Marlon
> >
> > 2007/11/19, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > Wow -- I'm shocked by the size of executables compiled with MinGW! If
> > > that is the order of magnitude, even if including only the Wx libraries
> > > of interest, I think i'll opt for another C++ compiler. What are the
> > > pros and cons of the free Borland versus Microsoft ones?
> > >
> > > FYI -- I found a guide to VC++ 2005 and Wx development at
> > > http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_Visual_CPP_Guide
> > >
> > > I was able to compile the Wx sources -- at least it appeared to have
> > > been done after a couple hours (I did the batch build of all debug,
> > > release, ANSI, and Unicode libraries). In reading the guide mentioned
> > > above, however, I'm overwhelmed by the complexity of configuring VS to
> > > use these libraries in a new project. If you can do a tutorial, I think
> > > I would prefer one that showed how the cl.exe command-line compiler can
> > > be used in a batch file that sets environment variables appropriately
> > > (similar to how I did the fruit basket program in C++/CLI). I grasp the
> > > development environment better this way than with steps that involve
> > > going into various property sheets of an IDE or tinkering with its XML
> > > configuration files.
> > >
> > > Jamal
> > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, jaffar wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:38:50 +0800
> > > > From: jaffar <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx
> > > >
> > > > Hi Jamal. Well, As it is already getting late over here in Singapore,
> > > I'll
> > > > write out a tutorial for you before i leave for work later in the
> > > > morning.
> > > > However, My advice is for you to try to compile with either borland or
> > > > VC
> > > > compilers instead because these produce smaller libraries and dlls,
> > > > while
> > > > GCC tends to compile larger DLLS and Lib files which could go to like
> > > > 20
> > > to
> > > > 30 Mb. I kid you not. Just let me know your preference and I'll
> > > > write
> > > out
> > > > an appropiate tutorial. Cheers!
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:31 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Jaffar,
> > > > > I'm not using Sygwin. I think the MinGW version was 5.something --
> > > > > it
> > > > > was the latest, complete install from the MinGW web site (which
> > > > > connects
> > > > > to SourceForge.net for the actual download).
> > > > >
> > > > > Jamal
> > > > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, jaffar
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:20:11 +0800
> > > > >> From: jaffar <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >> Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hi Jamal. Can you please tell me which version of MinGW you
> > > > >> downloaded
> > > > >> and
> > > > >> are using? I encountered some problems with the earlier gcc
> > > > >> compilers,
> > > > >> especially the v3.x ones. Also, Are you compiling purely in the
> > > > >> MinGW
> > > > >> environment using MSYS or are you Compiling with MinGW using
> > > > >> CygWin? I
> > > > >> am
> > > > >> asking because there are a few tweaks you need to make before you
> > > > >> can
> > > > >> successfully compile WX widgets in either scenarios. Let me know
> > > > >> and
> > > > >> I'll
> > > > >> do my best to help. Cheers!
> > > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > > >> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:49 PM
> > > > >> Subject: MinGW and Wx
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > Could any C++ developers help me understand how to compile the
> > > > >> > latest
> > > > >> > Wx
> > > > >> > source from
> > > > >> > http://WxWidgets.org
> > > > >> > with the latest compiler from
> > > > >> > http://MinGW.org
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > I've followed all the instructions I could find on the web, but
> > > > >> > the
> > > Wx
> > > > >> > libraries fail to compile. I'm sure this is done regularly since
> > > they
> > > > >> > are
> > > > >> > both open source projects that C++ developers use together.
> > > > >> >
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