[brailleblaster] Re: Build environment setup
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:50:15 -0600
Hi Keith,
Vic has been successful in building BrailleBlaster after copying the
binary files. Are you running Ant in the base directory? I don't know
offhand what the problem might be.
John
On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 11:09:11AM -0500, Keith Creasy wrote:
> John, it looks like all the files are there. There must be something
> different about the way you are building and what I get by just cloning the
> repo.
>
> BTW, I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and the 64-bit version of JRE 1.7.
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:52 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Build environment setup
>
> Please let us know what you find out. For others on the list, once you have
> cloned the BrailleBlaster repository and copied the binary files into their
> proper directories you can get the latest version by using the command hg
> pull anywhere in the directory tree and then running ant in the base
> directory.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:21:29AM -0500, Keith Creasy wrote:
> > Hmmm, I actually did that. AT least I did download the release and copy the
> > files. Does rebuilding the project remove them? The release ran from the
> > same directory until I rebuilt it.
> >
> > I can find out I guess.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > Boyer
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 8:40 AM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Build environment setup
> >
> > Hi Keith,
> >
> > These are references to libraries that are in a BrailleBlaster release but
> > are not in the repository because they are binary jar files. The error
> > message about the Display type means that the SWT library id not in the
> > dist/lib folder. Etc. So if you get an old release and copy the libraries
> > to their corresponding places in the directory tree from the repository you
> > should be fine.
> >
> > Vic and I have been discussing this. The libraries will be made available
> > for download on the "for developers" page of http://www.brailleblaster.org
> > However, right now I'm busy with bugs and new features in the liblouis and
> > liblouisutdml libraries. Maybe I'll get around to fixing the website when
> > the bugs are stubborn.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 08:23:44AM -0500, Keith Creasy wrote:
> > > Hi everyone.
> > >
> > > I got the source and got Braille Blaster to build. It does not run
> > > however. Seems it does not have links to a couple of libraries.
> > >
> > > Here's the output. Can anyone tell what is wrong here?
> > >
> > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation
> > > problems:
> > > Display cannot be resolved to a type
> > > The method getDisplay() from the type BBIni refers to the missing type
> > > Display
> > > liblouisutdml cannot be resolved to a type
> > > liblouisutdml cannot be resolved
> > >
> > >
> > > at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Main.java:56)
> > >
> > >
> > > If I copy the executable from the Windows binary distribution it works
> > > when in the same directory so the problem seems to be something with the
> > > way I have the project or environment variables set up.
> > >
> > > I'm surprised I don't get compiler errors.
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > > Boyer
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:21 PM
> > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: James Teh
> > > and
> > > others: SCONS
> > >
> > > Hi Jamie,
> > >
> > > This will be helpoful, in spite of all the caveats. I'll keep them in
> > > mind.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:55:53AM +1000, James Teh wrote:
> > > > Hi John,
> > > >
> > > > I've attached our liblouis sconscript. However:
> > > > * This can't be used stand-alone. Rather, it is called from NVDA's
> > > > sconstruct. Therefore, some of the required set up is not included
> > > > in this file (although that's probably only a few lines).
> > > > * This is written for NVDA, so it outputs files in NVDA specific
> > > > directories and only builds the dll, Python bindings and tables.
> > > > The tools, documentation, tests, etc. are not handled at all.
> > > > * There is one compiler flag specific to Windows, but that is only
> > > > because of the way we build NVDA.
> > > > * This uses configure.ac and the *.in files used by automake. If
> > > > you were moving to scons completely, I'd guess it might be neater
> > > > to get rid of these and instead pass compiler defines, though
> > > > there are a few exceptions to this.
> > > > * Scons in-built support for the Windows SDK tends to break from
> > > > time to time (I'm not sure what the current status is), so we have
> > > > written our own. I can provide this, though it's currently under
> > > > the terms of the GPL (not LGPL).
> > > >
> > > > Jamie
> > > >
> > > > On 29/02/2012 10:10 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > > > >Hi Jamie,
> > > > >
> > > > >There has been considerable discussion on the BrailleBlaster list
> > > > >of SCONS in preparation for the next release. I am also thinking
> > > > >of using it for liblouisutdml Could you send your SCONS files for
> > > > >liblouis as attachments to this list? That would help us get started.
> > > > >
> > > > >Thanks,
> > > > >John
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > James Teh
> > > > Director, NV Access Limited
> > > > Email: jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Web site: http://www.nvaccess.org/
> > > > Phone: +61 7 5667 8372
> > >
> > > > ###
> > > > #This file is a part of the NVDA project.
> > > > #URL: http://www.nvda-project.org/ #Copyright 2006-2012 NVDA
> > > > contributers.
> > > > #This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
> > > > modify #it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> > > > version 2.0, as published by #the Free Software Foundation.
> > > > #This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > > > #but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > > > #MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> > > > #This license can be found at:
> > > > #http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
> > > > ###
> > > >
> > > > import os
> > > > import re
> > > >
> > > > Import([
> > > > "env",
> > > > "sourceDir",
> > > > ])
> > > >
> > > > louisRootDir = env.Dir("#include/liblouis") louisSourceDir =
> > > > louisRootDir.Dir("liblouis") outDir = sourceDir.Dir("louis")
> > > >
> > > > RE_AC_INIT = re.compile(r"^AC_INIT\((?P<name>.*), (?P<version>.*),
> > > > (?P<maintainer>.*)\)") def getLouisVersion():
> > > > # Get the version from configure.ac.
> > > > with file(louisRootDir.File("configure.ac").abspath) as f:
> > > > for line in f:
> > > > m = RE_AC_INIT.match(line)
> > > > if m:
> > > > return m.group("version")
> > > > return "unknown"
> > > >
> > > > env = env.Clone()
> > > > env.Append(CCFLAGS="/W0")
> > > > env.Append(CPPDEFINES=[
> > > > ("PACKAGE_VERSION", r'\"%s\"' % getLouisVersion()),
> > > > ("UNICODE_BITS", 16),
> > > > ])
> > > > env.Prepend(CPPPATH=[".", louisSourceDir])
> > > >
> > > > liblouisH = env.Substfile("liblouis.h",
> > > > louisSourceDir.File("liblouis.h.in"),
> > > > SUBST_DICT={"@WIDECHAR_TYPE@": "unsigned short int"})
> > > >
> > > > sourceFiles = [
> > > > "compileTranslationTable.c",
> > > > "lou_translateString.c",
> > > > "lou_backTranslateString.c",
> > > > "wrappers.c",
> > > > ]
> > > > objs = [env.Object("%s.obj" % f, louisSourceDir.File(f)) for f in
> > > > sourceFiles] louisLib = env.SharedLibrary("liblouis", objs +
> > > > ["liblouis.def"]) env.Install(sourceDir, louisLib)
> > > >
> > > > louisPython = env.Substfile(outDir.File("__init__.py"),
> > > > louisRootDir.File("python/louis/__init__.py.in"),
> > > > SUBST_DICT={"###LIBLOUIS_SONAME###": louisLib[0].name})
> > > >
> > > > env.Install(outDir.Dir("tables"),
> > > > [f for f in env.Glob("%s/tables/*" % louisRootDir)
> > > > if f.name not in ("Makefile", "Makefile.am",
> > > > "Makefile.in", "README", "maketablelist.sh")
> > > > ])
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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