[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout liblouisxml structure
- From: "Michel such" <michel.such@xxxxxxx>
- To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:05:59 +0100
John,
For the Gui, here are several possibilities.
The one I am most familiar with is a language called autohotkey which allows to
easily build dialogs.
I used it to build a dialog to configure BRLTTY under Windows.
So it will probably be the first thing I'll look at.
----- Original Message -----
From: John J. Boyer
To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:08 PM
Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout liblouisxml structure
Michel,
Thanks. Your plans for the future sound good also. What language will
you use for the GUI?
John
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 07:27:54PM +0100, Michel such wrote:
> John,
>
> At this point, I can propose a simple zip file with all the binaries.
> You only have to unzip it and can run the programs from its bin
subdirectory.
> This can be done at once.
> In the future, I would like to add some bells and whistles like an
installer and some gui environment.
>
> But for now, you can download the zip file at:
> http://www.nvda.fr/dl/liblouisxml-1.8.0-win32.zip
>
> Unzipping it will create a louis directory that you can place anywhere.
> The archive also contains antiword for convenience.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John J. Boyer
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 6:31 PM
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout liblouisxml structure
>
>
> Michel,
>
> This is something I've been wanting for a long time. I assume that the
> binary is a zip file. It should need only a few simple installation
> instructions. Can you put the zip file and the instructions on a website
> and post a link to the list?
>
> I know you had a hard time reaching this goal, and I'm rather concerned
> that your setup with mingw, etc. might be hard to duplicate.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 06:04:26PM +0100, Michel such wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > Just tested it on my wife's machine which is free of any development
environment (no mingw or cygwin)
> > and it works fine.
> >
> > I'll let you know how to build it (at least under mingw).
> >
> > It is straight forward for liblouis and libxml2.
> > For liblouisxml, you need to install pkg-config which I spent spme time
to setup correctly.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John J. Boyer
> > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:30 PM
> > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout liblouisxml
structure
> >
> >
> > Michel,
> >
> > This is great. I think your paths.c can be combined with the original
> > one to handle all situations. Can you make the binary and then test
it
> > on machines that don't have either Mingw or Cygwin? If it works under
> > those circumstances we can figure out the best way to distribute it.
> > Please also give me a description of how you made it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 05:09:55PM +0100, Michel such wrote:
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Oops, I understand the problem.
> > >
> > > So this new one seems to work fine, at least it finds all needed
files on my machine (liblouis tables and lbx files).
> > > So, here it is attached.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: John J. Boyer
> > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:46 PM
> > > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout liblouisxml
structure
> > >
> > >
> > > michel,
> > >
> > > This is a good start. It will work for now in getting the Windows
> > > version mp and running, but as you probably realize it can't
replace the
> > > paths.c in the distribution. I do see a problem at line 152. You
have to
> > > add paths for both \usr\share|liblouisxml\lbx_files and
> > > \usr\share\liblouis\tables . I'm really happy that we are so
close.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 06:33:28PM +0100, Michel such wrote:
> > > > Hi John,
> > > >
> > > > Here is a modified paths.c
> > > >
> > > > The _win32 code has been changed so that it returns the current
path of the module instead of "c:\Program Files".
> > > >
> > > > So, if you run for example xlm2brl.exe from directory
d:\louis\bin,
> > > > it will return
> > > > d:\louis\bin\
> > > >
> > > > then you can concatenate the appropriate subdir.
> > > >
> > > > the conde has been borrowed from BRLTTY (essentially from file
sys_prog_windows.h)
> > > > and adapted by me to fit my needs.
> > > >
> > > > As I am not a great c expert, it probably might be improved.
> > > >
> > > > So here it is attached.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: John J. Boyer
> > > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:00 PM
> > > > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout liblouisxml
structure
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Michel,
> > > >
> > > > When liblouis and liblouisxml are built under Linux you can
specify the
> > > > directory in which they will be placed with the --prefix
option in
> > > > configure. I think
> > > > that it would be good if we didn't try to put them in
"program Files".
> > > > Neither Cygwin nor Mingw installs under that directory.
Suppose,
> > > > however, we install them in c:\louss using configure
--prefix=c:\louis .
> > > > Then xml2brl.exe, lou_allround.exe, etc. will be in
c:\louis\bin . The
> > > > DLLs will be in c|\louis\lib and the liblouis tables will be
in
> > > > c:\louis\usr\share\liblouis\tables . The liblouisxml
semantic-action
> > > > files and configuration files will be in
> > > > c:\louis\usr\share\liblouisxml\lbx_files. The programs will
thus be able
> > > > to find what they need and we can make the Windows binary by
zipping the
> > > > c:\louis directory recursively.
> > > >
> > > > At least that is how I hope it would work. I'll have to try
to duplicate
> > > > your setup with Mingw and Msys. I have the zip file you put
up a couple
> > > > of weeks ago, but I think you have added some other packages.
Could you
> > > > provide a new file with these other packages? I'll have tr
discover how
> > > > the compiler can know that it is in Mingw as well as Windows.
Then I can
> > > > modify paths.c accordingly.
> > > >
> > > > You are making a real contribution. I think we are close to
having those
> > > > Windows binaries.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 07:15:36PM +0100, Michel such wrote:
> > > > > John,
> > > > >
> > > > > It appears that, when compiling with mingw, it is
recognized as being in _win32 environment.
> > > > > So it compiles the lines corresponding to this in paths.c.
> > > > > It assumes that the directory containing the conversion
tables and the .cfg files should be somewhere under "c:\Program Files".
> > > > > It would be better, in my opinion, if it would be "Program
" independant.
> > > > > The better would be to retrieve the directory where the
program runs from.
> > > > > for example if I run the program from:
> > > > > c:\liblouisxml\bin\xml2brl.exe
> > > > > it should return
> > > > > c:\liblouisxml\bin as currentPath.
> > > > > Then, in yourSubDir, we could put something like
> > > > > ".\\etc\\tables"
> > > > > So, if you install liblouisxml in
> > > > > c:\Program Files\liblouisxml
> > > > > the path you would retrieve in the end would be:
> > > > > c:\Program Files\liblouisxml\bin..\etc\tables
> > > > > wich is like
> > > > > c:\Program Files\liblouisxml\etc\tables
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: John J. Boyer
> > > > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 4:27 PM
> > > > > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Question aout
liblouisxml structure
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Michel,
> > > > >
> > > > > i assume you are using Mingw and Msys. The mysubdir line
was intended
> > > > > for building liblouisxml with a Microsoft compiler such
as VC6. On line
> > > > > 38 of paths.c there is the statement:
> > > > > #ifdef _WIN32
> > > > > Which checks whether you are compiling under Windows. It
should also be
> > > > > possible to check whether you are using Mingw. I'm not
sure just what
> > > > > this variable is called. But if you are compiling under
Mingw you want
> > > > > to skip all the code up to line 118, where there is a
comment about Unix
> > > > > paths. This can be done by modifying the #ifdef statement
at line 38.
> > > > > Let's hope someone more familiar with Mingw knows how to
do this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Once this is done, we will have to decide on a suitable
value for the
> > > > > --prefix option in configure for both liblouis and
liblouisxml.
> > > > >
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 02:55:54PM +0100, Michel such
wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After 2 weeks of hard fight, I finally succeeded
building liblouisxml under Windows.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now a question:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have changed the file paths.c (line 114).
> > > > > > I replaced yoursubdir by a directory name of mine (I
called it "tables").
> > > > > > As I understand, this directory should contain
conversion tables and maybe cfg files.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Where should this directory be located in the
liblouisxml directory structure?
> > > > > > I currently have a standard structire (bin, etc,
include...)
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