[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: window binary: does anyone use the DLLs?
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:36:09 -0500
Greg,
Alex Jurgensen is working on a Mac app bundle. When things are ready all
you will have to do is install that. BrailleBlaster is in a very early
stage of development, so it may be a while.
John
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 08:22:09AM +0800, Greg Kearney wrote:
> John;
>
> What will I need to compile BrailleBlaster on the Mac?
>
>
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> On 15/03/2011, at 7:52 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > Neil,
> >
> > These binaries were made using MinGW-msys. I won't vouch for the dlls,
> > especially as I let someone else do the work.
> >
> > For the BrailleBlaster project I am trrying to make just the dlls for
> > liblouis and liblouisutdml using MSVC++ Express. This isn't the first
> > experience that makes me distrust both Mikngw and Cygwin. A Microsoft
> > compiler had better do things right!
> >
> > I'm trying to download MSVC++ Express right now. I could use a .def file
> > also. There were some in the code you sent me a few years ago, but I
> > can't find that now.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 03:59:20PM -0700, Neil Soiffer wrote:
> >> I sat down to try and update my three year old copy of liblious and hook it
> >> up with MathPlayer. I was very happy when someone contributed windows
> >> binaries and thought this would make my life much simpler. But... I can't
> >> figure out how to get the DLLs to work from Visual Studio.
> >>
> >> Has anyone used the DLLs from a Microsoft Visual Studio? I can link
> >> against
> >> liblouisxml.dll.a, but it gives the warning "multiple text sectors found".
> >> Running IE (which MathPlayer lives inside of and calls liblious) crashes
> >> IE. There is some discussion of this on the web:
> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1291594/using-libs-dlls-compiled-in-linux-mingw-in-visual-studio
> >>
> >> Are there .def files anywhere around that I could try as part of the
> >> solution?
> >>
> >> Has anyone successfully used the windows DLLs in a Visual Studio project?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help,
> >>
> >> Neil Soiffer
> >> Senior Scientist
> >> Design Science, Inc.
> >> www.dessci.com
> >> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~
> >
> > --
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> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
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> > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
My websites:
GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc. http://www.godtouches.org
Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com
BrailleBlaster http://www.brailleblaster.org
Location: Madison, WI, USA
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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