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[Milind Gupta <milind.gupta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Brian and Dick,
                  Sorry about my amateur questions. I did modify the setup.h
file but did not recompile wxwidgets[?]. I thought it was an include file
that works when I compile kicad. I will try again and will get back if I
have a problem. Thank you very much.

Milind

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Brian Sidebotham <
brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 21 March 2011 21:11, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The interesting thing about those instructions is that it highlights the
> > [new?] fact that wxWidgets can now be built on Windows without MSYS, or
> > CYGWIN.  This is a significant development.
> >
> > And if true, it now means that CMake can probably drive the invocation of
> > wxWidgets build process:
> >
> >
> > cd wxMSW-2.8.11/build/msw
> > mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc SHARED=0 UNICODE=1 USE_OPENGL=1
> BUILD=release
> > mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc SHARED=0 UNICODE=1 USE_OPENGL=1 BUILD=debug
> >
> >
> > using CMake's "external project" mechanism.
> >
>
> I think this is perfectly possible. But I also have to modify the
> /include/wx/msw/setup.h file as indicated too, otherwise you get the
> list of problems that Milind has run into. Cmake can handle patching
> before building though, so it shouldn't be a problem.
>
> >
> > I could be hired to help you, but I won't spend a moment on Windows for
> free.
> >
> > Sorry.
> >
> > But with this information, I expand my suggestion that a Windows
> developer
> > also enhance or write a CMake script so that it builds everything needed
> for
> > Windows.
> >
> > This way it knows what is built, and where it is.  The same can be one on
> > linux for Windows, as I mentioned late last week.  But this is an
> expansion
> > of the idea to include:
> >
> > on Window for Windows.
> >
> >
> > Code blocks is a side show in this discussion and plays no role in
> building
> > if CMake is the underlying build tool.
> >
>
> I might be able to find some time to investigate that. Now my car is
> finally on the road, I might actually have some spare time in the
> evenings!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brian.
>
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