backported fix for proper tree ctrl refershing after changing item colour/font from 2.2

[wxWidgets.git] / BuildCVS.txt

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+++ b/BuildCVS.txt
@@ -2,35 +2,59 @@
                 How to build the sources from CVS
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                 How to build the sources from CVS
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

+Please use the install.txt files in docs/gtk, docs/msw, docs/motif, docs/mac
+etc. alongside these instructions.
+

 I) Windows using plain makefiles
 ----------------------------------------
 
 I) Windows using plain makefiles
 ----------------------------------------
 

-a) Using the GNU MinGW32 or GNU CygWin32 compilers
+a) If using Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or 6.0
+
+Ensure that the command-line compiler and tools (including
+nmake) are installed and ready to run.  Depending on your
+installation there may be a batch file (named something like
+VCVARS32.BAT) that needs to be run to set correct environment
+varaibles and PATH entries.

 
 

-You'll need the compiler itself which is available from
+Continue with item c) below.

 
 

-  http://www.cygwin.com

 
 

-When using MingW32 you'll need GNU make which is part of
-part of the CygWin32 toolchain and is also available as
-a stand alone port without the infamous Cygwin.dll from
+b) If using the GNU Mingw32 or GNU Cygwin32 compilers

 
 

-  http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32
+You can get Mingw32 from  http://www.mingw.org

 
 

-The makefile has small problems with Cygwin´s tools
-so it is recommended not to use these (but MingGW32
-and its make.exe).
+Cygwin32 is available at  http://www.cygwin.com
+
+The makefile might have small problems with Cygwin's tools
+so it is recommended to use Mingw32 and its toolchain instead
+if possible.

 
 -> Set your path so that it includes the directory
    where your compiler and tools reside
 
 -> Set your path so that it includes the directory
    where your compiler and tools reside

--> Assume that you installed the wxWindows sources
+
+-> If your are using an old Mingw32 version (gcc-2.95 or older),
+   you might need to fix some headers with the patches contained
+   in the wxWin\Mingw32-gcc295.patches file. PLEASE APPLY THESE
+   PATCHES BY HAND! There are apparently a few different versions
+   of the headers floating around. Note that these patches are
+   not needed if you are using Mingw32 gcc-2.95.2 or newer.
+  
+-> Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
+   the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32) or 0 (you have Cygwin32).
+   If using MINGW32, also set the MINGW32VERSION variable
+   appropiately.
+
+
+c) Build instructions
+
+-> Assumming that you installed the wxWindows sources

    into c:\wxWin
    into c:\wxWin

--> Copy c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup0.h 
+-> Copy c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup0.h

    to   c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h
 -> Edit c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h so that
    to   c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h
 -> Edit c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h so that

-   most features are enabled (i.e. defined to 1) with
+   most features are enabled (i.e. defined to 1), for example:

    #define wxUSE_ODBC          0
    #define wxUSE_ODBC          0

-   #define wxUSE_SOCKETS       0
+   #define wxUSE_SOCKETS       1

    #define wxUSE_HTML          1
    #define wxUSE_THREADS       1
    #define wxUSE_FS_INET       0
    #define wxUSE_HTML          1
    #define wxUSE_THREADS       1
    #define wxUSE_FS_INET       0


@@ -41,10 +65,13 @@ and its make.exe).
    #define wxUSE_LIBJPEG       1
    #define wxUSE_LIBPNG        1
 
    #define wxUSE_LIBJPEG       1
    #define wxUSE_LIBPNG        1
 

-   and iostreams ares disabled with
+   and std iostreams are disabled with

    #define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM   0
    #define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM   0

+ 

 -> type: cd c:\wxWin\src\msw
 -> type: cd c:\wxWin\src\msw

--> type: make -f makefile.g95
+-> type: make -f makefile.g95  (if using GNU tools)
+or type: nmake -f makefile.vc   (if using MS VC++)
+

 
 II) Unix ports
 --------------
 
 II) Unix ports
 --------------


@@ -52,8 +79,13 @@ II) Unix ports
 Building wxGTK or wxMotif completely without configure
 won't ever work, but there is now a new makefile system
 that works without libtool and automake, using only
 Building wxGTK or wxMotif completely without configure
 won't ever work, but there is now a new makefile system
 that works without libtool and automake, using only

-configure to create what is needed. So far, only shared
-libraries can be build with this system.
+configure to create what is needed.
+
+In order to create configure, you need to have the
+GNU autoconf package (version 2.13 or 2.14) installed
+on your system and type run "autoconf" in the base
+directory (or run the autogen.sh script in the same
+directory, which just calls autoconf).

 
 Set WXWIN environment variable to the base directory such
 as ~/wxWindows (this is actually not really needed).
 
 Set WXWIN environment variable to the base directory such
 as ~/wxWindows (this is actually not really needed).


@@ -69,21 +101,55 @@ or type: ../configure --with-gtk
 -> type: ldconfig
 -> type: exit
 
 -> type: ldconfig
 -> type: exit
 

+Call configure with --disable-shared to create a static
+library. Calling "make uninstall" will remove the installed
+library and "make dist" will create a distribution (not
+yet complete).
+

 III) Windows using configure
 ----------------------------------------
 
 Take a look at Unix->Windows cross compiling. With minor
 modifications, this should work in Windows if you've got the cygnus
 III) Windows using configure
 ----------------------------------------
 
 Take a look at Unix->Windows cross compiling. With minor
 modifications, this should work in Windows if you've got the cygnus

-utilities (bash, GNU make, etc) and either mingw32 or cygwin32 installed. 
+utilities (bash, GNU make, etc) and either mingw32 or cygwin32 installed.

 See http://www.cygnus.com for these programs, or go straight to their
 See http://www.cygnus.com for these programs, or go straight to their

-ftp server at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/. 
+ftp server at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/.

 
 

-Of course, you can also build the library using plain makefiles (see 
+Of course, you can also build the library using plain makefiles (see

 section I).
 
 section I).
 

-V) MacOS
+IV) Classic MacOS using CodeWarrior (eg MacOS 8.x/9.x)
+----------------------------------------
+
+Refer to the readme.txt and install.txt files in docs/mac to build
+wxWindows under Classic Mac OS using CodeWarrior.
+
+If you are checking out the CVS sources using cvs under Mac OS X and
+compiling under Classic Mac OS, make sure that all text files have a
+Mac OS type of 'TEXT' otherwise CodeWarrior may ignore them. Checking
+out the CVS sources using cvs under Mac OS X creates untyped files
+which can lead to compialtion errors under CodeWarrior which are hard
+to track down.
+
+V) MacOS X using configure and the Developer Tools

 ----------------------------------------
 
 ----------------------------------------
 

+You need to have the Developer Tools installed. If this is not the case,
+you will need to register at the Apple Developer web site (this is a free
+registration) in order to download the Developer Tools installer.
+
+In order to create configure, you need to have the
+GNU autoconf package (version 2.13 or 2.14) installed
+on your system and type run "autoconf" in the base
+directory (or run the autogen.sh script in the same
+directory, which just calls autoconf).
+
+-> type: mkdir macbuild
+-> type: cd macbuild
+-> type: ../configure --with-mac
+or type: ../configure
+-> type: make
+

 VI) OS/2
 ----------------------------------------
 
 VI) OS/2
 ----------------------------------------
 


@@ -92,7 +158,7 @@ VII) Unix->Windows cross-compiling using configure
 
 First you'll need a cross-compiler; linux glibc binaries of mingw32 and
 cygwin32 (both based on egcs) can be found at
 
 First you'll need a cross-compiler; linux glibc binaries of mingw32 and
 cygwin32 (both based on egcs) can be found at

-ftp://ftp.objsw.com/pub/crossgcc/linux-x-win32. Otherwise you can 
+ftp://ftp.objsw.com/pub/crossgcc/linux-x-win32. Otherwise you can

 compile one yourself. Check the relevant FAQs.
 
 [ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32
 compile one yourself. Check the relevant FAQs.
 
 [ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32


@@ -111,13 +177,14 @@ sure that your configure setup is basically sound.)
 
 To cross compile the windows library, do
 -> cd win32
 
 To cross compile the windows library, do
 -> cd win32

+(or whatever you called it)

 Now run configure. There are two ways to do this
 -> ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --build=i586-linux --with-mingw \
 Now run configure. There are two ways to do this
 -> ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --build=i586-linux --with-mingw \

-   --enable-dnd=no
+   --enable-dnd=no --without-odbc

 where --build= should read whatever platform you're building on. Configure
 will notice that build and host platforms differ, and automatically prepend
 where --build= should read whatever platform you're building on. Configure
 will notice that build and host platforms differ, and automatically prepend

-i586-mingw32- to gcc, ar, ld, etc (make sure they're in the PATH!). 
-The other way to run configure is by specifying the names of the binaries 
+i586-mingw32- to gcc, ar, ld, etc (make sure they're in the PATH!).
+The other way to run configure is by specifying the names of the binaries

 yourself:
 -> CC=i586-mingw32-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32-g++ RANLIB=i586-mingw32-ranlib \
    DLLTOOL=i586-mingw32-dlltool LD=i586-mingw32-ld NM=i586-mingw32-nm \
 yourself:
 -> CC=i586-mingw32-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32-g++ RANLIB=i586-mingw32-ranlib \
    DLLTOOL=i586-mingw32-dlltool LD=i586-mingw32-ld NM=i586-mingw32-nm \


@@ -126,32 +193,63 @@ yourself:
 (all assuming you're using mingw32)
 Drag'n'drop is disabled because mingw32 lacks (AFAIK) OLE headers.
 
 (all assuming you're using mingw32)
 Drag'n'drop is disabled because mingw32 lacks (AFAIK) OLE headers.
 

+[ Update: some new mingw32 versions now have a new set of windows header
+files, which apparently can handle ole. Untested at the moment ]
+
+ODBC files don't compile as of 13.10.99 - may be this will be fixed by the
+moment you're reading these lines.
+

 Configure will conclude that shared libraries are out of the question and
 opt for a static one. I haven't looked into DLL creation yet.
 
 Configure will conclude that shared libraries are out of the question and
 opt for a static one. I haven't looked into DLL creation yet.
 

-Type 
--> make -C src
+Type
+-> make

 and wait, wait, wait. Don't leave the room, because the minute you do there
 will be a compile error :-)
 
 and wait, wait, wait. Don't leave the room, because the minute you do there
 will be a compile error :-)
 

-If this is successful, try building the minimal sample:
+NB: you risk to get quite a few warnings about "ANSI C++ forbids implicit
+    conversion from 'void *'" in all places where va_arg macro is used. This
+    is due to a bug in (some versions of) mingw32 headers which may be
+    corrected by editing the file
+
+    ${install_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mingw32/egcs-2.91.57/include/stdarg.h
+
+    (instead of egcs-2.91.57 you may have something different), searching for
+    the lines
+
+/* Define __gnuc_va_list.  */
+
+#ifndef __GNUC_VA_LIST
+#define __GNUC_VA_LIST
+#if defined(__svr4__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(_M_UNIX) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+typedef char *__gnuc_va_list;
+#else
+typedef void *__gnuc_va_list;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+    and adding "|| defined(_WIN32)" to the list of platforms on which
+    __gnuc_va_list is char *.
+
+If this is successful, you end up with a libwx_msw.a in win32/lib.  Now try
+building the minimal sample:
+

 -> cd samples/minimal
 -> make
 -> cd samples/minimal
 -> make

--> mv minimal minimal.exe

 
 

-and run it with wine, for example
+and run it with wine, for example (or copy to a Windows box)

 -> wine minimal.exe
 
 If all is well, do an install; from win32
 -> make install
 
 -> wine minimal.exe
 
 If all is well, do an install; from win32
 -> make install
 

-Native and cross-compiled installations can co-exist peacefully 
-(as long as their widget sets differ), except for wx-config. You might 
+Native and cross-compiled installations can co-exist peacefully
+(as long as their widget sets differ), except for wx-config. You might

 want to rename the cross-compiled one to i586-mingw32-wx-config, or something.
 
 Cross-compiling TODO:
 ---------------------
 want to rename the cross-compiled one to i586-mingw32-wx-config, or something.
 
 Cross-compiling TODO:
 ---------------------

-- resource compiling must be done manually for now (should/can we link the 
+- resource compiling must be done manually for now (should/can we link the

 default wx resources into libwx_msw.a?) [ No we can't; the linker won't
 link it in... you have to supply an object file ]
 - dynamic libraries
 default wx resources into libwx_msw.a?) [ No we can't; the linker won't
 link it in... you have to supply an object file ]
 - dynamic libraries