fixed outdated filenames

[wxWidgets.git] / BuildCVS.txt

diff --git a/BuildCVS.txt b/BuildCVS.txt
index 11b707701dc0a714e4ec6d16e42081f34470bf83..7c14fd12cec91ddb4bfc4f3fc6a73cc7904a5958 100644 (file)
--- a/BuildCVS.txt
+++ b/BuildCVS.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
                 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
 ----------------------------------------
 


@@ -69,6 +72,17 @@ c) Build instructions
 -> type: make -f makefile.g95  (if using GNU tools)
 or type: nmake -f makefile.vc   (if using MS VC++)
 
 -> type: make -f makefile.g95  (if using GNU tools)
 or type: nmake -f makefile.vc   (if using MS VC++)
 

+d) Borland (including free command line tools)
+   Download tools from http://www.borland.com/downloads/
+   
+   See docs/msw/install.txt for details; in brief
+
+-> type set WXWIN=c:\wxwindows
+-> type set BCCDIR=c:\progra~1\borland\cb4
+-> type cd %WXWIN%\include\wx
+-> type copy msw\setup0.h setup.h
+-> type cd %WXWIN%\src\msw
+-> type make -f makefile.b32

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


@@ -122,11 +136,15 @@ 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
 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.
+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 compilation
+  errors under CodeWarrior which are hard to track down.
+
+- convert the xml files to CodeWarrior binary projects using the supplied
+  AppleScript in docs/mac (M5xml2mcp.applescript for CodeWarrior 5.3)

 
 V) MacOS X using configure and the Developer Tools
 ----------------------------------------
 
 V) MacOS X using configure and the Developer Tools
 ----------------------------------------


@@ -155,8 +173,10 @@ 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
-compile one yourself. Check the relevant FAQs.
+ftp://ftp.objsw.com/pub/crossgcc/linux-x-win32. Alternative binaries,
+based on the latest MinGW release can be found at
+http://members.telering.at/jessich/mingw/mingwcross/mingw_cross.html 
+Otherwise you can compile one yourself.

 
 [ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32
 binaries are always linked against cygwin.dll. This dll encapsulates most
 
 [ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32
 binaries are always linked against cygwin.dll. This dll encapsulates most


@@ -176,8 +196,7 @@ To cross compile the windows library, do
 -> cd win32
 (or whatever you called it)
 Now run configure. There are two ways to do this
 -> 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 \
-   --enable-dnd=no --without-odbc
+-> ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --build=i586-linux --with-mingw

 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!).
 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!).


@@ -185,29 +204,22 @@ 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 \

-   ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --with-mingw --enable-dnd=no
+   ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --with-mingw

 
 (all assuming you're using mingw32)
 
 (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.
+By default this will compile a DLL, if you want a static library,
+specify --disable-shared.

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

-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
+NB: if you are using a very old compiler 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 upgrading your compier,
+    otherwise you might edit the file

 
     ${install_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mingw32/egcs-2.91.57/include/stdarg.h
 
 
     ${install_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mingw32/egcs-2.91.57/include/stdarg.h
 


@@ -228,8 +240,9 @@ typedef void *__gnuc_va_list;
     and adding "|| defined(_WIN32)" to the list of platforms on which
     __gnuc_va_list is char *.
 
     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:
+If this is successful, you end up with a wx23_2.dll/libwx23_2.a in win32/lib
+( or just libwx_msw.a if you opted for a static build ).
+Now try building the minimal sample:

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


@@ -249,6 +262,5 @@ Cross-compiling TODO:
 - 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 ]
 - 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

 - static executables are HUGE -- there must be room for improvement.
 
 - static executables are HUGE -- there must be room for improvement.