building gda-dev2 on windows XP Pro SP2

[Charles Day]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 9:18 AM, <karimb at comcast.net> wrote:

> Mike,
> You can download a copy of vim for windows from
>
>  http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc
>
> I also like textpad which has syntax highlighting for source code files.
>

MSYS comes with the non-GUI form of vim, I believe. I just type "vi" from
the MSYS shell command line. It understands C and Scheme files and does
syntax highlighting if you put "syntax on" in your .exrc file. Turning on
parentheses matching is also nice (set showmatch).

-Charles


> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>
> > Andreas,
> >
> >     I think we are getting somewhere
> >
> > >Please take a look at
> > >
> http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/browser/gnucash/branches/gda-dev2/packaging/win32
> > >
> > >
> >      So I would want to get the compiler (and presumably including a
> > link-editor) here?  "This is achieved by using the mingw32/gcc compiler
> > environment". Where do I go for that?
> >
> >      Especially because of the time required to "make" the whole kit and
> > caboodle, I would want to be able to compile and link edit individual
> > components (and yes, my background is in that sort of environment where
> > programmers/analysts were expected to be able to determine if their
> > change was going to affect anything globally (remake the whole thing) or
> > entirely local (recompile and relink just the altered component). That
> > is of course just for TESTING as changes are developed.
> >
> > >Pre-compiled versions of emacs can be found
> > >at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ (if you want to use miktex as
> > >well, take a look at
> > >http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/download-for-windows.html )
> > >
> > >
> >      Thanks. Any chance there is a gvim equivalent for Windows? Or any
> > other suggested "language sensitive" editors?
> >
> > >Additionally, you will want to use gdb as debugger, see
> > >http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Debugging_with_gdb .  I have
> > >updated that page a little bit, but it probably needs more input from
> > >those actively developing with Windows :-)
> > >
> > >
> >     It might sound strange, but in practice been many decades since I
> > ever  complied anything with debugging "on" (just knowing where the
> > problem was sufficient for me to spot it -- so recompile with an
> > assertion or two -- and again influenced by knowing that this sort of
> > change HAD to be local and a recompile/relink of a single component
> > fast). My bailiwick was applications ~500,000 lines (in 300 modules)
> > running against databases whose compressed size was in gigabytes.
> >
> > --
> > There is no possibility of social justice on a dead planet except the
> equality
> > of the grave.
> >
>
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