Re: Getting started developing software on MS Windows

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 20 Nov 2005, at 22:36, Frode wrote:

> Hi!
>
> According to step 16 I should write:
>
>   16. Installing gnustep-back
>   ===========================
>   Go in back, and type:
>
>     ./configure
>     make
>     make instal

That's right.

>   [end of step 16]
>
> But (after looking in core/back/configure.ac) it looks like I instead
> should write:
>
>   ./configure --enable-graphics=art
>
> or
>
>   ./configure --enable-graphics=cairo
>
> And which one is preferred (if I want the most native MS Windows  
> gui as
> possible)? Does it matter?

Neither of those ... they are backends for unix, not windows.

I think the configure script must have temporarily been broken ...  
when I tried the latest from CVS, it worked fine for me.