Re:Re: [Texmacs-dev] macro OS_WIN32 is not defined

[zohooo]

Thanks very much for your kindly feedback.

I like QT, and agree with you that QT port is better than native Windows port.

Also I think using __MINGW32__ macro is not a good choice, since maybe someone (in the future?) want to compile TeXmacs with Microsoft Visual C++ which there is not __MINGW32__ macro there.

2010-07-01 16:22:40，"Gubinelli Massimiliano" wrote：
>Hi,
>
>There are essentially two flavors of TeXmacs which relates to Windows.  
>The first is an old native port which is not more mantained (it was  
>developed by Dan Mertens if I recall correctly). The other is the  
>recent Qt port which tries not to assume much on the underlying system  
>and do as much as possible via the Qt compatibility layer. The  
>sensible sectors where the underlying system matters are mainly  
>process management, I/O (sockets and other connections), file path  
>handling, locale handling, spell checking, etc.... The OS_WIN32 macro  
>conditionally enable code for the old native windows port. It is not  
>meant to be used in general for Windows related support. When  
>compiling TeXmacs/Qt the underlying system is detected via either the  
>__MINGW32__ macro or via the relevant Qt macro (QT_OSWIN or something  
>like this) which is set up in the Qt library.
>
>The old native Windows port cannot be maintained since the known  
>active developers (Joris, David and me) are not able/willing to write  
>Windows code. Support for Windows is via the Qt layer (at least for  
>the moment).
>
>I agree that a more integrated Windows interface should be available.
>
>If you check the sources at src/Guile/Glue you can find the all the  
>functions exported in Scheme code. In glue_basic.cpp:52 there is the  
>definition of the predicate os_mingw? which returns true if we are  
>compiling under mingw, so a possible way to proceed is to add to tm- 
>server.scm the following lines
>
>(define (get-default-look-and-feel)
>   (if (or (os-win32?) (os-mingw?)) "windows" "emacs"))
>
>
>(I've not check if it works....)
>
>Best
>Massimiliano
>
>ps: Currently I'm a bit busy, but I follow all remarks in the list.  
>Please continue the very useful feedback!!! Thanks! 
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