[xmlroff] Compiling xmlroff on Windows?

[Georges Martin]

On 8/24/07, Tony Graham <Tony.Graham at menteithconsulting.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24 2007 21:18:44 +0100, jrjsmrtn at gmail.com wrote:
> > FYI, I have been able to successfully compile and use xmlroff 0.5.1 on
> > Windows XP using MinGW/MSYS. Installing all dependencies is a bit
>
> You're going to have to be more specific.  Is "using MinGW/MSYS" the
> same as "using Cygwin"?

Hmm... yes and no. They both provide a GNU toolset on Windows and
MinGW was originally a fork of Cygwin. But MinGW produces native
Windows applications while, in most case, applications built with
Cygwin requires a runtime as it provides a POSIX layer upon Windows.

To be quite frank, I'm no expert: it's the first time I'm building
something with MinGW... :-)  I used Cygwin for years, but mainly as a
(real) shell on Windows... In the meantime, I heard about other
developers' experiences with MinGW: PostgreSQL, Xming, and lately,
Python extensions. So, when I decided to have a look at xmlroff, I
choose MinGW.

If you want more information:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinGW#Comparison_with_Cygwin>
<http://www.mingw.org/>
<http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml>

One more thing that made me choose MinGW over Cygwin is its ability to
cross-compile Win32 applications from Debian, which I use a lot.

> > longer compared to Debian... :-) but hey, after two days, I got it
> > working...
>
> Proof that it needs to at least be documented so everybody takes less
> than two days each.

OK, I'll try to compile some notes.

> > I'll have a look at 0.5.2 this week-end...
>
> Thanks.  Hopefully it takes less than the whole weekend.

I hope so... :-)


Regards,

Georges