[wx-dev] wxPython built on windows with GCC (cygwin/mingw)

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Edouard,

On Oct 15, 2007, at 11:27 PM, Edouard TISSERANT wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm Edouard TISSERANT, from the wxSVG (www.wxsvg.org) project (svg
> renderer for wx with python bindings).
> It works smoothly on Linux, and I've tried to port python wrappers to
> windows.
>
> It is not possible to link C++ libraries from both VC++ and GCC.

What makes you think that? Have you read the Mingw FAQ on this?

http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msvcdll

Regards,

Kevin

> In
> other words to build C++ extensions for wxPython on windows require
> wxPython to be compiled with GCC, not visual studio.
>
> This is the reason why I ported wxPython to mingw32 (using cygwin as a
> posix shell).
>
> It is almost working but an important bug remain, and I can't solve  
> it :
> It only works in python interactive mode ( python.exe -i ), typing  
> code
> line one after the other...
>
> I've written a wiki page for the whole procedure here :
> http://www.mingw.org/cms/node/17
>
> I hope this port to mingw will contribute to the wxPython project,
> letting extensions be built for windows more easily and with free  
> tools.
>
> Help would be very welcome.
>
> Best regards
>
> Edouard
>
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