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

[Robin Dunn]

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. 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.

Just a quick note to let you know I'm working on this, hopefully more 
news later...

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Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
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