#348 env. vars in paths

[aditsu]

I'd like to use environment variables for the exe and
object
output dirs (in build options); I tried a few things but it
didn't work.
It would be good to check other places too (where paths
are involved).

[Marek Januszewski]

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can you give me an example?

[aditsu]

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an example of what?
of what I tried, or of other places where paths are involved?

[Marek Januszewski]

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of what you tried.

I usually use ${SOMEVAR} in makefile

[aditsu]

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I tried things like ${devcpath}\lib, $(devcpath)\lib,
%devcpath%\lib, etc. for the exe output dir, and every time
Dev-C++ cried that it can't create the folder
(I want to compile a library and put the result in the lib
folder, and I have an env. variable called "devcpath" which
is currently set to "c:\dev-cpp")

Adrian

P.S. Dev-C++ should NOT try to create those folders
automatically if they don't exist!

[Marek Januszewski]

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interesting problem
I have system variable %WINDIR% (as anyone else)
and I got it working like that in C++ compiler parameters
window:
-I$(shell echo %WINDIR%)

I'll try some more things...

I don't get the can't create folder message - where are you
putting those?

[aditsu]

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I tried $(shell echo %devcpath%)\lib and Dev-C++ still
didn't like it (and it looks awful anyway)
As I said, I put those things in the executable output
directory (in project options - build options)

Adrian

[Marek Januszewski]

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I've just discovered that in macros.pas there are procedures
that replace strings with <...> to actual paths. For example
old sdl 1.2.4 devpak in compiler window has:
-I"<INCLUDE>\SDL" -Dmain=SDL_main
which in makefiles becomes:
-I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\SDL" -Dmain=SDL_main

parsed fields are compiler window, c++ compiler and default text

this code has been there for a while

for other vars check macros.pas. It seems like you can
create your own "macros".