[Plib-users] config.h

[Norman V. <nh...@ca...>]

< changing the subject header for archival purposes >
   was   'RE: [Plib-users] joystick library'

Steve Baker writes:
>
>Norman Vine wrote:
>
>> This should make a my_js_dem0.exe
>> c++ -o my_js_demo -DWIN32 js_demo.cxx -lwinmm -lplibul
>> 
>> I do not like having to define WIN32  to make this work
>
>I thought the Windoze compilers did that automatically.

AFAIK all Windows compilers define _WIN32 < notice underbar >

PLib using WIN32 is I believe a carryover from the FlightGear world.
When they started using it I do not know < before I arrived though >

We could go through the code and change all WIN32 to _WIN32
and see if that worked.  We of course would still have the occasional

#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
where we really want Unix behaviour when using Cygwin

Any comments anyone on my just doing this ???

>> What do folks think of having the  make install  command
>> create a <plib/config.h> that contains the -Defines used when plib was
>> compiled
>> <plib/config.h> would then be include by our other headers
>
>Sure - that's something that autoconf is able to do...I forget how
>exactly...

I think it is fairly easy todo but I have never done it.
Have we got amy autoconfig gurus on the list ?

Cheers

Norman Vine