[Plplot-devel] Re: Win32 patch

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Olof Svensson wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> here's the patch I promised you last week - it took a little bit longer
> because Alexandre Gobbo and I fought to get Python with pyqt working
> with this driver under windows - and yesterday we managed!

Thanks very much for this effort.  It is great to hear your report that
plplot now works fine for win 98, win NT, and win 2K!

I have just applied your patch to CVS.  Could you please try a clean
checkout (i.e. to entirely new plplot directory) to make sure everything is
in CVS that is required by you?

> Here's the instruction to build the examples:
>
>   * Open a MS-DOS prompt window
>   * Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev
>   * Type "nmake"
>   * Type "cd plplip"
>   * Type "nmake plplib.mak"
>   * Type "cd ..\Examples"
>   * Type "nmake Examples.mak"
>
> The example executables can then be found in plplot\tmp.

I don't have access to win 98, NT, or 2000, but I strongly encourage anybody
else here with such access to give this a try.

>
> What is left now is to write some documentation and update the
> INSTALL.TXT file. I'll wait with this till the last moment before the
> release since I might have some time to implement some missing
> features... I'll be on holiday over Christmas and I'll be back on
> January 3rd. I'll check my emails so if you decide to release the new
> version before January 3rd just send me an email and I'll write up
> something for the documentation.

Please do that now while everything is fresh in your mind!  Also, it is
tough enough to coordinate release timing with Joao (who will be helping
with the testing) so it would simplify my life if you document what is in
CVS now rather than waiting for the perfect moment.

>
> Alexandre and I will come back after Christmas with a patch for the
> python binding.

I will look forward to that.

>
> PS. Would it be possible to rename the "win3" device to "win32"? I think
> it was called "win3" because it was supposed to also run on Windows 3.X,
> which is now rather obsolete... I have though no strong feelings about
> this and I can happily continue with calling the device "win3".

I have no strong feelings either.  Does anybody else?

Once again, thanks to you and Alexandre for making plplot work in a number
of windows environments again.

Alan