Re: [Pyx-user] RE: Problems building PyX 3.0.1 under Windows with VC++ 6.0

[Joerg L. <jo...@us...>]

Hi,

On 11.04.03, Bent Andre Solheim wrote:
> Of course you are right. I tried downloading and using the python
> distribution that comes with CygWin for the build, and it compiles
> smoothly. The reason; the compiler used is not cl.exe (Visual C++
> 6.0),
> but gcc. The environment used is identified by distutils as CygWin, so
> another compiler is used.

Fine.

> One problem still remains, though. It is my opionion that it should be
> possible to build using Visual C++ aswell, so the users of PyX on
> Windows do not have to use CygWin. It's a great library, and I know of
> several LaTeX users on Windows that would enjoy it. However the
> overhead
> of installing and using CygWin-Python would not be considered "worth
> the
> effort" for most of them (qualified quess).

You're right, that's not the optimal solution.

> MikTex does not come with kpathsea-header and library files in a
> standard installation (to my knowledge); only when downloading the
> source from cvs, and then you have to build the library. Would it be
> possible to supply, for VC++ users and python users using the
> Python.org
> distribution, the kpathsea library, as part of the PyX distribution?
> My
> compilation and build experience is limited, so I didn't manage to
> build
> the MikTex libraries propperly within a reasonable amount of time (I
> gave up).

I think that's not that easy. You really need kpathsea libraries that
"know" of your MikTeX distribution - in the sense that they know where
they find the suitable ls-R file. The location of this file of course
depends on your local MikTeX configuration/installation.

> The kpsewhich command works correctly, but it doesn't impact the VC++
> build process.

I was only trying to say that you can also work with PyX without the
_pykpathsea extension module. There is a fallback to kpsewhich which,
while not being as efficient as the other solution, gives you the full
functionality.

        Jörg