Re: [Wxlua-users] Custom wxBind library and wxLua

[klaas.holwerda <kho...@xs...>]

Francesco Montorsi wrote:

> Hi,
>    thinking to implementation of the WXLUASETUP_DIR and 
> WXLUABINDLIB_DIR options, I realized one thing.
>
> I.e. if I want to install app X (from sources) which has its own wxLua 
> extensions, then I cannot just compile&install wxLua with a standard 
> "./configure && make && make install" (on win32 "cd wxLua/build/msw && 
> nmake -fmakefile.vc"): app X requires wxLua's build options to be 
> modified (i.e. adding something like WXLUASETUP_DIR=X/luaext 
> WXLUABINDLIB_DIR=X/lualib).
>
> Ok, this affects only source builds and it won't be the first case 
> that such thing happens. However I think that if that can be avoided, 
> it would be a Good Thing.

Absolutely, wxLua is one fixed thing which can be compiled and installed 
, recompiling whatever bindings in an App, using binding files from 
wxLua is another thing.

>
> One way to avoid that could be providing the app X with a way to 
> recompile the wxLua's wxbind module with its own wxluasetup.h.

Rigth and also the location of the library generated as result.

> This means that the custom wxbind module would not be generated when 
> wxLua is compiled but rather when app X is compiled.

Exactly, the app only uses stuff from there.

>
> I'm not sure if you had this same idea when you wrote that 
> WXLUASETUP_DIR and WXLUABINDLIB_DIR options should not be exposed in 
> the configure script :)
>
At least you got it somehow, but indeed that is what i meant to explain :-)

> Anyway, on Unix, it wouldn't be such difficult to provide to the guest 
> app X the required info to recompile wxLua's wxbind module.
> It would probably be somewhat more difficult on win32, but probably 
> still feasible.

I think setting the variables inside the App its makefiles should/could 
do the job.
Why would it be complicated ? If the variabes are set, you the same as 
with wxbind, but here with different locations.

>
>
> What do you think of this approach ?

I think it right,

Klaas