[Wxlua-users] Re: wxLua works as module, require"wx"

[John L. <jla...@gm...>]

ps. I've also posted this on <lu...@ba...> to see if
anyone there can clarify how to deal with this in MSW.

On 5/13/06, John Labenski <jla...@gm...> wrote:
> In the wxLua/apps/luamodule dir is code to make lua require"wx" work in L=
inux.
>
> You create the wx.so library by running $make in the
> wxLua/apps/luamodule/src dir and all of wxLua will be created for you.
> The output wx.so lib is just dumped in the src dir for now.  The
> Makefile uses the wx-config script and therefore it MUST be in your
> path. Additionally it puts the resultant wxLua libs it creates in the
> appropriate lib dir of wxWidgets so it must be writeable. As a
> developer I never bother to install wxWidgets, but if you have you'll
> have to hack the Makefiles located in each XXX/src dir to output them
> elsewhere. The Makefiles are fairly straightforward so this shouldn't
> be difficult. Eventually we'll get the bakefile's configure to work
> with this new project.
>
> A sample program called luamodule.wx.lua in that dir shows it working
> by simply creating a wxFrame. Test it from the
> wxLua/apps/luamodule/src dir using
> $../../../bin/lua luamodule.wx.lua
>
> ps. Francesco can you rebake the files. I have added back the
> -DWXLUA_CODE define, now called WXLUA_LUA_NEWTHREAD for clarity in
> modules/build/bakefiles/modules.bkl. We had to remove that previously,
> but now I see that it's required for using wxLua as a module.
>
> Also, about adding this to bakefile? Note: The output must
> unfortunately be called wx.so since otherwise require"wx" will fail.
>
> I don't really understand completely what I've done, but it seems to
> work. See apps/luamodule/src/Makefile and the wx.so: tag. I guess I'm
> compiling the luamodule.cpp file, linking it with all the other libs,
> and then creating a .so library using -shared. I think also that -fpic
> is needed.
>
> I haven't the foggiest idea about how to do the same in MSW, I guess
> it should be a DLL? But then how do you "link" this DLL to all of the
> wxLua and wxWidgets DLLs or can you create the wxLua and wxWidgets
> libs as libs and link them to the DLL?
>
> Maybe someone who uses lua's require more regularly can shed some light o=
n this?
>
> Regards,
>     John Labenski
>