Re: [TCLCORE] Build on Windows 10 w/ VS2017 Community Edit ion and TIP organization …

Dear Harald,

Thanks for your guide to building tcl in VS201x.

A short summary:

1. get the most current sources from core.tcl.tk (extract to FileSystem (FS))
2. Use the VS developer console to build tcl(/Tk)
2.a Building Tk needs TCLDIR environment variable pointing to tcl source code containing directory
3. use nmake, not the ./win/buildall.vc.bat file - which stumbled building zlib from the VS developer console.

Questions:

1. Visual Studio projects/solutions

There are ./win/tcl.dsp and ./win/tcl.dsw files.
Those are VC6 project/solution files, but there are now more recent VS201x project/solution files.
If I would use those, VS2017 would try to convert them, so I'd try to work with them.
But, why are they so "old"? Why aren't much "younger" files included?
Sergey mentioned the project file, does anyone else use it?

2. Fossil/github mirror

I might download the most current fossil sources or I might clone the github mirror and work on that.
Since I won't necessarily need the direct repository access, whom would I may give the patches, changed files to put it into a "test" branch, test it, …?
Or may I create my branch on the cloned repository change the desired files push the changes and fossil will get those? I fear not, since github is only a mirror and I don't have write access to the fossil repository, am I wrong?
So - to keep it simple - should I stay with Haralds suggested scenario downloading, extracting, changing, and …?

3. TIP creation
The TIPs are about to migrate - some day - to fossil.
But currently I have to stay with writing a TIP (accordingly to #2 and #3) and send it to Donal, correct?
BTW: https://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/ is blocked by chrome trying to load scripts from an unsafe location.

Best regards,

Martin Lemburg
Berlin / Germany

mart...@gmx.net
http://about.me/Martin0815

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Gesendet: Montag, 17. Juli 2017 um 09:14 Uhr
Von: "Harald Oehlmann" <hara...@elmicron.de>
An: tcl-...@lists.sourceforge.net
Betreff: Re: [TCLCORE] Build on Windows 10 w/ VS2017 Community Edition and TIP organization …
> Dear Martin,> > thank you trying this !> > First I recomment to use fossil. All the recent TCL knowledge is there> including the wiki. I try to include info like "how to build" on the> wiki... Don't mix with the tcl wiki "wiki.tcl.tk". The core wiki is in> the tcl core repository.> > To make build tries, you don't need an installation.> - Go to http://core.tcl.tk/tcl> - Login as anonymous to get zip download and ticket features.> - Click on timeline> - click on the very left number of the last node with "tags:trunk". At> the moment, this is "[a3919af766]". This will lead you to:> http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/info/a3919af766032254[http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/info/a3919af766032254]> - klick on "TIP Archive" to get the current test version.> > Now how to build ?> Here is my recipee. It is my way, other ways exist. This is the> mingw-free way. Most use the mingw way.> - create a folder c:\test> - copy the downloaded zip file to it> - extract it. You get C:\test\Tcl_Source_Code-a3919af766> - go in the start menu to> Visual Studio 2015\Visual Studio Tools\Windows Desktop Command> Prompts\VS2015 x86 Native Tools-Eingabeaufforderung> - type in the command prompt:> c:\test\Tcl_Source_Code-a3919af766\win> nmake -f makefile.vc> nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALL INSTALLDIR=c:\test\tcl-a3919af766> - you have tclsh.exe in c:\test\tcl-a3919af766\bin> > If you want to build Tk, it is quite similar, specify the> TCLDIR=c:\test\Tcl_Source_Code-a3919af766 in addition to the command line.> > If this scares you, I am sorry. I have many projects here (non TCL> community projects like zint, qzint) which build like that.> It sounds strange, but it is much more error-save than using> VisualStudio project files.> See the make file for more info.> > ---> > fossil is great. But it is command line and may feel very scary, I am> sorry for that. But it is the gate to the core, so please try to look> into it.> > ---> > About TIP's: it is also "scary" as it is but so far, we work with it and> it is better than nothing. So, if you have a tip, send it to donal by> email and hope, that he is not on holidays etc.> > ---> Hope this helps,> Harald------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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