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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2022, 04:28:23 pm »

I think I have gotten the wxWidgets 3.1.6 PR to MSys2 MinGW done...

Do you have the direct2D enabled wx 3.1.6 for your PR?
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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2022, 04:50:14 pm »

I think I have gotten the wxWidgets 3.1.6 PR to MSys2 MinGW done...

Do you have the direct2D enabled wx 3.1.6 for your PR?

Yep, that was one of the changes I added after the first time I did the PR.
https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/11631

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Summary of the current changes

wxWidgets3.1: Update to version 3.1.6; and,

Removed MSYSTEM guard in "wx-config.in".
Redo manifest filename logic in "wx/msw/wx.rc".
The prior manifest logic failed to work under Clang64.
Add replaces "wxmsw3.1-git" package.
Add "enable-graphics-d2d" to help support Code::Blocks IDE.

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2022, 11:52:17 pm »

Summary of the current changes
Redo manifest filename logic in "wx/msw/wx.rc".
The prior manifest logic failed to work under Clang64.

I know virtually nothing about MSYS2 packages but I wonder why are those changes necessary?

I have tried not that long ago and wxWidgets with the unmodified wx.rc builds just fine not only with GCC (package mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain) but also clang (package mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-toolchain)?

Is there another clang package? I admit I have no idea if that package i listed uses its own resource compiler (llvm-rc) or mingw one (windres).
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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2022, 05:20:03 am »
Hi, tim, I add this macro in rev12816. Thanks!
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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2022, 05:20:05 pm »

Summary of the current changes
Redo manifest filename logic in "wx/msw/wx.rc".
The prior manifest logic failed to work under Clang64.

I know virtually nothing about MSYS2 packages but I wonder why are those changes necessary?

I have tried not that long ago and wxWidgets with the unmodified wx.rc builds just fine not only with GCC (package mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain) but also clang (package mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-toolchain)?

Is there another clang package? I admit I have no idea if that package i listed uses its own resource compiler (llvm-rc) or mingw one (windres).

The library builds without the change; but, some sample(s) will error without the change!
Edit: The UCRT64 use its own resource compiler (llvm-rc)

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2022, 04:50:15 am »
Attached CB Project used to test building Code::Blocks using TARGET_COMPILER_UNIX_PATH macro.

The project started off as a copy of "CodeBlocks_wx30-unix.cbp" and was renamed to "CodeBlocks_wx32-msys2.cbp"
The primary purpose was to verify my msys2 mingw64 package had what was needed to build Code::Blocks.
Edit2: My only testing was running the built Code::Blocks and seeing if it could load all the core plugins without any errors.
Edit3: https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-wxwidgets3.2

Contents of "updatemsys2.sh"
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#!/bin/sh
./update msys2

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2022, 09:58:11 am »
Hi, Tim, thanks for your work on the msys2 and wx library.

One question:

Static libraries and headers for wxWidgets 3.2 (mingw-w64)

What is the word "static" means? Do they mean the library is not dll?

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My guess is not correct, see this page: https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw-libs?repo=mingw64
It contains many dll files.
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If some piece of operations should be reused, turn them to functions.
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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2022, 04:00:53 pm »
What is the msys2 package do we need to use this cbp?

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# pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw
# pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw-cb_headers

Those two packages?

EDIT:

Where is the "updatemsys2.sh"?
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If some piece of memory should be reused, turn them to variables (or const variables).
If some piece of operations should be reused, turn them to functions.
If they happened together, then turn them to classes.

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2022, 05:15:56 pm »
What is the msys2 package do we need to use this cbp?

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# pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw
# pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw-cb_headers

Those two packages?

Those and the depends of them should be enough.
You also need rsync

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EDIT:

Where is the "updatemsys2.sh"?

I pasted the entire file ( 2 lines ) in code tags.

I use below to run the script file from the proper MINGW prompt
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./updatemsys2.sh

Edit it might make more sense just to run.
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./update msys2

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #24 on: August 14, 2022, 05:17:44 am »
Here are some steps I need to use Tim's cbp file:

0, use pacman to install wx library (3.2)

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pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-wxwidgets3.2-msw-cb_headers

1, Set the compiler path to msys2's mingw 64 bit comipler, in my PC, it is

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F:\msys2\mingw64

and put the string

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$(TARGET_COMPILER_DIR)../usr/bin

In the "Additional Paths" option in the global Compiler setting.


2, open the cbp file(CodeBlocks_wx32-msys2.cbp), build.


3, in the msys2 mingw64's shell, run the command

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./update msys2

Note that those tools are needed to used by the "update" script

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pacman -S zip
pacman -S rsync


The result C::B(in the outputmsys2 folder) looks OK  :)

Note this only contains the core plugins.

BTW: it takes about 12 minutes to build the CodeBlocks_wx32-msys2.cbp on my PC, while it takes more than about 35 minutes to let the "Clangd_client" to parse all the 457 source files on my PC.  :(
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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #25 on: August 14, 2022, 08:40:23 am »
Thanks for putting the directions needed together. And, one more person confirms the wxWidgets 3.2 package works.

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #26 on: August 14, 2022, 06:20:35 pm »
Can you put this in the wiki?

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #27 on: August 14, 2022, 06:59:13 pm »
Can you put this in the wiki?

I am creating more CB projects; once I am done will see if I still can edit the wiki.

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #28 on: August 15, 2022, 04:50:42 am »
I have come across two issues as described below:


WX_CONFIG Library usage
Cannot build SDK target using what I think is the standard using the library linker tag as follows:
    You cannot use the following
        <Add library="`$(WX_CONFIG) --libs std,aui,propgrid`" />
    You need to use this
        <Add option="`$(WX_CONFIG) --libs std,aui,propgrid`" />

    Because the library code does not work with the wx_config results correctly. Another issue is that when using the wx_config as an option the libraries are included in the link command order like they are options and not libraries. The work around in Tim's CodeBlocks_wx32-msys2.zip project is to specify libraries that need to be included before the wxWidgets libraries as an option like:
        <Add option="-lwxscintilla_cb" />

Does anyone know if there is a way to use the library tags instead of option tags? I could not find any way of doing this with the current code that I looked at, but I may not have looked in the right place.


Additional Paths issue and potential changes required:
When you include $(TARGET_COMPILER_DIR)../usr/bin in the "Additional Paths" option in the global Compiler setting then on Windows any existing project that includes the zip command in the <ExtraCommands /> you will need to change the directory delim '\' to '/' if you are using the '/' delim as you will now use the MSYS2 usr/bin/zip instead of your existing windows zip file.

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Re: New Variable to support wx-config in MSys2 MinGW
« Reply #29 on: August 15, 2022, 05:23:01 am »
I have come across two issues as described below:


WX_CONFIG Library usage
Cannot build SDK target using what I think is the standard using the library linker tag as follows:
    You cannot use the following
        <Add library="`$(WX_CONFIG) --libs std,aui,propgrid`" />
    You need to use this
        <Add option="`$(WX_CONFIG) --libs std,aui,propgrid`" />

I see no difference between what you say works and not works.
Oops I see it now.

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