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wxWidgets project in Ubuntu Linux: wx-config error. Unknown flags.
momaa:
Do not be silly.
A newbie should be able to create a minimum app using the wizard -- just by clicking the Next> button.
Luckily Linux has other IDEs that fulfill this requirement.
Biplab:
--- Quote from: momaa on February 04, 2007, 06:43:29 pm ---Ok. Thanks for the explanation.
This Ubuntu machine has a default wxWidgets installation.
$ wx-config --list
Default config is gtk2-unicode-release-2.6
Default config will be used for output
Alternate matches:
base-unicode-release-2.6
It is impossible to create a wxWidgets 2.6 project (using the wizard) that compiles without manual tuning.
Newbies will not be happy.
--- End quote ---
It's very difficult to satisfy everyone. I've tried to modify it in such a way so that it can satisfy most of the people but NOT each and everyone. You have started with installing wxBase which fewer developers use.
It's possible to add another page asking user to specify the toolkits that they are using, host, prefix, exec-prefix, etc. These jargons will be utterly confusing to most of the newbies contrary to your belief.
The Linux wizard is simple. It doesn't do a lot of things which Windows part do. But to be honest before I commit some advanced features, I need better understanding of wx, Linux and most importantly C::B sdk. :)
Biplab:
--- Quote from: momaa on February 04, 2007, 07:09:13 pm ---Do not be silly.
A newbie should be able to create a minimum app using the wizard -- just be clicking the Next> button.
Luckily Linux has other IDEs that fulfill that requirement.
--- End quote ---
FYI wxWidgets comes with different lib configurations (10-15+). How can we come to know that all users are using a particular configuration?? :o
The wizard is provided to help user configure their project for a particular lib config. But if you use it blindly it's not C::B's fault. Wizard warns you that you have to select an appropriate lib config or otherwise it will fail to compile.
If other IDEs allow you to click Next button to generate a project, then possibly you are locked to a particular configuration. It's good to start but bad to understand the beauty of other configs.
momaa:
Could we have 2 selections in the wxWidgets' wizard.
o....Create a basic wxWidgets application.
o.....Create wxWidgets application with advanced options (expert mode).
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The first option will simply create a functional basic form with minimum wx-config arguments. The second option will ask the user what features (wx-config options) to include and compile with.
stahta01:
FYI:
In case you did not know a port of wx-config exists for windows. http://code.google.com/p/wx-config-win/
Sorry if it was already mentioned, I have not read the whole thread.
Tim S
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