Dear CodeBlocks community,
today I downloaded another CVS snapshot of CodeBlocks for compiling myself. I found that even if all belongs to CodeBlocks, setting up all the configurations (for the plugins) is quite hard: The variable names are different and the place where they are setup is different or even missing.
To (very) ease the setup I would suggest the following as it is on CodeBlocks main application, where one normally has to setup only one variable and compiling works:
Follow the configuration as done in CodeBlocks main application:
1.) Setup directories/variables in the top of the project build options thus they apply to all sub-modules
2.) For custom variables use always (only) "WX_DIR" and "WX_CFG" in this spelling (which should normally be enough)
3.) In the directories setup use only relative paths to "WX_DIR" or the plugin-folder itself
This would allow non-developers to very easily setup anything he wants to compile. He will always find the custom variables "WX_DIR" and "WX_CFG" in the same place which then would be the only thing to change for another platform/computer. I mean: It's all in the same repository and belongs to the same project, why having different standards?
How do you think?
With regards,
Morten.
Ps.: Again and again I'm very impressed of how development increases. Thanks to all devs - I really, really appreciate your work.