Re: Installing synopsis on Windows

David Genest wrote:

>     * run "path/to/native/python setup.py config", which generates various
>       build directories, with multiple 'Makefile' files in them.
> 
> 
> this step does not work. My python lives at C:\bin\Python25. The
> configure script dies with error:
> 
> ../../../src/configure: line 4294: /cygdrive/c/binPython25/python.exe:
> No such file or directory
> 
> there seems to be a missing / after "bin". We should be looking for:
> /cygdrive/c/bin/Python25/python.exe
> where\when is the $PYTHON variable set?

Right something is wrong there, but I can't quite imagine what (this
works fine for me). Sorry I missed you on IRC last night. We may try
again...

>     Let me know how this sounds.
> 
> 
> This sounds good, but you will still depend on an environment emulating
> a unix like system (i.e. cygwin). cygwin or mingw will be always needed
> to build Synopsis right ?

Indeed, but I figure requiring it to build (i.e. as a development platform)
is still acceptable, as long as the result (i.e. the runtime environment)
doesn't depend on it.

Regards,
		Stefan

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