Re: Compiling LS modules with DEV-C++

A. Klingenstein wrote:
> Brian Wolven wrote:
>> which generates errors like this:
>>
>> [Linker error] undefined reference to `[email protected]'
>
> -lwinmm in Project Options (alt-p), Parameters, Linker should do the
> trick. The function is in libwinmm.a

Many thanks. It'd take me forever to figure that out on my own.

>> void BangWinMove(HWND hCaller, LPCSTR pszArgs)
>>
>> this line generates errors:
>>
>> else if (strstr(strlwr(pszArgs),"centered"))
>>
>> unless it is changed to this:
>>
>> else if (strstr(strlwr((char *)pszArgs),"centered"))
>>
>> Is there a set of string functions/typedefs that should be used now
>> for safety, consistency, and to conform to the current LS core code?
>> Some of thi s source code is kind of old...
>
> strsafe.h is what the core itself uses. It compiles/works with mingw
> just fine, but you can only get it from the platform sdk. just drop
> the strsafe.h in your Dev-C++ include file directory and #include it.
> You
> won't be able to use normal C functions like strcpy, strcat, etc
> anymore. strsafe.h provides (different) alternatives. The main
> advantage
> of them is that buffer overruns are (almost) impossible.

Cool - I think I'll download the psdk at work though. Fatter pipe there.

>> Ahhh - one last thing - anyone know how to minimize the size of the
>> DLL's created by dev-c++? Even with full optimization and no
>> debugging they are running 113 kBytes.
>
> Not really :(
> There are a few things you can do, but they will always be bigger than
> MSVC generated ones, unfortunately. Using a newer mingw version
> usually
> helps a bit. removing debugging symbols (use "strip.exe" on the DLL)

I stumbled across that in the dev-c++ bin directory - that cut things
down to 63 KB or so. That'll do.

> PS: no, vi doesn't work inside Dev-C++. But Dev-C++ creates standard
> Makefiles: projectname.mak
> You can always use vim + make to do compiling if you wish.

That sounds like a winner - thanks again. I've managed to successfully
graft one new bang command onto winctrl so far. =)


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