RE: MSVC project file added to flex

[Wayne Green]

I sometimes build GNU projects with the Microsloth compiler. The main issue with
Microsloth environments is the lack of a ./configure mechanism that the MSDOS
casual programmer can understand. I would recommend including a
config.h.msdos file that meets the MSDOS requirements, in its own directory
and a readme.msdos that says to use it. (A configure.bat file in the
msdos directory might be ok). There are reasonable GNU make program ports
that can be acquired and used, the readme.msdos file might mention
a few places.
http://www.ouc.bc.ca/cosc/courses/F1999/cosc222/djgpp.html
mak377b.zip is one. See Google for others.

I sometimes run ./configure on an ix86 linux machine, hand hack the
config.h file and move that around. Then beat down the occasional error
messages and viola a working ported Linux program on my MSDOS machine
with the MS C/C++ compiler.

My Microsloth dev environment is emacs, MKS make with cl. I eschew IDEs.


--Wayne

Wayne Green         InfoSavvy, LLC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Behalf
> Of W. L. Estes
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 12:59 PM
> To: John Millaway
> Cc: Motiwala, Yusuf; flex list
> Subject: Re: MSVC project file added to flex
> 

> In general, supporting broken, proprietary development environments is
> low on my prioriety list. I see the problem of building flex under
> MSVC as a bug in MSVC--namely, that MSVC is unable to use Makefiles to
> build programs. 
...
hear-hear..
> --Will
> 
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