Re: LuaForWindows update?

[Paul K <paulclinger@...>]

Hi Peter,

Thank you for the details. If you need to test it on MacOS/Linux, I'll
be the first one to signup.

> The ticket is related to building wxWidgets using LuaDist but you should be fine when trying to use the wxLua[1] cmake build if you already have wxWidgets built. See documentation on how to install LuaDist modules manually here[2], use CMake GUI for convenience.

Does this mean that I can build wxLua manually for MacOS *today*, as
long as I have wxwidgets compiled? Or is it still Windows only until
you migrate to CMake?

Paul.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Peter Drahoš <drahosp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5 Jun, 2012, at 23:39 , Paul K wrote:
>
>> While we are on the topic of LuaDist, does anyone know if it is
>> possible to use it to build wxLua binary for Win/MacOS/Linux
>> platforms?
> Yes, but read below.
>
>> By looking at this ticket
>> (https://github.com/LuaDist/Repository/issues/15) it seems like there
>> has been some work done, but has anyone tried to actually build it?
> The ticket is related to building wxWidgets using LuaDist but you should be fine when trying to use the wxLua[1] cmake build if you already have wxWidgets built. See documentation on how to install LuaDist modules manually here[2], use CMake GUI for convenience.
>
>> I have tried with the instructions for wxLua (from
>> http://wxlua.sourceforge.net/) and it was quite painful. I got it
>> working for MacOS, but am looking for something simpler and more
>> repeatable. I'm mostly interested in MacOS/Linux as I already have
>> binaries for Windows, but wouldn't mind to upgrade if there is a newer
>> wxwidget version across all three platforms.
> This is one of the reasons LuaDist exists. However wxWidgets is a special case at the moment, we rely on customized "bakefiles" provided by wxWidgets for the Windows/MinGW build chain. The original autotools/automake build system is a mess and will take some effort to port to CMake. Once that is done automated builds for all platforms should not be a problem. It is high on the TO DO list.
>
> pd
>
> [1] https://github.com/LuaDist/wxlua
> [2] https://github.com/LuaDist/Repository/wiki/LuaDist:-Manual-Installation