Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of BuildingOnWindows

Timestamp:

Jan 25, 2007, 3:07:24 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

ext-daniel.knauth@nokia.com

Comment:

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BuildingOnWindows

@@ -11 +11 @@
    * or [http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/ Visual C++ Express Edition] (free of charge).  See the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ MSDN documentation] for information on building Win32 C++ applications using Visual C++ Express Edition.
 
- * Download and install [http://cygwin.com/ cygwin]. On the package selection screen, make sure to select the following packages that are not part of the default install: bison, curl, flex, gperf, make, patch, perl, perl-libwin32, openssh, svn, unzip and gcc (we only use cpp).
- * [http://webkit.opendarwin.org/building/checkout.html Check out WebKit] in the usual way.
+ * Download and install [http://cygwin.com/ cygwin]. On the package selection screen, make sure to select the following packages that are not part of the default install:
+{{{
+ bison         (Devel)
+ curl          (Net)
+ flex          (Devel)
+ gcc           (Devel, we only use cpp)
+ gperf         (Devel))
+ make          (Devel)
+ patch         (Utils)
+ perl          (Perl)
+ perl-libwin32 (Perl)
+ subversion    (Devel)
+ unzip         (Archive)
+}}}
+ The ''default text file type'' must be set to ''DOS / text'' during installation.
+ * [http://webkit.opendarwin.org/building/checkout.html Check out WebKit] in the usual way. Make sure that the path to the checkout directory does not contain spaces (e.g. 'Documents and Settings'), the Perl build scripts cannot handle this.
  * Run `WebKitTools/Scripts/install-win-extras`.  This will install a few extra software packages on your system: icu, iconv, libxml, libxslt and setx. It will also configure the `PATH` and `WebKitOutputDir` environment variables. You may wish to change `WebKitOutputDir` from the default of `C:\WebKitBuild`.
  * Optional: if you would like an IRC client for Windows, try [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC], [http://www.silverex.org/download/ X-Chat], or [http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Trillian]. If you want a non-IE browser, try [http://getfirefox.com/ Firefox] or [http://opera.com/ Opera].
@@ -25 +39 @@
 After you've succeeded in building JavaScriptCore, you can do the same for WebCore, by opening up `WebCore/WebCore.vcproj/WebCore.sln` and selecting Build.
 
-__TODO__: How to build Spinneret?
+For the test application, open `WebKitTools/Spinneret/Spinneret.sln` in VS. This also builds Webkit as a dependency. 
 
 === From the command line ===
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 This will build both projects.
 
-
 == Areas needing improvement ==
 
 __TODO__: fill me in?
+
+ * Describe DLL registration step