Re: [Gretl-devel] where is libgretl.h?
On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, da wang wrote:
Sad to hear "Nobody in the gretl team has tried that". I
know you
guys create great useful software, but meantime, please think more
for MSVS user.
I hear you, but try thinking about it from the other side: I don't
own a copy of the Microsoft C compiler, which is an expensive
proprietary product. If someone donated a copy to me I might be
tempted to produce an nmake file or project file for libgretl. I
have Windows 7 on my university-supplied computer; I don't often
boot into Windows (the computer also has a Linux partition) because
I don't like the operating system, but I might do so in order to
help other people -- if I didn't have to pay big money for the
proprietary software I'd need.
I assume there are lots of developer like me, who have used VS IDE
for years but don't dare to try gcc or alike since those compilers
are not very user friendly(I am so afraid of writting makefile
mannually, on the contrary, in VS, it's just a matter of mouse
click...).
The gretl package contains a mingw-style Makefile ready to run. But
if it's just a matter of mouse-click in VS, please submit a VS
project file and we'll be happy to put it on the gretl website. I
don't mean to be snarky: if building gretl on Windows via native MS
methods is ever to be easy, we need Windows users who are also
open-source enthusiasts users to contribute their expertise.
Allin Cottrell