WSL would provide a Linux binary, not a Windows binary. Is that what you are thinking of building? I am also not sure how to get GUI running for WSL. (WSL is really good tool.)
MSVC clang support is improving fast. When I downloaded GnuCash source code, the challenge was missing dependencies. I haven't tried it after that, but I can try and report back. -Sumit -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-devel <gnucash-devel-bounces+bhardwajs=outlook....@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of John Ralls Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 09:33 To: Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org; Matthew Forbis <mdfor...@forbii.com> Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Building on Windows > On Aug 26, 2019, at 1:49 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > wrote: > > Op zaterdag 24 augustus 2019 19:40:06 CEST schreef Matthew Forbis: >> I was running gnucash directly from the inst directory and not >> creating an installer first. This explanation makes sense. >> > > There you go. > > It would be nice though to be able to run directly from the inst > directory while debugging as it saves time not having to recreate a > bundle for each iteration. > > Frankly I believe this shows how little actual development really > happens on Windows. Because of that the development experience is not > really optimized on that platform. With you actively doing so, it may > be helpful to share your experiences so we may make it more attractive > for other Windows oriented contributors. Has anyone tried Windows Subsystem for Linux (https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fwsl%2Finstall-win10&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88908dd0227a45a5aae608d72a430bf7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637024339755320942&sdata=TSQl1pt%2B1XoY%2BP7MU%2BDFoneh4xUiiHZjypyf6YPJw%2Bk%3D&reserved=0)? That might be a less painful development environment for Windows users at least in the short term. Longer term I think we need to figure out how to make GnuCash buildable in Visual Studio. Recent releases provide for a Clang toolchain as well as the standard MSVC++ one. We might be able to create a build environment combined with vcpkg (https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmicrosoft%2Fvcpkg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88908dd0227a45a5aae608d72a430bf7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637024339755320942&sdata=jnvhX6%2FizBe%2Fn5ERFcKGvs6WSjT1oZushJ%2BhHwhlQZY%3D&reserved=0) that would be more stable, offer a lower barrier to entry, and generate windows-understandable debug info. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-devel&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88908dd0227a45a5aae608d72a430bf7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637024339755320942&sdata=VYw%2BkXmJkGDKza2sikiz7aLNctqrpbdT119bqc2ndI4%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
