There's already code in s_inter.c dating from 1997-ish that does the windows version of a fork/exec so I really just have to go back and try to relearn it :)
And now that there's reactOS (W2K compatible open source OS) I don't see any reason to hesitate supporting windows-ish stuff. These days it looks as if Apple is the new Microsoft. cheers Miller On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:39:31PM -0700, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > > > > > ________________________________ > >From: Miller Puckette <m...@ucsd.edu> > >To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancs...@yahoo.com> > >Cc: pdlist <pd-list@iem.at> > >Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:56 PM > >Subject: Re: [PD] pd~ in windows > > > >Looking at this now. I notice that _pipe in windows even allows you to > specify buffer size which linux and MacOS don't. It might be a major > advantage. > > >OTOH the major hassle is figuring out how to create and manage the > >sub-process > in Windows which has no wait() function. I fear people finding dozens of > marauding pd processes running around. > > Hm, I didn't look at that part at all. Since you're looking at this I'll > revisit the > topic later tonight and see if there are any other hints out there in the > intersphere. > > Short digression-- after writing the Flext mingw build tutorial I've become > much > more understanding of Sevy's approach of actively not supporting Windows. I > don't agree with it, as I think so much of Pd already runs adequately on > Windows > to warrant pd~, too, in order to offer free software to as many users as > possible. > But his was certainly a valid, compelling, and time-saving approach. :) > > -Jonathan > > >cheers > Miller _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
