Hi Alan, I started looking into this one, because one of our users reported problems with it and wxWidgets to me off-list.
I had a look this morning (having found a prebuilt version, rather than the source code) and it works fine - provided the bgd.dll DLL is on the path. I think that was what went wrong in her case. I took some interest in it because she is using the Visual Studio generator. I will report my findings to her and I will start having a look at the more modern devices. (Plus the Wiki pages will need updating) The GD library does have one interesting feature though: the DLL was compiled with the MinGW version of gcc, but includes a command to create an import library for the MS Visual C/C++ compiler. It simply uses the lib utility and the .def file for this. Perhaps a nice thing to add for Windows? It would facilitate providing prebuilt libraries on that platform - only one set of files required. Regards, Arjen On 2010-11-22 19:10, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2010-11-22 14:11+0100 Arjen Markus wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> (just for your information) >> there seems to be something about the GD-library (for PNG, JPEG etc >> output) on Windows that we do not cover yet in our driver information - >> on Windows the library is called "bgd.dll" and not "gd.dll" (as one >> would expect from the Linux name "libgd.dll"). I will have a look at >> this - in my own testing that library has fallen between the cracks. > > Hi Arjen: > > The gd device driver is deprecated for the reasons mentioned in > README.release and headed for oblivion unless someone wants to make > large fundamental changes to the gd device driver to make it almost as > good as the equivalent cairo and qt devices. Therefore, in the likely > event that we decide to retire that device driver in the next year or > so, your planned effort to make it work on more platforms would be wasted. > > What would be a much bigger help is your confirmation (and record of > that good result at > http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Testing_PLplot) > that the cairo and qt devices work on all Windows platforms accessible > to you. Of course, to do that you will need to install the GTK++ > stack of libraries (which includes libpango/libcairo), the Qt stack of > libraries, and bash. All of those are available for Windows according > to our Wiki. If you run into any bugs in > scripts/comprehensive_test.sh (the script that does a comprehensive > check of all possible build-tree and install-tree tests of our three > principal configurations) for your windows platforms, I would be happy > to help you sort those out. > > Alan > __________________________ > Alan W. Irwin > > Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, > University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation > for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software > package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of > Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project > (lbproject.sf.net). > __________________________ > > Linux-powered Science > __________________________ > DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
