Re: [Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-06-02 Thread techtonik
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Paul Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for PDCurses library itself there is a Makefile in PDCurses distribution for Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0+ named vcwin32.mak I can't afford buying Visual Studio to test if it works with newer versions, but logically

[Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-05-24 Thread techtonik
Does anyone would like to include Curses support in Windows from version 2.6? It works ok already using the patch from issue #2889 and PDCurses library, but needs expertise of core developers to integrate the patch into the build system, add library to externals to ship next windows Python with

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-05-24 Thread techtonik
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Martin v. Löwis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would really like to see this as release blocker, because the problem raised once in a while in the past and the windows people who are interested in getting console interface tools usually lack the knowledge of

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Moore
2008/5/24 techtonik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For this to have any chance, it *must* work with Visual Studio. Requiring gcc is unacceptable. As for PDCurses library itself there is a Makefile in PDCurses distribution for Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0+ named vcwin32.mak I can't afford buying Visual

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-05-24 Thread Matthieu Brucher
As for PDCurses library itself there is a Makefile in PDCurses distribution for Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0+ named vcwin32.mak I can't afford buying Visual Studio to test if it works with newer versions, but logically Visual Studio should be able to convert Makefile to a newer format. You can

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-05-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
As for PDCurses library itself there is a Makefile in PDCurses distribution for Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0+ named vcwin32.mak I can't afford buying Visual Studio to test if it works with newer versions, but logically Visual Studio should be able to convert Makefile to a newer format. Visual

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue2889: Add Curses for Windows as native module for 2.6

2008-05-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
You can start with Visual C++ Express, which is compeltely free ;) I don't know if Visual Studio updates the Makefiles. I would like the makefiles to be ignored entirely. Trent has established a policy that we compile everything in a single project file, and while that means some extra work