Recently, we (XmacsLabs) have switched from CMake to xmake https://xmake.io/#/
for Mogan Editor v1.1.2. The main author of the xmake migration is Darcy Shen
and jinkaimori.
Personally, I strongly recommend xmake as the build tool for GNU TeXmacs.
Because:
Using xmake, we can get a nice development environment on Windows
https://github.com/XmacsLabs/mogan/pull/573 the student who is interested in
OSPP just created a pull request to improve the dev guide on Windows
setup CI for Windows using xmake is easy:
https://github.com/XmacsLabs/mogan/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci-xmake-windows.yml
using xmake to package on Windows is much easier than packaging via MXE
Switch from GNU Guile 1.8.x and GNU Guile 1.6.x in a easy way
Just submit GNU Guile 1.8.x and GNU Guile 1.6.x to xrepo
(https://xrepo.xmake.io/), and then we can enjoy linking it in an easy way
It will free us from packaging or installing GNU Guile 1.8.x or 1.6.x on Ubuntu
if GNU Guile is available on xrepo
To use xmake, we only need the following two files:
xmake.lua
src/System/config.h.xmake
src/System/tm_configure.hpp.xmake
Last time, I picked up Max's work on CMake build definition for GNU TeXmacs
because CMake is much better than autotools. And this time, I suggest that we
should use xmake, because xmake is much better than autotools and cmake.
I think for both GNU TeXmacs or Mogan Editor, we should remove the CMake
support and add the xmake support.
And if we can add the xmake support in GNU TeXmacs in the near future, I think
the students of OSPP should contribute directly to GNU TeXmacs rather than
Mogan Editor.
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