Comments on: A C++ wrapper for standard ‘nix stuff http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/ A technical tumblelog of links and articles on programming, design, and other geek interests Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mx http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-5356 mx Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:21:50 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/#comment-5356 <p>I noticed that too, and I'm wondering if he would be willing to take some patches to it? I helped to patch the ACE and STLport build systems some years back (they were custom, autoconf made more sense), and the libraries are now easier to use.</p> <p>And thanks for the offer of the patched libs, I'll take a look at them on my next break, as Ux brushes against a few projects we're working on right now.</p> I noticed that too, and I’m wondering if he would be willing to take some patches to it? I helped to patch the ACE and STLport build systems some years back (they were custom, autoconf made more sense), and the libraries are now easier to use.

And thanks for the offer of the patched libs, I’ll take a look at them on my next break, as Ux brushes against a few projects we’re working on right now.

]]> By: marc http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-5354 marc Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:20:50 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/#comment-5354 <p>Hmmm, I posted this comment yesterday, but I think it must've gotten marked as spam or otherwise lost. Luckily I found it in my Quicksilver clipboard history :-)</p> <p>Wow, that's really weird. I had needed something like this yesterday and I had remembered seeing Ux in that book (which I own) so I went and downloaded Ux.</p> <p>The bad news is that it's kind of an awful mess. Instead of using something standard like the GNU autotools, it attempts to achieve cross-platform builds via some funky homegrown awk scripts. Worse, they didn't work for me. I couldn't get stuff building on my Linux box.</p> <p>The good news is that I hacked around a corrected a half-dozen C++ errors and #include problems and got the thing to build.</p> <p>My plan is to produce a set of patches and send them to Mr. Rochkind.</p> <p>I haven't actually gotten a chance to play with the classes as I abandoned the idea of using them for yesterday's project when I realized what they weren't "plug and play".</p> <p>If they're good, I'm wondering if they should be converted to use autotools and put up on Sourceforge.</p> <p>Let me know if you want a copy of the hacked sources so that you can play around...</p> Hmmm, I posted this comment yesterday, but I think it must’ve gotten marked as spam or otherwise lost. Luckily I found it in my Quicksilver clipboard history :-)

Wow, that’s really weird. I had needed something like this yesterday and I had remembered seeing Ux in that book (which I own) so I went and downloaded Ux.

The bad news is that it’s kind of an awful mess. Instead of using something standard like the GNU autotools, it attempts to achieve cross-platform builds via some funky homegrown awk scripts. Worse, they didn’t work for me. I couldn’t get stuff building on my Linux box.

The good news is that I hacked around a corrected a half-dozen C++ errors and #include problems and got the thing to build.

My plan is to produce a set of patches and send them to Mr. Rochkind.

I haven’t actually gotten a chance to play with the classes as I abandoned the idea of using them for yesterday’s project when I realized what they weren’t “plug and play”.

If they’re good, I’m wondering if they should be converted to use autotools and put up on Sourceforge.

Let me know if you want a copy of the hacked sources so that you can play around…

]]> By: marc http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-5353 marc Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:18:04 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/2006/10/11/a-c-wrapper-for-standard-nix-stuff/#comment-5353 <p>OK, I went ahead and created a patch for all of the issues that I had while trying to build Ux on Linux. I've sent it to Marc Rochkind and I've posted it here:</p> <p><a href="http://marc.abramowitz.info/archives/2006/10/12/patching-marc-rochkinds-ux-library/">marc.abramowitz.info rochinds-ux patch</a></p> OK, I went ahead and created a patch for all of the issues that I had while trying to build Ux on Linux. I’ve sent it to Marc Rochkind and I’ve posted it here:

marc.abramowitz.info rochinds-ux patch

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