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 logic

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 in

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. Visu

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

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 > Vi

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]>: > Does anyone would like to include Curses support in Windows from version > 2.6? I'd like to see this, although it's hardly crucial for me - however, "from version 2.6" may be unrealistic at this point. > It works ok already using the patch from issue #28

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 knowle

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

2008-05-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> 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 unix platform to do the task. It certainly can't be a release blocker: there

[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 emb