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hi, I want try to create a package for Windows, with all the dependancies. Is not much difficult using the very old version from Cygwin, but I want to generate your version.
At first I want try native compile using MSYS2, then try to crosscompile using MXE. Some one has already tryed to do that? In case, any hints? thank you
I have not tried to compile xnedit on windows. I have no experience with Cygwin, but I guess, if nedit worked with cygwin, xnedit should work too.
I don't think msys2 will work, because it doesn't provide a posix compatible environment.
@1div0 do you know if unicode support for nedit-ng is in active development?
unicode is the main argument I'm asking for xnedit on Windows.
About nedit-ng (current git does not have Unicode support), I tryed to generate it with MINGW, the standalone package (with QT and all deps) is not less than 160 MB, while for comparison Notepad++ is 10 MB, so I cannot consider it an easy replacement
@1div0 do you know if unicode support for nedit-ng is in active development?
I intended to implement it, but recently have no time and motivation for that. So sorry.
@efa nedit-ng author here :-).
I can say that Unicode is definitely on my radare, but it is not the current focus of development. Since NG is basically a complete port, there are some small areas that are not a perfect reproduction of the classic NEdit5 behavior.
Since NG is targetting being the "official NEdit 6.0", the current focus of development is to fix these small issues and then use 6.1 for larger changes.
Regarding package size, I would recommend at the very least building with visual-studio community edition. Using that approach and the Qt tools for getting a "complete package", NG was about 22MB (including Qt dependencies) for the 2019.2 release. So it definitely shouldn't be 160MB! (I'm guessing that you included ALL of Qt, not just the few components NG needs?).
Anyway, we'll get there, but for now, if Unicode is the prime feature you need, xnedit is a great option for you (though I'll certainly welcome you as a user when Unicode support arrives in NG ;-) ).
I will open an Issue on https://github.com/eteran/nedit-ng to avoid pollution here https://github.com/eteran/nedit-ng/issues/312
Running in Cygwin is always OK. I generated the first Cygwin package with all the dependencies:
D:\installer\xnedit>
135.187 cygbrotlicommon-1.dll
47.123 cygbrotlidec-1.dll
67.603 cygbz2-1.dll
185.363 cygexpat-1.dll
256.531 cygfontconfig-1.dll
720.915 cygfreetype-6.dll
73.747 cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll
82.963 cygICE-6.dll
1.030.675 cygiconv-2.dll
42.515 cygintl-8.dll
642.067 cygjpeg-8.dll
509.459 cygpcre-1.dll
189.459 cygpng16-16.dll
29.203 cygSM-6.dll
27.155 cyguuid-1.dll
3.618.249 cygwin1.dll
1.192.979 cygX11-6.dll
12.819 cygXau-6.dll
137.747 cygxcb-1.dll
21.011 cygXdmcp-6.dll
60.947 cygXext-6.dll
78.355 cygXft-2.dll
2.292.755 cygXm-4.dll
89.619 cygXmu-6.dll
65.555 cygXpm-4.dll
38.419 cygXrender-1.dll
351.263 cygXt-6.dll
85.011 cygz.dll
29.184 xnc.exe
1.444.864 xnedit.exe
30 File 13.558.742 byte
now running the executable doesn't complaint about missing DLL. But running outside Cygwin in a CMD sandbox, miss something of font configuration:
D:\installer\xnedit>xnedit.exe
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
Cannot open default font
can you figure out what is missing?
Usually on unix fontconfig config is at /etc/fonts/. Additionally you need the actual fonts from /usr/share/fonts/
However I don't know the cygwin directory structure.
Cygwin use the same directory structure.
I added the file:
.config\fontconfig\fonts.conf
and defined the env var:
>set FONTCONFIG_PATH=.config\fontconfig
and now the error is reduced to:
D:\installer\xnedit>xnedit.exe
Cannot open default font
do not start neither with:
D:\installer\xnedit>xnedit.exe -font DejaVuSansMono
Cannot open default font
I had to figure why fontconfig doesn't find the default font. I had the fonts in:
D:\installer\xnedit>dir usr\share\fonts\dejavu
06/08/2019 11:29 36 .uuid
06/09/2016 19:29 577.708 DejaVuMathTeXGyre.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 705.684 DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 643.292 DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 355.376 DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 635.416 DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 757.076 DejaVuSans.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 665.028 DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 611.836 DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 599.292 DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 680.264 DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 331.992 DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 253.580 DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 251.932 DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 340.712 DejaVuSansMono.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 356.088 DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 347.460 DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 345.996 DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 380.132 DejaVuSerif.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 331.244 DejaVuSerifCondensed-Bold.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 346.508 DejaVuSerifCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 345.324 DejaVuSerifCondensed-Italic.ttf
06/09/2016 19:29 346.664 DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf
23 File 10.208.640 byte
I also tryed to create a file:
.Xresources
and load it with:
D:\installer\xnedit>xrdb -merge .Xresources
check it is loaded with:
D:\installer\xnedit>xrdb -q
nedit*faceName: DejaVuSansMono
nedit*faceSize: 11
xnedit*faceName: DejaVuSansMono
xnedit*faceSize: 11
Note: I'm not sure if I had to use nedit or xnedit in X resource file, so used both
but the results from:
D:\installer\xnedit>fc-match DejaVuSansMono
is empty
and running xnedit the error is always "Cannot open default font"
I tryed to run 'xeyes' and it start, but that do not use fonts.
fc-match must show something, otherwise it will not work in xnedit
In the fonts.conf there should be one or multiple
<dir prefix="xdg">fonts</dir>
this does specify, that the fonts are loaded from $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts
I tryed to re-package Nedit5.5 (the oldest available with Cygwin) @32 and 64bit, and it work easily (seems it do not depend on fontconfig config files, so always start). Then I tryed to package Nedit5.6 (the newest available with Cygwin) @32 and 64bit, and it wont start. It depend on fontconfig config files. After some trouble, enabling Fontconfig debug, I understood the local fonts directory must be called .fonts and not fonts, finally I got it start. The same experience is needed with xnedit, I imagine it is derived from Nedit 5.6 Now it start, but on first start it do not find the monospace font, it is using Arial:
>fc-match mono
arial.ttf: "Arial" "Regular"
As I had understood I had to add an alias in the config file. Lets try
bingo:
D:\installer\xnedit_64bit>sh.exe bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create! sh-4.4$ fc-match mono DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"
now I had to refine a little the start script, as it has all static and absolute paths
hi, I ended the first beta of a script to create the Win package.
As now I left many debug prints just to check if and when something fail. It generate an installation directory, with all needed dependancies files, with a batch file to be used to run the executable. The batch file run a bash and a bash script that create all the env vars needed for XNEdit to work well. Those are partly derived from Nedit 5.5 official Win package (the last one released as I know).
I tryed to open the batch from a CMD with nothing in the PATH, from:
- current and other path related to the executable
- without, with one and with more than one parameters
- with a double click from Windows Explorer
- using "open with" in Windows Explorer on a data file, and on many data file at once
- with Cygwin32 and 64bit
there are still some WARN messages (maybe you can help me on this) but it continue and work well. I can't exclude there can be some glithes, but seems to me it is decently stable, and I need more testers to refine further.
So, if you are interested, how can I upload the package (are 5 files)? I prefer a git pull request. Do you prefer to create a new directory for this?
Note: I had to synch to last commit as I'm working with 1.3.0, but I do not expect trouble on this.
Just updated to tag v1.3.2
D:\installer\xnedit_64bit>tree /a /f
| fonts.conf
| hide.vbs
| xnc.sh
| xnedit.bat
| xnedit.ico
| XNEdit.lnk
|
+---.xnedit
| autoload.nm
| cygspecial.nm
| nedit.history
| nedit.rc
|
+---fonts
| | .uuid
| |
| \---dejavu
| .uuid
| DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
| DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf
| DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf
| DejaVuSansMono.ttf
|
\---usr
\---bin
awk
bash.exe
cat.exe
ctags.exe
cygbrotlicommon-1.dll
cygbrotlidec-1.dll
cygbz2-1.dll
cygexpat-1.dll
cygfontconfig-1.dll
cygfreetype-6.dll
cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll
cyggmp-10.dll
cygICE-6.dll
cygiconv-2.dll
cygintl-8.dll
cygjpeg-8.dll
cygmpfr-6.dll
cygncursesw-10.dll
cygpath.exe
cygpcre-1.dll
cygpng16-16.dll
cygreadline7.dll
cygsigsegv-2.dll
cygSM-6.dll
cyguuid-1.dll
cygwin1.dll
cygX11-6.dll
cygXau-6.dll
cygxcb-1.dll
cygXdmcp-6.dll
cygXext-6.dll
cygXft-2.dll
cygXm-4.dll
cygXmu-6.dll
cygXpm-4.dll
cygXrender-1.dll
cygXt-6.dll
cygz.dll
date.exe
diff.exe
dos2unix.exe
echo.exe
expand.exe
gawk.exe
grep.exe
ls.exe
nl.exe
sed.exe
sleep.exe
sort.exe
test.exe
tr.exe
unexpand.exe
wc.exe
xnc.exe
xnedit.exe
as now the package is 21 MB and binaries are not stripped
Hi,
thanks for the work on the windows package. A pull request would be great. You can place your files to the resources subdirectory, maybe resources/cygwin.
I think with https://github.com/unixwork/xnedit/pull/43 you can close this Issue. Or you can leave open the Issue to further discuss future troubles and track other PR I will do, as you want
I tested on another PC and work the same.
On 'xnedit.bat' startup, I got this log:
D:\installer\xnedit_64bit>xnedit.bat
Starting 'xnedit.bat' ...
D:\installer\xnedit_64bit
Batch param:
Batch param:
bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
Starting 'xnc.sh' ...
Bash param:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:.
PATH=/cygdrive/d/installer/xnedit_64bit/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:.
HOME=/cygdrive/c/Users/username
HOME=/cygdrive/c/Users/username
XNEDIT_HOME=/cygdrive/d/installer/xnedit_64bit/.xnedit
DISPLAY=:0
XKEYSYMDB=/cygdrive/d/installer/xnedit_64bit/xkeysymdb
FONTCONFIG_PATH=/cygdrive/d/installer/xnedit_64bit
XDG_DATA_HOME=/cygdrive/d/installer/xnedit_64bit
Run Xnedit without parameters ...
Cannot get X Input Manager
Mostly are my debug prints, but there are two warns:
bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
Cannot get X Input Manager
the first one seems a bug with current Cygwin, and the simple fix does not work, I had to search a fix in them mail list.
Do you have an idea how to fix the "Cannot get X Input Manager"?
As now "xkeysymdb" is not there ($XKEYSYMDB), but copying my file, does not solve.
Note: everything seems work also with those WARNs.
Hi,
The "Cannot get X Input Manager" is an error message that I've implemented in case the function XmImGetXIM fails. I don't know why it fails, I have to check that.
As a result of this error, some characters can't be typed. Looks like only ASCII works. I will try to fix that.
Everything else seems to work.
note: If I run xnedit from inside Cygwin shell I do not get that error. Happen only with the distribution package I have made. So I want to fix that. Should I not be able to insert any non-ASCII characters?
I had fixed the error "warning: could not find /tmp, please create!" creating the /tmp inside /usr, I do not know why there, but works
exact, no non-ASCII chars can be entered using my distribution package, while in Cygwin shell xnedit works. Here the characters that works with Italian keyboard:
\1234567890'
qwertyuiop+
asdfghjkl
<zxcvbnm,.-
|!"$%&/()=?^
QWERTYUIOP*{}
ASDFGHJKL
>ZXCVBNM;:_
so miss: £ìèéçò°ù§€
Edit menu, Insert Unicode (I tested `=0096, ~=0126 and è=0232) work
xnedit needs the files from /usr/share/X11/locale, otherwise the input method can't be initialized.
I think the path is hard coded in x11 libs, thefore the installed usr directory needs to be mounted to /usr with the cygwin mount tool.
the following steps were successful: copy share/x11/locale to D:\installer\xnedit_64bit\usr copy mount.exe to D:\installer\xnedit_64bit\usr\bin
add the following line to xnc.sh:
usr/bin/mount D:/installer/xnedit_64bit/usr /usr
thank you for test it, and solve the bug. I will try on my systems, maybe tomorrow