[Boost-build] Review request: wxWidgets support.

From: Alex Besogonov (cyberax_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-20 08:16:18

Good <time-of-day>!

I've finished my wxWidgets support and request its review. It's my first 
    Boost.Build expirience, so I expect lots of bugs and non-optimal 
solutions in my code :)

I've uploaded library to http://scb.udsu.ru/~cyberax/wxWidgets.zip

POSIX and Windows are supported (gcc and vc compilers were tested). 
Building for WinCE should also work, but it was not tested.

I'm still not happy with some implementation details. For example, 
Windows version parses build.cfg to extract configuration options (see 
get-build-cfg-requirements). This is very brittle, a long-term solution 
will require addition of a new build system to Bakefile.

POSIX version uses 'wx-config' script and doesn't support 
cross-compiling yet.

Usage:
1) Here's a typical Jamfile for a simple wxWidgets application (checklst 
sample from wxWidgets distribution):
================
using wxWidgets ;

exe checklst : checklst.cpp checklst.rc
        /wxWidgets//wx-base/ /wxWidgets//wx-core/
        /wxWidgets//wx-adv/ /wxWidgets//wx-html/
        : <user-interface>gui ;
================
One can control what wxWidgets variant should be used.

2) It's possible to build wxWidgets libraries (it's even possible to 
build wxWidgets itself!) using my module. Library name will be mangled 
according to wxWidgets standards.

Here's a Jamfile for wxIFM (http://www.snakesoft.net/wxifm/) :
================
using wxWidgets ;
project ifm ;

alias wx-libs : /wxWidgets//wx-base/ /wxWidgets//wx-core/
        /wxWidgets//wx-adv/ /wxWidgets//wx-html/ ;

wxlib wxIFM :
        [ glob src/*.cpp ]
        wx-libs
        : <wx-libname>ifm <wx-libtype>system
          <include>include <include>.
        :
        : <include>include
        ;
================
If shared library is built wxWidgets.jam will automatically define macro 
  WXBUILDINGDLL_<wx-libname> and WXUSINGDLL_<wx-libname> if dynamic 
wxlibray is used.

-- 
With respect,
             Alex Besogonov (cyberax_at_[hidden])