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> I'm really hoping this allows me to compile LibreOffice on Windows. Is this not helpful? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnWindows h

• chris_wot 11y ago
  It means I need to install Visual Studio. Right now I'm only developing on Mac OS X and Linux. On top of this, every time Microsoft updates Visual Studio, things like firebird tend to break :( I'd rather use a toolchain I know better. In fact, I'd love to use clang on Windows.
  • voltagex_ 11y ago
    The latest Visual Studios support clang.
  • simoncion 11y ago
    > It means I need to install Visual Studio. I mean, sure, but (unless things have changed dramatically in the many years since I was a Windows dev) you don't have to do anything more than install VS. The compilers and nmake can be used without opening the GUI. IIRC, you can feed a VS project file (or -I'm pretty sure- a solution file) to nmake and get the same result you'd get from loading the GUI and pressing build.
    • chris_wot 11y ago
      Definitely time for me to get off my backside and install Visual Studio then...
    • yuubi 11y ago
      Confirming you can feed a .sln file to msbuild (I did it the other day), no idea about whether nmake accepts them. Source: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html#ChWin32Build https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin3... .
      • simoncion 11y ago
        Ah, shit. I couldn't remember if the damn thing was called msbuild or nmake. [0] I guess one should replace all instances of nmake in my comment with msbuild. [0] I do know that they are both parts of the VS build tooling. ;)
        • yuubi 11y ago
          I think nmake is or was a normalish make.