Windows porting

[david allen]

I am ready to port my project from linux mint to windows 11. README.Windows.txt contains disclaimers that discourage me from following directions there. Are there other guides to help me through this?

[pvr...@btinternet.com]

Hi David,

If you read README.CMake.txt there are instructions for building FLTK with various Windows flows using CMake. I have successfully managed to build FLTK and use it within my project using CMake under MSVC.

Regards  Phil.

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I am ready to port my project from linux mint to windows 11. README.Windows.txt contains disclaimers that discourage me from following directions there. Are there other guides to help me through this?

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[Matthias Melcher]

What exactly in the text is discoursing to you? I will happily update what I can to make this easier. Running on all desktop platforms is one of the main reasons to use FLTK, so compiling must be easy on every platform. ;-)

If you use CMake, recompiling for Windows is very straight forward IMHO.

[david allen]

I think it was the line

***   CAUTION: This file is outdated. This needs a major rework!   ***
and the lines

   The information in this chapter is NO LONGER RECOMMENDED by the FLTK team.
But I overreacted.

Part of my difficulties is unfamiliarity with Windows having not used it 20 or so years.