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Date:Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:42:11 +0000 (UTC) 
Subject:Re: 15.53 - Windows Installer Available 
From:bfulg 
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--- Aaron Sloman <A.Sloman@cs.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
> I guess you did not notice that there's an
> openpoplog sourceforge
> project, initiated by Jeff Best described here:
>  
>
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/openpoplog.html

Actually, I did see this but was unable to
successfully download anything.  They have a note that
their site that downloads are temporarily disabled due
to a RAID problem.

I can grab the CVS sources, but I've not yet puzzled
out how to build Poplog from sources.  It looks like
it requires a working Poplog to bootstrap from.

> You may have duplicated some of their work -- or
> possibly gone
> beyond it. Most of the discussion of this has not
> been posted to
> pop-forum/comp.lang.pop but to the much smaller
> poplog-dev email
> list, to which I can add you if you wish (or
> subscribe to
> poplog-dev via majordomo@cs.bham.ac.uk, as you did
> to pop-forum).

Doing so now!

> Nico has been working especially on trying to add
> graphics to
> poplog in a new way, building up from what he is
> most familiar
> with, whereas Jeff has been focused mainly on
> getting poplog to
> run under cygwin on windows using X window graphics.

The native design is probably best from a long-term
point of view.  However, the Cygwin approach will
probably yield the fastest results.
 
> > A single-file installer can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/~bfulgham/poplog/windows
> > (It's called setup.exe).
> 
> Thanks. If/when you think its in a suitable state to
> be added to
> the bham poplog distribution site I'll be happy to
> copy it over.

It's close.  I realized I do have VED working -- I
just didn't realize because the directories are
currently set up wrong.  I'm uploading another build
shortly.

I've incorporated the OpenPoplog Win 2000 stuff to see
if there's any noticeable difference.
 
> There was a lot of discussion about this in the
> poplog-dev email
> list. I could try to hunt it down if you wish. Or
> maybe someone
> else will supply the information.

I'm interested in how to bootstrap.  I use Windows at
work, but Debian at home and I'd like to get a
smoother install (i.e., more integrated) for Debian.
 
Thanks,

-Brent