[Gambas-user] Gambas3 and Cross-Compiler

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Man, I have a department at work, dedicated to make our Gambas-powered 
software run on Windows. That's how of a pain it is. That's how ancient 
the problem is. I'm no Benoit, I can't explain why exactly this is 
impossible, as he says it is, but if he says, then I believe.

For now, thank Microsoft for that (did I just really said that?), WSL2 
provides almost painless way of running gambas software on Windows 
10/11. You literally do it with a mouse. Just click on Microsoft Store, 
then click to install Store version of WSL (it's important. The one 
that's in Windows Components is VERY outdated and basically does not 
work at all) than click to install Debian or Ubuntu, and there you go, 
you can just type "bash" in start menu or in cmd, and you are in Linux. 
sudo apt update && sudo apt install gambas3 - and your Windows now has 
Gambas. Since some time ago WSL does not require an X11 server to run 
GUI software, it already has Wayland, so you just run a gambas qt5 or 
gtk3 program compiled in Linux - and it just works, just shows up and 
runs as it does in Linux.

It used to have problems with DISPLAY environment, it does not anymore. 
It used to have a problem with keyboard layout switching, it does not 
anymore. It had problems with DPI window scaling, it almost does not 
anymore. It used to require a lot of PowerShell work to make Gambas 
software work in Windows, it does not anymore. With this simplicity 
achieved by Microsoft with WSL through this years, personally I think we 
don't have to ask Benoit to make Windows-version of Gambas again. It 
would certainly be very nice, but now it's not a requirement, there is a 
way.

Debian or Ubuntu can now easily be a part on Windows, very seamlessly. I 
suggest you go that way.

Dmitry.

02.10.2023 5:29, Martín пишет:
> Hi.
>
> It turns out that, for work, I need to develop versions that work on 
> Windows of some applications that I have made with Gambas3.
>
> Vala, for example, is transcoded into pure C and then compiled.
>
> The Lazarus IDE apparently allows you to compile, with the same 
> sources for Windows Mac, Linux, FreeBSD etc.
>
> What would be necessary to transcode a program made with gambas3 and 
> convert it to pure C and then compile it on any operating system and 
> architecture?
>
> If anyone has been in the same situation and can give me some advice, 
> it would be helpful.
>
> On the other hand, what is the roadmap for Gambas3 IDE in this regard? 
> Gambas3 > C > Cross-Compiler
>
> Best regards.
>
> Martin.
>
>
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