Re: Source Navigator 5.0 and [incr TCL]

[Mo DeJong <mdejong at cygnus dot com>]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Rodger Hughes wrote:

> >From what I've seen, SN looks really useful.

It is, but the parsers need work.

> Second Question:  whats the proper way to install 5.0 on windows?  The
> binaries (.zip file) doesn't have an installer like 4.5.2 does and there
> aren't any instructions.

Yeah, that is something I want to fix in the next release.

Appended are the readme files I am planning on putting in the
next release. Would they have helped?

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc

% cat README
This is Source-Navigator and IDE for C/C++/Java/Tcl/Fortran and a host
of other languages. Source-Navigator includes powerful source code
comprehension features that help a developer understand complex
relationships between elements of a program's source.

Source-Navigator is released under the terms of the GPL; see the 
COPYING file for more information about the GPL.

The Source-Navigator project is hosted at sources.redhat.com:

http://sources.redhat.com/sourcenav/

A public mailing list is available for help or general questions.
Go to the project website to find out how to join the mailing list.

One can find Source-Navigator documentation in the snavigator/doc/html
directory. Documentation is available in HTML format only.

Consult the INSTALL file to learn how to build and install
binaries of Source-Navigator.


% cat INSTALL
Note: These build/install instructions assume that you have
already downloaded and extracted the files from the zip
or tar file.

Generic Build Notes:

We suggest building outside of the source directory. This way, all
build related files for a specific architecture are stored outside
of the source directory. This makes it easy to build multiple
executables from a single source tree.

We suggest building outside of the src directory, this might
be a new concept for most users, but it is really quite simple
once you get the hang of it. With a build dir, all build
related files for a specific architecture are stored outside
of the src directory, so you can build multiple executables
from the same source tree.

UNIX Build:

To build under a UNIX system, simply create a build directory
and run the configure script. The following commands assume
the release is 5.0.1 and that the user wants to install
into a non-default location (/usr/sourcenav).

% mkdir snbuild ; cd snbuild
% ../sourcenav-5.0.1/configure --prefix=/usr/sourcenav
% make
% make install

Windows Build (VC++):

Building under Windows is more tricky when compared to the UNIX
build, be sure to follow the instructions exactly.

Windows versions of Source-Navigator are created using the VC++
compiler and Cygwin. One needs to run the vcvars32.bat script
to setup the needed env vars. Typically, this is done by starting
command.com on Windows 95/98 or cmd.exe under NT and then
running the vcvars32.bat script in the VC++ bin directory.

After VC++ env vars are setup, start a bash shell by cd'ing to
the Cygwin root directory and running cygwin.bat. In the bash
shell, run the following commands.

% export CC=cl
% export CFLAGS="-Z7 -Od"

You can now run the configure script in the normal way. Of course,
there are a couple of things to take note of. First, the configure
script must be run with a relative path (../sourcenav-5.0.1/configure).
Second, the --prefix path must be passed as a Windows native path,
the following example assumes that /usr/sourcenav is mounted
as D:/Cygwin/usr/sourcenav.

% mkdir snbuild ; cd snbuild
% ../sourcenav-5.0.1/configure --prefix=D:/Cygwin/usr/sourcenav
% make
% make install


Binary Install:

To install a binary release of Source-Navigator, extract the
files from the archive and add the sourcenav-5.0.1/bin
directory to your PATH. You can then run Source-Navigator
from the command line using the snavigator script. Windows
users can also double-click on the snavigator.exe executable in
the Explorer.