Just one minor point about building bitmap.dll on Windows in
doc/manual/R-admin.texi:
In lines 601-605:
@item
You need @code{libpng} and @code{jpeg} sources (available, e.g., from
@url{http://www.libpng.org}, @url{ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/}[png,jpeg].
You will need files @file{libpng-1.2.8.tar.gz} and
@file{jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz} or later.
and lines 699-707:
The file @file{@var{R_HOME}/bin/Rbitmap.dll} is not built automatically:
instructions on how to build it are in the file @file{bitmap/INSTALL}.
If everything is set up in directory @file{bitmap},
@example
make bitmapdll
@end example
@noindent
will work from this directory.
Why not just add the instruction in src/gnuwin32/bitmap/INSTALL into these
places? It seems like unnecessary work to go find the few lines of
instruction in a different file... (Especially in the first part quoted
above: It tells what to get the files, but not where to put them.)
Best,
Andy
Liaw, Andy wrote:> Just one minor point about building bitmap.dll on Windows in > doc/manual/R-admin.texi: > > In lines 601-605: > > @item > You need @code{libpng} and @code{jpeg} sources (available, e.g., from > @url{http://www.libpng.org}, @url{ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/}[png,jpeg]. > You will need files @file{libpng-1.2.8.tar.gz} and > @file{jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz} or later. > > and lines 699-707: > > The file @file{@var{R_HOME}/bin/Rbitmap.dll} is not built automatically: > instructions on how to build it are in the file @file{bitmap/INSTALL}. > > If everything is set up in directory @file{bitmap}, > @example > make bitmapdll > @end example > @noindent > will work from this directory. > > Why not just add the instruction in src/gnuwin32/bitmap/INSTALL into these > places? It seems like unnecessary work to go find the few lines of > instruction in a different file... (Especially in the first part quoted > above: It tells what to get the files, but not where to put them.)Good suggestion; I've just done it. I think the only reason I didn't do it before was laziness. Duncan Murdoch