From: wolf Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 15:03:03 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Something more. Rewrite section on otehr Windows compilers. X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=40ab5ed0363879ba74415d246be3147b921499d9;p=dealii-svn.git Something more. Rewrite section on otehr Windows compilers. git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@6611 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d --- diff --git a/deal.II/doc/faq.html b/deal.II/doc/faq.html index 61a5e72872..150b02f05b 100644 --- a/deal.II/doc/faq.html +++ b/deal.II/doc/faq.html @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@

- Also note that on some installations of CygWin, one of the system + Also note that on some installations of Cygwin, one of the system header files used the proprocessor to define quad to quad_t. Since deal.II uses the name quad as a function name, the name is sometimes @@ -118,12 +118,16 @@

Other Windows compilers

- Authomatic configuration requires a lot of Unix tools. We have not - heard of anybody trying to generate the necessary files to compile - with any of the genuine Windows compilers. And, we do not encourage - to change a lot of files to make this possible. Still, if you see a - simple and clean way to make deal.II work with - any other Windows compiler, get in contact! + As long as a compiler is sufficiently standards conforming, and has + a command line interface, it may be used to compile the library. In + order to do so, the automatic configuration needs to recognize the + compiler, and be able to specify some flags, for example for + optimization. Presently, except for gcc and Intel C++, we do not + support any of the genuine Windows compilers, such as Visual C++, or + Borland C++. However, if you want to add support for them, just look + at how this is done in aclocal.m4 for the existing + compilers, and add support for the one you prefer. You may also want + to get into contact with us on the matter.