Hi, Ah I see what you mean. The cross compiled windows file will rely on the efl library, but that can be packaged. This means that it would need to be a bigger distribution than just the exe if you want all deps shipped (I’m not too familiar with the windows terms yet).
I’ll try and get a document up about distribution which can explain better and be kept up to date. Thanks, Andrew On 12 Oct 2018, 01:54 +0100, R Srinivasan <s...@srin.me>, wrote: > Thanks a bunch. I will give a serious "go". > > Background - a tool that is command line now. Developed on Linux but typical > user in Windows. Just cross built for windows. Want to add a minimal frontend > - simple dialog. Being like a calculator - don't want to have elaborate > "install" procedures. In the case of the cli - one .exe is all it takes. > > will experiment and report back. > > srini > > On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 3:54:29 PM UTC-4, Andrew Williams wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Great questions, thanks! > > > > 1. We can bundle in the libraries for Windows and for macOS - but on linux > > probably not (unless your app is LGPL/GPL due to a licensing issue that I > > have not found a better solution to). But distribution on Linux it is > > normal to depend on external libraries :). > > There will be a tool included to package final binaries, but I have not got > > it to a satisfactory level to share yet. > > > > 2. Yes, we should be able to do cross-compilation using the standard Go > > tools. There is the usual challenge of enabling CGO for a GOOS build, but > > beyond that it should be OK. It's easier than, for example, andlabs UI as > > we are not linking to OS specific functionality, just the libefl > > abstraction. > > > > Point 2 may change over time - as we may wish to add certain OS abstraction > > directly which may make cross compilaton harder. > > > > What I was thinking about, however, was creating some app metadata format > > and a centralised build server to work around both build and package > > distribution issues... > > > > I hope that helps, > > Andrew > > > > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 11:41 R Srinivasan <s...@srin.me> wrote: > > > > 1. What are the "distribution" considerations? > > > > > > > > Considering Windows targets - can we have all the required > > > > libraries bundled in the final executable? > > > > > > > > 2. Can the apps be cross built? i.e. Built on Linux for macOS and > > > > windows`targets? > > > > > > > > thanks for pointers, srini > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 1:17:00 PM UTC-4, Andrew Williams > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Some time ago I realised that Go was a great language for building > > > > > new applications, as I wanted to use something powerful but fast to > > > > > learn. I also wanted a really simple to use GUI toolkit that worked > > > > > cross platform - this was a little more difficult to satisfy! > > > > > > > > > > The aim was to create an API that was: > > > > > > > > > > • Simple to learn > > > > > • Great looking with theme options > > > > > • Truly cross platform with identical look across platforms > > > > > • Solved all of the complicated GUI challenges (threading, scaling > > > > > etc) > > > > > > > > > > And so the Fyne project was created https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne ! > > > > > The design language is basically material design and the rendering is > > > > > currently EFL with support for Windows, macOS and Linux. > > > > > It's entirely vector based (though you can draw a Raster space if you > > > > > need) and scales beautifully. > > > > > > > > > > For a taste of what that looks like here you go :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's now well into development and ready for people to get involved. > > > > > There is a long way to go but it feels like a solid base. > > > > > Instructions for getting started, if you need them, are at > > > > > https://github.com/fyne-io/bootstrap/blob/master/README.md . > > > > > If you want to know more we're also in the #fyne channel on the > > > > > gopher Slack server. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your thoughts :) > > > > > Andrew > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "golang-nuts" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > http://andywilliams.me > > http://ajwillia.ms > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
