[Fwd: [ros-svn] CC: Eric/IDL Guys - MIDL Compatibility]

[Steven Edwards]

Hi,

On 11/29/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>   It seems that some of our IDL files aren't
> compatible by MIDL, which is
>  what the msvc backend uses. The reason seems to be that in MIDL, you
>  cannot use explicit_handle in an .idl file -- it must got into an ACF.
>  However, WIDL doesn't parse ACF files, so this creates a lack of a
>  compatible solution. Could you please add support for parsing ACF files
>  in widl? The basic format seems to be really simple for our current use: 
Also can someone try to extract some patches for widl and send them to
wine? Rob offered to help with this.

--
Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer

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that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[Rob Shearman]

Steven Edwards wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> On 11/29/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>   
>
> >  It seems that some of our IDL files aren't
> > compatible by MIDL, which is
> > what the msvc backend uses. The reason seems to be that in MIDL, you
> > cannot use explicit_handle in an .idl file -- it must got into an ACF.
> > However, WIDL doesn't parse ACF files, so this creates a lack of a
> > compatible solution. Could you please add support for parsing ACF files
> > in widl? The basic format seems to be really simple for our current use:
> >     
> >  
> Also can someone try to extract some patches for widl and send them to
> wine? Rob offered to help with this.
>   
>  
Yes, I was planning to do it this week. I have messages to ros-diffs 
bookmarked, but is there a way to get the diff in plain text? I'm not 
sure how easy it will be to make patches from the HTML that is sent there.

Rob

[Ge van Geldorp]

>   From: Rob Shearman
>  
>  Yes, I was planning to do it this week. I have messages to 
>  ros-diffs bookmarked, but is there a way to get the diff in 
>  plain text? I'm not sure how easy it will be to make patches 
>  from the HTML that is sent there. 
The easiest way is to install svn. If you can't or don't want to install
that, I'll be happy to assist and provide the plain text diffs.

Gé van Geldorp.

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

Ge van Geldorp wrote:
> >  From: Rob
> > Shearman
> >
> > Yes, I was planning to do it this week. I have messages to 
> > ros-diffs bookmarked, but is there a way to get the diff in 
> > plain text? I'm not sure how easy it will be to make patches 
> > from the HTML that is sent there. 
>  
>  
>  The easiest way is to install svn. If you can't or don't want to install
>  that, I'll be happy to assist and provide the plain text diffs. 
Hm, how about an extra mailing list for unabriged plain-text diffs?

- Thomas

[Ge van Geldorp]

>   From: Thomas Weidenmueller
>  
>  Hm, how about an extra mailing list for unabriged plain-text diffs? 
Caspers script actually sends a multipart/alternative MIME message, meaning
the diff is send in the same message as both a colored, HTMLed diff and a
plain-text diff. You just need to tell your mail client to prefer text/plain
over text/html...

GvG

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

Ge van Geldorp wrote:
>   Caspers script actually sends a multipart/alternative
> MIME message, meaning
>  the diff is send in the same message as both a colored, HTMLed diff and a
>  plain-text diff. You just need to tell your mail client to prefer text/plain
>  over text/html... 
But those are still truncated ;)

- Thomas

[Ge van Geldorp]

>   From: Thomas Weidenmueller
>  
>  Ge van Geldorp wrote:
> >   Caspers script actually sends a
> > multipart/alternative MIME message, 
> >  meaning the diff is send in the same message as both a colored,
> >  HTMLed diff and a plain-text diff. You just need to tell your mail 
> >  client to prefer text/plain over text/html... 
>  
>  But those are still truncated ;) 
That's a feature, not a bug ;)

[Royce Mitchell III]

Rob Shearman wrote:

>  
>  Yes, I was planning to do it this week. I have messages to ros-diffs 
>  bookmarked, but is there a way to get the diff in plain text? I'm not 
>  sure how easy it will be to make patches from the HTML that is sent 
>  there.
>
>  Rob 
Rob,

Go here:

http://svn.reactos.com/viewcvs/?view=rev

Pull up the revision you want to see.

Click view diff

At the bottom of the diff page is an option to generate a useable patch 
file.

Please DONT send me further emails !
Thank you !

Frank Marx

[Eric Kohl]

Alex Ionescu schrieb:
>   Hi,
>  
>  It seems that some of our IDL files aren't compatible by MIDL, which is 
>  what the msvc backend uses. The reason seems to be that in MIDL, you 
>  cannot use explicit_handle in an .idl file -- it must got into an ACF. 
MIDL accepts 'explicit_handle', 'implicit_handle' and
'auto_handle' in 
an .idl file if the /app_config option is used.


Regards,
Eric