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| author | Paul Sokolovsky <pfalcon@users.sourceforge.net> | 2015-06-04 19:29:51 +0300 |
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| committer | Paul Sokolovsky <pfalcon@users.sourceforge.net> | 2015-06-04 19:29:51 +0300 |
| commit | 9724a0538b82109992bfe9322008eab7f62064b7 (patch) | |
| tree | af4c962ca69a10c446648d883bdf0026cc6e1a77 | |
| parent | 87ad80edf9e7656143079df8565c0fb0de39ef18 (diff) | |
windows/README: Add notes on running under Wine.
After enabling line editing support on Windows console, this is no longer
trivial.
| -rw-r--r-- | windows/README | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/windows/README b/windows/README index 88ee5ffce..2f1f20b9c 100644 --- a/windows/README +++ b/windows/README @@ -24,3 +24,19 @@ Open micropython.vcxproj and build To compile using Visual Studio 2013 commandline: msbuild micropython.vcxproj + + +To run on Linux using Wine: + +Default build (MICROPY_USE_READLINE=1) uses extended Windows console +functions and thus should be run using "wineconsole" tool. Depending +on Wine build configuration, you may also want to select curses backend +which has look&feel of a standard Unix console: + + wineconsole --backend=curses ./micropython.exe + +For more info, see https://www.winehq.org/docs/wineusr-guide/cui-programs + +If built without line editing and history capabilities +(MICROPY_USE_READLINE=0), the resulting binary can be built using standard +"wine" tool. |