[PD] compiling hidio for Windows

[Fede Camara Halac]

Thanks a lot, Christof! 

This is indeed very helpful. I will let you know what I can find!

Cheers,

f

fdch.github.io

> On Feb 4, 2020, at 7:02 PM, Christof Ressi <info at christofressi.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I usually run Pd in a debugger like this:
> 
> gdb --args pd <flags/args>
> 
> > run
> 
> Wait for the segfault. The following will print a stack trace, showing you the function where the segfault occurs:
> 
> > bt
> 
> (you might need to hit enter to show additional lines of the stacktrace)
> 
> From there you can either set breakpoints (https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/gdb/html_node/gdb_28.html) or use good ol' printf debugging :-) IDEs like Qt Creator have an integrated graphical frontend for GDB, which makes debugging a more pleasant experience.
> 
> If you have time, please start investigating! I can have a look (and fix the build system) later this month.
> 
> Christof
> 
>> On 05.02.2020 00:46, Fede Camara Halac wrote:
>> As I said before, I could make a binary with Christof's steps, but I dont know how to debug an external on windows. If you can give me some basic guidelines I can continue with that.
>> 
>> In the meantime, we got joyosc working on Windows so that's looking good!
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> f
>> 
>> 
>> fdch.github.io
>> 
>>>> On Feb 4, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Christof Ressi <info at christofressi.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> You just have to replace it with #include <hidsdi.h>. I also compiled it with Msys2.
>>> 
>>> Christof
>>> 
>>>> On 04.02.2020 23:13, Martin Peach wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 1:46 PM ffdd cchh <camarafede at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Ok, I did Christof's step c) and copied those dummy functions (and basically commented out anything but a debug_post() inside "hidio_devices()" and "hidio_elements()", and indeed got a binary. But, it's no use.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I try to get some data on why it crashes but it just says 'segmentation fault':
>>>>> 
>>>>> ```
>>>>> camarahalac.1 at ACD-NC054624 MINGW64 ~/Desktop
>>>>> $ /c/Users/camarahalac.1/Downloads/pd-0.50-2/bin/pd.exe -d 4 -stderr -open /c/Users/camarahalac.1/Downloads/pd-0.50-2/extra/hidio/hidio-help.pd
>>>>> Segmentation fault
>>>>> ```
>>>>> 
>>>> I tried this using Msys64 but get
>>>> hidio_windows.c:37:10: fatal error: ddk/hidsdi.h: No such file or directory
>>>>    37 | #include <ddk/hidsdi.h>
>>>> I can't find any package for mingw64 that has this file. There is a
>>>> hidapi, which uses hidapi.h..
>>>> https://github.com/libusb/hidapi
>>>> It uses functions like
>>>> hid_get_manufacturer_string
>>>> instead of
>>>> HidD_GetManufacturerString
>>>> so it could probably be used fir the windows build.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Martin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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