tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300328.post6571967473057000366..comments2023-11-02T09:44:25.719-07:00Comments on Digested: CompromisesDerek Kitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17111825689314881820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300328.post-18879914611494644182007-06-24T04:33:00.000-07:002007-06-24T04:33:00.000-07:00Check out QExtSerial for platform independent acce...Check out QExtSerial for platform independent access to the serial port.<BR/><BR/>Rich.Rich Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182816638082600922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300328.post-85147551478521680832007-06-24T03:20:00.000-07:002007-06-24T03:20:00.000-07:00If you ask me (and you didn't but I'll answer anyw...If you ask me (and you didn't but I'll answer anyway), make your app work nicely on POSIX-like systems (namely GNU/Linux and *BSD), and if it works on other systems (= M$ Windows), cool, if it doesn't you can either try to do some #if _WINDOWS_ #else directives to make the new thread you mentioned, or just ignore it and make your app print out a message that it will work with reduced capabilities on those OS-es.<BR/><BR/>I am looking forward to seeing amaroK, Konqueror, KDevelop & the rest of the crew running around those other systems and replacing explorer.exe files with startkde, but if it doesn't work, I wouldn't care too much if at all. Portability shouldn't reduce usability.Brchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345438775338144921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7300328.post-4381224373248855652007-06-23T18:19:00.000-07:002007-06-23T18:19:00.000-07:00No one is forcing you to port your stuff. If you ...No one is forcing you to port your stuff. If you don't want to even think about Windows support, then don't. If someone else is interested enough, they will do the work, and then you can still decide whether to take the patch or not.Leo Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951281972056927807noreply@blogger.com