[Qt-creator] Is MSVC on Windows supported?

[Peter Kümmel]

On 05.09.2012 12:42, Joerg Bornemann wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 12:34, ext Peter Kümmel wrote:
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>> I wonder how you build on Windows, or even care about MS's compiler:
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> We build it regularly with MSVC without any magic incantations.
> And of course we care about MSVC as it's the reference toolchain for
> this platform. (I personally do not give a^W^Wcare about MinGW but
> that's another story. ;))

MinGW will have a rise because MS again has the worst C++ support,
MSVC2012 is a joke.

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>> - jom breaks, bad path name:
>> Error: dependent
>> '..\..\..\lib\qtcreator\plugins\Nokia\e:\sandbox\creator\qt-creator\src\plugins\coreplugin\Core.pluginspec' does not exist.
>
> Yeah this looks wrong. Note the e: in the middle of the path.
> You're not trying to build Qt Creator with MSVC using a MinGW Qt, do you?

It builds and links a lot before it breaks.

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> Cheers,
>
> Jörg
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