Code::Blocks and MinGW

[connexion2000]

Hi!
How does Code::Blocks detect MinGW?
I am asking because I have installed MinGW on my system, but Code::Blocks didn't detec it.

[stahta01]

I do not think the detection part works for MinGW.

Tim S

[Biplab]

I do not think the detection part works for MinGW.

It works for some standard installation dirs. But it does not work if you use any non-standard path.

[thomas]

The present code includes querying the registry as well as looking in "standard" places. Thus, non-"standard" places should work too, if the installer was used.

However, it is of course always possible that the MinGW installer is changed and we don't know

[connexion2000]

MinGW 5.1.3 installer was used. It's quite new. What registry keys does it look for?

[raph]

It looks in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for a key starting with "Minimalist GNU for Windows" and reads the value of "InstallLocation".

[connexion2000]

Now it is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall with a key "MinGW"

[dje]

An improvement could be to look in directories pointed by the PATH environment variable (at least on Windows) for the standard MinGW binaries.
I guess there must be equivalent on other OSs.

Dje

[raph]

An improvement could be to look in directories pointed by the PATH environment variable (at least on Windows) for the standard MinGW binaries.

Good idea. I've just submitted a patch.