This is the first document in what may become a series of docs on cross-platform development using pure C (not C++) along with commonly available libraries.

A brief aside about my background for newcomers: I’m experienced with Python and C++ (although admittedly rusty in the latter), and I’ve written straight C as well (in college, for work, for GNU Typist). However, I feel my C skills are not as strong as they could be.

Basically, I know how to program and am not interested in reinventing the wheel. My focus is on developing my skills with practical C development, using any open source available libraries which I can along with, if feasible/possible, the MinGW/MSys toolchain.

This first article is a tutorial of how to use GLib with the autotools on Windows via MinGW/MSys.

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Well, another year has come around, and with it, the New Year’s holiday here in Japan. Just got to enjoy a full week off of work, of which I’ve mostly spent just to unwind. I was planning to do development during this time, but it didn’t really happen – ran into problems with gettextize and Read more about Happy New Year, and stuff[…]