Installation
Installation
To install Notus, just copy it to a folder. The framework consists of header
files and static platform libraries that provide the low-level interfaces
defined in the notus::impl namespace. The files are organized as
follows.
| Folder | Description |
| notus | Header files |
| build/platform/programming environment | Static platform library (notus_traits.lib), sample and test applications |
| libs/src | Platform dependent sources |
| libs/test | Sources of sample and test applications |
For example, on the Win32 platform and MSVC++ 7, the library files will be located in build/win32/vc7. The platform library file name is notus_traits.lib. For the MinGW environment, the library folder is build/win32/mingwand the platform library file name is libnotus_traits.a.
To use it:
For example, to use notus::gdi::bitmap, include bitmap.hpp
in your sources:
#include "notus/gdi/bitmap.hpp"
Because of an extensive use of the template based programming idioms, the compilation time could be significant. However we believe that the long compilation times will be compensated by a more stable and maintainable code and higher degree of the component reusability. Furthermore if your program compiles, it usually just runs.
I was able to improve the compilation time by replacing some of the Boost components with corresponding lightweight component from TTL. I got about 20-30% improvement.
To use TTL, just make sure that the line:
//#define __NOTUS_USE_BOOST__
in notus/details/common.hpp is commented out.
© Copyright Eugene Gladyshev, 2004