[sc-dev] [win32] discard SCSpawn?

[Christopher Frauenberger <frauenberger@xxxxxx>]

Hi list,

I would like to discuss whether we should discard SCSpawn as the way  
of starting scsynth on windows. As far as I can see it has some pro  
and contras:

Pro SCSpawn:
* nice graphical interface providing all options and showing devices  
available
* remembers settings in registry

Contra SCSpawn:
* depends on MFC libraries
* not consistent with the startup method on osx

The main argument against it here imo is that it depends on MFC.  
Microsoft now released the Visual Studio C++ Express edition, which  
is a free version of MS Visual Studio that uses the same compilers  
and the same IDE, but does not include MFC. If we could get rid of  
SCSpawn and allow for setting the device by name through the  
ServerOptions it would be consistent with the way it works on osx. We  
could also print all available devices at startup to inform the user  
of her/his options.

This way, we would have a way of compiling SC3 on windows without  
relying on commercial tools...

what are your opinions?
best
Christopher