[Gmsh] Adding TCP/IP server-client support.

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Stott CH Mr (PG/R - Maths & Statistics) wrote:
> 
> I've hacked some code to provide TCP/IP server-client communication as 
> an alternative to Unix filesystem sockets. This should hopefully make it 
> easier for a solver compiled with Visual C++ to communicate with gmsh 
> (no need to rely on cygwin). Would you like me to integrate this fully 
> and submit a patch?

Hi Chris - sure, that would be great!

> 
> Also I've been looking at compiling gmsh itself with Visual C++, 
> tentatively. Has this been tried before? 

I don't think so... But it would be great if we could do it, as the 
speed of the cygwin version (especially for I/O) leaves much to be 
desired compared to the Linux/Unix and Mac versions.

C.


 > I guess having TCP/IP
> communication removes one difficulty. If I get anything working I'll 
> send you the project files.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Chris Stott
> Department of Mathematics,
> University of Surrey
> United Kingdom
> 
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