How to rebuild all KF5+Kate, and how to do this incrementally?

[Dominik Haumann]

On Sunday 30 November 2014 08:31:58 Doug wrote:
> On 11/30/2014 08:12 AM, Dominik Haumann wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > some weeks ago, doing an emerge the first time, I was able to compile
> > frameworks and kate by typing:
> >
> > $ emerge frameworks
> > $ emerge kate
> >
> > But at this point, I have no idea how to keep the sources up-to-date.
> > emerge --update frameworks does not work. It does something, but defintiely
> > not want I want.
> >
> > So, more specifically:
> > 1. Entirely new build:
> > How to wipe all of the build-dirs and the installed stuff of frameworks + kate?
> > Under linux I have a kf5/src, kf5/usr, and kf5/build. There, I just `rm -rf usr build`.
> > How can I don the equivalent on Windows?
> >
> > 2. Incremental build:
> > Say frameworks + Kate is installed. How do I update *all* of frameworks + kate?
> > emerge --update frameworks does not at all what I want.
> > Under Linux, I do $ ./kdesrc-build frameworks, and I get what I want.
> >
> > This should be more explicit in the wiki documentation.
> > Every time I try to invest time into building Kate on Windows, I finally am
> > stuck after some hours. This is frustrating on the one side, and a complete
> > waste of time :-(
> >
> > Please enlighten me someone...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dominik
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> Not sure i know what you're asking, but I found if you get KDE for Windows, you will have the option to install Kate, as well as
> Find Files and Card Games without actually installing the KDE desktop. You'll still have the Windows desktop. If you are
> trying to avoid Windows 8/8.1 desktop, you can get Legacy Shell (freebie) and make the desktop look and act like Windows 7 or
> Windows XP.

What I'm trying to do is to *compile* Kate + all its dependencies on Windows.
I don't want any precompiled frameworks or Kate. There are lots of issues in
Kate5 on Windows. I can't fix them, if I install binaries.

Greetings,
Dominik