CMake project manager compilation issues with MinGW and Windows XP compatibility

[Cordylus Interneter]

 ---- On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 17:41:01 +0200 Kevin Funk <kfunk at kde.org> wrote ----  
 > On Sunday, 13 November 2016 23:42:42 CET Cordylus Interneter wrote:  
 > > Hello, I've built KDevelop on Windows XP using MinGW (natively, without  
 > > MSYS). Should I post step-by-step guide on how it was done - where did i  
 > > download suitable precompiled and source dependencies, how and in what  
 > > order everything was compiled? I still have some troubles setting up  
 > > environment, but the exe works fine, so you should definitely switch your  
 > > Platform Toolset to XP-compatible one. As for dependencies compatibility,  
 > > the only problem I had with Frameworks was the support for  
 > > CreateSymbolicLinkW in KIO, but that can be easily commented out and  
 > > recompiled separately.  
 > >   
 > > KDevelop itself compiled without issues, except for CMake project manager.  
 > > Here are the fixes that had to be done in it, I expect them to be taken  
 > > upstream:  
 > >   
 > > 1. in projectmanagers/cmake/parser/cmListFileLexer.c and  
 > > cmListFileLexer.in.l - #ifdef WIN32  
 > > + #ifdef _WIN32  
 > > + #include <io.h>  
 > > why: as for the missing underscore, I'm not sure how it slipped in and  
 > > compiled at all, and the include is needed for isatty function declaration.  
 > >   
 > > 2. in projectmanagers/cmake/parser/EncodingC.c  
 > > - //#include "kwsysPrivate.h"  
 > > + /* #include "kwsysPrivate.h" */  
 > > - //#include KWSYS_HEADER(Encoding.h)  
 > > + /* #include KWSYS_HEADER(Encoding.h) */  
 > > why: since C sources are compiled in std mode, C++ comments do not work.  
 >   
 > Thanks a lot for that information and for the feedback! Great to hear   
 > KDevelop/KF5 still works fine for Windows XP.  
 >   
 > I'm planning to try to build KDevelop targeting the XP-compatible platform   
 > toolset as well, using Emerge [1]. Will update the recipes if needed.  
 >   
 > Thanks again!  
 >   
 > PS: Got some screenshots? :)  
 >   
 > Cheers,  
 > Kevin  
 >   
 > [1] https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows  
 >   
 > --   
 > Kevin Funk | kfunk at kde.org | http://kfunk.org 
 
Attaching the welcome screen screenshot :) 
 
I'm still trying to set the correct environment. 
First, I set QT_PLUGINS_PATH to lib\plugins, so it found plugins. 
Next, I copied bin\data\icontheme.rcc from the installer, so the icons appeared.  
Now, how do I make it look for templates in bin\data instead of %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data? 
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