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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index fe7ac8a72..e085036c7 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ The tablet support uses the Wintab API. The Wintab development kit can be downloaded from http://www.pointing.com. If you don't care for that, undefine HAVE_WINTAB in config.h.win32 before building. -GTk+ wants to be built with the GNU gettext library for +GTk+ wants to be built with the GNU "intl" library for internationalisation (i18n). Get the version ported to Win32 (not a -very big deal) from tml's web site mentioned above. If you don't want -any i18n stuff, undefine ENABLE_NLS, HAVE_GETTEXT and HAVE_LIBINTL in -the config.h.win32 file, and remove references to the gnu-intl library -from the makefiles. +very big deal) from tml's web site mentioned above. We build the +"intl" library to a DLL called gnu-intl.dll to reduce name clash +risks. If you don't want any i18n stuff, undefine ENABLE_NLS, +HAVE_GETTEXT and HAVE_LIBINTL in the config.h.win32 file, and remove +references to the gnu-intl library from the makefiles. -Note that GNU gettext is under the GPL, not the LGPL like GTk+ or -GLib. So, if GPL is a problem to you, follow the above advice to -remove the use of gettext. +Note that while the GNU gettext package is under the GPL, the "intl" +library part as distributed with GNU libc is under the LGPL (like GTk+ +or GLib). We want the LGPL one, even if they are the same, more or +less. |