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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index e4c091666..103f81ec6 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ The Win32 port of GTK+ is a work in progress, and not as stable or correct as the Unix/X11 version. For more information about the Win32 -port, see http://www.gimp.org/win32/ . +port, and prebuilt runtime and developer packages see +http://www.gimp.org/win32/ . -This (CVS HEAD) version of the Win32 backend does *not* necessarily -even compile properly. There is a gtk-1-3-win32-production branch that -was branched off from before the addition of the no-flicker and other -recent functionality. That is what should be used by "production" code -until the CVS HEAD version is useable. (But note, the Win32 backend +There is a gtk-1-3-win32-production branch of GTK+ that was branched +off from before the addition of the no-flicker and other recent +functionality. That is what should be used by "production" code until +this CVS HEAD (2.0) version is useable. (But note, the Win32 backend has never been claimed to be "production quality", although it works surprisingly well for the GIMP.) @@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ this myself, but it might be hell to setup correctly. Personally I run configure with: CC='gcc -mpentium -fnative-struct' CPPFLAGS='-I/target/include' CFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS='-L/target/lib' ./configure --disable-static --prefix=/target --with-gdktarget=win32 --with-wintab=/src/wtkit126 --with-ie55=/src/workshop/ie55_lib --host=i386-pc-mingw32 --enable-maintainer-mode +It might well be that in order for this to work, you will have to get +a bleeding-edge version of libtool for Win32, run libtoolize yourself, +and then run autoconf to generate the configure script. + 2) Use the Microsoft compiler, cl and Make, nmake. Say nmake -f makefile.msc in gdk and gtk. Alternative 1 also generates Microsoft import libraries (.lib), if you -have lib.exe available. It should also work for cross-compilation from +have lib.exe available. It might also work for cross-compilation from Unix. There are hand-written makefiles for mingw (look for makefile.mingw in @@ -34,20 +38,18 @@ various directories), but those haven't been kept up-to-date, and probably won't work without editing. Sorry. If you make them work again, by all means do submit patches. -Note that I use mainly gcc myself, and thus the build setup for -Microsoft's nmake and cl might be a bit rusty. Hans Breuer has been -taking care of those makefiles. At times, we disagree a bit, and the -msc makefiles might not produce compatible or identically named DLLs -and import libraries as the autoconfiscated makefiles and libtool do. +Note that I use method 1 myself. Hans Breuer has been taking care of +the MSVC makefiles. At times, we disagree a bit about various issues, +and the makefile.msc files might not produce identically named DLLs +and import libraries as the "autoconfiscated" makefiles and libtool +do. Using GTK+ on Win32 =================== To use GTK+ on Win32, you also need either one of the above mentioned -compilers. Other compilers might work, but don't count on it. The same -instructions on how to set up a correct version of gcc should also be -followed if you want to build applications that use GTk+ with gcc. For -prebuilt developer packages (DLLs, import libraries, headers), see the +compilers. Other compilers might work, but don't count on it. Look for +prebuilt developer packages (DLLs, import libraries, headers) on the above website. Multi-threaded use of GTK+ on Win32 @@ -78,10 +80,6 @@ i18n stuff, undefine ENABLE_NLS, HAVE_GETTEXT and HAVE_LIBINTL in the config.h.win32 file, and remove references to the intl library from the makefiles. -Note that while the GNU gettext package is under the GPL, the "intl" -part of it is under the LGPL (like GTK or GLib), as of -gettext-0.10.40. - ActiveIMM ========= @@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ If you want to build a GTK+ that supports ActiveIMM (the Input Method Manager for non-EastAsia locales that can be used on Win9x/NT4), you need the dimm.h header file. That is somewhat difficult to find, but http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/internet/wizard/ seems to -be a good place to look nowadays. If you use autoconfiscated build, +be a good place to look nowadays. If you use "autoconfiscated" build, pass the --with-ie55 flag to configure specifyin the location of the ie55_lib directory created by downloading the IE5.5 headers and libs from the above URL. |