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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index f0b11a286..0a0b1284f 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -3,10 +3,18 @@ correct as the Unix/X11 version. For more information about the Win32 port, see http://www.gimp.org/tml/gimp/win32/ or http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ . +The current (CVS) version of the Win32 backend is *not* as stable as it +was before the no-flicker branch was merged. A zipfile with that +version is available from http://www.gimp.org/win32/. That should be +use by "production" code until this CVS version is usable. (But note, +the Win32 backend has never been claimed to be "production quality".) + To build GTk+ on Win32, you need either the Microsoft compiler and -tools, or gcc-2.95 or later running under cygwin-b20.1 or -later. Compile in gdk\win32, gdk and gtk with `nmake -f makefile.msc` or -`make -f makefile.cygwin`. +tools, or gcc-2.95 or later. The mingw setup of gcc is preferred, but +you can run gcc also under cygwin-b20.1 or later. Compile in +gdk\win32, gdk and gtk with `nmake -f makefile.msc` or `make -f +makefile.cygwin`. The name makefile.cygwin is misleading, it should +really be called makefile.mingw. See the README.win32 file in the GLib distribution for instructions how to build with gcc. @@ -32,6 +40,6 @@ config.h.win32 file, and remove references to the gnu-intl library from the makefiles. Note that while the GNU gettext package is under the GPL, the "intl" -part of it 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. +part of it which is 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. |