Re: [GNUnet-developers] gnunet-gtk portability

[N. Durner]

Hi,

>> It doesn't work because GTK+ relies on the Microsoft C runtime
>> library and it is not possible to use the CYGWIN runtime library (on
>> which we rely on) *and* the one from Microsoft.
>
> Sorry, but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Why would a GUI
> toolkit that is mainly used in the *nix-world rely on the Microsoft C
> runtime library?
Please see http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/ "Using GTK+ in your own
programs".
I have tried it myself, though. It didn't work without "-mno-cygwin".

> Have you tried using another Gtk-for-cygwin package like this one
> here, or compile it from scratch?
>
> http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~s01397ms/cygwin/
Thanks for the link, I'll have a look at it.

>> However, I have difficulties implementing "window manager" functions
>> like gtk_table_xxx and gtk_vbox_xxx, because there is no such thing
>> under Windows.
>
> Why are you doing this exactly? I don't quite see how GtkVBox and
> GtkTable have anything to do with the window manager.
Perhaps "window manager" is confusing in this context. I meant "layout
managing functions".


Nils