How do I configure GTK+ to work on Windows?

[Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi>]

Mick writes:
 > How do I configure GTK+ to work on Windows using, say, Dev C++ with
 > MinGW? 

Well, Dev C++ -specific issues you will have to take up on whatever is
the appropriate forum for that.

 > Many of the ZIP files that I downloaded from the GTK site
 > lacked certain LIB files and still I don't have some of them.

What do you mean with "LIB files"? Files called *.lib? Those would be
libraries for Microsoft's compiler/linker, not gcc (MinGW). The
(import) libraries for gcc are called lib*.dll.a, and the ZIP files do
include them.

 > Could I know a step by step procedure to install and make GTK+
 > programs through Windows 98?

Step 0: Upgrade to Windows XP. This is optional, but essential for
your own sanity.

Step 1: Learn to make non-GTK+ programs. Understand what the -I, -L
and -l switches do.

 > Suggest an editor/compiler and its configuation as well.

I thought you had decided to use DevC++? My personal preference is
XEmacs and gcc (mingw).

 > Also tell exactly what I should download.

I think there are sites that offer "all-on-one" GTK+-on-Win32
development packages, even specially tailored for Dev C++? I don't
know anything about those.

If you choose to have more control and download individual zip files
(so that you can check what they contain before "installing"), then in
addition to mingw, you will need the run-time for glib, atk, pango,
gtk+, libpng, zlib, gettext, and iconv.

--tml