gtk+ r21129 - in trunk: . docs/reference docs/reference/gtk

[matthiasc svn gnome org]

Author: matthiasc
Date: Fri Aug 15 18:01:38 2008
New Revision: 21129
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gtk+?rev=21129&view=rev

Log:
Some doc additions


Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/README.in
   trunk/docs/reference/ChangeLog
   trunk/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml

Modified: trunk/README.in
==============================================================================
--- trunk/README.in	(original)
+++ trunk/README.in	Fri Aug 15 18:01:38 2008
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
   to GTK_SENSITIVITY_ON, so that the button is always sensitive or
   GTK_SENSITIVITY_OFF to make it insensitive respectively.
 
+* gdk-pixbuf will use GIO for mime type detection if possible. For
+  this to work, shared-mime-info needs to be installed and XDG_DATA_DIRS
+  set accordingly at configure time. Otherwise, gdk-pixbuf falls
+  back to its built-in sniffing implementation.
+
 Release notes for 2.12
 ======================
 

Modified: trunk/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml	(original)
+++ trunk/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml	Fri Aug 15 18:01:38 2008
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@
           drawing.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info";>shared-mime-info</ulink> 
+          package is not a hard dependency of GTK+, but it contains definitions 
+          for mime types that are used by GIO and, indirectly, by GTK+. 
+          gdk-pixbuf will use GIO for mime type detection if possible. For this 
+          to work, shared-mime-info needs to be installed and 
+          <envvar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envvar> set accordingly at configure time. 
+          Otherwise, gdk-pixbuf falls back to its built-in mime type detection.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1 id="building">