Re: newbie developer creating custom object

[Erik Knight <kutuzof gmail com>]

Hi all, 

Since I am working with the CVS version I've also tried autogen.sh and I get:
Running gettextize...
./autogen.sh: 63: glib-gettextize: not found
Running intltoolize
no need for patching file 'Makefile.in.in'
Running libtoolize
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of
PKG_CHECK_MODULES
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
aclocal:configure.in:55: warning: macro `AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0' not found in library
aclocal:configure.in:61: warning: macro `AM_PATH_GTK_2_0' not found in library
aclocal:configure.in:255: warning: macro `AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' not
found in library
You may want to run ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-db2html
to build dia


I've tried compiling with ./configure --enable-maintain... and I get the error:
./configure: line 20580: syntax error near unexpected token `2.0.0'
./configure: line 20580: `AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.0.0)'

I use debian and I have the following packages installed:

pkg-config 0.17.2-1
intltool 0.33-1
libglib2.0-0 2.6.3-1
libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3
libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1
libgtk2.0-0 2.6.4-1
libxml2 2.6.16-7
fontconfig 2.3.1-2
libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 (the Install notes say ATK 2.0, where can I get this?)

for CVS:
automake1.9 1.9-5
autoconf 2.59a-3
libtool 1.5.6-6
gettext 0.14.4-1

The problem seems to get it's looking for version 2.0 of some glib
libraries (or atk libraries) but I don't know where to get them. Right
now dia works fine when I just grab the binaries from debian.

What am I doing wrong? should I not be working with the CVS version of
dia, but maybe just the source version off of debian?

Thanks, 
Erik

On 4/23/05, Erik Knight <kutuzof gmail com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is the first open source project I've ever worked on, so please
> bear with me if I sound like a newb.
>
> I plan to develop a custom object for Dia, similar to the UML objects.
> I tried developing with just the .shape files and the text field
> variable, but I need more customization than that. So I need to jump
> into the C code.
>
> Ultimately I need:
>
> 1) a box that maintains a minimum size, but grows if too much text is added.
> 2) 4-6 text fields that can be edited by going into the properties
> menu of the object.
> 3) 2-3 text fields that derive from mathematical computations of the
> previous text fields. These should auto update each time the above
> text fields are modified.
> 4) an image with a fixed size. The source of the image file should be
> modifiable from the properties menu of the object.
>
> What I'm developing is pretty specific to my needs. (my girlfriends
> father wants a program that lets him maintain seating arangements for
> his students and keep track of their marks. And lets him easily print
> out everything. I need something to impress him to make my girlfriend
> happy)
>
> I'm not sure if the open source community as a whole will benefit, but
> I do plan on documenting my progress and maybe this could become a
> HOW-TO for developing custom Dia objects.
>
> My question to you fine folks, is where is a good place to start? I've
> already read through object.h and object.c and I've started skimming
> through some of the other files. RIght now I'm thinking of starting by
> modifying the chronogram or UML objects.
>
> I have found the Wiki by Lars Clausen on writing programmed objects,
> are there any other turorials or how-tos that exist out there?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Erik