Re: [gnome-love] Things that make you go "What in the world is That?!?"

[Elijah Newren <newren math utah edu>]

Thanks for the feedback!  I have a few questions...

On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 16:55, Geiregat Jonas wrote:
> Geiregat Jonas wrote:

> > Although you have put the gnu building tools in your 'must to list 
> > before starting this tutorial' I believe,
>
> gosh, sorry for the poor sentence construction
> Although you have put the gnu building tools in your 'must know list 
> before starting this tutorial' I believe,

As far as I recall, I have no "must know list before starting this
tutorial", at least no explicit one (I do have at least one comment
about needing programming ability but that's not a list).  However, may
I ask what you mean by "gnu building tools"?  I can think of a few
things that might cover:
  gcc
  make
  autoconf
  automake
  libtool
  something else?

I have various comments about each (some of which are already in the
tutorial in another location), but I'll wait until I understand more
clearly what your request is.


> > developers who are new to developing for gnome, are also most of the 
> > time new with the gnu building tools,

Yes, that is probably true.  To follow up to my previous question, let
me also ask which gnu building tools do you believe are necessary for a
beginner to learn?

> > a section covering these tools would be a nice addition. Such a 
> > section would be perfect to come before '3. Debugging'.


Thanks,
Elijah