Re: Some questions about GTK2 and glib2

[Josh Green <jgreen users sourceforge net>]

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 16:23, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> Josh Green <jgreen users sourceforge net> writes:
>
> > I have an application that uses GObject in its underlying support
> > libraries. I had for a while been using a gobject2gtk support layer that
> > I got from the GStreamer project (for use with GTK1.2). I recently
> > decided to ditch the compatibility layer and require GObject, since I
> > found it too restrictive. I also ported the GUI to GTK2.
> >
> > The problem is that I still want to have some sort of support for GTK1.2
> > users. 
>
> I think you aren't doing yourself any favors by trying this.  I'd just
> rely on users ability to get gtk2.
>
> > I've decided to make the new GTK2 port a separate code branch from the
> > GTK1.2 code. I still want to use GObject with the GTK1.2 branch
> > though. So the question is:
> >
> > Can my underlying shared libraries use GObject/glib2 and link with the
> > main GUI program that uses GTK1.2/glib1.2?
>
> No. Any approach here is going to involve a lot of pain on your part.
>
> Good Luck,
> -Jonathan

I agree with what you say, and I would really like to just do things
that way. It doesn't really seem that hard to get GTK2, and since my
program is in a state of heavy development anyways, I'm tempted to do
exactly that (ditch GTK1.2). Thanks for the input.
        Josh