Re: problems while compiling gtk with MSVC

[Hubert Sokolowski <h sokolowski wsisiz edu pl>]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:07:40 +0000
Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi> wrote:

> Hubert Sokolowski writes:
>  > I was trying to compile gtk using msvc. after successfull
>  > compilation of
>  > glib  I downloaded the sources for atk and pango from Tor's site.
>  > In atk sources there is no makefile.msc file. Don't know how to
>  > make
>  > one.
>
> Sorry, but if you want to use MSVC, you will have to hack together the
> makefiles yourself where needed. The ones that are provided are
> certain to have bitrotted more or less badly, and need some gentle
> editing. The GLib MSVC makefiles might be a bit in better shape, as
> you noticed.
>
>  > in pango sources there is makefile.msc in example directory, but
>  > it uses gtk lib file. I thought that gtk depends on pango, not
>  > pango on
>  > gtk.
>
> The example in question (viewer-win32.c) uses GTK but not for text
> output. I don't think it has been maintained for many years. It
> probably is a mistake to include it (and the makefile.msc) in the
> tarballs.
>
>  > Are there gtk runtime package compiled with msvc available for
>  > download somewhere?
>
> How do you think you will notice the difference between gcc- and
> MSVC-compiled executable code?
I just wanted to check it. I can also leave this topic about gtk
performance on windows and go away.

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Greetings,
Hubert Sokolowski