Re: How to use pixmaps in GTK+ applications?

[Iago Rubio <iago iagorubio com>]

On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 22:54 -0700, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
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> Iago Rubio wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 15:03 +0800, åæå wrote:
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> > > If I use them as ordinary files, how can I know the path
> > > after users' installation? What should I do in the configure.ac and
> > > Makefile.am?
> >
> > You should install them in a "known" location defined in one
> > configure.ac macro.
> >
> > As example if you've got the files in the "images" directory this code
> > in the root Makefile.am should do the trick to install them.
>
> [snip: some overcomplicated auto*-foo stuff]

Gee, almost "overcomplicated" ... :)

> I'd suggest just defining a simple directory under $datadir.  No need to
> touch configure.ac at all, and this method is easy to use and relatively
> easy to remember.  In the directory in your source tree with the image
> file, put this in Makefile.am:
>
> imagedir = $(datadir)/myappname/pixmaps
> image_DATA = image.png
> EXTRA_DIST = $(image_DATA)

You'll need to touch configure.ac then to make it to play with this
directory's Makefile.am, right ?

AC_OUTPUT([
...
imagedir/Makefile
...
])

ITOH just eight lines of shell script is not something so mad to call it
"overcomplicated", isn't it ?  ;)