Re: How to use pixmaps in GTK+ applications?

[Zhou Qingbo <zhouqb gmail com>]

On 10/17/05, Iago Rubio <iago iagorubio com> wrote:
> > [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 ?  ;)

No, not at all. Just another way :)
I saw the scripts before, but didn't know why they can use macros like
"mkinstalldirs" and thought the macros might be defined somewhere
else. :) Now I know I can use them freely.
But in fact, if the Makefile.am is created in the imagedir directory,
the line imagedir/Makefile in AC_OUTPUT macro will be automatically
generated by autoscan. Maybe you always write configure.ac by hand? I
often use autoscan to generate configure.scan, do some modifications,
and rename it to configure.ac

Thank you!

Zhou Qingbo