Re: checking for gdk/gdkx.h

["A. Walton" <awalton gnome org>]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc avtechpulse com> wrote:
> What is the correct way to check for the presence of gdkx.h on a system?
> This doesn't work for me:
>
> +# Checks for GDK X11 support; GDK & GTK on Mac OS X do not provide X11
> +# extensions if compiled to use the Quartz backend.
> +#
> +HAVE_GDKX=no
> +AC_CHECK_HEADER(gdk/gdkx.h,
> +               [HAVE_GDKX=yes]
> +               [AC_MSG_WARN(Disabling GDK/X11-dependent features.)])
>
> It always returns "no", even on systems where it is present.
>
> My understanding of autotools and makefiles is pretty limited...

Seems like you could just check pkg-config for gdk-x11-2.0 instead of
gdk-2.0 for the X11-specific support, and fallback to the regular
gdk-2.0 if it's not found.

Admittedly my autotools knowledge is just as limited if not more so
though, so if that doesn't work, I haven't a clue.

-A. Walton.

> - Mike
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