Re: gnome-hello / building GTK+ & Gnome apps using autoconf

[Archit Baweja <bighead crosswinds net>]

Hey

I had the same problems in the beginning. Specifically with autoconf
and automake, just like you said. But I somehow got through. Firsly,
Install the autoconf and automake packages. Now for finding info on them.

[1] Checkout http://developer.gnome.org/ for autoconf and automake docs in
    relation to be used in GTK+/GNOME programs. 
[2] Checkout the info pages. They might seem confusing at first, but if
    you pay attention, you'll get through. I think, you'll be better off
    skipping the introduction, and go straight to the tutorial type docs,
    which explain it with an example.
[3] The GNU website maybe of some help too. Don't know really.
[4] Lastly, there is no better way to learn, but from other programs'
    sources.
[5] Come on irc.gimp.org #gnome #gtk. Guys (including me) may help you
    there. (probably your best option)

PEACE
Archit Baweja

P.S. I have the gnome-hello tarball. Tell me and I'll mail it to you.


On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Larry Morley wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anybody have a complete zip / tarball / etc. of gnome-hello (and
> other samples, if possible) they could send me or point me to?  Spec-
> ifically, the macros directory and the autogen.sh that goes in it?
> I'm reading through Havoc Pennington's GTK+/Gnome Application Develop-
> ment; unfortunately, the configure/make part of the examples are miss-
> ing that one piece.
> 
> I'm not having too much difficulty with GTK - seems to be a pretty
> easy transition to make from Motif (and a welcome one from Motif &
> plain X for most stuff).  What's throwing me is autoconf et. al. I'm
> not familiar with it, and haven't figured out how to use it yet.
> Any suggestions or advice regarding it (specifically, using it for
> GTK+ / Gnome apps) - examples, notes, etc. - would be *greatly* app-
> reciated.  At this point, I'm still using just makefiles; works, but
> its pretty crude, and I'd like to know how to do things the way most
> everyone else seems to be.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Larry Morley
> 
> 
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