Re: Why gtkmm needs pangomm atkmm glibmm etc

["Marcelo Lira" <setanta gmail com>]

In a less laconic answer (;P, i know murray must be a busy guy), GTK+
(and its wrappers) try not to be a monolithic-do-it-all library, it
have not problems with using services from other libs. You can use only
glibmm, atkmm or cairomm for a project and don't use, and therefore not
depend upon, gtkmm.

This is the Lego way of life. :)


P.S.: Sorry for ocasional bad english.

On 5/22/06, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> i am new to gtkmm, when i compiled it it gave its dependency on pangomm
> atkmm glibmm... since gtkmm is just a wrapper over gtk+ API why does it
> need these libraries

gtkmm uses classes from them in its API.

> i want to use gtkmm but the overall size increase is about 3 mb..
>
> can some body throw some light over the need for for these libraries

They offer API.

Murray Cumming
murrayc murrayc com
www.murrayc.com
www.openismus.com

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