Re: Meld 1.7.2 released

[Mark Mikofski <bwanamarko yahoo com>]

> From: Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>

> To: Mark Mikofski <bwanamarko yahoo com>
> Cc: meld-list <meld-list gnome org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Meld 1.7.2 released
>
> I have no idea about libintl packaging. I assumed that GTK or PyGTK or
> something would include it.
>
> It *is* required for translations to work properly. If anyone knows
> about this stuff Windows-side, and can tell me that I can't rely on it
> being present, then it's not difficult to reproduce the old try/except
> behaviour here. However, given the below problem I'm currently
> inclined to think it's an installation issue.
>
> This just looks like a broken install to me. I don't know that we
> expect Meld to function without an icon theme installed. I know
> ~nothing about Windows GTK+ packaging options, but I test with the
> PyGtk all-in-one installer, making it pretty much the only 'supported'
> option. However, Keegan's installer is high on the list, and may well
> be a better option.
>
> cheers,
> Kai

Hi Kai,

Thanks for your response!

TL;DR: libintl is **not** problem. I was able to link it. hi-color-icon-theme also **not** issue. I installed 
it. No icon shows for "version control". See more details below:

1. I linked to the wrong file, but that's obviously not the problem. I am using `GTK/runtime`, but I was 
looking in `lib`, but the `libintl` is in `bin`. But for some reason python doesn't like `cdll.intl`, I have 
to use the following:

    intl = cdll.LoadLibrary("libintl-8.dll")

and then it loads fine. So that is obviously _not_ the problem. So I don't think you need the try/except 
behavior unless you want to try it using LoadLibrary and libintl-8, which may fail on some systems without 
PyGTK/GTK+ which I assume all have the same version of gettext.

2. as I stated in #1, I _am_ using PyGTK/GTK+ all-in-one bundle, but I am using the x64 versions - GTK+, 
version 2.22.1 is from gnome [1] and PyGTK, same version, is from Christoph Gohlke [2]. I'm not sure if that 
is the difference. Is it possible that my version is too old for meld now?

3. here is the windows python crash report:

    Problem signature:
      Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
      Application Name:python.exe
      Application Version:0.0.0.0
      Application Timestamp:4f84a524
      Fault Module Name:libglib-2.0-0.dll
      Fault Module Version:2.26.1.0
      Fault Module Timestamp:4d1b271d
      Exception Code:40000015
      Exception Offset:000000000005180e
      OS Version:6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
      Locale ID:1033
      Additional Information 1:4718
      Additional Information 2:47183f87aa8b47fd333da005fc9f3c8c
      Additional Information 3:dd09
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4. I installed the hi-color-icon-theme, and I don't get that warning anymore, but the other message is still 
there. here is the traceback **with** hi-color theme installed

    $ meld

    (python.exe:3296): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_loadable_icon_load: assertion `G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' 
failed
    **
    Gtk:ERROR:gtkrecentmanager.c:1942:get_icon_fallback: assertion failed: (retval != NULL)

    This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
    Please contact the application's support team for more information.

5. So what I've noticed is that the new version control icon is X-ed out as if it can't be found. Could that 
be what is causing the crash? bizarre

I will try to troubleshoot more if I get a chance. Thanks!

[1] http://www.gtk.org/download/win64.php 
[2] http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/