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For more information about the port or GLib, GTk+ and the GIMP to
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For more information about the port or GLib, GTk+ and the GIMP to
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native Windows, and pre-built binary packages, see
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native Windows, and pre-built DLLs, surf to http://www.gimp.org/win32/
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http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ . "Native" means that we use the
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"Native" means that we use the Win32 API only, and no POSIX (Unix)
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Win32 API only, and not any POSIX operating system emulation layer
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emulation layer except that provided by the Microsoft runtime C
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except that provided by the Microsoft runtime C library. Actually,
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library. Actually, a pthreads emulation library is used.
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a pthreads emulation library is used.
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To build GLib on Win32, you can use either gcc or the Microsoft
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To build GLib on Win32, you can use either gcc or the Microsoft
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compiler and tools. Both the compiler from MSVC 5.0 and from MSVC 6.0
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compiler and tools. Both the compiler from MSVC 5.0 and from MSVC 6.0
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have been used successfully. However, the makefiles for MSVC are not
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have been used successfully.
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up-to-date, sorry. If you fix the makefile.msc files, and manage to
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build with MSVC, please send the updated makefile.msc files to the
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But note that to just *use* GLib on Windows, there is not need to
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gimpwin-dev list.
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build it, prebuilt DLLs are available from the webiste above.
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With gcc I mean gcc-2.95 or gcc-2.95.2 as distributed by Mumit Khan,
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With gcc I mean gcc-2.95 or gcc-2.95.2 as distributed by Mumit Khan,
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either as a mingw version (preferred), or running under cygwin. To
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either as a mingw version (preferred), or running under cygwin. To
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haven't succeeded in that. Also, I have no idea what changes are
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haven't succeeded in that. Also, I have no idea what changes are
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necessary to the code for it to run successfully on cygwin.
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necessary to the code for it to run successfully on cygwin.
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With a little work, it might be possible to use the ./configure
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With some work, it might be possible to use the ./configure mechanism
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mechanism also with a "mingw32" configuration.
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also with a "mingw32" configuration.
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The following preprocessor macro are used for conditional compilation
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The following preprocessor macros are used for conditional compilation
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related to Win32:
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related to Win32:
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- G_OS_WIN32 is defined when compiling for Win32, *and* without
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- G_OS_WIN32 is defined when compiling for Win32, *and* without
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check for the Microsoft C library, and those checks has now been
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check for the Microsoft C library, and those checks has now been
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changed to G_OS_WIN32.
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changed to G_OS_WIN32.
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G_OS_WIN32 implies using the Microsoft C runtime MSVCRT.DLL.
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G_OS_WIN32 implies using the Microsoft C runtime MSVCRT.DLL. GLib or
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software using it is not known to work with the older CRTDLL.DLL
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runtime.
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Building software that use GLib or GTk+
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Building software that use GLib or GTk+
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snapshot from 1999-05-30 is the one that should be used. Edit the
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snapshot from 1999-05-30 is the one that should be used. Edit the
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location of the pthreads library and include files in makefile.msc or
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location of the pthreads library and include files in makefile.msc or
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makefile.mingw. The pthreads distribution includes the precompiled dll
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makefile.mingw. The pthreads distribution includes the precompiled dll
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and import libraries both for MSVC and gcc.
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and import libraries both for MSVC and gcc. Later versions might also
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work.
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The pthreads for Win32 package that the thread support uses supposedly
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The pthreads for Win32 package that the thread support uses supposedly
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isn't quite ready yet, and thus threads stuff should not be relied
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isn't quite ready yet, and thus threads stuff should not be relied
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upon for anything serious.
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upon for anything serious.
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Libiconv
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Before building GLib you must also have the libiconv library, either
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from the same website mentioned above, or from it's homepage at
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http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/packages-libiconv.html.
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Where are the makefiles?
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Where are the makefiles?
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makefile.mingw.in or makefile.msc.in file to that name, and edit the
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makefile.mingw.in or makefile.msc.in file to that name, and edit the
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line that sets GLIB_VER to the correct version number.
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line that sets GLIB_VER to the correct version number.
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This is done automatically when an official distribution package is
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This is done automatically when an official GLib source distribution
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built.
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package is built.
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Building with gcc
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Building with gcc
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=================
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I use the latest and greatest gcc, gcc-2.95.2. 2.95 will also work.
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I use the latest gcc, gcc-2.95.2. Version 2.95 will most probably also
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Earlier version might, but you are on your own.
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work.
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You can either use gcc running on cygwin, or the "pure" mingw
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You can either use gcc running on cygwin, or the "pure" mingw
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gcc. Using the latter is much easier.
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gcc. Using the latter is much easier.
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below. Even if you run the mingw gcc, you still want to have cygwin to
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below. Even if you run the mingw gcc, you still want to have cygwin to
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run make in.
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run make in.
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If you want to run a cygwin-based gcc, it gets much more
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If you want to run a cygwin-based gcc, it gets a bit more
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complicated. We still want gcc to produce code that does not use
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complicated. We still want gcc to produce code that does not use
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cygwin, but the msvcrt runtime. The way to do this can be quite
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cygwin, but the msvcrt runtime. The way to do this can be quite
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complex, and the instructions are not included here. Contact me if you
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complex, and the instructions are not included here. Contact me if you
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