Re: wxEuphoria

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On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 11:31:11AM -0800, David Cuny wrote:
> 
> I haven't looked at the latest version of wxUniversal, but since:
> 
> 1. On Linux, it emulates GTK
> 2. Almost all Linux boxes include the GTK library
> 
> it seemed a bit pointless to use wxUniversal, especially since it was still 
> beta. Now, if it had the cool KDE file dialog, I'd switch to it in a 
> heartbeat. The GTK file dialog is pretty awful, and the rewrite won't be 
> ready until next September.

Actually, it can emulate 1 of 3 widget sets, GTK, Win95, and a third which
escapes me at the moment.

Perhaps I should have just got wxGTK tho, compiling the GTK lib might not have
taken as long ...

> 
> A small 'gotcha' I ran into when compiling the static version was that if you 
> use certain libraries, you have to specifically note them as static:
> 
>   ./configure --with-gtk --with-opengl --disable-shared --enable-static
>   --with-libjpeg_builtin --with-libpng_builtin --with-regex_builtin
>   --with-libtiff_builtin --with-libzlib_builtin
> 
> I haven't had a chance to recompile my library yet to see if this takes care 
> of all the dependancies.
> 

I just used "./configure --with-x11" (which does "--with-universal" by
default), so I'm making shared libraries ...

... still not done yet btw. (I've stopped it in the meantime, used too much
of my cpu, so I'm only compiling perhaps 10 hours per day now, while I sleep.)

> Also, I'd suggest getting a hold of a Knoppix CD. Because it boots and runs 
> from CD, it's quite useful for checking dependancies.
> 
> -- David Cuny

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