Re: Irv: Your win GTK wrapper
Al Getz wrote:
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> Hello Irv,
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> I downloaded your GTK wrapper that i thought would run in Windows,
> and i couldnt find a single .exw file demo.
> I changed one of the names from exu to exw and ran it, and it
> said it had an error with a whole bunch of dll's.
> Is there a c library that needs to be downloaded for GTK or
> something like that?
You'll need GTK compiled for Windowes, it's about a 6.5 meg download.
There is a link on my website. You may need a couple other DLL's as
well.
But, DO NOT DO THIS!
Read below:
> I was thinking if i could get a few things to run in Windows
> then i could scoot on over to Linux and try some things to
> see what (if any) differences there are.
This is NOT a good idea.
1. EuGTK for Windows is very experimental. Thanks to CK and
Ron Tarrant, I'm getting some testing done on that platform,
and CK tells me most things run, but there are memory problems.
2. It's going to be MUCH harder to write your own programs
in Windows than in Linux, if only because you can't avoid a mistake
or two, and where Linux will generally pop up a warning and allow you
to kill the program gracefully, Windows will just hang/crash/whatever.
Terrible aggravation.
Plus the tools you need (editors, etc) are better on Linux, and the
program "inspector" works on Linux, not Windows, AFAIK. You kind of
need this to determine what properties are available for each control.
3. Once the program is working correctly, porting it to Windows will be
relatively easy. Mostly.
Oh, and DO NOT rename the gtk demos as .exw. That will just cause
problems when you do install GTK.
Regards,
Irv
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