Inkscape

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:56:06AM +0100, Hal Lorenz wrote:
> Also are there any docs on the Inkscape site that pertain to compiling
> it for Win32 w/ gtkmm? Either by x-compiling on Linux or using
> cygwin/mingw, I'm interested in how you guys do it.

Sure, check this out:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Win32Port

Bryce

Hal Lorenz wrote:
> I don't mind the Inkscape UI on Windows, but was wondering if it is
> being considered to give Inkscape a native-ish look on Windows, or
> even if there are any means to doing so?

Well, our UI is programed in GTK+, so there is some restrictions to what 
we can do to make it more like a Windows program.  I think a better 
approach would be to help out on the GTK+ Windows port to make it behave 
more like a Windows application.  One thing that is constantly 
complained about with Inkscape is the dialog boxes not being handled 
correctly.  If you could fix that, it would probably help Inkscape, 
GIMP, GAIM, etc.

		--Ted

Ted Gould wrote:

> Hal Lorenz wrote:
>
>> I don't mind the Inkscape UI on Windows, but was wondering if it is
>> being considered to give Inkscape a native-ish look on Windows, or
>> even if there are any means to doing so?
>
>
> Well, our UI is programed in GTK+, so there is some restrictions to 
> what we can do to make it more like a Windows program.  I think a 
> better approach would be to help out on the GTK+ Windows port to make 
> it behave more like a Windows application.  One thing that is 
> constantly complained about with Inkscape is the dialog boxes not 
> being handled correctly.  If you could fix that, it would probably 
> help Inkscape, GIMP, GAIM, etc.
>
For a start, we officially switched to the GTK-Wimp theme for Windows, 
so that helps. Otherwise, there is currently a patch that the GTK+ folks 
are reviewing that will fix the transient window issue... if that's what 
you're talking about.

-Josh