[Audacity-devel] Generic file dialog on Linux

[Markus M. <me...@me...>]

Hi,

I just committed a change which makes the generic file dialog work on 
Linux. Before, an error occurred while trying to compile 
generic/FileDialog.cpp and one had to install the libgtk2.0-dev package 
(or similar) to compile Audacity.

This brings up the question whether, regardless of the fixed generic 
dialog, we should explicitely force the user to install libgtk-dev (not 
just libwxgtk-dev). Previously, the user was forced (the configure 
script wouldn't tell him but the compilation error would force him) to 
install libgtk. Personally, I like the generic dialog, but users may be 
disappointed when Linux distros build their packages without support for 
the native dialog. Also, if GTK is not available, Leland's label track 
crash fix will not be compiled in.


Markus