RES: [Dev-C++] GTK + step by step HOW-TO

[Daniel K. O. <dan...@ya...>]

 >  In the following web site
 >  http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/
 >  I got many libs and files, I am completely lost!
 >  I need help and directions on which files I have to
 >  download.



You need the dev files for GTK+ 2.2.1; this one requires glib, atk, pango,
zlib, libpng, libjpeg and libtiff (this is written on that page), so you
also need to download them (the dev version, if there's more than one).
Unzip everything on dev-cpp's directory (or under MinGW's directory, if you
have it installed somewhere else);




 >  Then I step by step procedure on how to integrate it.
 >  compiler flags, etc.



Download the pkg-config too; if you use a unix-like shell (like MSYS) you
can use it to compile your gtk programs, like on the Gtk documentation:

gcc program.c -o program.exe `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs --cflags`


If you don't want to use a shell to compile your programs, you'll need to
copy/paste the output for:


C (or C++) Compiler Flags:

  pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags

  (it will return something like:
        -IC:/DEV-CPP/include/gtk-2.0
        -IC:/DEV-CPP/lib/gtk-2.0/include
        -IC:/DEV-CPP/include/atk-1.0
        -IC:/DEV-CPP/include/pango-1.0
        -IC:/DEV-CPP/include/glib-2.0
        -IC:/DEV-CPP/lib/glib-2.0/include
  )



Linker Options:

  pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs

  (will be something like:
        -LC:/DEV-CPP/lib
        -lgtk-win32-2.0
        -lgdk-win32-2.0
        -latk-1.0
        -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0
        -lpangowin32-1.0
        -lgdi32
        -lpango-1.0
        -lgobject-2.0
        -lgmodule-2.0
        -lglib-2.0
        -lintl
        -liconv
  )



So, you can copy/paste it on a GTK+ project on Dev-Cpp. Oh, one more thing:
add the "-mms-bitfields" to the C/C++ flags.


Optionally, you can use this as your GTK+ Template (I use this one):



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[Template]
ver=1
Name=GTK
Icon=Gtk.ico
Description=Create a GUI using Gtk.
Catagory=GUI

[Unit0]
C=Gtk.txt
Cpp=Gtk.txt
CName=main.c
CppName=main.cpp

[Project]
UnitCount=1
Type=0
IsCpp=0
Compiler=-mms-bitfields_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\glib-2.0"_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\atk-1.0"_@
@_-I"<INCLUDE>\gtk-2.0"_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\pango-1.0"_@@_-I"<LIB>\glib-2.0\incl
ude"_@@_-I"<LIB>\gtk-2.0\include"
CppCompiler=-mms-bitfields_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\glib-2.0"_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\atk-1.0
"_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\gtk-2.0"_@@_-I"<INCLUDE>\pango-1.0"_@@_-I"<LIB>\glib-2.0\i
nclude"_@@_-I"<LIB>\gtk-2.0\include"
Linker=-lgtk-win32-2.0_@@_-lgdk-win32-2.0_@@_-latk-1.0_@@_-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0_@
@_-lpangowin32-1.0_@@_-lgdi32_@@_-lpango-1.0_@@_-lgobject-2.0_@@_-lgmodule-2
.0_@@_-lglib-2.0_@@_-lintl_@@_-liconv
Name=GTK+ Project
ProjectIcon=Gtk.ico



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The "Gtk.txt" file contains a small sample, that I use for almost every GTK+
program:

----
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

GtkWidget *win;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

        win = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
        g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(win), "destroy",
G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);
        gtk_widget_show(win);

        gtk_main();
}
---








 >  I tried to browse this list files, but I could not get
 >  clear information ( at least to me ) on how to do
 >  that.



I answered this question a few times here, but I'll forgive you, the search
engine on SourceForge is broken... :)




Daniel K. O.


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