gtk2/README.win32
Tor Lillqvist 1f149b3a8d Large changes to the Win32 backend, partially made necessary by the
2000-05-02  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>

Large changes to the Win32 backend, partially made necessary by
the changes to the backend-independent internal
structures. Attempts to implement similar backing store stuff as
on X11. The current (CVS) version of the Win32 backend is *not* as
stable as it was before the no-flicker branch was merged. A
zipfile with that version is available from
http://www.gimp.org/win32/. That should be use by "production"
code until this CVS version is usable. (But note, the Win32
backend has never been claimed to be "production quality".)

* README.win32: Add the above comment about versions.

* gdk/gdkwindow.c: Don't use backing store for now on Win32.

* gdk/gdk.def: Update.

* gdk/gdkfont.h: Declare temporary Win32-only functions. Will
presumably be replaced by some more better mechanism as 1.4 gets
closer to release shape.

* gdk/makefile.{cygwin,msc}: Update.

* gdk/win32/*.c: Correct inclusions of the backend-specific and
internal headers. Change code according to changes in these. Use
gdk_drawable_*, not gdk_window_* where necessary.

* gdk/win32/gdkdnd-win32.c: Use MISC selector for GDK_NOTE, not
our old DND.

* gdk/win32/gdkdrawable-win32.c (gdk_win32_draw_text): Don't try
to interpret single characters as UTF-8. Thanks to Hans Breuer.
Use correct function name in warning messages.

* gdk/win32/gdkevents-win32.c: Use correct parameter lists for the
GSourceFuncs gdk_event_prepare and gdk_event_check.
(gdk_event_get_graphics_expose): Do implement, use
PeekMessage. Thanks to Hans Breuer.
(event_mask_string): Debugging function to print an GdkEventMask.
(gdk_pointer_grab): Use it.

* gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c: The Unicode subrange that the
(old) book I used claimed was Hangul actually is CJK Unified
Ideographs Extension A. Also, Hangul Syllables were missing.
Improve logging.

* gdk/win32/gdkgc-win32.c: Largish changes.

* gdk/win32/gdkim-win32.c (gdk_set_locale): Use
g_win32_getlocale() from GLib, and not setlocale() to get current
locale name.

* gdk/win32/gdkprivate-win32.h
* gdk/win32/gdkwin32.h: Move stuff from gdkprivate-win32.h to
gdkwin32.h, similarily as in the X11 backend.

* gdk/win32/gdkwindow-win32.c (gdk_propagate_shapes): Bugfix,
assignment was used instead of equals in if test. Thanks to Hans
Breuer.

* gdk/win32/makefile.{cygwin,msc}
* gtk/makefile.{cygwin,msc}: Updates. Better kludge to get the
path to the Win32 headers that works also with the mingw compiler.

* gtk/gtkstyle.c: Include <string.h>.
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The Win32 port of GTk+ is a work in progress, and not as stable or
correct as the Unix/X11 version. For more information about the Win32
port, see http://www.gimp.org/tml/gimp/win32/ or
http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ .
The current (CVS) version of the Win32 backend is *not* as stable as it
was before the no-flicker branch was merged. A zipfile with that
version is available from http://www.gimp.org/win32/. That should be
use by "production" code until this CVS version is usable. (But note,
the Win32 backend has never been claimed to be "production quality".)
To build GTk+ on Win32, you need either the Microsoft compiler and
tools, or gcc-2.95 or later. The mingw setup of gcc is preferred, but
you can run gcc also under cygwin-b20.1 or later. Compile in
gdk\win32, gdk and gtk with `nmake -f makefile.msc` or `make -f
makefile.cygwin`. The name makefile.cygwin is misleading, it should
really be called makefile.mingw.
See the README.win32 file in the GLib distribution for instructions
how to build with gcc.
To use GTk+ on Win32, you also need either of the above mentioned
compilers. Other compilers might work, but don't count on it. The
same instructions on how to set up a correct version of gcc should
also be followed if you want to build applications that use GTk+ with
gcc.
The tablet support uses the Wintab API. The Wintab development kit can
be downloaded from http://www.pointing.com. If you don't care for
that, undefine HAVE_WINTAB in config.h.win32 and remove references to
the wntab32x library from the makefile before building.
GTk+ wants to be built with the GNU "intl" library for
internationalisation (i18n). Get the version ported to Win32 (not a
very big deal) from tml's web site mentioned above. We build the
"intl" library as a DLL called gnu-intl.dll (the "gnu" prefix is used
to reduce name clash risks). If you don't want any i18n stuff,
undefine ENABLE_NLS, HAVE_GETTEXT and HAVE_LIBINTL in the
config.h.win32 file, and remove references to the gnu-intl library
from the makefiles.
Note that while the GNU gettext package is under the GPL, the "intl"
part of it which is distributed with GNU libc is under the LGPL (like
GTk+ or GLib). We want the LGPL one, even if they are the same, more
or less.