On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:32:47 +1100, Noli wrote:
I think it would be
./configure --enable-vte
VTE is enabled by default, generally there is no need to explicitly enable it. It's mainly intended for users who want to build a really light Geany to disable it.
It is assuming the vte package is properly installed and it has shared library i.e. libvte.dylib in Mac OS X.
No, the configure script doesn't check whether the VTE library is installed or anything. It really is just the switch which can disable VTE support.
So, compiling Geany normally, VTE is enabled, independently whether the VTE package is actually installed or not.
At runtime, Geany looks for libvte.so (on Linux and other Unix-like systems) and if it finds the file, it loads the library. If it doesn't find the file, the VTE is disabled. You can check Help->Debug Messages to look for error messages.
Though, I don't have an idea about how to build libvte on MacOSX. Maybe better ask on a MacOSX list or libvte related list/forum for more information.
As said, if Geany can find the library, it will be loaded. You can also specify the path to the library file with the --vte-lib command line option.
Regards, Enrico