[Geany-Devel] [geany/geany] f03206: Windows: Compile geany_private.rc into Geany.exe for version data and icon

[Matthew Brush]

On 15-04-18 03:51 AM, Enrico Tröger wrote:
> On 18/04/15 11:47, Enrico Tröger wrote:
>> On 17/04/15 21:32, Colomban Wendling wrote:
>>> Le 12/04/2015 22:54, Enrico Tröger a écrit :
>>>> Branch:      refs/heads/master
>>>> Author:      Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>
>>>> Committer:   Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>
>>>> Date:        Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:54:16 UTC
>>>> Commit:      f03206744361baac1c811db97f5d2816409d7787
>>>>               https://github.com/geany/geany/commit/f03206744361baac1c811db97f5d2816409d7787
>>>>
>>>> Log Message:
>>>> -----------
>>>> Windows: Compile geany_private.rc into Geany.exe for version data and icon
>>>
>>> Should we integrate geany_private.rc in the library too?  This isn't
>>> done with Autotools, but could be added.
>>
>> It's not really necessary. For Waf, I just added it to the binary where
>> it is necessary and kept it for the library.
>> The rc file serves two main purposes:
>> - add the icon to the binary
>> - add versioning information to the binary (e.g. in the file properties
>> dialog in the Details tab)
>>
>> While especially the icon is important for the binary, I guess the rc
>> file is just nice to have for the library but not necessary.
>> But I agree we should do the same for Waf and autotools, either link it
>> or don't link it.
>> I don't mind which way to go.
>
> After thinking a bit more about this, I think we should not link the rc
> file against the library. We also don't link it against the plugin
> libraries.
>
> The rc file contains settings that the resulting binary is an executable
> and it includes also the geany.exe.manifest. Both do not apply to the
> library. So it is actually wrong to use that rc file for the library.
>
> If there are no objections, I will remove linking the rc file against
> the library in Waf.
>

None here.

I think the way it might make sense is if it contained artwork, UIs, 
translations and stuff like they often do for Win32 API projects, and 
that were actually used in libgeany.dll, but since we just use it for 
the .exe icon, meta-info, styles, etc. I tend to agree it makes more 
sense linked to the .exe.

We might still want an .rc file for the library though, if it's 
important to show the correct meta-info in Windows explorer for the .dll 
file (I dunno if it is?).

Cheers,
Matthew Brush