[Geany-Devel] Blank completion popups on Windows

[Lex Trotman]

On 20 April 2015 at 07:43, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> On 19/04/15 17:39, Thomas Martitz wrote:
>> Am 19.04.2015 um 15:57 schrieb Enrico Tröger:
>>> This said, the reason we need the hack is because of
>>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712220, so if this was fixed
>>> we could one day drop the hack.  But this would mean depend on a fixed
>>> version, which probably won't be acceptable before a decade or so :)
>>>
>>> So we'll have to fix the Windows build issue in some way…
>>> I gave it another look, however I sort of give up :(.
>>>
>>> What I know is, with gcc 3.4 the popups work cleanly and as expected,
>>> even when compiled natively on Windows. This is why the nightly builds
>>> work, they are built with an old gcc 3.4.
>>>
>>
>> What gives sizeof(GtkScrolledWindow) with the old gcc vs new gcc? Did
>> you try -mms-bitfields or -mno-ms-bitfields with the old one, does that
>> make a difference?
>
> I already tried -mms-bitfields vs. -mno-ms-bitfields but forgot to
> mention it, sorry.
> -mno-ms-bitfields is not an option at all because GTK is built with and
> building Geany without leads to crashes at early startup.
>
> Sizeof is good idea.
> gcc-4.8: 84
> gcc-3.4: 88
>
> So, this supports the theory of an ABI incompatibility?

Just a wild stab, does it work with 64 bit?

Cheers
Lex

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> Enrico
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