[Geany-Devel] Msys2 to compile on win32

[Thomas Martitz]

Am 14.06.2015 um 17:44 schrieb Enrico Tröger:
> On 14/06/15 17:16, Thomas Martitz wrote:
>> Am 14.06.2015 um 16:55 schrieb Thomas Martitz:
>>> Am 14.06.2015 um 16:48 schrieb Enrico Tröger:
>>>> At some point we had some discussion whether to use the same directory
>>>> on Windows as on Unix but I don't know the result.
>>> We do this already don't we (except for the renamed text files)?
>>>
>>>>> need to install to a special directory?
>>>> The current process (waf install + release.py + makensis) expects the
>>>> installation directory as a subdirectory of the source tree, e.g.
>>>> c:\git\geany\geany-1.25
>>>> where c:\git\geany is the source tree.
>>>>
>>>> But with a bit of adjusting path, any other directory should be possible
>>>> as well. Right now, release.py and geany.nsi just use relative paths. If
>>>> those are made absolute, it should work as well, I guess.
>>>>
>>> Good to know :) The wiki doesn't mention this. The waf configure line
>>> on the wiki has no prefix at all
>>
>> Okay, I managed to create an installer for a Geany GTK3 build. \o/
> Woohoo!
> Great.
>
>
>> Some additional observerations:
> [...]
>
>> - the installer wrongly reports that it ships GTK 2.24
> Did you update geany.nsi?

Nope

>
>> - the installer geany lacks some icons
> Which? Why?

Most icons are missing actually, such as open, save on the toolbar.

>
>
>> - the installer geany runs slow because gtk/glib spam a console window
> During installation or when running Geany after installation?
> Did you start Geany with -v from the CLI?
>

When running, I launched it via the Windows explorer (double click 
geany.exe). This and the lacking icons don't happen when running the 
make install'd geany.

BTW: Another observation I missed to mention: On autotools our .dll is 
libgeany.dll not geany.dll

Best regards