[Geany-Devel] GTK version policy

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Sat Feb 24 22:17:24 UTC 2018


On 25 February 2018 at 07:35, Lars Paulsen <lars_paulsen at web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I also don't like the idea of having completely separated plugin versions,
> one for GTK2 and one for GTK3.
> But I also do not like to have my code littered with #ifdef's.
>
> I am not sure if we can simply handle all things with some macro's in a
> header.
> What about writing some compatibility code for the plugins in the common
> utils lib?
> So plugins can share the compatibility code and the #ifdef's would only be
> in the common utils lib.
> It might mean an extra function call but IMHO that is acceptable.
>

Hi Lars,

Seems ok.

Not sure GTK2 is worth too much effort though.  GTK2 __will__ reduce
in usage, especially when GTK4 is out later this year.

But its up to you.

Cheers
Lex

> Regards,
> Lars
>
>
>
> On 24.02.2018 03:53, Matthew Brush wrote:
>>
>> On 2018-02-23 11:53 AM, Lars Paulsen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I have ported the scope plugin to GTK3.
>>> During that work I also noticed some deprecation warnings for the
>>> workbench plugin which I did create not long ago
>>> and as suggested by the HACKING file I did write it for GTK2.
>>>
>>> If I port a plugin to GTK3 should it still support GTK2?
>>> Should we change the HACKING file regarding the preferred GTK version to
>>> prevent people from writing new plugins based on GTK2?
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For the average plugin with minimal dependencies I would recommend to
>> support both since it's so easy. You can put all of your version specific
>> stuff into a single compatibility header (and/or re-use Geany's) so you
>> don't need to litter your code with #ifdef stuff very much.
>>
>> Most distros, as well as the Windows and MacOS releases are still shipping
>> the GTK+2 version of Geany/Geany-Plugins and it's the build system default
>> as well, so if you care about supporting a wide user base, supporting both
>> versions is a good idea.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Matthew Brush
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