[Geany] /configure with vte support

[Enrico Tröger]

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

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