No worries :) On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Brian Manning <c...@xaoc.org> wrote:
> I wasn't really implying anything, just trying to clarify what might > happen if you already had an existing Strawberry install (i.e. the > zipfile installs on top of the existing install) so as to try and > minimize confusion and issues for end-users. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Daniel Kasak <d.j.kasak...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Correct. I guess you could play with paths etc to have 2 installations > > co-exist. To answer what you're implying ( or what I think you are ), > yes it > > would be good to have *just* the gtk stuff that you could drop into an > > existing Strawberry Perl installation, but that would be difficult at > this > > point. The installation process included removing quite a few pieces of > > Strawberry Perl and rebuilding them. I could use a diff tool to figure > out > > what's changed from a 'base' installation and try to package things from > > there, but it's not clear what effect these rebuilt components would > have on > > things other people might be using. Anyway, I'm open to suggests etc. > I'm in > > the process of setting up a wiki detailing the build instructions. Then > I'll > > submit patches to try to reduce the size of the wiki & complexity of the > > installation process. If there is enough interest, I guess 'we' can work > on > > packaging just the gtk components. Let's see how many users there are. > > That's one good thing about hosting the download - I can see how many > > downloads there are ( unlike cpan for example ). > > > > Dan > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Brian Manning <c...@xaoc.org> wrote: > >> > >> I'm guessing this is both Strawberry Perl + GTK+3 (C libs) + Gtk3 > >> (Perl libs), not just GTK+3 and Gtk3 that you drop on top of an > >> existing Strawberry Perl install? > >> > >> In other words, this would replace an existing Strawberry Perl install? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Daniel Kasak <d.j.kasak...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi all. > >> > > >> > As I mentioned previously, I was interested in posting a bounty to > "make > >> > stuff compile" on Windows. I've done this, and the developer has given > >> > me > >> > binaries, patches, and detailed build instructions :) > >> > > >> > So now I'm happy to announce the 1st version of Gtk3-Perl support on > >> > Windows. It's based on the latest version of Strawberry Perl & > >> > Gtk-3.14.3, > >> > and has a bunch of other things I needed built which I knew would be > >> > difficult ( DBD::ODBC ). A 150MB binary is available at: > >> > http://tesla.duckdns.org/downloads/Strawberry-5.20.1-gtk3.tar.bz2 > >> > > >> > There are a couple of visual issues. Lots of icons don't render ( > using > >> > stock names ), but *some* do. There is even a 'broken icon' thing for > >> > the > >> > little arrow in combo boxes, which looks bad. Also the default Gtk3 > >> > theme > >> > which is now included across all platforms and which I was getting > >> > excited > >> > about doesn't really look the same as on Linux. It's on off-colour > which > >> > I'm > >> > "not so excited" about, and things ... hmmm ... it's hard to describe > >> > ... > >> > but it's not the same as on Linux. Anyway I assume most these things > are > >> > relatively easily fixable - I'm just throwing it out there in case > >> > someone > >> > can immediately say "oh yeah this is because of xyz". > >> > > >> > As time permits, I'll upload his very good documentation, and > everything > >> > else involved. At this point, I'm concentrating on repeating his > >> > process, so > >> > we can continue to build later versions. > >> > > >> > If people want to test and report issues back to the list, the guy has > >> > offered to support any build-related issues for a reasonable period of > >> > time. > >> > > >> > Dan > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > gtk-perl-list mailing list > >> > gtk-perl-list@gnome.org > >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-perl-list > >> > > > > > >
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