RE: GNOME/GTK versions

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: dan davidson conexant com [mailto:dan davidson conexant com] 
> I hate to ask a question that may be obvious to some, but-->
> Do X GUI applications built under GTK 1.2 (RH 7.2) run on 
> newer versions
> (GTK2.0/RH7.3, GTK2.0/RH8, and GKT2.2/RH9)?

No, not without recompiling/porting.

> If not, is there a method to determine the GTK version (e.g., 
> 1.2 or 2.0,
> etc.) from a shell script so that the shell script can run the correct
> application built for that system?

Do you mean
a) The GTK+ version installed?
b) The GTK+ version that an app needs?

Why not just run the app and make sure you've installed the libraries that
it needs?

Murray Cumming
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