Re: Version Compatibility

[MEA-MikeFriedrichs <mfriedrichs machanalysis com>]

At 02:12 PM 7/30/2005, you wrote:
> Am Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:52:35 -0500 schrieb MEA-MikeFriedrichs:
>
> > List,
> >
> > I am using Soft Integrations 'Ch', which is bound with GTK+ 1.3.  Ch
> > is an  'C' interpreter, which is nice because it complies with ANSI 99
> > syntax,  makes it easy for debugging and running programs in the
> > office.  When the  programs are to be shipped to our customers, they
> > will be compiled with  WinGw32.
> >
> > If I code programs using 'Ch' and GTK+ 1.3, then compile the same
> > program  using GTK+ 2.x headers and libraries will I be heading for
> > problems?
>
> In general: Yes!
>
> Perhaps you've a lot of luck and your application compiles with GTK2,
> but then you get a lot of warnings and problems at runtime. Depending on
> the complexity and size of your application it could be some work to
> port it to GTK2.
>
> Here is a document about porting Gnome1 to Gnome2. Perhaps you'll find
> some usefull information here:
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/porting/

I went to the site and yes, I'm convinced I  could be heading for big problems.

I went to http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html and was 
looking at the obsolete versions.  It looks like I can download version 1.3 
runtime, development, and source.

One statement confuses me, as follows, "Unlike GTK+ 1.2 on Unix, GTK+ 1.3.0 
on Windows it is built to use GLib 2.x. (There is no binary distribution of 
any GLib 1.2 for Windows.)"

Since I'm using win2k, this statement implies I use Glib2.x.  Does this 
mean any 2.x library version?

This probably sounds crazy to spend this much effort on an obsolete 
version, but I have a interpretative version 1.3 that works, all I need is 
a version 1.3 runtime and development for compiling.  Since I'm just 
learning GTK,  I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.

Confused!!!

MikeFriedrichs