Re: GTK+3 win32/64 build environment

[Kalev Lember <kalevlember gmail com>]

On 10/04/13 19:07, Andy Spencer wrote:
> I have this problem running my software on windows. I have many places
> in my Makefile.am's where I use something like:
>
>   myfile_CPPFLAGS = -DPKGDATADIR="\"$(pkgdatadir)\""
>
> Which results in a non-relocatable build. It seems like most of my
> issues with relative build could fixed by patching ./configure to
> support './configure --prefix=..'.

The glib resource framework could be a solution. If the files are all
the kind that get loaded each and every time when the app starts (.ui
files, for instance), it makes sense to embed them within the binary.

Easier to relocate the app and the startup gets faster.

https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/gio-GResource.html

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Kalev