Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Monday 24 June 2002 11:28 am, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
>> Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> | All the forms/form_*.[Ch] files are now autogenerated. As such, you'll
>> | probably find them in your build tree, not your src tree.
>>
>> One note though... I do not agree to when this is generated, now you
>> generate upon compile, right? It should be done on autogen, so that a
>> source distribution does not require users to have fdesign installed.
>
| Can I convince you that you're wrong? Probably not ;-) Anyway here is why I
| prefer the current approach:
>
| 1. What is wrong with forcing the users to install fdesign? It's the
| appropriate compilation tool. (You insist on a C== compiler for .C code...)
| In effect, you are special-casing the xforms frontend. The qt frontend will
| require uic to be present. Ditto, gnome will require glade.
>
| 2. The makefile is used to rebuild object files when a src file is changed.
| In this case, the src file is the .fd file. When it's modified all is rebuilt
| correctly. If we adopt your proposal, then that is no longer the case.
just make the form_about.c depend on form_about.fd then...
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