Re[4]: Compiling for Windows [Was: argv revisited]

OK. I understand your mileage is very different from mine. Remember, I'm just a GTK user (this is GTK *app devel* list, not GTK devel list). Just a few remarks before I answer your other mail: Le 5 mai 2016, Andrew Robinson a écrit : 1) Because there are between 40 to 120Mb worth of libraries

Re[2]: Re[4]: Compiling for Windows [Was: argv revisited]

That's weird! I've never heard of a Linux distribution that also has precompiled packages for Win32. I will check it out at my earliest convenience. You mentioned GTK2, but I am hoping it also has (or has switched over to) GTK3. I hope this isn't too good to be true. I will be too busy to check

Re: Re[4]: Compiling for Windows [Was: argv revisited]

Note that if you are using fedora (and possibly other Linux distributions) it comes with lots of win32 packages precompiled. E.g. all you need to do to get gtk2 and its dependencies is to do: dnf install mingw32-gtk2 You can then compile your gtk programs for windows through cross compilation

Re[4]: Compiling for Windows [Was: argv revisited]

On 5/5/2016 at 10:23 AM, Lucas Levrel wrote: >Le 5 mai 2016, Andrew Robinson a écrit : > >> So if I don't want to make my on copy of the GTK+ libraries, > >Why wouldn't you want to build your static libs for future inclusion in >your software? Where "build" is for "let the