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This current (CVS) version of the Win32 backend does *not* even
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compile properly. A zipfile with an older snapshot (from before the
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merge of the no-flicker branch, and the other recent additions), is
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available from http://www.gimp.org/win32/. That should be use by
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"production" code until this CVS version is useable. (But note, the
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Win32 backend has never been claimed to be "production quality",
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although it works OK for the GIMP.)
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The Win32 port of GTk+ is a work in progress, and not as stable or
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correct as the Unix/X11 version. For more information about the Win32
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port, see http://www.gimp.org/win32/ or
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http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ .
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To build GTk+ on Win32, you need either the Microsoft compiler and
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tools, or gcc-2.95 or later. The mingw setup of gcc is preferred, but
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you can run gcc also under cygwin-b20.1 or later. Compile in
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gdk\win32, gdk and gtk with `nmake -f makefile.msc` or `make -f
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makefile.cygwin`. The name makefile.cygwin is misleading, it should
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really be called makefile.mingw.
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See the README.win32 file in the GLib distribution for instructions
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how to build with gcc.
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To use GTk+ on Win32, you also need either one of the above mentioned
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compilers. Other compilers might work, but don't count on it. The
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same instructions on how to set up a correct version of gcc should
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also be followed if you want to build applications that use GTk+ with
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gcc.
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The tablet support uses the Wintab API. The Wintab development kit can
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be downloaded from http://www.pointing.com. If you don't care for
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that, undefine HAVE_WINTAB in config.h.win32 and remove references to
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the wntab32x library from the makefile before building.
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GTk+ wants to be built with the GNU "intl" library for
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internationalisation (i18n). Get the version ported to Win32 (not a
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very big deal) from tml's web site mentioned above. We build the
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"intl" library as a DLL called gnu-intl.dll (the "gnu" prefix is used
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to reduce name clash risks). If you don't want any i18n stuff,
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undefine ENABLE_NLS, HAVE_GETTEXT and HAVE_LIBINTL in the
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config.h.win32 file, and remove references to the gnu-intl library
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from the makefiles.
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Note that while the GNU gettext package is under the GPL license, the
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"intl" part of it is also distributed as part of the GNU C library
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(glibc) where it is under the LGPL license (as is GTk+ or GLib). We
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want the LGPL licensed version. The code is more or less the same.
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