From: John Darrington Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 02:06:54 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Added notes about glade versions to src/ui/gui/memorandum.txt X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=69353cc026fc6d45f936fb6e02823a5d7939ef55;p=pspp Added notes about glade versions to src/ui/gui/memorandum.txt --- diff --git a/src/ui/gui/memorandum.txt b/src/ui/gui/memorandum.txt index d316c3a35c..60db53fc38 100644 --- a/src/ui/gui/memorandum.txt +++ b/src/ui/gui/memorandum.txt @@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ How to add a new dialog to Psppire Before you start. -1. You will need to install Glade version 3.8.4 --- ANY OTHER VERSION -IS UNLIKELY TO WORK --- I know that 3.18.x does not! If your -distro doesn't have this version, you will need to download it and -build it from source. +1. You will need to install Glade (but see the important note + about which version at the end of this document! @@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ build it from source. Having done the above, you should be able to edit an existing dialog definition, thus: - glade-3 src/ui/gui/descriptives.ui + glade src/ui/gui/descriptives.ui You will probably get a lot of Gtk-Warnings/Criticals most of them are harmless. @@ -315,6 +313,34 @@ src/ui/gui/automake.mk and to rerun make ; make install +Note! Currently (as of commit fe7682b3c3d36cf9ba3e867588e5b808af833262 ) +psppire is in a transitional phase. Our .ui files come in two mutually +incompatible varieties. The older variety can be identified by a +string similar to: + + + + + +To edit these files you will need to install Glade version 3.8.4 --- +ANY OTHER VERSION IS UNLIKELY TO WORK --- I know that 3.18.x does +not! If your distro doesn't have this version, you will need to +download it and build it from source. + + +The newer ones contain the string: + + + + + +Like the string suggests Glade version 3.18.x or later will probably +be ok for these files. + +Hopefully the older style .ui files will gradually be converted to new +style ones. + + That's about it, I think. Did I forget anything?