added a "lib" target for generating a wxPython library for static

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / gtk / install.txt

diff --git a/docs/gtk/install.txt b/docs/gtk/install.txt
index 0eb9f235a2e1975fcedebc2d26e00e97a588252a..32b44fe0532e3c3180766f99d02f74235376d6b5 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/gtk/install.txt
+++ b/docs/gtk/install.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Unix that comes with Posix threads or SGI threads.
 
 Now create your super-application myfoo.app and compile anywhere with
 
-gcc -o -c myfoo.cpp -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lwx_gtk
+g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cflags` -o myfoo
 
 * General
 -----------------------
@@ -188,15 +188,11 @@ The following options handle the kind of library you want to build.
 * Feature Options
 -------------------
 
-When using the Windows version of wxWindows, it is possible
-to edit the file /include/wx/msw/setup.h in order to enable
-or disable some features of wxWindows so that the resulting
-binaries get smaller.
-
 As I don't yet care for binary size and target mainly at
 producing a shared library, wxWindows's configure system auto-
 matically enables all features, as long as they are already
-implemented.
+implemented. It is currently NOT possible to disable these
+options (in contrast to what configure tells you).
 
 * Compiling
 -------------
@@ -204,19 +200,14 @@ implemented.
 The following must be done in the base directory (e.g. ~/wxGTK
 or ~/wxWin or whatever)
 
-Dependencies are generated automatically using
-
-       make depend
-       
-(For some reason, this doesn't seem to work.)
-
-Now the makefiles are created you can compile everything is as simple
-as typing:
+Now the makefiles are created and you can compile everything 
+by typing:
 
        make
 
 make yourself some coffee, as it will try to compile ALL the 
-files in this distribution.
+files in this distribution. During compilation, you'll get
+a few warning messages.
 
 if you want to be more selective:
 
@@ -256,10 +247,34 @@ will do the work for you.
 * Creating a new Project
 --------------------------
 
-There are two ways to create your own project. The first creates
-a project within the source code directories of wxWindows: In this
-case I propose to put all contributed programs in the directory
-"/user", with a directory of its own.
+There are two ways to create your own project:
+
+1) The first way uses the installed libraries and header files
+automatically using wx-config
+
+g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs` `wx-config --cflags` -o myfoo
+
+Using this way, a make file for the minimal sample would look
+like this
+
+CC = g++
+
+minimal: minimal.o
+    $(CC) -o minimal minimal.o `wx-config --libs` 
+
+minimal.o: minimal.cpp mondrian.xpm
+    $(CC) `wx-config --cflags` -c minimal.cpp -o minimal.o
+
+clean: 
+       rm -f *.o minimal
+
+This is certain to become the standard way unless we decide
+to sitch to tmake.
+
+2) The other way creates a project within the source code 
+directories of wxWindows: In this case I propose to put 
+all contributed programs in the directory "/user", with a 
+directory of its own.
 
 This directory then should include the following files:
 
@@ -274,12 +289,6 @@ Makefile.in        (This is the base application-Makefile template, from
 put ALL your source code along with all the other stuff you need for
 your application in this directory (subdirectories are welcome).
 
-The other way uses the installed libraries and header files in 
-/usr/local/include/wx and /usr/local/lib. In this case, just
-compile your program like this:
-
-gcc -o -c myfoo.cpp -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lwx_gtk
-
 
 ** Something about Makefiles
 ------------------------------