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howtos:win32:running [2012/07/07 00:19] – Reorganized the "Windows developer tools" section, with the primary goal of sharing grep 2.5.4 info. rhbecker | howtos:win32:running [2022/11/19 12:03] (current) – Update tags enrico | ||
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To run Geany under Windows you may need to install the GTK+ runtime libraries, depending how you installed Geany. If you use the [[http:// | To run Geany under Windows you may need to install the GTK+ runtime libraries, depending how you installed Geany. If you use the [[http:// | ||
- | If not using the full installer, you need to install a GTK+ runtime environment, e.g.: | + | If not using the full installer, you need to install a GTK+ runtime environment. |
+ | The best way is to use the [[http:// | ||
- | GTK+ runtime for Windows | + | Information on how to build Geany from source yourself on Windows |
- | http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ | + | |
- | * GTK+ 2.16 is the most stable at the time of writing - if you have a higher version you should check the release notes to see if there are problems e.g. with theming. | ||
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- | * Since Geany 0.16, GTK+ >= 2.8 is required, which in turn requires at least Windows 2000 or newer. The official Windows builds of Geany are built against GTK+ 2.16, so | ||
- | to use them you also need GTK+ 2.16 or newer. | ||
(The Geany Windows executable can be downloaded from the [[http:// | (The Geany Windows executable can be downloaded from the [[http:// | ||
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Some features are missing: | Some features are missing: | ||
- | | + | * embedded terminal emulation (VTE, as far as we know there is nothing equal for Windows) |
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- | The Build system support on Windows has been improved in the past but it is still not as good as on other platforms. | + | |
- | Currently, build commands are executed synchronous on Windows, that is, while the command is being executed, | + | |
- | Geany won't respond to user interactions and its user interface won't redraw, i.e. it seems to be frozen. | + | |
- | Once the executed command has finished, the Geany main window becomes responsive again. | + | |
- | FYI, the original announcement for the Geany 0.7 Windows build (mostly outdated): | ||
- | http:// | ||
===== Windows developer tools ===== | ===== Windows developer tools ===== | ||
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==== Other ==== | ==== Other ==== | ||
- | For the below, download the ' | + | For the below, download the ' |
* gcc | * gcc | ||
* g++ (g++ requires gcc) | * g++ (g++ requires gcc) | ||
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- | {{tag> | + | {{tag> |