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   1 <refentry id="gtk-windows" revision="4 Feb 2001">
   2 <refmeta>
   3 <refentrytitle>Using GTK+ on Windows</refentrytitle>
   4 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
   5 <refmiscinfo>GTK Library</refmiscinfo>
   6 </refmeta>
   7
   8 <refnamediv>
   9 <refname>Using GTK+ on Windows</refname>
  10 <refpurpose>
  11 Windows-specific aspects of using GTK+
  12 </refpurpose>
  13 </refnamediv>
  14
  15 <refsect1>
  16 <title>Using GTK+ on Windows</title>
  17
  18 <para>
  19 The Windows port of GTK+ is an implementation of GDK (and therefore GTK+)
  20 on top of the Win32 API.
  21 </para>
  22
  23 <!--
  24 <refsect2><title>Build requirements</title>
  25 <para>
  26 FIXME: explain with-wintab, with-ie55
  27 </para>
  28 </refsect2>
  29 -->
  30
  31 <refsect2 id="win32-cmdline">
  32 <title>Windows-specific commandline options</title>
  33
  34 <para>
  35 The Windows GDK backend can be influenced with some
  36 additional command line arguments.
  37 </para>
  38
  39 <formalpara>
  40 <title><systemitem>--sync</systemitem></title>
  41
  42 <para>
  43 Don't batch GDI requests. This is a useful option for
  44 debugging, but it will slow down the performance considerably.
  45 </para>
  46 </formalpara>
  47
  48 <formalpara>
  49 <title><systemitem>--no-wintab</systemitem>,
  50        <systemitem>--ignore-wintab</systemitem></title>
  51
  52 <para>
  53 Don't use the Wintab API for tablet support. This is the default.
  54 </para>
  55 </formalpara>
  56
  57 <formalpara>
  58 <title><systemitem>--use-wintab</systemitem></title>
  59
  60 <para>
  61 Use the Wintab API for tablet support, if GTK+ has been compiled
  62 with the <option>--with-wintab</option> option.
  63 </para>
  64 </formalpara>
  65
  66 <formalpara>
  67 <title><systemitem>--max-colors <replaceable>number</replaceable></systemitem></title>
  68
  69 <para>
  70 In 256 color mode, restrict the size of the color palette to
  71 the specified number of colors.
  72 </para>
  73 </formalpara>
  74
  75 </refsect2>
  76
  77 <refsect2 id="win32-envar">
  78 <title>Windows-specific environment variables</title>
  79
  80 <para>
  81 The Win32 GDK backend can be influenced with some
  82 additional environment variables.
  83 </para>
  84
  85 <formalpara>
  86 <title><envar>GDK_IGNORE_WINTAB</envar></title>
  87
  88 <para>
  89 If this variable is set, GTK+ doesn't use
  90 the Wintab API for tablet support. This is the default.
  91 </para>
  92 </formalpara>
  93
  94 <formalpara>
  95 <title><envar>GDK_USE_WINTAB</envar></title>
  96
  97 <para>
  98 If this variable is set, GTK+ uses the Wintab API for
  99 tablet support, if GTK+ has been compiled with the
 100 <option>--with-wintab</option> option.
 101 </para>
 102 </formalpara>
 103
 104 <formalpara>
 105 <title><envar>GDK_WIN32_MAX_COLORS</envar></title>
 106
 107 <para>
 108 Specifies the size of the color palette used
 109 in 256 color mode.
 110 </para>
 111 </formalpara>
 112
 113 <formalpara>
 114 <title><envar>G_WIN32_PRETEND_WIN9X</envar></title>
 115
 116 <para>
 117 Only use the Windows 9x API.
 118 </para>
 119 </formalpara>
 120
 121 </refsect2>
 122
 123 </refsect1>
 124
 125 </refentry>