The Win32 port of GTk+ is a work in progress, and not as stable or
correct as the Unix/X11 version. For more information about the Win32
-port, see http://www.gimp.org/tml/gimp/win32/ or
+port, see http://www.gimp.org/win32/ or
http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/ .
-To build GTk+ on Win32, you need either Microsoft compiler and tools,
-or egcs-1.1.2 running under cygwin-b20.1. Before compiling, check the
-BIN definition in gdk\win32\makefile.msc (or makefile.cygwin) and
-gtk\makefile.msc (or makefile.cygwin). Compile in gdk\win32 and gtk
-with `nmake -f makefile.msc` or `make -f makefile.cygwin`.
+This current (CVS) version of the Win32 backend does *not* necessarily
+even compile properly. A zipfile with an older snapshot (from before
+the merge of the no-flicker branch, and the other recent additions),
+is available from http://www.gimp.org/win32/. That should be used by
+"production" code until this CVS version is useable. (But note, the
+Win32 backend has never been claimed to be "production quality",
+although it works OK for the GIMP.)
-See the README.win32 file in the GLib distribution for preparations to
-build with egcs on cygwin.
+To build GTk+ on Win32, you need either gcc-2.95 or later, or the
+Microsoft compiler and tools. The mingw setup of gcc is preferred, but
+you can run gcc also under cygwin-b20.1 or later. Compile in
+gdk\win32, gdk and gtk with `make -f makefile.mingw` (gcc) or `nmake
+-f makefile.msc` (MSVC). The name makefile.mingw needs an explanation:
+It refers to the target, not the build environment. As build
+envíronment, only cygwin is tested. GNU Make is definitely needed.
+
+See the README.win32 file in the GLib distribution for instructions
+how to build with gcc.
+
+To use GTk+ on Win32, you also need either one of the above mentioned
+compilers. Other compilers might work, but don't count on it. The
+same instructions on how to set up a correct version of gcc should
+also be followed if you want to build applications that use GTk+ with
+gcc.
The tablet support uses the Wintab API. The Wintab development kit can
-be downloaded from http://www.pointing.com.
+be downloaded from http://www.pointing.com. If you don't care for
+that, undefine HAVE_WINTAB in config.h.win32 and remove references to
+the wntab32x library from the makefile before building.
+
+GTk+ wants to be built with the GNU "intl" library for
+internationalisation (i18n). Get the version ported to Win32 (not a
+very big deal) from tml's web site mentioned above. We build the
+"intl" library as a DLL called gnu-intl.dll (the "gnu" prefix is used
+to reduce name clash risks). If you don't want any i18n stuff,
+undefine ENABLE_NLS, HAVE_GETTEXT and HAVE_LIBINTL in the
+config.h.win32 file, and remove references to the gnu-intl library
+from the makefiles.
+Note that while the GNU gettext package is under the GPL license, the
+"intl" part of it is also distributed as part of the GNU C library
+(glibc) where it is under the LGPL license (as is GTk+ or GLib). We
+want the LGPL licensed version. The code is more or less the same.
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