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Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed?

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From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed?
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On 2015-10-01, Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> It you want a GTK+ interface and a non-GTK+ interface, I’d recommend
> providing two executables.

Yech.  Too much hassle - first for me to distribute, second for users
to try to figure out.  My philosophy is to write programs that are
aware of their environment and make the best of it; the less you make
users fiddle with settings, the fewer trouble calls you get.  I'd like
to have the program run, although maybe put up a message saying, "If
you'd like it to be _really_ pretty, contact your local IT person and
have him install GTK+-3.0 for you."  Unless there's an easy way to
automate that, and the user has Internet access...

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Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-01 06:43 +0000
  Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-01 09:30 +0100
    Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-01 18:00 +0000
      Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-01 19:36 +0100
        Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-01 23:39 +0000
          Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-01 19:27 -0600
            Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-02 16:50 +0000
          Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-02 09:27 +0100
            Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-02 16:50 +0000
  Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-10-01 20:12 +0000
    Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-01 23:39 +0000
      Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-10-02 19:52 +0000
        Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-02 20:13 +0000
      Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-10-02 20:08 +0000
  Re: Beyond gtk_init_check() - how do I tell if GTK is installed? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-10-02 19:38 +0000

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