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Cleanups and update/improvements from rekkanoryo

2005-11-18, Daniel Atallah

080f80729acb

Parents f056be7ff6cc
Children a67da087653d

Cleanups and update/improvements from rekkanoryo

2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

+19 -4

htdocs/win32/build.php

+8 -4

htdocs/win32/index.php

~~--- a/htdocs/win32/build.php Tue Nov 15 18:34:49 2005 -0500~~

+++ b/htdocs/win32/build.php Fri Nov 18 14:32:41 2005 -0500

@@ -10,10 +10,25 @@

<ul>

-<li>Install the <a href="http://cygwin.com">Cygwin</a> Bash shell. Make sure to select Unix file mode during setup. Also make sure you install bzip2, coreutils, cvs, grep, gzip, make, patch, sed, awk, tar, unzip, and wget (several of these are selected by default).</li>

-<li>Download the <a href="http://gaim-extprefs.sourceforge.net/bef.shtml">WinGaim Build Environment Fetcher</a> script. Follow the instructions on the website to fetch and install most of the needed build dependencies. The script can fetch Gaim's source code from either anonymous CVS or a source distribution; you will be prompted to choose which you'd like to use.</li>

-<li>Download the latest version of the <code>Windows API</code> from the MinGW <a href="http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml">download page</a> (at least <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/w32api-3.3.tar.gz?download">3.3</a>). Extract this into your MinGW directory structure (<code>tar -xvzf /path/to/w32api-3.3.tar.gz -C /cygdrive/c/MinGW</code>) to upgrade the installed API.</li>

-<li>Skip the "The manual way," "Install Gaim's build dependencies," and "Get the Gaim source code" sections and go straight to "<a href="#buildgaim">Build Gaim</a>".</li>

+<li>

+<p>

+Install the <a href="http://cygwin.com">Cygwin</a> Bash shell. Make sure to select Unix file mode during setup. Also make sure you install bzip2, coreutils, cvs, grep, gzip, make, patch, sed, awk, tar, unzip, and wget (several of these are selected by default).

+</p>

+</li>

+<li>

+<p>

+Download the <a href="http://gaim-extprefs.sourceforge.net/bef.shtml">WinGaim Build Environment Fetcher</a> script. Follow the instructions on the website to fetch and install most of the needed build dependencies. The script can fetch Gaim's source code from either anonymous CVS or a source distribution; you will be prompted to choose which you'd like to use.

+</p>

+</li>

+<li>

+<p>

+Download the latest version of the <code>Windows API</code> from the MinGW <a href="http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml">download page</a> (at least <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/w32api-3.3.tar.gz?download">3.3</a>). Extract this into your MinGW directory structure (<code>tar -xvzf /path/to/w32api-3.3.tar.gz -C /cygdrive/c/MinGW</code>) to upgrade the installed API.

+</p>

+</li>

+<li>

+<p>Skip the "The manual way," "Install Gaim's build dependencies," and "Get the Gaim source code" sections and go straight to "<a href="#buildgaim">Build Gaim</a>".

+</p>

+</li>

</ul>

<h3>The manual way</h3>

~~--- a/htdocs/win32/index.php Tue Nov 15 18:34:49 2005 -0500~~

+++ b/htdocs/win32/index.php Fri Nov 18 14:32:41 2005 -0500

@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@

</li>

<li>

-<b>Where are my Gaim settings and data (including logs) saved?</b> - As of 0.69, <code>shfolder.dll</code> is used to determine the location for a user's app data. On Windows ME this will be something like <code>C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\username</code> and on Win 2k/XP <code>C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data</code>. This can be overridden by setting the <code>GAIMHOME</code> environmental variable (as of v1.1.0).

+<b>Where are my Gaim settings and data (including logs) saved?</b> - As of 0.69, <code>shfolder.dll</code> is used to determine the location for a user's app data. On Windows ME this will be something like <code>C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\username</code> and on Win 2k/XP <code>C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data</code>. This can be overridden by setting the <code>GAIMHOME</code> environmental variable (as of v1.1.0). Logs are stored in this directory in a subdirectory called "logs."

</li>

<li>

-<b>GTK+ default font setting</b> - To change your default font and/or size, edit your <code>gtkrc</code> file (located in your <code>GTK\2.0\etc\gtk-2.0</code> dir), with the font name and size of your choosing. For example:

+<b>How do I make the fonts bigger? (GTK+ default font setting)</b> - To change your default font and/or size, edit your <code>gtkrc</code> file (located in your <code>GTK\2.0\etc\gtk-2.0</code> dir), with the font name and size of your choosing. For example:

~~-Note: If you are using the WIMP theme, this setting is overridden.~~

+Note: If you are using the WIMP theme, this setting is overridden; you can either change Windows standard font sizes, which will likely make other applications have rather large text, or you can use the <a href="http://gaim-extprefs.sourceforge.net/ep.shtml">Extended Preferences</a> plugin. The plugin offers more finely-grained control such as you would be able to achieve with a gtkrc file and a non-WIMP GTK+ theme.

</li>

<li>

@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@

<b>How do I run multiple instances of Gaim?</b> - As of 1.1.0, Gaim will prevent multiple instances from running simultaneously. You can override this restriction by defining the <code>GAIM_MULTI_INST</code> environmental variable. If you do this, you may find the <code>-c</code> parameter useful to specify unique configuration directories for each instance (e.g. <code>-c c:\home\.gaim</code>).

</li>

+<li>

+<b>How do I upgrade Gaim?</b> - Close any existing Gaim instances. Install the new version of Gaim. Start Gaim. The installer should detect your existing Gaim instllation and default to that directory, so you should not need to change the installation directory.

+</li>

</ul>

~~-<h2 id="bugs">Major Windows Gaim Bugs & Workarounds</h2>~~

+<h2 id="bugs">Major Windows Gaim Bugs and Workarounds</h2>

<ul>

<li>

<p><b>DLL Hell and Win Gaim</b> - A very common but very unpleasant Windows SNAFU (known as DLL Hell) has been experienced by many Win Gaim users.</p>