[wxPython-dev] wxPython without gnomeprint?

[Gary Thomas]

Robin Dunn wrote:
> Gary Thomas wrote:
>> I'm trying to build wxPython for an embedded system which
>> uses GTK, but doesn't have any of the 'libgnomeprint' stuff
>> available (it's a small embedded system!)  Building the
>> extension libraries fail when I get to:
>>
>> src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp: At global scope:
>> src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp:3622: error: expected ',' or '...' before '&' token
>> src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp:3622: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of
>> 'wxPrintData' with no type
>> src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp: In function 'PyObject*
>> _wrap_new_PostScriptDC(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)':
>> src/gtk/_gdi_wrap.cpp:24837: error: 'wxPrintData' was not declared in
>> this scope
>>
>> This is because my wxWidgets built with GTK, but no gnomeprint
>> support (I think/hope).
>>
>> Is there some way to skip/disable these classes?
> 
> wxPrintData should be available in either case, perhaps the compiler is
> just not seeing the declaration.  Try adding #include <wx/cmndata.h>
> near the begining of _gdi_wrap.cpp.
> 
> Or have you entirely turned off the printing support with your configure
> statement?  wxPrintData won't be declared at all if
> wxUSE_PRINTING_ARCHITECTURE is set to zero.  The wxPython code expects
> that the printing classes are available (it doesn't care what back-end
> is used though) so if you want to remove it then you'll need to tweak
> the .i files and run SWIG to regenerate the wrapper files.  (Be sure to
> use the patched version of SWIG 1.3.29.)

That was the case - I had [mistakenly] given --disable-printarch
to wxPython, even though it was enabled for wxGTK.

Next [related] problem, I also don't have libgnomecanvas available.
Can I build wxPython without it, or must I figure out how to get it?

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