[wxPython-dev] wxPython without gnomeprint?

[Robin Dunn]

Gary Thomas wrote:
> 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?
> 

Are you getting errors related to libgnomecanvas?  As far as I know it 
is not used in wx at all.


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