Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

May 13, 2007, 5:36:03 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Add an example of the directory structure since people are often confused.

BuildingWinPidgin

@@ -32 +32 @@
 
   3. The following instructions were written under the assumption that you checkout Pidgin from monotone to `~/pidgin` and that you install all of Pidgin's build dependencies under `~/win32-dev` (the point being that the pidgin source root and `win32-dev` directories should be on the same level).[[BR]]
-     This can be overridden by creating a `local.mak` file in the `~/pidgin` directory and overriding the various Makefile variables.
+     This can be overridden by creating a `local.mak` file in the `~/pidgin` directory and overriding the various Makefile variables.[[BR]]
+     People are sometimes confused about the directory structure, so here is an example:
+{{{
+C:\development\pidgin_dev
+(The following is the source tree root, containing the config.h.mingw file.)
+C:\development\pidgin_dev\pidgin
+C:\development\pidgin_dev\win32-dev
+(If the following file is present, your structure is probably correct.)
+C:\development\pidgin_dev\win32-dev\gtk_2_0\include\libintl.h
+}}}
      [[BR]]**TODO: post example local.mak