Re: WX Widgets Version

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To: pgAdmin Support <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WX Widgets Version
Date: 2015-03-04 13:01:57
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Thank you again.

I obtained 1.20.0 and, with the configuration option '--with-wx-version=3.0',
everything compiled without issue, and pgadmin3 appears to work.

Regards,
David

On Tuesday 03 March 2015 08:37:01 you wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Datatone Mail List
>
> <lists(at)datatone(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> > Thank you both for your feedback.
> > I am assuming that I should be able to pick up the development sources
> > from
> > GIT or similar and make it work (as well as it does at the moment).
> > Thanks again.
> > David
>
> 1.20.x should also be appropriate, as it also has the wx3.0 updates.
>
> > On Friday 27 February 2015 15:04:35 you wrote:
> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Richard PALO <richard(at)netbsd(dot)org> wrote:
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> >> >
> >> > Le 26/02/15 17:47, Dave Page a écrit :
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Datatone Mail List
> >> >>
> >> >> <lists(at)datatone(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> >> >>> I have WX Widgets 3.0.2, which includes WX Widgets 2.8 compatibility.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> My PGAdmin3 compilation (configuration) fails with:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> configure: error: The version of wxWidgets required (2.8) is not
> >> >>> supported by the installations in /usr.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> My WX Widgets configuration is:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ======
> >> >>> Configured wxWidgets 3.0.2 for `x86_64-dt-linux-gnu'
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Which GUI toolkit should wxWidgets use? GTK+ 2 with
> >> >>> support
> >> >>>
> >> >>> for GTK+ printing libnotify
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Should wxWidgets be compiled into single library? no
> >> >>> Should wxWidgets be linked as a shared library? yes
> >> >>> Should wxWidgets support Unicode? yes (using
> >> >>> wchar_t)
> >> >>> What level of wxWidgets compatibility should be enabled?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> wxWidgets 2.6 no
> >> >>> wxWidgets 2.8 yes
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Which libraries should wxWidgets use?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> STL no
> >> >>> jpeg sys
> >> >>> png sys
> >> >>> regex builtin
> >> >>> tiff sys
> >> >>> zlib sys
> >> >>> expat sys
> >> >>> libmspack no
> >> >>> sdl no
> >> >>>
> >> >>> =======
> >> >>>
> >> >>> So that you can see that wxWidgets 2.8 IS supported (as a
> >> >>> compatibility
> >> >>> mode).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Is it the case that PGAdmin3 SHOULD compile and work with the latest
> >> >>> WX
> >> >>> Widgets, provided that 2.8 compatibility is enabled?
> >> >>
> >> >> This has never been tested as far as I'm aware. It does work with 3.0
> >> >> in general, though there are a few glitches.
> >> >>
> >> >>> If so, is there a problem with the configuration that fails to detect
> >> >>> this
> >> >>> support?
> >> >>
> >> >> The config script certainly doesn't know how to use 3.0 in 2.8
> >> >> compatibility mode.
> >> >
> >> > I believe there are a few things to verify and test enabling this to be
> >> > possible: http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/overview_changes_since28.html
> >> >
> >> > It *would* be nice to migrate to the new wx Widgets code base, though.
> >>
> >> The vast majority of the work to support 3.0 (in non-compatibility
> >> mode) has been done. It just needs some tweaks. I tried it a couple of
> >> days ago as it happens, and the only issue I saw in a quick test was
> >> that the "Connecting to server" busy panel now sits on top of the
> >> "Enter password" dialogue, instead of the other way round. Patches
> >> welcome :-)
> >
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