gtksourceviewmm 1.10.0 review

gtksourceviewmm is a C++ wrapper for the gtksourceview text widget

License: LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) File size: 422K Developer: Rob Page

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gtksourceviewmm is a C++ wrapper for the gtksourceview text widget. gtksourceviewmm library supports undo/redo, syntax highlighting, and other features typical of a source editor.

Gtk::SourceView is a proper decendent of Gtk::TextView and inherits all the relevant properties and methods. In addition, it adds methods that wrap gtk_source_view_* functions and handles source view specific signals.

Requirements:
gtkmm related libraries (glibmm, sigc++)
gtksourceview 1.1.90 or above (older versions may also work)
libxml2 (required by gtksourceview)
gnomeprint stuff (required by gtksourceview. I chose to remove this requirement in my gtksourceview installation)

and most importantly:
pkg-config that knows about the libraries listed above.

Compiling:

The configure script doesn't generate a library. You will simply need to copy three files to your project[see note below] The included configure script will generate Makefiles to make an example program called testsourceview in the gtksourceviewmm directory.

I have tested with:

gtkmm 2.4.7 glibmm 2.4.5 sigc++ 2.x on linux
gtkmm 2.4.8 glibmm 2.4.x sigc++ 2.x on windows (mingw) with success

Try "pkg-config --list-all" and see if you have all of the above. If pkg-config doesn't see all the libs, configure script will also fail to see required libs.

If you think you meet all the dependencies,

./configure
make

(if make succeeds, try out the test app)

cd gtksourceviewmm
./testsourceview

What's New in This Release:
Currently implemented is a basic feature set, supporting everything needed for the AmyEdit latex editor's functionality.
However, some functions are still unwrapped.