Now that the files have been checked into the tree, it has become very easy to build on Win32. I have put a couple of recent builds here:
The latest one works perfect on Windows 98. Thanks a lot!
The only minor issue is that the size of all fonts in the UI is larger than that of native Windows apps - likely a GTK issue though. GTK even translated some (far from all) labels in the interface into Russian, because my Windows is Russian-localized :)
Now maybe you can have a look at some lingering issues with the win build: paths of files and preferences (search the source for "TODO:WIN32") and the transient dialogs (I had to switch transiency off for windows, because there was a weird problem: when you minimize a document window, it minimizes with its transient dialog, but when you restore them, only the dialog pops up, and you cannot access the document window unless you close the dialog. See src/dialogs/dialog-events.cpp for code and some comments.)
Oh, and detached toolbars also sink on Windows, as they do on KDE - and they cannot be restored unless you minimize all windows, because the toolbar "window" has no button in the taskbar :(
Anyway, great job and a nice Xmas present for Windows users :)
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