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dan@george · Feb 20th, 2005, 10:39 PM

I'm trying to learn GTK in C, so I wrote a very simple program, which follows:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  GtkWidget *window;

  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

  window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  gtk_widget_show(window);

  gtk_main();
  return 0;
}

Kid stuff, right? So I think the problem is in my GTK libraries themselves. You see, when I compile this program using

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gcc -o program program.c `gtk-config --cflags --libs`

I get lots and lots of output, mostly complaints about syntax and parse errors in the GTK header files. I'm assuming the good folks who wrote it are more careful than that, so I don't know what to think.

Does anybody know what this means?

Feb 20th, 2005, 10:39 PM	#1
dan@george Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Middletown, CT Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Compiling against GTK gives parse and syntax errors I'm trying to learn GTK in C, so I wrote a very simple program, which follows: (Toggle Plain Text) #include <gtk/gtk.h> int main (int argc, char argv[]) { GtkWidget window; gtk_init(&argc, &argv); window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL); gtk_widget_show(window); gtk_main(); return 0; } #include <gtk/gtk.h> int main (int argc, char argv[]) { GtkWidget window; gtk_init(&argc, &argv); window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL); gtk_widget_show(window); gtk_main(); return 0; } Kid stuff, right? So I think the problem is in my GTK libraries themselves. You see, when I compile this program using (Toggle Plain Text) gcc -o program program.c `gtk-config --cflags --libs` gcc -o program program.c `gtk-config --cflags --libs` I get lots and lots of output, mostly complaints about syntax and parse errors in the GTK header files. I'm assuming the good folks who wrote it are more careful than that, so I don't know what to think. Does anybody know what this means? __________________ Remember: no matter what odds you're up against, or how many times you've tried already, it can't hurt to SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS. Last edited by dan@george; Feb 20th, 2005 at 11:25 PM.