Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] ui/gtk: require at least GTK 2.18 and VTE 0.26

[Stefan Weil]

Am 22.02.2013 17:48, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
> Stefan Weil <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Am 22.02.2013 16:50, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>>> This gives us the bare amount of features we need.  We can add work arounds
>>> for older versions and lower the requirement but this should be a good
>>> starting point.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Daniel Berrange <address@hidden>
>>> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>> v1 -> v2
>>>  - tremendous simplification suggested by danpb
>>> ---
>>>  configure | 4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/configure b/configure
>>> index 0dadd31..0eb25dd 100755
>>> --- a/configure
>>> +++ b/configure
>>> @@ -1644,8 +1644,8 @@ fi
>>>  # GTK probe
>>>  
>>>  if test "$gtk" != "no"; then
>>> -    if $pkg_config gtk+-2.0 --modversion >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && \
>>> -       $pkg_config vte --modversion >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
>>> +    if $pkg_config --exists 'gtk+-2.0 >= 2.18.0' && \
>>> +       $pkg_config --exists 'vte >= 0.26.0'; then
>> It's even possible to combine both checks in one :-)
>>
>> --exists 'gtk+-2.0 >= 2.18.0 vte >= 0.26.0'
>>
>> But we need a different solution because not all platforms
>> support VTE. It must be possible to use GTK without VTE,
>> so VTE needs its own section in configure.
> As I mentioned eariler, the "other platforms" should start looking at
> supporting VTE.
>
> Rolling our own terminal emulation is not reasonable.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori

As I mentioned earlier, there is no VTE binary for MinGW / MinGW-w64.
According to the VTE mailing lists, the last efforts to fix this were
stopped
some time ago. I tried building a VTE binary and had to get a cascade
of required packages. Most of those packages also had to be built locally
and needed modifications for MinGW.Even then, I had the impression that
the VTE code still needs a lot of work to be compilable with MinGW.

There _is_ already a working terminal emulation in QEMU since several years.
I know its limitations very well and also contributed some improvements
in the past. The QEMU terminal emulation is not excellent, but it is good
enough for the monitor, serial console and other text windows.

Therefore I strongly want to have GTK support based on QEMU's terminal
emulation (or any other terminal emulation != VTE) for MinGW.

Regards,

Stefan Weil