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How to add a new wxUSE_XXX preprocessor constant
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0. Purpose
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Detailed description of what needs to be done when you want to add a new
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wxUSE_XXX compilation flag. The text below assumes you need new wxUSE_FOO.
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1. Overview
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wxWidgets uses wxUSE_XXX macros for conditionally compiling in (or not)
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optional components. In general, whenever a new non critical (i.e. not
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absolutely required by important parts of the library) class Foo is added it
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should use its own wxUSE_FOO compilation flag.
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wxUSE_FOO must be always defined and have value of 0 or 1. Be careful with
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testing for it in wx/foo.h: don't do it at the very beginning of the file
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because then wxUSE_FOO would be not defined at all if the user directly
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includes wx/foo.h, include "wx/defs.h" before testing for wxUSE_FOO.
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2. Files to update
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The following files need to be modified when adding a new wxUSE_FOO:
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a) include/wx/setup_inc.h
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This file contains all common wxUSE_XXXs, and is used to update wxMSW, wxMac
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setup.h and Unix setup.h.in using build/update-setup-h. Please try to add
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the new define in a logical place (i.e. near any related ones) and write a
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detailed comment explaining what does it do and why would you want to turn
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it on/off. Choose the appropriate default value: this should be usually 1
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but can be 0 if there are some problems preventing the use of Foo by default
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(e.g. it requires installation of some non standard 3rd party libraries).
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After changing this file, run the update-setup-h script (this is probably
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better done on a Unix machine although it should work under Cygwin too).
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a') include/wx/msw/setup_inc.h for MSW-specific options
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This file contains MSW-specific options, so if the new option is only used
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under MSW, add it here instead of include/wx/setup_inc.h. The rest of the
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instructions is the same as above.
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b) include/wx/chkconf.h
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Add the check for wxUSE_FOO definedness in the corresponding (base or GUI)
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section. Please keep the alphabetic order.
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If there are any dependencies, i.e. wxUSE_FOO requires wxUSE_BAR and
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wxUSE_BAZ, check for thme here too.
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b') include/wx/msw/chkconf.h for MSW-specific options
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These options won't be defined for the other ports, so shouldn't be added to
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the common include/wx/chkconf.h but to this file instead.
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c) configure.in
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Here you need to add DEFAULT_wxUSE_FOO define. It should be added in the
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block beginning after WX_ARG_CACHE_INIT line and should default to "no" for
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"if DEBUG_CONFIGURE = 1" branch (this is used for absolutely minimal builds)
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and the same as default value in setup_inc.h in the "else" branch.
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You also need to add a WX_ARG_ENABLE (or, if new functionality can be
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reasonably described as support for a 3rd party library, WX_ARG_WITH)
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line togetherw with all the existing WX_ARG_ENABLEs.
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If you have a sample/foo which should be only built when wxUSE_FOO==1,
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then only add it to the SAMPLES_SUBDIRS if wxUSE_FOO=yes in configure.
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d) docs/doxygen/mainpages/const_wxusedef.h
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Add a brief description of the new constant.
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=== EOF ===
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Author: VZ
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