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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +This directory contains sample files that should be in pretty much every +MATE application. + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +To make this work both for MATE Applications inside and outside the +MATE repository tree I did the following: + +* There is an `INSIDE_MATE_COMMON' automake conditional which is defined + in two places: + + - macros/aclocal-includes.m4 defines this to always be false. + + - mate-common/configure.in does not include anything from macros and + defines this to be true. + +* We use this automake conditional in the macros/Makefile.am to install + $(MACROS), autogen.sh, mate-common.m4 and a newly created mate-macros.dep + in `$(datadir)/aclocal/mate'. + + Since aclocal doesn't look in subdirectories we can safely install them + there even when compiling from the repository. + + Also, there is no need to make any change to any existing application + in the MATE repository tree - really fine... + +* When we're outside the MATE repository tree, we simply need to tell aclocal + that it should also look in `$(datadir)/aclocal/mate' and it will find all + the macros. + + There is a `mate-skel' module in the repository that can be used as a + starting point when writing a new MATE application that should be used + outside the repository. + +February 4, 1999, +Martin Baulig <[email protected]> |