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docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml: Remove mention of popt, we don't depend on that any longer (#353136). Add some commen...

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* docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml:
Remove mention of popt, we don't depend on that any
longer (#353136). Add some comments pointing out that
this section is slightly outdated.
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2006-08-28 Tim-Philipp Müller <tim at centricular dot net>
* docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml:
Remove mention of popt, we don't depend on that any
longer (#353136). Add some comments pointing out that
this section is slightly outdated.
2006-08-28 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
Patch by: Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch at gmx dot de>

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<chapter id="chapter-win32">
<title>Windows support</title>
<para>
<emphasis>Note: this section is out of date. GStreamer-0.10 has much better
support for win32 than previous versions though and should usually compile
and work out-of-the-box both using MSYS/MinGW or Microsoft compilers. The
<ulink url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org">GStreamer web site</ulink> and the
<ulink url="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.gstreamer.devel">mailing list
archives</ulink> are a good place to check the latest win32-related news.
</emphasis>
</para>
<sect1 id="section-win32-build">
<title>Building <application>GStreamer</application> under Win32</title>
@ -18,15 +28,16 @@ available in your system PATH.</para>
<para>The GStreamer project depends on other libraries, namely :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>GLib</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>popt</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>libxml2</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>libintl</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>libiconv</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>There is now an existing package that has all these dependencies built with MSVC7.1. It exists either as precompiled librairies
and headers in both Release and Debug mode, or as the source package to build it yourself. You can
find it on <ulink url="http://mukoli.free.fr/gstreamer/deps/">http://mukoli.free.fr/gstreamer/deps/</ulink>.</para>
<para>Work is being done to provide pre-compiled GStreamer-0.10 libraries as
a packages for win32. Check the <ulink url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org">
GStreamer web site</ulink> and check our
<ulink url="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.gstreamer.devel">mailing list
</ulink> for the latest developments in this respect.</para>
<note>
<title>Notes</title>
@ -50,10 +61,13 @@ for convenience (people who don't want to install GNU tools).</para>
<sect1 id="section-win32-install">
<title>Installation on the system</title>
<para>By default, GSTreamer needs a registry. You have to generate it using "gst-register.exe". It will create
<para>FIXME: This section needs be updated for GStreamer-0.10.</para>
<!--
<para>By default, GStreamer needs a registry. You have to generate it using "gst-register.exe". It will create
the file in c:\gstreamer\registry.xml that will hold all the plugins you can use.</para>
<para>You should install the GSTreamer core in c:\gstreamer\bin and the plugins in c:\gstreamer\plugins. Both
<para>You should install the GStreamer core in c:\gstreamer\bin and the plugins in c:\gstreamer\plugins. Both
directories should be added to your system PATH. The library dependencies should be installed in c:\usr</para>
<para>For example, my current setup is :</para>
@ -77,8 +91,8 @@ directories should be added to your system PATH. The library dependencies should
<listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\libgthread-2.0-0.dll</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\libxml2.dll</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\popt.dll</filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-->
</sect1>