GTK+ 3 installation not used by default by configure script

[paulmenzel]

I have to use --enable-gtk3 to built Geany with GTK+ 3.24.x. My understanding is, that if installed, it would be used over GTK+ 2 by default.

[lpaulsen93]

IMHO the documentation at https://geany.org/manual/dev/hacking.html#gtk-versions-api-documentation sounds like GTK2 is the default.

[paulmenzel]

True, but the description of the configure help text is confusing to me.

$ ./configure --help
[…]
  --enable-gtk3           compile against GTK3 [default=auto]
[…]

[b4n]

@paulmenzel The GTK version is automatically selected (it'll use the one you have), but is currently conservative towards GTK2 (if you have both, GTK2 will be selected).
The help text looks OK to me, and I'm not sure "default=yes if available and GTK2 is not available, no otherwise" would be an improvement. As for all options, if you really have a preference just set it explicitly (--enable-gtk3 or --enable-gtk3=yes).

[paulmenzel]

For me the extended text would clear it up, but I know the answer now, so fine by me. Thank you for the explanations.

[elextr]

Not worth worrying, GTK2 will go away soon, (ducks) 😁