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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:17:59 +0100
From: Andrea Bolognani <e...@kiyuko.org>
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On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 10:56:32AM +0100, Frederik wrote:

> golnaz nilieh wrote:
> > Thanks to all. I defined an empty constructor for Global, and called it=
 in
> > main function. also I changed dataDir to a constant variable.
> > But a new question: Is there a way to pass the installation path to dat=
aDir?
> > I use this macro in configure.ac:
> >=20
> > AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/local)
> >=20
> > can i use it as a variable in a vala source file?
>=20
> Yes, all you need is a small vapi file for your 'config.h', e.g.:
> http://code.google.com/p/xnoise/source/browse/vapi/config.vapi
>=20
> Use it with
>=20
>   --pkg config --vapidir path/to/my/vapi
>=20
> and access it via
>=20
>   Config.DATADIR

I like this solution. Only, I can't seem to find a way to get DATADIR
defined in config.h.

Looking at xnoise, I was unable to find any obvious spot where the magic
happens. Is that done by gnome-autogen? I have a custom autogen.sh. Or am
I missing something hidden in plain sight?

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Andrea Bolognani <e...@kiyuko.org>
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