Changeset e4524d7

Timestamp:

11/30/2023 05:54:59 AM (6 months ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

12.1, ken/TL2024, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

bdfff0b

Parents:

d88a080

Message:

Document how to use Vulkan in GTK-4.

Note that at this time, it's backend is still considered experimental.
It also requires Google's shader compiler to build, which is available
from ​https://github.com/google/shaderc/blob/main/downloads.md. This is
also known as 'glslc'.

File:

• x/lib/gtk4.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

x/lib/gtk4.xml

@@ -110 +110 @@
       <xref linkend="sassc"/>,
       <xref linkend="tracker3"/>,
-      <ulink url="https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-libs">cpdb</ulink>,
-      <ulink url="&sysprof-url;">sysprof</ulink>, and
-      <ulink url="https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home">vulkan</ulink>
+      <xref linkend="vulkan-loader"/>,
+      <ulink url="https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-libs">cpdb</ulink>, and
+      <ulink url="&sysprof-url;">sysprof</ulink>
+      <!--<ulink url="https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home">vulkan</ulink>-->
     </para>
 
@@ -227 +228 @@
       <ulink url="&sysprof-url;">sysprof</ulink> installed and wish to enable 
       tracing support for GTK4-based applications.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>-Dvulkan=enabled</option>: Use this switch if you have
+      <xref linkend="vulkan-loader"/> installed and wish to build the
+      experimental Vulkan backend. Note that you must have
+      <ulink url="https://github.com/google/shaderc/blob/main/downloads.md">glslc</ulink>
+      installed if you decide to enable this option.
     </para>