GtkSourceView 3 for Inkscape 1.x on Windows

A package providing GtkSourceView 3 libraries for Inkscape 1.x on Windows. GtkSourceView enables Inkscape extensions using the GTK3 python bindings to use syntax highlighting. Currently only LaTeX is supported in this version for Inkscape but it can easily be extended to other languages upon request.

Installation

Download the Installer from the release section of this repository and execute it. It will add (not overwrite) some files to your Inkscape installation so that GtkSourceView is available. If you do not trust the installer you can use the corresponding zip file also offered in the release section. Extract its content into C:\Program Files\Inkscape.

Package building

The following information are intended for users who want to build this package.

File overview

• The script build_packages.py basically downloads the msys2 mingw gtksourceview packages, extracts them and bundels the required stuff needed by Inkscape extensions in the directory files. Additionally it builds two zip packages containing the required files for the 64 and 32 bit architecture.

• The script build_installer.nsi builds installers from the files directory using Nullsoft Scriptable Install System.

Usage

1. Check the latest available GtkSourceView 3 version on http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/i686 (32bit) and http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/x86_64 (64bit)

2. In build_packages.py set the variable GTKSOURCEVIEW_PACKAGENAME to the corresponding package name, e.g. gtksourceview3-3.24.11-1.

3. Run python build_packages.py. It will download the necessary files and extract what is needed by the Inkscape extensions. This is only a small subset of the original mingw GtkSourceView package. Furthermore, it will create the installer and uninstaller file lists required by the NSIS installer in step 6.

4. You will find the architecture depending zip packages in the build directory. The files packaged are in the directory files and the content of the originally downloaded mingw packages in the package_content directory.

5. In build_installer.nsi set the variable ARCHITECTURE to either 32 or 64 depending on the architecture you want to build an installer for.

6. Build the installer using Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. You will find the installers in the build directory.

7. Finally, you can safely delete the files and packages directories.