Well, I have compiled Ecere from source following the blog instructions at:
http://ilyeus.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/ ... ubuntu910/and the situation is a little better, but not fully correct.
I used synaptic to remove the three Ubuntu Ecere packages. I then used apt-get to download all of the required dependencies but found that the only one which was new was libgif-dev, which was downloaded and installed.
The source code compiled with exactly the same warning messages as described in the blog.
I then used 'sudo checkinstall' rather than 'sudo make install' as the command produces a Debian package, which I can distribute to others for checking as necessary, and as part of the process the command then installs the package and registers it with synaptic.
On typing 'ide' the ide opens, this time with graphics on the close, minimise and maximise buttons and an Ecere logo on the gray background. So far, so good.
The command 'ear v /usr/lib/libecere.so' now produces many line of output - the Resource file problem seems to have been solved.
However, although they seem to be working (as far as I can tell) none of the dropdown menus have any text on them, only the '_' character (keyboard shortcut?), and all windows and menu items are textless.
The command 'documentor' produces the same sort of result - a textless tree structure on the left and a window on the right that only shows Ecere-type symbols down its left side.
Does anyone know where the text for the programs is derived from so that I can see if the problem is a missing dependency (like I suspect the lack of icons under the Ubuntu package is)? I am quite happy to recompile using debian or source packages as necessary.
