--- configure.in	2011/05/01 09:17:38	1.14
+++ configure.in	2011/11/26 10:39:19	1.15
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+#
+# Help for autoconf:
+# - http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/autoconf/html_chapter/autoconf_toc.html
+# Option Syntax:
+# - http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/autoconf/html_chapter/autoconf_12.html
+# Printing Messages:
+# - http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/autoconf/html_chapter/autoconf_7.html
+#
+
 AC_INIT(gtkextra,3.0.1)
 AC_LANG([C])
 
@@ -109,12 +118,15 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(MS_LIB_AVAILABLE, test x$ms_librarian = xyes)
 
 # --enable-debug option
-dnl Check if we have enable debug support.
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to enable debugging)
-debug_default="no"
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable debugging])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, 
-	[  --enable-debug=[no/yes]   turn on debugging [default=no]],, 
-	enable_debug=$debug_default)
+	AC_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-debug=[no/yes]], 
+		[turn on debugging [default=no]]),
+	,
+	enable_debug=no)
 
 if test "x$enable_debug" = "xyes"; then
     test "$cflags_set" = set || CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -DDEBUG"
@@ -237,31 +249,57 @@
 
 # --enable-man option
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable man pages])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(man,
-              [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-man],
-                              [regenerate man pages from Docbook [default=no]])],enable_man=yes,
-              enable_man=no)
+	AC_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-man],
+		[regenerate man pages from Docbook [default=no]])],
+	,
+	enable_man=no)
 
 if test "${enable_man}" != no; then
-  dnl
-  dnl Check for xsltproc
-  dnl
-  AC_PATH_PROG([XSLTPROC], [xsltproc])
-  if test -z "$XSLTPROC"; then
-    enable_man=no
-  fi
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 
-  dnl check for DocBook DTD and stylesheets in the local catalog.
-  JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG([-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN],
-     [DocBook XML DTD V4.1.2],,enable_man=no)
-  JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG([http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl],
-     [DocBook XSL Stylesheets],,enable_man=no)
+    AC_PATH_PROG([XSLTPROC], [xsltproc])
+    if test -z "$XSLTPROC"; then
+	enable_man=no
+    fi
+
+    if test "$enable_man" = "no" ; then
+	AC_MSG_WARN([xsltproc is missing - disabling man pages])
+    fi
+
+    #check for DocBook DTD and stylesheets in the local catalog
+
+    JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG(
+	[-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN],
+	[DocBook XML DTD V4.1.2],
+	,
+	enable_man=no)
+
+    if test "$enable_man" = "no" ; then
+	AC_MSG_WARN([missing DocBook DTD - disabling man pages])
+    fi
+
+    JH_CHECK_XML_CATALOG(
+	[http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl],
+	[DocBook XSL Stylesheets],
+	,
+	enable_man=no)
+
+    if test "$enable_man" = "no" ; then
+	AC_MSG_WARN([missing DocBook XML stylesheets - disabling man pages])
+    fi
+else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_MAN, test x$enable_man != xno)
 
-dnl
-dnl Start of pkg-config checks
-dnl
+
+##################################################
+# Start of pkg-config checks
+##################################################
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
@@ -275,13 +313,18 @@
 
 # --enable-glade option
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable glade integration])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(glade,
-    [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-glade],
-    [build glade integration files [default=no]])],
-    enable_glade=yes,
+    AC_HELP_STRING(
+	[--enable-glade],
+	[build glade integration files [default=no]]),
+    ,
     enable_glade=no)
 
 if test "x$enable_glade" != xno; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLADE], [gladeui-1.0 >= 3.6])
 
     AC_SUBST(GLADE_CATALOG_DIR, `$PKG_CONFIG --variable=catalogdir gladeui-1.0`)
@@ -290,24 +333,32 @@
 
     #You must define GETTEXT_PACKAGE before including gi18n-lib.h
     GETTEXT_PACKAGE=AC_PACKAGE_NAME
-    AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)                                                       
-    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Name of the gettext package.])
+    AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", 
+	[Name of the gettext package.])
     AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_GLADE, test x$enable_glade != xno)
 
 
 # --enable-introspection
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable gobject-introspection])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(introspection,
-    [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-introspection],
-    [build gobject-introspection [default=no]])],
-    enable_introspection=yes,
+    AC_HELP_STRING(
+	[--enable-introspection],
+	[build gobject-introspection [default=no]]),
+    ,
     enable_introspection=no)
 
 if test "x$enable_introspection" != xno; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
     GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([0.6.14])
 else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
     AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_INTROSPECTION, test 1=0)
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_INTROSPECTION, test x$enable_introspection != xno)