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    You may have read this GTK+ Application in NetBeans 6.0 article as me. However, after reading it and doing some experiments, I found the author just bring complexity into this should-be-simple factor. You don't need to go to command line at all. Below are my steps and by the way, they apply to both Linux and Windows.

1. Install Netbeans and GTK+ environment.
2. Add <GTK+ path>/bin to your path, and create an environment virable named PKG_CONFIG_PATH with the value of <GTK+ path>/lib/pkgconfig.
3. Create your project with NetBeans with the C/C++ Application project template.
4. Right click the project node in Project window and choose "Properties".
5. Choose "C Compiler", and set "Additional Options" under "Command Line" to `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`.
6. Choose "Linker", click "Library" and then "Add Options", choose "Other Options" and enter `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`.
7. Now you can edit source files and compile on the fly. For Windows users, the compiler may tell you that package pixman-1 required by cairo is not found. You can open <GTK+ path>/lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc and delete pixman-1 dependency. That's safe because cairo actually needs nothing from pixman-1.

    You may notice that NetBeans might complain that some header files couldn't be found, so that you might not be able to use code completion. To solve this, go to "Options" dialog and add those header directories to "Code Assistant" under "C/C++" category.