> >Am I correct in beliving that gtkmm cannot exist without sigc++, and >that if gtkmm is installed then a libsigc++ will also be installed? >(so we won't have to provide sigc++ with lyx as we do now)
Yes. Gtkmm uses libsigc++ throughout, it won't build or install without it. So, if you do decide to switch to boost, there's no need to treat the gnome frontend differently.