Re: RFC: api change for insert-text (Re: Bug report for signal "insert-text")

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch web de>]

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 21:36, Thomas Bayen wrote:

> > Is there any application for the "insert-text" signal that doesn't
> > require modifying those values? I can't think of any that wouldn't be
> > better done using the "changed" signal.
>
> That was the reason for me beginning this thread. I have an entry that 
> accepts only integer values. If someone presses a non-numeric key, I 
> just stop the signal (and beep). The return value doesn't matter in this 
> case. IMHO this is the most used type of using this signal.

Oh, yeah - you're right. I vote for the TIMTOWTDI way then, too.

Bye,
-Torsten