Re: [anjuta-devel] GDL placeholder

[Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr>]

Hi James,


Le 13/05/2012 09:26, James Liggett a écrit :
> >      GtkContainer *dock_item = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT
> > (anjuta_dock_pane_get_widget (ANJUTA_DOCK_PANE
> > (git_plugin->stash_pane))), "dock-item");
> >      g_object_set (G_OBJECT (gdl_dock_object_get_parent_object
> > (GDL_DOCK_OBJECT (dock_item))), "page", 0, NULL);
> That's awfully complicated. ;) In any case, your probably right that I'm
> using the wrong function here. I'll dig into it some more to see if we
> can't do this in a more elegant and obvious way. If not, then I'll try
> this. Thanks.

Yes, I'm agree it is a bit complicated. I haven't checked if calling 
gtk_widget_show on a GtkNotebook page change the current page too. If 
yes, I think it makes sense to implement this in GDL too.


> I don't want AnjutaDock users to have access to low level GDL objects;
> the goal with AnjutaDock was to simplify GDL for use with less
> complicated scenarios. Wrapping the GdlDockItem lets me hide the
> complexity of dealing with GDL directly, which is something you and I
> are already too familiar with :-)

It's written that AnjutaDockPane is for complex pane and I think it's 
easier to use GDL alone. Moreover if you want to hide completely GDL, 
you need much more code, I don't think it's a good idea.

I think the code above will be simpler if you can just convert a 
AnjutaDockPane to a GdlDockItem. Anyway, I still don't completely 
understand how GDL is working, I can change my mind later. But for the 
moment, all the code that I have seen in GDL make sense.


Regards,

Sébastien