Re: [gedit-list] Bonobo usage in Gedit

[Ryan McDougall <NQG24419 nifty com>]

On Sat, 2005-12-02 at 10:58 +0100, Paolo Borelli wrote:
[snippage]

> Yes, bonobo is still used in gedit, but getting rid of it is definately 
> on the plan!
> 
> It is used for two things:
> 
> 1 - libbonoboui is used for menus and toolbars: this is due to the fact 
> that when a plugin system was added to gedit we needed a way to 
> merge/unmerge menu items dinamically and libbonoboui was the only viable 
> solution. As of gtk 2.4, GtkUIManager has been integrated in gtk and we 
> should migrate our menus to use it.
> However this is a *big* task, it requires redesigning how the gedit MDI 
> works and to modify all the plugins: the wiki page has some more details 
> about this.

Reading it would seem that provides some libglade-like features for
menus and toolbars only, while Gedit also uses libglade. Do you
anticipate any problems getting the two to play together nicely?

> 
> Ciao,
>     Paolo

Cheers,
ryan