[Glade-users] Hide on delete

[paskari007 at yahoo.ca (Peyman)]

On 17 Oct 2009, at 18:05, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Peyman <paskari007 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Has anyone figured out why so many people run into the "hide-on-
> > delete" dilemma. It should be trivial
> >
> > def hide_window(widget,data,wtree):
> >        widget.hide()
> >        return True
> >
> >        window.connect('delete-event',hide_window)
> >
> > but everyone, myself included, runs into this problem. I suspect it's
> > glade related
>
> Peyman,
>   There are a number of things we can do in Glade to make GTK+
> easier to use - the fact is though no matter how well we do - the
> users of Glade need to have an understanding of the underlying
> toolkit GTK+.
>
>
> The best we can do as far as I can see is try to provide good links
> to GTK+ documentation from inside the tool and write good tutorials
> or even a user manual about designing GTK+ interfaces with Glade.
>
> A huge problem is that there just isnt enough documentation,
> manuals and tutorials out there about using the Glade/GTK+
> combination.
>
> Cheers,
>      -Tristan
Tristan

I'm still a little confused as to the situation with respect to hide  
on delete. Is this because Glade does not allow for it, or because I  
am using glade incorrectly?

Cheers


Peyman
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/pygtk at daa.com.au/msg17021.html
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/gladex/+question/9890
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-135821.html
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