[Glade-users] custom widget, gtkmm with glade support and custom properties?

[jthornton at gnipsel.com (John Thornton)]

That is the python way to create custom glade widgets for LinuxCNC, some
parts should be relevant enough to give you some hints.

John 

On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 08:29 -0800, PyZahl wrote:
> Hmm, thanks for the reply. But I am not sure how this python code is related
> to a custom glade widget with custom glade configurable properties. Ideally
> a gtkmm (C++ bindings) sample would be very appreciated or at least a kind
> of description how things go together.
>
> Percy
>
>
>
> John Thornton-3 wrote:
> > Might be some hints here even though it is for python...
> >
> > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GladeVCP_Custom_Widgets
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 08:25 -0800, PyZahl wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a question about creating custom widgets using gtkmm with glade
> > > support and additional properties hooked into them, 
> > >
> > > I tried without success to find the clues I need in the documentations
> > > but
> > > do not get the picture how to use it in the right context. 
> > >
> > > As of now I succeeded to create a custom derived widget and minimal
> > > support
> > > code creating a .so lib and a glade catalog with properties I need and
> > > it's
> > > all loading and showing fine in glade. Can set/change properties but it's
> > > missing the "do_child_set/get..." methods (get a warning) like this: 
> > >
> > > (glade:3214):  GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_set_property: object
> > > class
> > > `gtkmm__CustomObject_customwidget' has no property named
> > > `frobnicated-size' 
> > >
> > >
> > > I need to know how the prototypes or definitions have to be defined in
> > > C++. 
> > >
> > > However, I am lost with the next step to access/support the properties
> > > within my derived widget in C++. using gtkmm. See below what I have so
> > > far. 
> > >
> > > See here for my testing code (I tried unsuccessfully to add the code of
> > > interest here): 
> > > https://sourceforge.net/p/gxsm/gxsm3/ci/71f858cad5fa74656f69c985fa16d8b3938be859/tree/app/
> > >
> > > I appreciate any hints or a basic example how to get going from here. 
> > > thanks 
> > > -Percy 
> >
> >
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