[glade--]Re: glade-- patches

[Christof Petig <christof petig-baender de>]

Bryan W. Headley wrote:
> Christof Petig wrote:
>
> > Bryan W. Headley wrote:
> >
> > > This baseline contains,
> > >
> > > + GtkImageMenuItem
> >
> >
> >
> > Can't work this way. You should base new widgets on either very 
> > similar ones or very simple ones. But it's difficult to decide. But 
> > both widget's carry load which is not needed. GtkLabel is a good choice.
>
> Yeah, it's based off of the old pixmapmenuitem! You want to redesign the 
> other menuitems?

Yes, I do. I want to specify the Gtk::Menu_Helpers::MenuElem*(...) 
within the Widget itself and not within menu/menushell. The push_back 
code within menu(bar).cc is not really nice. And the gnome support 
(within menubar.cc) might need some more OO redesign, too.

> > > + GtkSeparatorMenuItem
> >
> >
> >
> > There is no gtkmm/separatormenuitem.h - So I'm not quite sure whether 
> > this is really a Gtkmm widget. Perhaps the correct way is to teach 
> > menu.c: AddMenuChild how to do it.
>
> No, it's a gtk/separatormenuitem.h. It's not deprecated! We can do a 
> wrap, but it doesn't support many attributes.

I fear, we will never need this writer (besides to specify a MenuElem() 
call).

> > I'll prepare a more simple test set and check again.
>
> For some reason my mind's not working yet. I'm usually awake by now, but 
> not today. Took me 1/2 hour to understand your comments...

Sorry. Perhaps my English is playing tricks on me and you.

If you wan't to check, too: Inside the tests directory are some tests 
which I use to test glade--'s gtkmm-2 capabilities. test49_image.glade 
is working now (embedded xpm, loaded .gif and stock image). And 
test50_menu2 is the next to get to compile.

> Spent 20 seconds looking at gcode. It was right; it DOES remind me of 
> Inti. I was there for that argument, and have nothing to contribute to it.

Can you please summarize your impression in one to two sentences. I 
don't know Inti, but seeing just another C++ wrapper for gtk+ reminds me 
of reinventing the wheel. Gtkmm-2 is great and gtk-- has seen many years 
of development. It's just a strange thought to start another wrapper 
with same goals (being thin). But I checked it out to take a look.

 Christof