[glade--]Re: glademm bug

[Christof Petig <christof petig-baender de>]

Boris Duerner wrote:
> > Sadly you did not specify the version of gtkmm and glade you use. I
> > suspect you use gtkmm2 and glade 0.6.x? There's no WINDOW_DIALOG in gtk2
> > and glade-2 (V1.1.x) should not let you specify so.
> >
> > So this is not really a bug but an incompatible parameter for gtkmm2,
> > put in by a gtk1 design program.
> >
> >    Christof
>
>
> Yes, I am using glade-0.64/glademm-1.1.3d. I have a project in glade which I 
> convert to gtkmm2 code by hand:
>
> glade-- --gtkversion 2.0 --gtkmmversion 2.0 MyProject.glade

try --gnome2 (but perhaps you'll encounter bugs with the official 
release, if so, give CVS a try)

> for some reason glade always creates gtkmm1 code. I guess I have to upgrade 
> to glade2. Which glade2/glademm combination is recommended for gtkmm2?

The "some reason" is compatibility: If you do not migrate your project 
to gtk2, glademm defaults to gtk1.

Take glade-2 1.1.3+

> I also have observed that there are strange crashes when I compile with 
> gcc2.9x. The debugger points to trivial function calls in the *_glade code 
> that can't be the fault. I guess it is not possible to compile gtkmm2 code 
> generated by glademm with gcc2.9x. Is that correct? What is the reason for 
> this (just curious)?

Gtkmm2 and glademm combined hit the dynamic_cast bug of 2.95 . (Gtkmm 
FAQ, usually it crashes inside add() ) You might try the gtkmm/glademm 
mailing list archive for a more detailed explanation.

  Christof