Re: verbs.

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel gnu org>]

> 	  So what we'd like to do is to export the verb list so that the
> verbs can appear in a simple context menu.  If the context menu is
> produced on the component side, everything is just fine.

But the context menu is probably going to be created by the container
application and attached to the button-press event on the cover
widget.

> 	  This might add some unneeded complexity to verbs, though.  It
> makes me wonder: what are verbs for, anyways?

You answered this question yourself:

> 	  Verbs are supposed to provide an easy way for an embedded
> component to export a number of simple non-parameterized actions which
> the component can perform.  The example I've used in the past is "Next
> page".

Miguel