Re: sodipodi ...

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com>]

> Little confusion - this is actually what I do - i.e. initializing
> types derived form GtkObjects works well without X. The problem is that
> you cannot create any GtkWidget without Gdk initialized (or can you?) and
> Gdk without X initialized (or can you?). And Canvas is unfortunately
> widget, so you cannot initialize canvas items without X (or can you?)

Oh.  We did indeed got confused.

You and I were both absolutely right.  

> But BonoboView is widget and BonoboCanvasItem belongs to canvas, which is
> Widget. So you need to create widgets, which requires gtk being
> initialized, not only gtk type system. And initializing gtk requires
> running X somewhere.
> My main point was, that it should be sufficent, if X runs in machine where
> container is located and does not have to run on machine, where containee
> is running.

Yep.  You are more absolutely right, and I agreed completely with you
since the beginning (I was just assuming something wrong).

Miguel