Re: JS documentation ST...

[Yaa101 <yaa101 xs4all nl>]

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//\  Regards, Groeten,
V_/_ Bas Burger.


On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:38:26 -0400
"Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Yaa101 <yaa101 xs4all nl> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the answers so far Jasper.
> >
> > I found the solution to the table/scrollview problem.
> > I have to put the table into a boxlayout and put that boxlayout into
> > the scrollview to make the table contents appear in the scrollview.
> > Putting the table directly into the scrollview will show an empty
> > scrollview.
> >
> > I haven't played with scrollable yet, it seems too difficult with my
> > current reference documentation.
> 
> It should complain wildly in stderr, but maybe you weren't looking
> there :)
You mean in lookingglass on the error log? nope, no complaints there,
not before my solution nor after.
> 
> >> Most CSS properties are supported by all elements, and you can add
> >> your own properties by looking them up on the theme node.
> >
> > Can you explain further? looking up where?
> 
> On the theme node
theme node? please elaborate, just trying to learn here and sometimes I
have to get pointed to what I am missing.

> 
> > And to come back at my first question, is there any reference
> > document for ST besides the C version?
> 
> Currently, no. There is going to be a new doc tool which will handle
> language differences when generating docs, hopefully. It should for
> the most part be a 1:1 mapping, except when it isn't (destroy notify,
> gerror, out parameters). If work on the doc tool doesn't improve,
> maybe we can lay down some rules of how to translate the C API into
> the JS API. That would be a shitty last resort, though.

That is a bummer, also I cannot imagine that you, the developers, are
able to keep track mentally the big complex beast you created.
I can say that I had easier targets to program, on the other hand the
challenge of treading new territory is nice.

I hope you succeed though.

> 
> > --
> > (o_
> > //\  Regards, Groeten,
> > V_/_ Bas Burger.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:47:50 -0400
> > "Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Yaa101 <yaa101 xs4all nl> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello all,
> >> >
> >> > Does somebody know where to find a proper reference on ST for
> >> > gjs? I can find the C references
> >> > ( http://developer.gnome.org/st/3.4/ ) but they lack detail on
> >> > usage and interaction within the js system.
> >> >
> >> > What I am searching for is a document ala
> >> > ( http://www.roojs.com/seed/gir-1.2-gtk-3.0/gjs/index.html ) but
> >> > for ST.
> >> >
> >> > Is there any document that has this information?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > For instance I want to know what CSS properties each ST element
> >> > use.
> >>
> >> Most CSS properties are supported by all elements, and you can add
> >> your own properties by looking them up on the theme node.
> >>
> >> > Also I want to know how I can scroll a St.Table as putting it in
> >> > a St.ScrollView will give an empty ScrollView on screen and
> >> > using the table without a scrollview will show the table way too
> >> > large.
> >>
> >> It needs to be in a St.Scrollable, like St.BoxLayout.
> >>
> >> > --
> >> > (o_
> >> > //\  Regards, Groeten,
> >> > V_/_ Bas Burger.
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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