Re: JS documentation ST...

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Yaa101 <yaa101 xs4all nl> wrote:
> 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:
>> 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.

I mean in stderr. That's usually redirected to ~/.xsession-errors.

>> >> 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.

If you have an StWidget on the stage, you can call get_theme_node on
it, and look up various CSS properties, and do whatever you want with
the values.

>>
>> > 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.

It's not that bad.

> 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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  Jasper