Re: Build break with latest GTK+ 3

[Damon Chaplin <damon karuna eclipse co uk>]

On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 11:14 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> Now the build is broken because GtkAnchorType has been removed, because
> it is not used in GTK+. goocanvas uses it in several places. For instance:
> 
> 1. It is used as a GooCanvasText property, and in the _new() function,
> to specify the horizontal and vertical alignment:
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/stable/GooCanvasText.html#GooCanvasText--anchor
> (though this also has an alignment property, using PangoAlign)
> 
> 2. GooCanvasWidget also uses it for positioning:
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/stable/GooCanvasWidget.html#GooCanvasWidget--anchor
> 
> 3. It is used for the GooCanvas anchor property, meaning "Where to place
> the canvas when it is smaller than the widget's allocated area."
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/goocanvas/stable/GooCanvas.html#GooCanvas--anchor
> 
> 
> I'm not sure how best to fix this. For text positioning GtkLabel would
> just align itself, using gtk_misc_set_alignment, though that's not quite
> the same:
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/GtkMisc.html#gtk-misc-set-alignment
> 
> I suppose we could just create a GooCanvasAnchorType enum.

I think that is the best/only option. (Though I'd rather it was left in
GTK+ to be honest.)

Damon