Re: GtkAccelGroup - when to deallocate?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

"Norman Black" <stonybrk ix netcom com> writes: 
> I notice that accel groups have a reference counting mechanism and no
> "sink". I assume accel groups start (after "new")  with a reference count of
> 1?
>
> Does gtk_window_add_accel_group increment the accel group reference count?
> Does gtk_window_add_accel_group decrement the accel group reference count
> when removed, or destroyed?
>
> In other words once I add the accel group to the window I can do an unref
> and the accel group will auto deallocate when the window dies.

Yes, accel groups start with a refcount of 1, and add_accel_group adds
its own count, so you add the accel group, then remove your reference,
and it will go away with the dialog.

This is how non-object refcounts work throughout GTK (or at least how
they are supposed to work).

Havoc