Re: Storing accelerators in a rc file

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

mk daveg com writes:
> > I think the relevant function is gtk_item_factory_dump_rc(), but don't
> > ask me how it all works. ;-) The item factory stuff has never had any
> > docs.
> As its name implies, this seems to require that one uses the "item factory"
> to setup the menues. Now what if all my menues are created
> "manually" ?

I believe there is some way to use the item factory rc dumper without
using item factory, e.g. the GNOME menu stuff uses it.

> a) i guess there must be some way to still access the accelerator
>    information, unless there is something magical about the item_factory ?
> b) Would it be wiser to use the item factory in any case (and will this
>    be the method of choice in gtk-2.x ?)

GTK 2 still recommends the item factory. GTK 2.2 or GTK 3 may have an
additional menu API alongside the item factory, but item factory will
still exist for the forseeable future. So I wouldn't feel bad about
using it, it's generally more convenient than making menus manually,
though it has some aspects that could be better.

Havoc