Re: GTK Socket and Plug question

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Mike Dailey <daileyml yahoo com> writes:

> I will be using the GTK SOCKET and PLUG functions to
> create "plugins" that will appear within the main
> application window of my primary application.
>
> Here's my question... does the use of the socket/plug
> method allow the "plugin" applications to access and
> manipulate child widgets of the socket (main) window,
> or does it only appear in that window and run as an
> autonomous application afterwards?
>
> What I am trying to do is allow the "plugin" GTK apps
> to be able to do things such as updating the main
> window status bar, add items to the main window menu
> bar, etc.
>
> Anyone care to share how they've accomplished this? 
> Any links to example code would be greatly
> appreciated.

The plug/socket functionality only handles embedding,
nothing higher level. If you need something more complex, 
you'll either need to roll your own solution, or use
Bonobo.

Regards,
                                        Owen