Re: gtkplug/socket

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 12:12, Venkatakrishnan Kannan wrote:
> Hi,
>   I was trying to write a sample appl for
> GtkPlug/GtkSocket. I observe that the plug is embedded
> in the socket (the signal callbacks are invoked) but
> the content of the plug (frame1) is not visible in the
> socket. The sample code is attached with this mail.
>
>   What am I missing?

Well, at least for one thing, you never call
gtk_widget_show() or gtk_widget_show_all() on the plug; the
GtkSocket honors the visibility requested for the plug,
so if you don't show it, it will never appear on the
screen.

>   I run the samplegtkplug first and then gtksoc. I am
> not very sure how the GdkNativeWindow should be passed
> between the processes.
>   I don't see sample programs on the net, any
> particular reason for this?

There's a sample program in tests/testsocket.c in the
GTK+ distribution...

Regards,
                                        Owen