RE: help me catch up on GTK gui tools

["Peter \"Firefly\" Lund" <firefly diku dk>]

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Brett Stottlemyer wrote:

> Thanks for the help.

You're welcome.

>  My thought for starting with Solaris instead of a
> Linux variant was that I have used Solaris (but not like this) and not
> Linux.  While it would certainly be easier to test in Linux, it would mean
> I'd have to eventually fight the learning curves for both Linux and Solaris.

It is probably easier to 'apt-get install devhelp' and learn how 
GTK+/Gnome works on Linux than to fight the entire battle on Solaris.  But 
maybe that's just me ;)

(btw. why on Earth do you have to use Solaris at all?  Is it Company 
Policy that Cannot be Changed? ZFS and dtrace are cool but isn't that 
about it?)

> Not that I'm getting the code compiled on Solaris, I may try out Linux.  I
> didn't want to spend the time to find something I like in one environment
> then find out it is somehow incompatible with the environment I need.  The
> free VMWare Server sure gives me more options (No affiliation, a friend
> pointed me in their direction about a month ago).
>
> So from a GUI building standpoint, I can use whatever works to get the
> basics done and then modify/update in code for any custom widgets.  Sounds
> good to me.  I really just want simple controls around a gtkglext window.

While I'm at it: do NOT have glade generate code for you!  It is a trick 
to trap you into having completely unmaintainable code and a GUI you no 
longer can modify with glade or anything else.

Instead, ask for whatever named widget (including windows and dialogs) you 
need from the glade XML file with glade_xml_get_widget().

You can either connect signals to callback functions manually with 
g_signal_connect() or you can use a linker option (--export-dynamic) that 
puts non-static function names into the executable and then call 
glade_xml_signal_autoconnect().  You specify which functions you want 
connected with which signals inside glade.

-Peter