Re: programming practices with regard to gtk and networking

[Carlo Agrusti <carlo-ag libero it>]

Ken Nagorski ha scritto lo scorso 25/01/2006 19:23:
> Hi there,
>
> I just started working with GTK. I have a some background with C which
> means I can do OK but when it comes to working with the two together it
> gets harder...
>
> My question is really this. I have a very simple IM program that I wrote
> in java (had to take a class on it) and I started porting the
> application to C and GTK but here is where I run into a problem. I have
> a button that says connect. and when clicked it creates the connection
> all that works fine, however unlike calling a normal function I can't
> really pass data back from the function the button called. Can I... What
> I need to do is somehow create the connection when the button is clicked
> and then pass the
> sockfd to the calling part of the programming (main) so I can then use
> that in the calls to send().
>
> What I really need is someone to point me in the right direction.

As an alternative to using low level socket functionality, you could
take a look at GNet. Integrating its functions in a gtk+ application is
a matter of minutes.