Re: Find Signal Name, in callback handler.

[Olexiy Avramchenko <aolexiy gmail com>]

Muthiah Annamalai wrote:
> Dear friend,
>
> I want to know if its possible to find Signal Name, in
> callback handler.
>
> Im writing language bindings and I need to evaluate
> some designs on routing callbacks; with a fair
> amount of searching on archives of this ML,
> I dont find this question answered well, enough.
>
> Q: void handler(GObject *obj,gpointer *ptr)
>    {
>           //how do I know which signal 
>           // eg: changed, clicked, or whatever
>           // triggered this handler?
>    }
>
> I can see some of the folks trying to show me the
> thing called closures, but I dont want to tackle

1) Use g_signal_handler_find() to find the signal's id.
2) Use g_signal_name() to get the signal's name.

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gobject/gobject-Signals.html#g-signal-handler-find
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gobject/gobject-Signals.html#g-signal-name

        Olexiy