libglade frustration redux

["Gerald I. Evenden" <geraldi evenden gmail com>]

A the originator of this thread I will rephrase my problems and make a larger 
scale complaint.

1. My original complaint was compile/linking glade output.  Thanks to M. 
Torrie this problem was nicely solved and I can compile/link several examples 
from various sources.

2. A side thread suggested that in order to understand the usage of a system 
like libglade one should study the source.  Hmmm.  To use the C (or any 
compiler) I should study the source code for the compiler???  To use the math 
library I should study the library's source??  I did mess with the mathlib 
source many years ago when the function 'hypot' was poorly implemented but I 
have not done such a thing since.  And read the C compiler code for 
understanding of how to use C---you have to be kidding.

3. Getting back to libglade.  I have searched through many pages of google to 
find either a decent reference and/or tutorial for libglade.  A couple of 
tutorials make halfway attempts but ultimately fail because they have no 
reference manual to rely on---among other failings.  Finding a libglade 
reference manual is a total failure.  There are a couple of sites which claim 
to be a reference manual but I find them totally inadequate.  There is NO 
reference manual for libglade that can compared to what is available for GTK.  
Even the GTK reference is questionable as I find reference to GTK functions 
that are not in the GTK index nor locatable in sections dealing with the 
widget involved.

I would love to be proved wrong about libglade documentation so please flame 
me if I am and point out my sins.  Even though I am now able to compile/link 
libglade code I find that I am now stymied by lack of documentation on its 
usage. 
-- 
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due
to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.
-- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)  British psychologist