Re: examples/list.c

["Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 cornell edu>]

Hi Deron,

Please don't reply to me directly.  The entire list should be able to 
benefit from this discussion.

Deron Kazmaier wrote:

> I'm sure he know that, but is it available or not? I would think it 
> should still be functional otherwise it would not be binary compatible 
> with existing applications.

It's available, but you may have problems with it.  There have *always* 
been problems with it IIRC (one of the several reasons its been 
deprecated since 2.0 [or maybe 2.2]), and it's unsupported and 
unmaintained.  So basically, by using GtkTree or GtkList you are saying, 
"I'm assuming it will work perfectly, because no one will help me with 
using it, and no one will fix bugs that I find in it."  I can almost 
guarantee you that approach will be problematic.

> I have my own set of problems with GtkTreeView that prevent me from 
> using it. I suppose the correct thing for me to do would be to simple 
> write my own GtkList. Would probably be easier that fighting GtkTreeView...

Why not describe your problems with GtkTreeView instead of just 
dismissing it out of hand?  Perhaps they're just the result of a 
misunderstanding about how it works.  I'll agree that there's a bit of a 
learning curve to using GtkTreeView, but after you figure out how it 
works, it's very powerful and flexible and can handle doing just about 
anything you can think to throw at it.

And really, it's not that hard to use.  If you intend to do any amount 
of gtk programming in the future, you'll need to learn it (as the 
concepts behind GtkTreeView are used in other parts of gtk; see any 
widget that makes use of GtkTreeModel or GtkCellLayout).  Even if this 
is just a one-off app and you never intend to touch gtk again, you'd 
likely be saving yourself some time and frustration by learning how to 
use GtkTreeView properly.

        -brian