Re: nuts!

[Gary Kline <kline thought org>]

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On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:06:24PM -0003, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Chris Vine
> <chris cvine freeserve co uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:00:34 -0700
> > Gary Kline <kline thought org> wrote:
> > > while I can create several {N} labels, they print centered.
> > > how do I  get the labels to print from the left side of the
> > > window widget:
> > Use 'gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 0, 0.5)' to align left,
> > and 'gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 1, 0.5)' to align right.
> > For multi-line labels, you would also want to call gtk_set_justify().
>
>
> Note that since GTK+-3.0 there are the 'halign' and 'valign' properties
> of GtkWidget which accomplish the same as setting the GtkMisc alignment
> properties.
>
> These are preferred and the GtkMisc API, while not officially
> deprecated,
> is not recommended for use in new code[0].
>
> Instead, you should be able to use:
>   gtk_widget_set_halign (label, GTK_ALIGN_START);
>
>
> This should align whatever widget to the left of the available space for
> the given widget (or to the right in RTL mode) - this API can also
> be used
> for any widget (it is not limited to GtkMisc derived widgets).
>
> Cheers,
>    -Tristan
>
> [0]: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkMisc.html
I'm going over the url you gave.  I got up super early today for my 
daughter who is going to study comp-sci this fall(!); so I  really 
do need more coffee or a *nap*.  meanwhile, below is a testfile that
print N labels [[ here N == 3 ]]. Id send you the makefiles, but figure 
you can mouse the gcc line.  "x2" is my lack of imagination.  

at any rate, iv'e used the GTK__MISC string--macro? everything I'm coding 
from now on is 3.0, so could you edit in the recommended way?  you've got 
halign; shouldn t I use the valign for mmy labels?  

tx much,
        gary

>

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 Gary Kline  kline thought org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
             Twenty-eight years of service to the Unix community.


#include <stdio.h>  
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

/*** gcc -Wall -g x2.c -o x2 `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0` `pkg-config  --libs gtk+-3.0` ***/

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{

  GtkWidget *window, *vbox; // Labels go in here, vertically orientated.
  GtkWidget *label1, *label2, *label3;

  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

  window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(window), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
  gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), 700, 900);
  gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(window), "Labels Left-Margins");
  gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(window), 10);
  g_signal_connect(window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);

  label1 = gtk_label_new("1: This is the file name named talk.1.txt");
  gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label1), 0, 0.5);  // left
  label2 = gtk_label_new("2: This is talk.2.txt");
  gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label2), 0, 0.5);  // left
  label3 = gtk_label_new("3: File talk.3.txt for the speech impaired.");
  gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label3), 0, 0.5);  // left

  vbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 5);  // GTK3
  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), vbox);
  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), label1, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), label2, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
  gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), label3, FALSE, TRUE, 0);

  gtk_widget_show_all (window);

  gtk_main();

  return 0;
}