Re: [gtk-list] Re: GDK_ACTION_*

["J.A.M. Molenaar" <Klem Prod net HCC nl>]

Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> "J.A.M. Molenaar" <Klem.Prod@net.HCC.nl> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've read the dnd-api.txt from Owen yesterday and I still have this
> > question. The GDK_ACTION_* parameters used by the DND functions don't
> > make sense to me... Is GDK_ACTION_COPY copying the string, is -MOVE only
> > causing an extra event to be emited? I dunno...
> 
> Basically, the actions just give the application information
> about what it is supposed to do. GTK+ doesn't actually try
> to implement the action itself.
> 
> The one partial exception to this is that if you specify
> GTK_DEFAULT_DROP on the destination, then on succesful
> completion of a drop, GTK+ will tell the source to
> delete the data. If the source is a GTK+ application,
> what happens then is that the source widget receives
> a "drag_data_delete" signal.
> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
So, i do not have to worry about my memory flowing full or strage
segfaults... Great!

Thanx

_A_

Arjan Molenaar,
happy programmer