Re: Keys in gtk 1.2.8

[Vlad Harchev <hvv hippo ru>]

On 30 Jun 2000, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> 
> Vlad Harchev <hvv@hippo.ru> writes: 
> >  In general, my impression is that .gtkrc syntax should be slightly extended
> > to allow setting options (that control behaviour, not appearance). I guess
> > this isn't done yet since authors wished to override options by widget class
> > (using pattern matching) like other widget sets that use X resources, but that
> > would require a lot of efforts, so the implementation of this was postponed.
> > 
> 
> .gtkrc already allows you to change key bindings, but GtkEntry doesn't
> support it yet, only GtkCList. Sadly it appears this is still true in
> the development version of GTK. The new text widget does support this,
> however.

 Sorry for confusion - I meant that something behind appearance and keybinding
should be controllable in .gtkrc (in my previous mail, I stated that only
appearance can be controlled in it).

 An examples of settings that it would be nice to control in .gtkrc, that
control behaviour or feel of various gtk components:

* whether '.' is shown among directories in file sel window
* default dimensions of filesel windows
* default locale of fonts for gtk font sel widget, probably it's size
* default delay for tooltips
* probably default style for notebooks
* a lot of other settings that are introduced by various hacks to gtk code

> Havoc
> 

 Best regards,
  -Vlad