Re: GTK 1.2 Tree Item Signal

[Jonathan Smith <jonsmith dragonstar dhs org>]

> OK, sure, but the widget is just dead anyhow so it doesn't bother me
> much. I just wanted to confirm that the hack worked fine for now.
> 
> (Though as a general rule, we don't provide config options to change
> how the UI of standard components work; if you want to make components
> inconsistent with other apps you have to hack them. If the UI sucks it
> should be fixed on the GTK level, not made configurable. The problem
> you're encountering is that GtkTree has a stupid UI feature that
> should not have been there in the first place.)

I see....  So you believe in maintaining a bug since other people have
used it?  Nice.

> 
> > Actually, except for this, it works adequately.  GtkCTree is also
> > obsoleted, as is GtkTree, in GTK 2.0 so I don't see recoding once to
> > recode again....  If this is an undocumented, unconfigurable "feature" of
> > gtk1.2, we'll use such a hack until gtk2.0....  But it doesn't rank well
> > in my book.
> 
> The difference between GtkTree and GtkCTree is that GtkTree is
> bug-packed and broken, in addition to being deprecated, while GtkCTree
> is merely deprecated. GtkTree will disappear entirely post-2.0,
> GtkCTree maybe someday too but much less soon, since it's more widely
> used and less actively buggy.

Nice planning.  You'll even make phase-outs inconcsistent.

> 
> But if you haven't noticed the bugs, feel free to use GtkTree. ;-)

Thanks to you, personally, I'm much less inclined to use GTK.

Thank you for your assistance and confirmation that it is in fact your
bug.

j.