Re: auto repeat

[Paul Davis <pbd Op Net>]

>
>Hi 
>
>Can anyone give me some pointers on implementing a form of auto-repeat...?
>I've looked through the FAQ and the Tutorial, but it's only mentioned as a 
>"things to add later" when talking about designing custom widgets...
>
>I don't want to add repeat to buttons or similar type widgets, but instead to 
>a GDK drawing area.  I have 'hotspots' in my drawing area that the user can
>click in to increment a value, and I'd like to have an autorepeat so the user
>doesn't wear his mouse button out....
>
>Anyone give me any pointers...?

look at the spinbutton code, which users timers to achieve this. i
have a generic C++ class called AutoSpinner which splits the
spinbutton code out into a distinct object that can be used for other
things besides spinbuttons. let me know if you're interested.

--p