Re: GUI building questions

[Chris W <1qazse4 cox net>]

John Cupitt wrote:

> I'd put the buttons into a GtkTable for layout. You can set a cell 
> horizontal and vertical padding which you should be able to adjust to 
> get the spacing you want. 


You may have noticed that one of the buttons takes up two rows.  I don't 
see anyway to allow that with a table.

> Be aware that the user can change the font / display resolution / text 
> direction behind your back, so you need to be quite flexible about how 
> you handle resizes.

For this application I don't want to be flexible because if I am it will 
come out looking stupid.  I plan on having 3 or 4 different size buttons 
and they pick small, medium, large or extra large layout and that is how 
they resize it.  Same with the fonts I don't want the user to change the 
font independent of the program.  If I have to I will just use graphics 
for the the text.


> Colour and fonts are best set in a gtkrc file so the user can change 
> it, rather than being wired into your app. Set names for your widgets 
> and then write a gtkrc file like:


I don't want the user to be able to change the color around the keys.   
This program is emulating a real calculator that has a black keyboard.  
If they want to change the font color or the window border and title 
color that is fine but the background around the buttons should ALWAYS 
be black.

> You might try the gtk-win list for win32 tips.
Thanks I will look into that.

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