Hi,
Thanks, great advice! Using glade is an
interesting idea I hadn’t considered since this is for an embedded product.
Anyone have experience using it on an embedded platform (TI dm355 in my case)? Will
the overhead eat me alive?
Paul
From: Vallone, Anthony
[mailto:anthony vallone lmco com]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008
2:05 PM
To: Paul Stuart;
gtk-list gnome org
Subject: RE: Large GTK Application
design tips
Hi Paul,
I led a very large government project using GTK+ and C++
with great success. I don't know of any docs on the subject, but here are
the top three tips that I had to learn the hard way:
- GTK+ is not thread safe, and the
gdk_threads_enter/gdk_threads_leave calls don't always work. When
worker threads need to do something to the GUI, just use g_idle_add().
- Glade together with libglade is a must.
With your GUI layout defined in XML, its easy to make mass GUI changes via
a script. It also simplifies testing, since you don't need to
re-compile when trying out different layouts.
- We created a C++ wrapper class hierarchy for
each significant widget we use. The wrappers allow us to easily
change the look and/or behavior of all of those widgets in our
system (ex: all non-editable GtkEntries have a grey background, or custom
search box below all GtkTreeViews). The wrappers are also useful when
you discover GTK+ quirks that you need to work around (All GUI
toolkits have them).
-Anthony Vallone
From: gtk-list-bounces gnome org
[mailto:gtk-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf
Of Paul Stuart
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008
3:59 PM
To: gtk-list gnome org
Subject: Large GTK Application
design tips
Hi,
I’m about to embark on designing a large application
that will use GTK+. I was wondering if there are any resources out there that
might have tips on architecture practices specific to GTk+, style guides, etc.
I’ve written small apps, but I’m curious about how things scale up.
Any pointers would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Paul
