Re: GtkApplication

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Mon, 19 May 2014 00:53:38 +0100
Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have noticed that g_application_run(), when applied to a
> GtkApplication object from gtk+-3.12, now consumes and acts on gtk+
> recognised options from the argc/argv arguments passed to it, such as
> --display and --name, whereas when I tested this in around the
> gtk+-3.0/3.2 days it did not.  (The current documentation for
> gtk_application_new() still appears to suppose that it does not: "Note
> that commandline arguments are not passed to gtk_init(). All GTK+
> functionality that is available via commandline arguments can also be
> achieved by setting suitable environment variables such as G_DEBUG, so
> this should not be a big problem. If you absolutely must support GTK+
> commandline arguments, you can explicitly call gtk_init() before
> creating the application instance.")
>
> Does anyone know at what version of gio/gtk+ this change occurred?

For anyone reading this on the archive, this change occurred with
glib-2.40/gtk+-3.12, presumably as part of the new local option
parsing arrangements.

Chris