gtk_main_quit() as button callback?

[richard boaz <ivor boaz gmail com>]

hi,

I'm in the process of converting my app from v2 to v3 and have come across something strange:

Attaching gtk_main_quit() to a button's click callback does not result in the application quitting.

What I see:

1. attaching gtk_main_quit() to the to the top window destroy signal works fine, i.e., quit the app using the WM 'x'
   
2. attaching gtk_main_quit() to a button does not work:
   2.1) first click - nothing happens
   2.2) each subsequent click - warning message is written to the cmd line:
   
       gtk_main_quit: assertion 'main_loops != NULL' failed
   
   
3. gdb tells me that gtk_main_quit() is correctly invoked on the button click
4. I will also deduce from the warning message that the main loop is actually gone after the first click

So why does gtk_main() not return?

This worked as expected in GTK2.

The following minimal program (top window + quit button) demonstrates this strangeness.  Could this be platform-specific somehow?  (Ubuntu 14.04)

any insights appreciated,

richard

== quit button example ==

// save to quit.c

// compilation:

// gcc quit.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0` -g -o quit-button

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

static void activate(GtkApplication *app, gpointer nil)

{

GtkWidget    *topWindow, *button;

topWindow = gtk_application_window_new(app);

gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(topWindow), 2);

g_signal_connect(topWindow, "destroy", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);

button = gtk_button_new_with_label("QUIT");

g_signal_connect(button, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);

gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(topWindow), button);

gtk_widget_show_all(topWindow);

gtk_window_resize(GTK_WINDOW(topWindow), 300, 350);

gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(topWindow), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ALWAYS);

gtk_main();

}

int main(int argc, char **argv)

{

int status = 0;

GtkApplication *app;

  app = gtk_application_new("quit.example", G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE);

g_signal_connect(app, "activate", G_CALLBACK(activate), NULL);

status = g_application_run(G_APPLICATION(app), argc, argv);

g_object_unref(app);

return status;

}