Re: A guide and a few questions

[Guillaume Cottenceau <gc mandrakesoft com>]

Janne Morén <jan moren lucs lu se> writes:

> I've been lurking on this list for a couple of weeks as I'm pretty
> interested in the project and I figured this is a good way to learn to
> use the stuff from the ground up.
>
> First, I've written a (very) short text detailing how to install the
> snapshot - while it is quite easy and straightforward, it should save a
> few people a little time to have a list of required modules and so on.
> The text is attached.

I think it can make no harm to commit that as our first draft for
an INSTALL file :).
 
> Second, while I appreciate the very rough nature of the module so far, I
> get an error in one of the examples that is stranger than expected. If I
> run the 'chart.pl' example in misc-examples, I get:
>
> FATAL: gtk object type is unknown (name is BluecurveStyle) at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Gtk2/Widget.pm
> line 103
>
> What makes me a little confused is why my selected gtk2-theme
> (Bluecurve) is suddenly mixed in the error? I just sort of wonder if
> this is expected at this stage of the module, or if this is a
> redhat-specific problem? Just thought you might want to know about it.

Chances are that none of us actually tested with a gtk2 theme :).
Can you try with the following patch applied?

--- Gtk2/src/_Helpers.c 15 Nov 2002 11:38:43 -0000      1.20
+++ Gtk2/src/_Helpers.c 18 Nov 2002 14:44:35 -0000
@@ -102,8 +102,14 @@
          class = (char *) g_malloc(strlen(name)*2 + 4);  /* 4 is the glib case */
          for (i = 0; (i < nb_levels) && (res == -1); i++)
              res = build_class_name(name, class, 0, 0, levels[i]);
-         if (res == -1)
+         if (res == -1) {
+             /* themes include a derivative object of GtkStyle, e.g. BluecurveStyle or the like */
+             int l = strlen(name);
+             if (l > 5 && !strcmp(name + strlen(name) - 5, "Style"))
+                 return g_strdup("Gtk2::Style");
+
              croak("FATAL: gtk object type is unknown (name is %s)", name);
+         }
       }
   return class;
 }
 


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