Re: Gtk::perl documentation?

["Ross McFarland" <rwmcfa1 neces com>]

i apologize if i'm stating the obvious, but gtk-perl follows so closely with
gtk c that anything that claims to be a reference/tutorial for gtk c should
almost exactly apply to gtk-perl. with the appropriate changes:
gtk_window_get_title( GTK_WINDOW(win) ); becomes-> $win->get_title;

in the bigger picture, on things like accelerators and such the same should
hold true because the wrappers don't really introduce new
interfaces/architecture they just provide access to c's.

in working on new-gtk2-perl i've converted several of the gtk2 c examples to
perl and the changes are almost always 1-to-1.

i'll admit that there's not a lot of information specifically on gtk-perl, but
that's mainly due to the above stated reasons. a google search for 'gtk
programming book' shows there's a few gnome/gtk books out there (c of course.)

-rm

> I'm kinda stumped here, bear with me a second...
>
> I'm an experienced programmer, fluent in Perl, and I've even managed to put
> together a system utility (http://wps.com/Up2us) with a Gtk
> interface that functions (primitively), but I'm utterly stumped as to how
> anyone does anything useful with Gtk perl for lack of documentation.
>
> One small example: keyboard accelerators. Function reference data isn't a
> problem; overview and/or examples are. I can't find a single overview as to
> how the pieces fit; what's the model, the logical structure? Examples?
> Tutorial or $50 book? GladeXML has the same problem (it's much newer so it's
> less surprising).
>
> The Gtk tutorial is great (I wrote and thanked the author); it covers enough
> basics I quickly extrapolated the rest. But I swear I spend as much time
> Google searching for information than
> designing/coding/debugging together.
>
> I'll gladly pay real money for real book(s); does anything exist?
>
> www.gtkperl.org hasn't changed since 2001, is there a better place, other
> than the ref at developer.gnome.org (which is a great reference)?
>
> Any hints appreciated.
>
> tomj
>
>
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