Re: Gnome2 0.90 and GnomeUIInfo

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 11:04 AM, Torsten Schoenfeld wrote:

> The problem with GnomeUIInfo is different though.  The C API provides a
> user_data field but the Perl bindings need that field for their own
> purposes and therefor it's not available to the Perl developer at all.

the basic problem is that GnomeUIInfo is an API designed for C  
programmers.  binding it is not trivial, and not without problems.

this is all a moot point if you plan to move to gtk+-2.4, whose  
action-based menus replace GnomeUIInfo and GtkItemFactory.  after  
playing with GtkAction and GtkUIManager for just a little while, i can  
honestly say that i can't wait.  the API reference docs for 2.4 include  
sections on how to migrate to these new schemes.


as an interesting point, the action-based menu counterpart of  
GnomeUIInfo, GtkActionEntry, is also a C programmer's API.   
http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2003-December/ 
msg00174.html
i have implemented functions matching the gtk documentation in XS in  
the experimental 2.3.x branch of Gtk2, and they work rather well.   
per-callback user data simply isn't all that useful, and the  
availability of closures means we have a simple way around it when  
per-callback user data *is* necessary.

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