Re: [gtk2-perl] documentation/evolution

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 13:18, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> David Banks <amoe users sourceforge net> writes:
>
> > It'd be very handy to have pod documentation
> > detailing the intricacies of each widget, so the user didn't
> > have to look at the GTK reference manual and mentally
> > convert.

this is a noble goal.  another complication with the gtk+-1.2 perl
bindings is that a couple of non-standard modules are required for
building the documentation, and last i checked, the documentation does
not appear to be shipped in most of the common distribution rpms.  i
fear that many people don't even know of the existence of Gtk::reference
and Gtk::objects.


> [GC's wise statements about what a maintenance nightmare binding 
> would be]

PyGTK has run into this same problem, and has taken pretty much the same
stance as both old and new gtk-perl.

    http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=all#1.7

    http://www.gnome.org/~james/pygtk-docs/

of course, this doesn't address the needs of perl-literate coders who
don't know C.



> > Anyway, just some ideas.  It's a lovely package.  (Are you
> > responsible for Frozen-Bubble as well?  That's brilliant.) 
>
> Yes, I'm the main programmer of Frozen-Bubble. Thanks for your
> congrats!

i was not aware of this!

/me bows to GC

my wife and i are eternally indebted to you for the soothing properties
of that incredibly addicting game.


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