Re: cell word wrapping

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 00:17 -0500, muppet wrote:

> > I've also run into the problem of not being able to find any practical 
> > help regarding Gtk2::Pango::AttrList. I can get an AttrList from 
> > $cell->get_property( 'attributes' ) but what can I do with it? If I 
> > try any methods on it I get the "can't call method on an undefined 
> > value" even though a Dumper() reveals a blessed Gtk2::Pango::AttrList.
>
> It would appear that you have stumbled into one of the back corners of 
> the API that we don't have bound.  A PangoAttrList is what Pango markup 
> gets parsed into; it's a collection object for PangoAttrs, and, well, 
> we never bound it, probably because it seemed pretty esoteric.
>
> If you find you need this, we'll get it on the todo list.  If the job 
> isn't too big and we can get it tested quickly, we may be able to make 
> an API freeze break.  Otherwise, it will have to wait for 1.10x.  :-(

I've repeatedly looked at binding PangoAttrList in the past and always
concluded that it's way too hard for something that esoteric.  It's
completely binding-unfriendly API.

Kevin, what exactly do you need access to PangoAttrList for?

-- 
Bye,
-Torsten