Re: Gtk2 1.152 (unstable) available

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Jun 25, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Torsten Schoenfeld wrote:

> On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 14:26 +0200, Torsten Schoenfeld wrote:
>
> > * Add support for GtkBuilder.  [Torsten]
>
> I'd like to hear some feedback on Gtk2::Builder from people who use
> Gtk2::GladeXML.  The new API is roughly:
>
>   $builder = Gtk2::Builder->new
>
> followed by either
>
>   $builder->add_from_file ($file)
>
> or
>
>   $builder->add_from_string ($buffer).

So, two boilerplate lines in all cases?

How about

    $builder = Gtk2::Builder->new_from_file ($filename);

?

Or possibly:

    $builder = Gtk2::Builder->new (
                filename => $filename,
                package => $package,
                userdata => $userdata,
    );



> As for connecting signals, just as in Gtk2::GladeXML, you have three
> options:
>
>   $builder->connect_signals ($user_data)
>    When invoked like this, Gtk2::Builder will connect signals to
>    functions in the main package whose names are specified in the
>    UI description.

In Gtk2::GladeXML, if you didn't supply a package to  
signal_autoconnect_from_package(), it default to the *calling*  
package, not to main.

    sub signal_autoconnect_from_package
    {
        my $self = shift;
        my $package = shift;

        ($package, undef, undef) = caller() unless $package;
        $self->signal_autoconnect(\&_autoconnect_helper, $package);
    }



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